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VOL. XVIII. No. 27
KINSTON, N. C, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1916
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INVESTIGATION OF
REVIEW OF WILSON
2.
FOR FURTHER PEACES BIS S01AYIMADE OVER SIXTY
fiflV'NHT 1FE1
EXCHANGE SHOTS ON
HAD TO CLOSE CP Of?
ACCOUNT SICKNESS
IFE AND PRflPFRTY
CONFERENCE, 11181
Ml M APRIL ' MILLION WALL ST.
BORDER IS STARTED
AND ALSO PREVIA1
KJNSTON
ESS.
ADMINISTRATION
Affords Basis for More In
terprctations of the Pres
ident's Peace Soundings
Wilson and Lansing Re
main Discreetly Silent
(By the United Press)
Washington, Dec. 28.
Fc?r that the present peace
negotiations will fail and this
nation then must clear its
date oj' the submarine sit
uation with Germany grew
apace today. But as stated
yesterday President Wilson
intends to push the peace
work to the limit to avoid
rny possible subsequent un
pleasantness with Germany,
if possible.
Both President Wilson and Sec-Tet-.-y
I rising, however hive decided
to maintain distinct silence on this.
'This ir. due it is believed to the fact
that they do not wish to appear to ba
wcsrir.g a chip on their shoult!c
when pence is beinjr talked.
There ta new no mistaking officials
bcliftve that President Wilson's peace
rote, t the t'elligeronts against un
bridled rctn of war which would in
volve cither American h'ves or rights,
sines this Government's attitude
in :ue i:obiions which effect proper
ty i-j rot compared to the violation
effectinc; life., the warning i3 general
ly tcrpreted as directed against the
central powers.
V.e-l'm Thinks Answer Helpful. -
Berlin. Dec. 28. The general opin
ion m Berlin is that the German at
rwer to the Wilson note warmly ap
pointed the President's intentions,
and perhaps added practical srijprcs-ti-wa
for V.-.C conclusion of peace,
the nrers hnrersu today announced. It
also raid the Teutonic answer was
hsnded to American diplomatic rep
resentatives at all the Central Pow
ers' capitals. It is to be noted that
.i. :'.""ve cispatcn apparently wa
filed befo'-e the text of the German
not bu the text was jriven prefer
ence and came through first.
Confidential Terms Vi ith Note.
Washington, Dec. 28. Germany's
if'-vwer to Wilson's pence note reach
"! the State Department today. It
n "fated by an official that nothing
rorfidential was attached to the an
swe- although it had been suggested
t"' Gernviny might frive her terms
euy- -in an accompanying mes
sage to Gerard for transmission here.
Tl, . ...
i"pie3 sent rr.e President are
understood to he practically the same
w the press text.
Switzerland Gets Same Answer.
Amsterdam, Dec. 28. Germany
and Austria have replied t Switzer
land's reiteration of President Wil
son's peace suggestions with practi
cally the same phrases in which they
acknowledged the American note,
German dispatches today said.
MILITANT SUFFRAGISTS
ARE STILL MILITANT
IN A DIFFERENT WAY
By WILBUR S., FORREST,
(rcitcd Press Staff Correspondent)
London, Dec. 1. (By MiI)-Eng
land's militant suffragettes .are still
on the warpath. t -But
the battle of the .militants has
turned frpm smashing windows for
votes to an .energetic campaign
ageipst passive war maker and, pa
cifists.,, - ,. .
"fhf stiff ragettt raies.are prin
cipally lighting for tig battles," Miss
Jejs Kenney, one of tlfe leaders, ex
plained tdiay. -Most important' is
. campaign to fofce Engjand'a min-
utera to fght the warv,to finish.
"' k fiffhtl"S ibl Souft Wales
f Jfeace cranks abound; W are
.pnhe; Clyde,:, in Scotland,
T- tfsfa. are' interfQring-.with
?T-f-srfinj lastly, we'" are' send:'
ig- tur wJ1l'e's L.io rnoniAii -u '
to 1,'p t -j v; .. . .
Growing Peeling, In Wash
ington that First Chief
lias Not Signed Protocol,
and Is Submitting Coun
ter Proposals
(By the United Pres.;)
Washington, Dec. 28.
