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".IS SflNSTON ...... . . ; ME PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEg-WfeDN ESDAV& AND SATURDAYS KINSTON, N. O, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1916 VOL. XVHt-fco. &3 PRltEFiYEtEfTO tiM CANNOT COME DON'T WORRY, THOSE PAN! HAS NOT TOLD THREE MEN CONTROL CONGRESSMEN WARNlGEN'L SCOTT TAKES Ml!. SERBIA AND WHO Bu &T5ALAR!ES YET WHAT CARRANZA BUTTER PRODDCT'N DID ABO'T PROTOCOL OF UNITED STATES THAT NATION MUST ENGLAND li'lLLU RFi liili ARE FREE ARE WO LITTLE NOW PENDING, L0S BE PREPARED SftftN ILLUSTRAf G M KINSTONIANS ANfl LIQOOH Artierlcah Officials Believe Western IJnion Can Afford Allies Will Insisl Upon Bonuses to Messenger Restoration DISARMAMENT CROP'S UP All Belligerents Must Be Ready to Part With Large Portion of Their Guns, Is Thought In Washington Boys New York Simply Revels In the Greatest Wealth in History ((By the United Press) London, Dec. 18. American As bassador Page today delivered the Genman peace note to the British for eign office. Restoration Belgium Necessary. Washington, Dec. 18. United States officials are convinced there can be no formal discussion of peace until Germany arid Austria avow wil lingness to restore Belgium and Ser bia alio aft trie nations involved an rea-Jy to disarm on a rather largf scale In his forthcoming speech Premier Lloyd-George is expected tr insist on such action, mis on nis part would eerve as a "pass-buck' back to Germany. Moreover, offi cial believe he will outline fully what the Allies are fighting for, bu in no ciroumslancea will he voice scornful or flat rejection of Germar offers. What America Expects. The United Pfess is in position tt give an outline of this government's convictions on several angles of the peace developments. It is believed Germany offered peace because her own people are becoming restive They have demanded greater repre sentation. They are becoming skep tical about military purposes and are feeling that the war, with the Ger man victories, appears to be a wai of congest ratheir than of defense as claimed. It is believed the people of al! countries want peace, America in cluded, so long' as there is no sacri ficc of the principles for which the; arc fighting. No reason is seen why Lloyd George should fail to outline genera' peace terms for tihe Allies. Unequi vocal rejection of the Teuton proffers would immediately react to Eng land's disadvantage in neutral coun tries, it is believed. Tt would also emliitte- the German people to unite more solidly behind the governmental form which England desires to des troy. The German people then would he convinced that their's is a war fo existence, and would urge ruthless, unrestricted pursuit of it. It is pointed out. that Germany would no fight to the end to resist a demanc for restoration of Belgium and Serb ia, but would fight to the last to op pose demands for the life of its own nation. Expect Much From United jlates. Rome, Dec. 18. The Central Pow ers have urged the Pope and the United States to back up their pearr proposals, according to reports had here. All Depends On Lloyd-George. London, Dec. 18. Ambassador Page fulfilled his mission today with out making any comment on the note. Lloyd-George, tetter, lfopes to re sume Kis duties today after week's illness. The premier will find the nation squarely back of him xjf. as ejected, he meets the German peace pronosals with an unqualified refus- It seemed certain today that th By LOWEL MELLETT, (United Press Staff Correspondent) New York, Dec. 18. New York is rolling, reveling, rolicking in wealth. This is a "never before in history" itory. New York banks today held in re jerve $816,794,200, and from every luarter cf the globe money is pour ng in actual yellow gold by the nillions, to be changed from the coin jf other nations into the coin of the U. 