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VOL. XVlII.-No. 28
KlNSTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1917
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GERMANY'S WE NEXT THINK OFFICIALS
IF PRESENT ?M IMTK
ALIVE HST BE SflBEFRANK WITH
KEPT
EfIS
That There is grave Darker of Break Between United
States and Germany if Peace Fails, No Secret hi Wash
inston Officialdom ricrmany Probably Take That In
to Consideraiicii as Well as Growing rcstiv.cn.css o
Her People Entente AP.V-3 Left Loophole for derma
ny, Think Those Close to Situation
( I'y JiO I 't iled Press)
Washington, Jan. l.: T'sat the hint to the ncutral?
Ihat the "time was opportune to net" toward peace, wa
conveyed to the neutral capitals by American diplomat;
abroad at the suggestion of this government, became
kr.own today. It was not in the form oi a second note
hut "instructions" were sent to American representatives
Washington? Jan. 1. The life 'or death of the present
peace movement rests wholly in the hands of Germany.
This is known positively to be the belief of Washington,
officialdom. Furthermore, while the administration offi
cials believe the Entente Allies left a loophole for Ger
;ranyto prove the sincerity of her origins! peace propo
sals, they believe the peace negotiations ;ve a little farth
er off than at the start of the movement. It is knovr
this government feels that Germany mt more frankly
declare herself on terms if it is to keep alive the peaee no
epilations' sentiment among the Allied heads.
That Germany may do this in confident? is d.-cm.d pos
sible by the officials for the following reasons : Because of
the conviction that if peace does not come, Germany and the
United States will be drawn to the verge of a break, owing to
the submarine activities; their fear that the German people,
" already restive, will demand greater representation in their
government, and either a more vigorous pursuit of tiie war or
a more determined effort for peace.
No secret is made here of the danger of a break with Germany-
. Whether this will influence Germany in the next peace
step is to be seen.
CHARGE GERMANY KNEW OF PEACE NOTES
AHEAD OF SENDING.
That Germany learned in advance of President Wilson's
intention to send peace notes to the belligerents, and tV.it Ger
many, therefore, hurriedly dispatched the German jvace pro
posals to make it appear that the President was backing Ger
many's peace plans, was the statement made in French am'.
British diplomatic circles today.
Berlin, Jan. 1. The general impression of the Entente's
answer to the German offer is that it in verbose, b:if never
theless a flat refusal to end the war, declared the official press
bureau.
BRITISH CUTTER WAS
BLOWN IIP; NUMBER
LOST IS NOT KNOWN
fioioral ??cig Promoted
Vnn TJiif'nvr T?:ifL- In T"Jr.
lomatic Service, Appears. jj
German "Nutcracker" Is S
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Working Nicely, Said If
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BULLETIN TO
TIIE FREE PRESS
Too Late for Satur
day's Paper, Making
First Announcement of
Definite Refusal of the
Allies to Enter Peace
Conference.
(dy the United Press)
London, Jan. 1 The cut
ter "Protector" was blown
ip, according to Lloyd's dis-,j
latches. The number lost
's unknown. i
With the British in Francce (By. J
;imms) The advent of 1917 finds t
he British line gradually extending; ,
onthward more and more. Today
'.ne-ian I's mammoth expeditionary-!;
"oree is ready to answer any call
deneral firag, trie Hntish com
render in chief of the expeditionary
".ce, has been elevated to be field
"rsV. :l of England.
on Ruelow In Diplomatic Service
Gevva. .Tun. 1. General Von Eue
t.v '.vhn was Ia?t reported Germrn
anim ir. 'or of ll;e forces hebw Ptl--iVni,
is r,aid tn have arrived in
' c; l.i, id with a complete re
iiii e of rccreta-ies, according to re
' "!s here
Xilic;
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.i- thnrvn Russians bark to Bridjre-e.i-1
of rr:.i':i and in Dobrudja the
:c man-iir.lcaiian troops have nl-
Trosr vecne.l uo the Kn-'sian lirniKO-
ead P' ;'.tio'n at Maein, it is offi-
announced.
Washington, 1 P. M., Dec.
30, 1916. France and her Al
lies formal!;- refuse to enter
peace negotiations with Ger
many, without knowledge of the
Teutonic tenr.s. JLn a collective
rei'Iy handed the neutral dip
lomats here, the Allies ex
press resentment at an attempt
So throw on them the responsi
bility 1'cr war. Tin-y also re
sent claims of Teutonic victo
ry. Germany's proposals de
clared "more like war maneu
ver than peace offer."
inkers" Working Nicely.