That Carranza 'has not
signed the troop withdraw
al protocol, but instead has
again submitted counter;
proposals, is the. growing
belief here.
This is so even in those official cir
cles, where earlier today the hope
was e:p;esed that the first chief ul
timately would sign. Men in close
tench with the situation said they
believed Carranza will swk nnott.br
;ic:ce conference. Such a request i.
expected to be subiniVH by Ciiair-rn-.n
Cab'-era of the I'-C'lcrn Ci'mmis
Aion when he sees Secretary Lane
early this afternoon.
cones
Ti e farmers were n'.'i cole
the CiU'istmas holidays Tue.l.
rating
iV, am!
.here ve. e no receipts ( 'r.; loc.il j
cotton market. The local market J
ivj'ild have ottered from lu to lb l-:.
fu Now Yo.k January closed 2D
pciats higher than the opening fig
ure. sew
TorTf
qfiotations:
Open
10.r)0
i';..S'j
lT.'Jii
17.4.)
i:..t:
Close
lfi.TO
17.10
17.,'ii)
17.47
l"i.fii)
f si :
fary
il:,rch
r..- ..
October
Spot . .
No local receipts,
ing evidence of a
M.DO
The market priv
little stiffening.
New York January closing figures
40 points above opening. There was
: plight decline after the openir.g,
jut this was soon overcome.
Today's New York quotations:
Open ("lose
January 17.28
iuarcn I,.) n. .1:1
May 17.;0 17.S2
July 17.5-1 17.92
Octaer 15., 7 lli.36
There were no local Receipts or?
the cottcn exchange Thur?i!ay. Lo
.'?! buyers ate not lockinp icr much,
if any, oT the fleecy stip e t-1'3
week. One local buyer vai in posi
tion to offer an'advaitee of f oat cue
i:t1 !i quarter cents over trie ma "Let
for Thursday a week ago.
New York Quotations.
Open
January 17.37
March 17.73
May 18.00
July 17.98
October 10.4(1
Spot
Close
17.03
.34
.02
12
17. in
TORNADO SWEPT ARK.
LEAVING DEATH IN TP AIL
Little Kock, Ark.. Dec. 27 Hrports
tonight from virtually all of the
and larger settlements in the
'.rea swept by yesterday's tornado in
South Central Arkansas place the
r-itr-'ber of killed at 12 and the injur
ed at 50. No accurate estimate of
the property damapc was . available
toniprht, although acme reports indi
cated that the loss might reach $3,
000.000. Six of those killed were white per
sons. Frank and James Bridges,
students at Ouachita College, who
were spending the Christmas holi
days with relatives, were crashed to
death when their home at Double
Wells, was' demolished; ,, Albert ;KL.
Schwartz, ' fanner, was killed near
England and three ' children,' Choice
and ' Allalee :: Padjret , and. ; France
?pot, -Vera li"eJ .-near C? "'".!. '
.. - . j
- 'Blily, the Great, Will Des-
ccud Upon Wicked and
Worldly American Metro
polis With All Force of
Remarkable Organization
By GEOIIGE MARTIN,
(I'nitod Press Staff Correspondent)
New York
farces, both s
Dec. 28. Powerful
iter and henirtn, are
li"!"!' lip 1
e today for the case of
Ttilly Sunday vs. Broadway, Wall
stuet. ;,.,
mi.i, et al
which goes
j to trial April 1.
what port of reception Sunday arH
his old-tmie shoutinir Methodist camp
meeting style will get in the world's
j ravo-t,
ial c
che'-.t, wic'-rcdest, most ma
, i: ihe subject of much
' ::!-. alr.t'on amonpr the residents.
' It will lie a baUle royal, a'-d prep-
i'"t:!ii.; rre bein'r maje accordingly.
T.trn id'vay. as Mroadway, seems tc
have paid little heed to Sunday's
piers. Rut scratch the surface and
vcu fii'd that what Cyclone Davis
ct!!.? The Kovs cf Kooxe and Boodle
arc not asleep.
Tht; !H!l,'j;-c!-ent "Billy, though busy
willi Iiosi.m, i watch'ng carefully
t-rv move !p 1:'s p-e'iminarv cam-
ij.ri. brre.