'S. A. Wall Street has become a gambling able onto which 13 'being thrown .noney from the earnings, winnings ind savings of Americans and money irom the coffers of kings. While the large majority of New Vork's six millions are fighting the Jniversal desperate battle with the oft ff llThg, on the surface it ap ears that everybody ha money to pend. They are spending it for ne cessities and luxuries. Forty or more blocks in Manhat tan are given over entirely to tha indent trio, wine, "women and song-. iVar bride dividends have given night ime Broadway a new life. Men vhose business it is to take money Yom spenders say they never were ible to take -so much of it before. Ancient Babylon could be set down aside New Yark's winter pleasure rrounds without being noticed. Ne luchadnazzar wouldn't have a reputa ion outside his own block. Cabarets have sprung up like mushrooms and dance halls thrive is in any new gold camp. "Business is three times as big is the biggest we ever saw before his season," said the manager of the argest cabaret in the city. Hotels are crowded, theaters are old out. Crowds tiiat the "shop srly" do not account for, fill the de tment stores. Warehour.ei are depleted of stocks nd deliveries are far behind. New York h spending its -pending ior,ey and getting what it can for it. Bi t it keeps on. From farmers in he west to at least one monarch on in European throne, they are send i: their money ts New Yorl. The rreater part of it is emptied into hat section of the city inclnle.l by :he name of Wall Street. On (ne stc?'c exchange million hive days have come to he consider ed the regular thing, whereas, two ears ago 400,000 shares was a good (Bv the United PmmuI Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. is. what Sit In Elgin, 111., Each Sat Carranza did with the border proto- ( col is still an unknown quantity here this afternoon. Alberto Pani, who presented the document to the first chief, occupied the entire morning session of the In ternational Commission today in presenting a verbal report of an in terview with Carranza. Pani offered no written document to the commissioners. urday, and Name Price for Which Next Week' OutDut Shall Be Sold Charges Newspaper WILSONS CEEBRATE WEDDING ANNIVERSARY (By the United Press) Washington, Dec. 18 The Presi dent and Mrs. Wilson celebratea their first wedding anniversary to day with an early round of golf. There will be a family dinner tonight. The executive couple will then enter tain fiienils at the theater. CALOTTE OBSERVER OFFICE BE REBUILT i.Speeia lto The Free Press) Charlotte, Dec. 18. Complete res-' toration of the Charlotte Daily Ob server plant, partly destroyed by fire late Saturday, is expected. The Ob server is being printed in the News office. The loss was fully $50,000. MUST SINS YOUR NEW GOWN FOR YOUR HUBBY Chicago, Dec. 18. Singing models, the first in the history of fashion, it is said, made their appearance at t'.ie convention of the Designers' As scciation of Women's Clothes here today. Special melodies are sung with different styles. A brown or black suit takes a som bre tune, a green or pin!: suit a dash ing strain, grey requiring something in i reverie. It's to illustrate the psychology of clothes and to im jvisi wemen with the- fact that i''.t'r personality is shaped to l.i'-c-e extent by the taste with which they dress. 'ay's trading. When every nov.- and. hen, the trading readies two million hr.res scarcely Is it noticed. Over and round about the floor of (Continued on Page Three) mum TAYLOR, SUPT. OF ROADS; PASSES OUT al. Bryant Taylor, 35, for about fir ears pest superintendent cf the I.en iir county road force, and an efficient employe of the Board of Coi-rr.i-;-ioners, died at his home in the northern part of the city Sunday a: 1:43 a. m., fallowing an illnes; of evoral weeks. The funeral was held Monday afternoon, wlth.intemcnt i Maplewocd cemetery. Pastors B. P. "mith of Gordon Street Chri?tim murch, and H. A. Humble of Queen WOULD RAISE BIG SUM TO HELP END THE WAR Washington, Dec. 17. Frederick C. Walcott of New York, who recent ly investigated conditions in Poland an! Bclirium for the Rockefeller Ft.'!'