-!:n. Jan. 1. The Ni-.lh Ger-
my ha j ushed hn?k tr.-- R':
imnt.ian forces to n point half
eUveen Pimnicii Sarnt and Ko
The German Danube army
HVILLA FORCES W
mm hi vhmMmi
BIG BATTLE WW
Carranzaisias Had Been
Sent to Stop Villaistas
But Were Overpowered
By Bandits Large Num
ber Troops Engaged
ite1 Press)
Jan. 1. In the
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HIUMiFA (TI.TIVATIVG T"E
SAVING HABIT Sl'CCESSFriXY
LAWSON CALLS HENRY'S
BLUFF MD COMES DOWN
(By the Unitel Press)
Washington, Jan. 1. Thomas W
Lawson wired Chairman Henry of
the Rules Committee of the House
that he would be at the Shoreham
Hotel this afternoon to answer any
questions he, Henry, wants to ask
him regarding the peace note leak.
Mr Henry refused to say whether he
would call on Lawson.
ARTIST "COMES BACK
AFTER 34 YEARS WITH
BUST OF KIITCnENER.
London, Dec. 10 (By mail) Ri
chard Belt, artist, came back after
34 years of retirement due to illness
and modelled a bust of Lord Kitchen
er, so lifelike that he was offered
$50,000 for it. Art is priceless to
Belt, however and his masterpiece
has been claimed by the Government.
A cannon from the British artillery
has been set aside to make the cast
ing. Bolt's last previous work was a bust
of Sir Richard .Burbridge which the
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NEW CKO-,;
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HNTfiY
oi:n TODAY
(My -.in' l',;i'.ed Press)
.''-.'l 1rar:-i -V", Jan. 1. With as
f n; it f'dd of hvigia.stance runners as
'-.r.3 over been a-:c .nbled here pre
rr i .: to start in the modified mara
:!u).i rnre )-c:e fxlay. r.wv.y sport f.'.ns
':;pc.'ic i to rte ihe new year's birth-
d. '.y ce'ebrate.l by a :cv record for
7 and a half mile", cro3 country.
Geo. M. Wyeof, Chicago distance
r'i:irer. and the two California cham-;-:.,r.3
Oliver Millard an 1 Bobby
Vhit'lit. rre picked for possible re-
e. i d performances. The race starts
at the Ferry Euildinjr, takes a course
hro'Jfr'ii the city, cats through Gold
en Gate nark, an 1 cads near the Sea!
Ir-iks.
"OFRNAMEXTS OF ROSES
AT PASADENA MONDAY
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the United Tress)
I'.v.riy'c-., in., Jar:. ucee
"inanricr- are hereby advi cd to keep
ne eye on several hundred school
''ids h" e who are showing consider
ible ability in making their bank
" ,k ; 'io-v t " ; cents where only one
ent stood before. I
Tina women here placed their
child :ei oi an r.llowance of from
5 cents to ?2 a week. In three
"ionth they hae accumulated bank
'al inms (hr.t t'-tnl $i),0n0, beside i
nyir:- .'-clioo! yupjilies and some
lot!; : n oat of tlieir allowance.'!.
'.y tb-
LI P;:,o,
i-ei-.fc battle i.i ).ioint of
u.ii.beis ensajred, since Vil
:a rcp;'.ov!ed pover in the
;orth of Mexico, 'the Villa
'rtas today decisively dc
Ceatod column of provern
niO'it troops sent Iy Gener--:1
Miu-jjuia to lialt the
northward progress of ban
;it forces.
'Mho battle occurred at LaCruse,
the fir.-t station on the railr-.vad line
:,orth of Santa Keiilia, according to
ep .t . ib;ained by the United
."tu'.cj autho-ities here today.
GLANCE AT CONGRFS
jSHOWS WORK MUCH
iP'RTANCEBEDONE
Control In House Matter of
Speculation Britt-Wea
vcr Controversy May De
cide Review of What
Has Been Done
(By the United PrMt)
I Washington, Jan. 1. The short
session of the Sixty-fourth Congress
: is on the last lap of a whirlwind
I -ace. Following is a review on what
has been accomplished and eome
i tiling of what remains to be done.
! Those, measured by pu'ilic interest,
are the most important legislative
tasks accomplished by the Sixty
f o.irth Congress:
The Army and Navy bills carrying
appropriations of gigantic sums, a
towards preparedness.
hment of Federal Reserve
to eliminate danger of finan
ial panics.
Purchase of Danish West Indies at!
i cost of 325,000,000, another stride
i.nvirds preparedness.
Federal P'arm Loan Act, of great
In'crc't to farmers and intended to
aid them in securing necessary capi
i! at a fair rate of interest,
r-'.loral Good Roads Law, provides
$70,000,000 to be used in improving
National highways.
TW' il Trndp Cnmtnission. a "tro-
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'LEAVE THE FARMER A PROFIT' IS BEST
PLAN TO ENCOORAGE 'BACK TO FARHAl
'KEEP BOyS AND GIRLS ON FARrSLO
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e .'oral trade commission, a
eea" in matters between
Mi
and corporations.
t, hi
rrirCAGO RATS EAT
65, 000,000
BIU. .POLICE LOOK
m mmm man
r""" iEAB!CiiAR0E OF MURDER
Chicago, J tin. 1. P costs the
Unite,! Stat: ?:15.000,'?(::i a ; ear to
fet'd the rats hi thir. coi'c.try, a ceo, i
n;r i Ile.'iltli Commissioner Robert
"n t.i'iay. This is for food consum
ed by tro rodent.; ar.d does not in
.'iu.'e ." i(:,il dest"uctienes3 which
amovn's into a big fiirure. Dr. Rob-Tb.-on
,:;.'-. .1 a city ordinance re-rj-j
i . in;' rat-'1: oobiig cf all buildings.