" ?;"r.:Lv it
Al'eady a small army
i are organizing the big
wn.
"!:i!!v S.ind.w, Incorporated," with
0f -
u na j. Kf.csc oi.cr. jr., as ore 01 j
the principal stockholders, is offi
cially in exHencc in New York City.
Plan-; fnr the erection of the mnm
Tiot'i t:i'iernac'e, the great pine and
T.wd'.ist tervnle for the spiritually
.mwa.-hc.l.
are well under way.
Comml; !i-e!Tip:: and women have
!i"i '.v! the city into sections and the
rr.pul .ii.'iii mti c
- cs
for organ iza
';a c;i a house to house and man to
;t rt basis.
Xo one hr.s l.een neffleeted. Bible
meetinK and sons: services will be
held d-'!y on the Xew York Curb
.! '! .1 tiie portals of the New York
."' re'; r:..ba:uro. Wall Street will
r- i for the spiritually un-
.i ! :. That work i:; even now un-.!.-
way.
1 :bly. Sundry faces the
V.iv of a lifetime in New York.
V.'al! Ptreet, whone hall mark is
Mi 'ts sbiM in' a I -rnb; Bohemia,
with its looe leaf ledger weddings,
j bf-er.der souls and sun god cultn.
Tl shims, steered i'i squalor and
ie;- :: la'ioti frc-m which uptown res--'ct;
' i'iitv ilistilh pure gold.
The homes of the gunman with
bis r: -'I t sra'e of murder prices
,p ! ( f the printed la.ly who drives
ij.-j! -ine and reckons her in
?ome in ?ix fiirures. All these and
fore are bete for Sunday to deal
with.
Tlirr.er Rodeheaver, Sunday's choir
dire"'-.', cxr-ects to organize a dou
ble cinir of 8,000 to 10,000 voices.
Ccv-fe G. Dowie will lead the
-.'170 t'ail hitters from Philadelphia
-.d e' -p'.hct o. some of them having
been converted seven years ago.
Those will be used to prove that
S i"day conversions are not "flash in
the pan" work.
Xothiit: is being left undone to
nave the wav for Sunday's triumph
mt !! !.::' ie upon New Y'ork; nor, on
'he other hand, is anything left un-r!-Tto
to pave the way for Sunday's
triumphant advance upon New York;
ncr. on the other hand, is anything
left undone to circumvent his efforts.
RUSSIAN LINES PIERCED
BY HUNGARIAN FIGHTERS
(By the United Press)
Berlin, Dec. 28. The capture of
three thousand more prisoners,
bringing the total Russian soldiers
imprisoned during1 the engagement
ahont'fiimnicu-Sarat ' to ;ten thous
and, la. anno I officially.
ThevX3ei-sushed beyoikl Eim-rcB;?r-rst.
"hji he Hungarian, sol
"r? V i ioHiteait , pierced the
'' " etl rrdlua- o
j Predicts Lack of Quorum
Both Houses When In
vestigation Is Called
Will Last for Weeks, It Is
Thought
(By the United Press)
Washington, Dec. 28.
Over sixty million dollars
, was made in Wall Street bv
those having advance infor-
: mat-lOll
on Wilsons' peace
, note, according to a tele -
!?vr,m received today from
Thomas Lawson by Kepre -
putative Wood.
The message said if it is actually
i believed in Washington that there
I tvoulii be u real investigation to last
i fc - weeks into the alleged leak,
j 'here would pot be a quorum in eith-
i r- tne tioase .senate aiomiay.
'ere
wonld ' e a shi'tin? of
bank
sugar
nit.i sinihir to tho.so in
ligation days.
WJMZ MEN'S ANTI-
mm league m.
y the U:n;M Tress)
Lexington, Ky., Dec. 27. Special
trains from St. Louis and Chicago
and ; necial cars from all parts of the
country wiii start for this place to-
r'.i:rht with several thousand members
the Students' National Intercolle
giate Prohibition Association's rin
tioral convention here tomorrow.
W. J. Bryan is to be tihe big feat
ure o" the meeting; and it is plan
ned to give the Commoner the orga
nization's assurance that has its com
pete support in his national prohibi
tion fi.Tb.t. Mr. Bryan js expected
to outline some of his plans for na-
l:onal
will e
prohibition.