. Vtlfiii. told a number of sena tors and representatives who met 'onight at the home of Miss Mabel T. Rcardman of the Red Cross, that a fun'1 f $."n0,000,000, collected in this count: y and offered for relief of n-n-combatant3 in Europe would he a powerful peace influence at this time. He said such an act would tend to create popular demonstra tions for pciee among civilian popu 'ations of warring nations' because they would lie anxious for the assist ance in rehabilitating their homes and restoring normal living conditions. premier will be fcble to address the Street Methodist chtfrch, conducte House cf Commons tomorrow; outUti ing the policy of the new govern ment and stating: Britain's view on the Germans' peace proposals. he rervice. Mr. Taylor was a mem ber of a ChrislSn chuteli in the rounty. He was a native of the sounty. Surviving hhn ire Els wife and two brothers. START P.MSLVG THE - y - . - - STEAMER POWHATAN Norfolk, Va De il-j-faj.' 'and 'bi; s collision with the British r5 connected local wrecking banker telena. Civers " Tiav'e com- ,owiB.s'thia: irteTi5on ; .be4n th pteted. the task ef storpi"? cp the actual work of raising the llarciants great rent in the ship's si n1 Miners lifter, Powhatan, sunk on Te4eJay of WiDoufehiy Beach, fol- AD.AMSON SAYS NO CHANGE IN HIS LAW Washington. Dec. 17 Reports that railroad and -brotherhood heads in peace conference have planned to propose the repeal of the Adamson Act and the substitution of a work ing agreement cf their own making for it today, aroused Representative Adamson, author of the, law, to de clare that Congress woiild "spank both sides to the controversy if nec essary." Mr. Adamson, who fs the House representative of President Wilson in railway legislation matters, is will ing to co-operate in any plan em ployes and employers may evolve for the interpretation of his law as ap plied to working conditions, bat will vigorously oppose repeal of it, as he thinks will the majorities of both houses, ' A ' S. S. Fountaine, writing in the New York World, says three men every week et the price of butter for the United States. "On one sale of 25 tubs of 00 pounds each weekly, they establish the average annual cost of '.0.000,000 pounds of the product val ue! at $18,000,000 approximately," sayi the World's headlines over feature story date Chicago. "Prom K'.ni pai 1 by a few Chicago dealers rased on the Elgin standard, to few creameries the bane of the trade," it is stated, quoting Frederick k Moles, a reform member of the El gin Eoard, who in an interview de clared the practice of t'J 'Chicago dealers "really fixes the basis for the eneral buying of cream and but-te- fat throughout the United Elites." Hie Government has watched the ti-tter manipulato r, carefully, but ''so ca-Hfiilly have these men hedged themselves about with legal safe guards that investigators have been unable t: find any evidence that there his -been any violation of the Sher man law." "Three men travel every Saturday mornirg from Chicago to Elgin, 111., 30 miles. There at noon in the as- sc;"';!v :'o,i.ni of the Elgin Board of Tnuie they fix the weekly quotation for Elgin creamery butter. The tel egraph and cable carry their decree to every nicrchandisinig center in the country and to every market in tho civilized world to which the export trade of the country extends, and it forrrjs the basic prices for all grade? of table butter until these food arbi ter meet again. "Preparatory to their deliberations the Secretary of the E'gin Board of Trade posts on the call board the ".mount of butter offered for sale at i minimum price, pnd tho amount for which fche:e is a bid at the maximum price. A transaction 4s invariably effected a; a level between these pric es satisfactory to the producer and the bidder, and this sale, apparently ona fide, so far as the observations or the r e ieral authorities go, consti tutes the l.asis upon which every uea;er in every city and hamlet fix es the price upon which butter roe-3 into consumption." ABANDON EFFORTS TO PULL SUMNER OFF New York, Dec. 17. -Efforts to float the U. S. transport Sumner. which went aground off Bamegat, N. J., last Monday night were tempor arily abondoned tonight by order of the War Department. Col. John M. arson, Jr., in charge of the army quartermaster depot in New York) said, however, that the work would be renewed a3 soon as the weather permits. Strong Resolutions Adopt cd at Mass Meeting Sun day Nfght and Forward cd to Washington Rev Mr. Davis Spoke Twice ND FIREWORKS WILL BE ALLOWED IN THE BUSINESS DISTRICT City Council, ifollowing the lead taken by other East Carolina cities, Saturday night in special session took action prohibiting the use ef fire works in the fire district during the holidays. They will be tolerated in other parts of the city. City officials declare the danger to property in the downtown section ii too great to allow Young Kir ton full sway, likewise there i the bother t pedestrians, especially women, and the frightening of fcorses and possible injury or 1m ef life of drivers to be takes into consideration. A stirring resolution en dorsing the prohibition bills now pending in the Nation al Congress and urging the reprcsentaives or this dis trict to lend their support to the passage of the meas ures, was passed by the mass meeting held at the Cordon Street Christian "luu-eh Sunday night. At the conclusion of the ad Iress of Rev. R. L. Davis superintendent of the North Cai'olina Anti - Saloon League, Mr. Y. T. Ormond d resented the resolution vhich favored the immedi ate passage of the Shepperd '?!. row before the Senate r.-iijnvinoi' of siloon I'l ijtrt of ( olum'r'.3 ' 1 dirjnrovimr the Un- 'e'wood amendment which iroposes to submit the ques ion to a vote of the people f the District. The Webb bill to submit a National ontitntional amendment o the States for ratification driving liquor out of the country, was endorsed, a veil as the Deposed bill to een from the mails all ad- eHising matter pertaining o the liquor business. The psoh'hon was telegraphed o Washington Monday morning. Mr. Davis spoke twice in Kinston Sunday. At the morning hour he occupied the pulpit of the Queen i.reet Methodist ohurch. His sub :rt was "Liberty." He discussed the ubject from the standpoint of per onal, civil and religious liberty. Sunday nijfht a mass meeting iD which all the churches in town join- was held at the Gordon Street Christian church. Mr. Davis told of the plans of the Anti-Saloon League legislation by the forthcoming ssombiv. I'he contemplated laws will res- ict tne amount of liquor for any and all purposes to one-half gallon. nd any citizen, regardless of repu tation, wh-j is detected with mor than that amount will be amenable the law. The manufacture of wines will be restricted to five aral- ons per yeair and this mast he for personal iuse. Cider will also be giv en attention and the matter of pub- Irir.king will be prohibited. No- ody will be permitted under the roposed lav to drink in .any public place or off their own premises. The League is also considering the advis ability of working for a commission er whose duty it will be to enforce the laws. At the conclusion of the adJress an offering was taken for the work of the I eague for the com ing year. GARAGE DESTROYED BY FLAMES SATURDAY ' Fire Saturday about 8 p. m. de stroyed a garage at the home of W. G. Grady in North Kinston, togethet with a new Ford car. A Chevrolet in the garage was badly damaged. The cars were the property of Mr. Grady and a son-in-law, Will Costen. The cause ef the blaze is a mystery, since no one had been around the place with fire. It had gained con siderable tieaSway before being Sis covered. The loss is estimated at around $750.- ' V -J-' nited Press) Dec. 18. America (By the Washington, must push her preparedness plans now lest peace borne and find her still with pending international diffi culties, or with militarism and lav alish still uncrushed abroad, many Congressmen warned today. 'Norihern Neignbor' Could Walk AU Over AWIrra,i He Intimated HALF NO START LEGISLATIVE FIGHT .... i . OVER DRY AMENDMENT (By the United Preas) Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 18. With the convening of the Nebraska Legisla ture's thirty-fifth session hea-e Janu ary 2, interest will center on the wet and dry line-up and the legislative battle for laws to make effective the dry amendment passed by almost 30,- 000 majority at the recent election. The wets, realizing that prohibi tion would carryj centered their fight toward the last on winning enough members cf the legislature to block. f possible, passage of laws aimed to mice prohibition effective. The drys have, a slight majority in he hcu.c. In the senate the majoT 'v f ilie members are personally we' ut of the thirty-three members, six ire known as "law eniDrcements. These are men who before election admitted that they were personally not in favor