1 December
The
31.
convention
BIEHTIfi
SUK iDKS BECAUSE OF
HUNGER.
London, Dec. 28. There are
r?;u'y food demonstrations in the
the chi'-'f cities of Austria-Hungary,
where great misery is felt
and hundred. of suicides occur
red during December, it is re
ported by Exchange Telegraph
dispatches from Geneva.
CLYDE LINER IS SAFE.
Boston, Dec. 28. The coast
gunrd received word that the lost
Clyd steamer Ozama was saie
in Block Island harbor.
THMGS THAT
oy GKrfS
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Kentuckians and Mexican
Snipers Still Gunning for
Each Other Three Hun
dred Shots Fired Thurs
dayReports Conflict
(By the United Press)
El Paso, Dec. 28. Be
cause of conflicting reports
of affairs, an investigation
w under way looking into
'the outpost skirmish early
'today between Mexican and
1 American snipers and a pa
trol of the 3rd Ky. Guard,
in wfhich more than 300 shots were
(k'ed across the Rio Grande by
guardsmen after a fusilade of shots
came from the Mexican side. The
entire city wa.i aroused by heavy fir
ing. P.egular army officers in the vi-
i-i'iity declare they heard no Bhots
fr.-m the Mexican side, while other
officers of the guard on patrol duty
state that scattered firing continued
:'or several minutes from the other
bank.
GREENSBORO FLANS FOR
mtm HOTEL SOON
Big Stock Company Organized and
Papers Forwarded to Raleigh for
Incorporation Will I'uribly toit
$320,000 and Be Complied 1!l!T
Greensboro is planning to put the
finishing touches on her plans for a
big hotel. The agitation has been
on for some time, and a big stock
company has been organized to build
a palatial affair to cost about three
hundred thousand dollars. The
Grepsboro News of Thursday morn
ing makes the following statement:
By Christmas, 1917, Greensboro
will have her new hotel. This was
"ssurel yesterday when the second
lay's work of the hotel committee re
sulted in complete success. The $75,
0G0 capital stock which had to be
:ilacod "with .business men and others
here was subscribed for and the com
mittee, losing not a day, has for
warded proper papers to Raleigh to
the Secretary of State for the imme
diate incorporation of the Greensbo-,
ro Hotel Company. This means that
in a year's time possibly a month or
two mor or less this city will
have a $320,000 hotel which will
probably surpass in beauty and con
venience any hotel between Washing
tan and Atlanta.
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Some of the Eventful Inci
dents of Worldwide Mo
ment Staged During Past
Four Years at the White
House
By ROBERT J. BENDER,
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Washington, Dec. 28. President
Wilson faces a new year fairly teem
ing with the portentous problems in
international affairs. Peace discus
sion in Europe with the President
as one of the foremost characters in
the drama loomed large on tne
year's horizon. Behind this vision
however, there rose Intricate and
dangerous questions of trade and di
nkmocv. the readjustment of work!
affairs and the economic revolutions
bound to follow the close of the war.
In brief, 1917 promises to be the
most eventful twelve months of Mr,
Wilson's administration. The year
nevertheless made its bow at the
White House mildly, inaugurating
no changes in the President's regu
!ar program of daily work.
Lookinp back on 1916 the calendar
pap;e3 disclose twelve months of al
most constant strain at the White
House.
"Our own rights as a nation, the
liberties, the privileges, and the
perty of our people have been pro
foundly affected" as a result of th
war, the President declared recently
The White House itself has housed
iome of 'the most dramatic scenes in
its history. Full details way neyw
be told of the dramatic conference
between the President and adminis
tration leaders in the library of the
executive mansion when it appeared
inevitable that the United States
would be drawn into war with Ger
many.
It was then the President told Sen
ator Stone of the Senate foreign re
Intinms committee that if another
American life were lost as a .result
cf violation by Germany of hej
pledges to this country on submarine
warfare, the only course left open to
him, was to sever diplomatic relations
with Germany. And questioned as to
whether or not such action would
mean war, the President " replied he
had 'been told it would.
It was followed by an effort to pass
resolutions in Congress warning Am
ericans off armed ships.