of prohibition but woulf' be governed as legislators by the verdict of the people on the prohibi tion amendment These "law en forcements" combined with the dryt lutnumber the out-and-out wets ii the Senate. i For the Army This Country Would Have to Pat In the Field In Event of firealk With Any First-Class Mil itary Power Y0T MUCH TOB ACCO LEFt ar6iii cnt (By the United Preas) Washington, Dee. IS. Mijor Getf- eral Scott, before the Senate Milia ry committee, today pointed but Ifie nation's unpreparednesa. He called attention that where once the War College believed half million men to be available at the outset of any hostility would be sufficient as a starter, lessons learned " In he Euro pean war lead staff officers to decide that this initial force hduld be not leas than a million and a half train ed troops. ,i'V Gen. Scott explained that a north1 ern neighbor has built up an army to a strength approximately that jxt other great European power. fit emphasized that England erjitrols he seas, that its merclttnt airlne Is sufficient to transport without, delay million men,, etc He praised & spirit of tfhe militiamen but condemn- id the system. ; , BLINDFOLDED EHE'JES . IN ITALIAN TRENCHES Some tobacconists say that not more than a quarter million pounds of tobacco ramajn to be sold on the local market. When the market sua pends the middle of this week for the holidays, not to resume until well or. n January, there will be less thar one midseason days breaks left lr the contiguous territory. The chanc es are that the warehouses will be open a very few days in January. MANY AMERICANS Tfi BE ARRESTED ALONG B Rome, Dee. 18. How hoafJlltlee ictween Italian and Austrian troops vere temporarily suspended" while dindfolded officers from botlr aides net to discuss the merits of ft cert ain explosive in civilized . warfare vas told here today for the first time. The Austrians hoisted the white Tag of a temporary truce and negiti- n'u uisusaion ioy wigwags, 4 no Italians accepting, the Ausfirikn re- -rresentatives masked tfiefr Vyel land crossed No Man's Lind for the Itall- tn trenches. The Italians gave them wfe conduct to headquarters. Fbl- owing the conference the blindfolded liTicers were led back to their own fortifications and hostilities were re newed. .... .) ... YICTIM SATURDAY'S 1 Paso, Dec. 16. Wholesale arrests of Americans here and at other border points accused of a breach of the neutrality laws in fomenting or aiding revolution ary actions of different Mexican factions, is planned by American secret service agents. TWO DROWNED WHEN CAE PLUNGED THRO' BRIDGE RETREAT IN ROUMAXIA . ' CONTINUES, REPORTED Berlin, Dec. 18 Retreat of t! e Rurso-Rotrr ni?.ns to Tra!'i b 1 t -i attack on t' ?e retrc-V r Gerrr.'. - i. Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 17. iMrs. Oscar E. Hartley of Jacksonville. and her four-year-old son, were drowned and six other persons bruis ed late today when an automobile plunged through an open draw at Amelia river, between Jacksonville and Fernandina and tumbled twent feet to the water. Unless Complications . Set JarDa- pree in HospitayBlen. Fsuikaer to Be Given Hearing Friday Warrants Against Other Members Dupree Family Bill Dupree, the well known plant er, Bhot by Ben. Faulkner following a fist affray in the vicinity of Hriiage and North streets Saturday after noon, is likely to recover unless eom- plications set in, It was reported Monday afternoon. Mr. Dupree 4 $2 'ears of age. Faulkner, also ell- known, is at liberty under $500 bejL V preliminary hearing is et for ihext Friday. Mr. Dupree is in the los- Oital , --. The official understanding of i tit affair is that Faulkner cursed Dn . RADIUM RECEIVES A pree and was badly manhandled by the latter. After intervention Faulk ner drew a revolver, and, it il lls SCIENTIFIC KNOCKOUT u VMHVti ... W VUfcVAVU WAV ' Hit shoulder. ..:;,--i't "'v'-; : ' ; New York, Dec. 17. After ex-1 . After . tie ehootln Jam, fiirnw-. haustive testo upon i rate, mice na aierW'said tfone Dopwe,-' guine pigs the use of radium as a I nephew of. the inlared man til' at cure for cancer and tumor' Ties bee found to fee a f " '" r to the annual r Carter V," ' C - Cty Hall, where Faulkner wci de'imedr T" torero f