There was another dramatic con
ferenee in the White House. The
Gold room, famed for its Spectacular
social events during years gone hy
was opened to - crvnfreree between
he President and 6D0 railroad train
men in an effort to ward off a nation-wide
railroad strike. This was
followed by the appearance of rail
road executives, representing mil
lions of dollars of capital, and for
days the conference went on to no
avail.
Immediately afterward the Presi
dent went before Congress and forc
ed the passage of an eight-hour law,
averting the strike.
Then came the election. The Pres
dent himself tells an interesting sto
ry of the occasion when the returns
gave the result first to Hughes and
then to Wilson.
During Tuesday evenme he wai
with Mrs. W lson and his daughter,
Margaret, m the library of the man
sion hearing the returns. They were
a dubious lot of returns, and after
ail the New York papers had award
ed the victory to Hughes there seem
ed little hope for him in the outlook.
"I retired about 12:30," the "Presi
dent eaya, ttlimg of his feelings,
and at that time the situation could
not be termed encouraging I was
'having the next morning when my
daughter, Margaret, who has risen
early in order to "eaten a Vain for
Now York, came up and informed
cne I was elected. '
" 0, paw!' I f to for, Vhat
c3 j it !? 1 1 ' ivc t cf
Attendance at Others Gut to
50 Per Cent. Because pt
Prevalence of he Measles
and MumpsNo Health
Officer ...
The need fof a whole-time health
officer in the county la made teare
apparent by the fact that two of tha
county schools were forced to close
prior to the holidays oh account of
the prevalence of measles and the
mumps. The Hugo and Sand Hill
schools, the latter one of the largest
in the county, employing three teach
ers, suffered from the epidemic of
the disease to that extent ' ,v"
Not only were these two schools
closed, but teachers' reports in the
office of Supt. Kinsey for the month
of December show a considerable fall
ing of in attendance at most of the
schools. This decrease, attributahle
to sickness, ran as high as fifty per
cent, in some of the schools the week
just before Christmas. v
About a year ago the County Board
of Education undertook to adopt '
.suggestion of the health department
to have medical inspection in tin
schools, but the county commission
ers could not see their way clear to
make a small appropriation for the
work, and nothing was accomplished
in that direction. -? -i
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SPORTS WINNERS OF 1916
Profcssional Baseball.
World's iChampiona-
-Boston Amer-
icans.
National League Champions-
Brooklyn.
American League Champions-
Boston.
National League Champion Bats
man Hal Chase, Cincinnati.
American League Champion Bats
man Tris Speaker, Cleveland.
National League Champion Pitch
er Grover C. Alexander, Philadel
phia. American League Champion Pitch
er 'tfabe Kutn. Boston. r
Football.
Leading Eastern Team Pittsburg.
iBig Nine Conference' Champion-
Ohio State University. "
Leading Pacific Coast Team Uni
versity of Washington.
Leading Middle Western Teams4
Leading Southern Teams Georgia
Tech. and Tennessee.
Golf.
National Amateur Champion CJias.
Evans, Jr., Chicago.
National Open Champion Chas.
Evans, Jr., Chicago. : t
Professional Champion James M.
Barnes, Whitemarsh Valley Country
Club, Pa. ;);',
'ennis.
National Singles Champion
Norris Williams II, Philadelphia.
National Doubles Champions Wm.
M. Johnston and Clarence J. Grif
fin, San Francisco.
National Mixed Doubles Champions
Willis E. Davis, Cal., and Hiss
Eleanora Sears, Boston.
National Women's Singles Cham,
pion 'Miss Molla Bjurstodt, Norwyt
National Women's Doubles Cham
pions Mies Molla Bjurstodt, Nor
way, and Miss Eleanora Sears. Bel-
ton. v
Turf. V'
Biggest Money Winner JCampfire,.
owned 'by August Belmont during tha
season, and sold at the close. i.
Light Harness Horses.
Trotting Champion "Leo 'Axwor-.
thy, 1:58 1-4, world's recprd.
Pacing Champion Napoleon Di-
rectrect, 1:591-4. . ""!
AniemobOea. ' . ; - " - !
National Champion Dario Rested
Trap Shooting, ; ; - "
Grand "American ' HandicAp John
F. Waif, MUwa-ukee. !; -" vi
World's Profenonet Ch.T hn-
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