( ;"riid o Have Killed Young
I Model Account Jealousy,
j Surprise promised When
Arrest is Made and Announced
CHICAGO BlTtGLARS WENT
AFTER BIG GAME IN 1915
(By the United Press)
(Dy the United Tresj)
Philacth)hi?., Jan. 1. A
jealous fi'nd, known as a
Pasadena, Tab, Jan. 1. The Tour-
lament of Ro'es. Pasadena's beauti
ful rnd unique midwinter fete, was
..ho hi attraction for New ears
!sy, and thousands from every state
m tne union are here, c.atl m sum-
mcrv c;arnients, and enjoying a nor-
31 festival possible only in bunny
Academy refused to accept Shortly California at this season
after the refusal he lost the power I The floral parade at i0:o0 today
of one arm and gave up his work. v.-;Il find thousands at points of van
The artist was one of Kitchener's ! tarre alcn- the line of march for the
worshippers and studied the great : procession of beauteous splendor,
soldier's moods. When England was Roses, violets, carnations, gerani
stunned by Kitchener's loss Bolt and urns all products of Southern Cali
his wife improvised a secret studio j fornta's outdoor winter will be
in their borne and the sculptor be- j masssd and banked in every eoneeiv
gan work anew to express in clay what able form in scores of floats; myri
was in his finger tips. j ads of blossoms will be showered up-
Critical art committees judged tht j on the spectators by pretty grls in
v.ro, J.-.n. 1. Burglars did few-; -,UC.'CSSxU! DUSinCSS man in
s. but cot mere loot than in ! philad: lohia and New York.
is beinjr sought by police as
er
i rme- years, t,"e J'.nii report sua
n itted by Chief off (Police Ilealey
here to lav showed.
ihe murderer of Grace Rob
erts, a ycung model.
MICHKIAN'S YOUNGEST CHIEF j 0 t of scares of men she met
JUSTICE TAKES OFFICE through her cafe life th . one man
J loved her in ;anely, grew jealous of
(By the United Press) all other admirers and then brutally
Lansing ,Mich., Jan. 1. Justice slew her. That is ground on which
Rrarz Kuhn today automotacilly be-i the police are working. They expect
came chief justice of the state sup-erne
court, under the seniority rule.
Kuhn is the youngest man to act as
chief justice of the Michigan court
in the history of the state. He i3 b.
a surprising arrest within 24 he .rs.
70,000 NEEDLESS DEATHS
ANNUALLY IN THE U. S.
BULLETINS
Chicago, Jan. 1. Fifty thousand
model to be a faithful and lifelike filmy costumes; and school children, j babeis and 20,000 mothers die annu-
representation of Kitchener contem-' marching clubs, bands and other or- j ally in the United States because of
plative, combining his severe facial ganirtions will add their share to: improper care at childbirth, said Dr.
lines with some hint of his genial na- to this midwinter festival of flow J Joseph B. Lee to club women here
tare.
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today.
(By the . United Press)
PRESIDENT PLAYED
USUAL GAME OF GOLF.
. :,, Washington, Jan. 1 The Pres
ident began the New Year with :
.; his customary game of golf.
Subscribe to The Free Press.
Workmen's Compensation; Ship
'Archase Act. a movement toward a
real merchant marine; Child Labor
law.
Railway legislation looms up as
re 1 i .eest piece of unfinished busi
ne Strenuous efforts are being
made to rush the railway program
ihrnii'.rh during the present short sea
on of Congress.
The corrupt practices bill provid
'rtg for ; -..bllrity of campaign funds,
:s anothe- important bill up for a
' e ly consideration.
The r; !;re:-hin bill, which would rc-
icve from service judges reaching
ihe apre of seventy after ten years'
rervicr, and who by reasm of physi
cal disability are unable properly to
discharge their duties, also is to set
f ir early hearing.
The fate of the immigration bill,
with the literacy test attached, which
v.M-i recently passed by the Senate,
is hard to predict. President Wilson
vetoed a similar bill. It is rumored
an effort will be made to pass the
'oi;! over any possible veto.
Woman suffrage and national pro
hibition have been reported "ay the
House committee, but it is impossible
to say when either -bill will reach a
vote.
Other important measures due for
early consideration are: the water
power bill, having to do with the
leasing of power sites on inland wa
terways; the floodnprevention bill,
carrying appropriations of millions
for flood prevention along the Mis
sissippi and Sacramento rivers, and
the Webb export bill, which would
permit combination of American ex
porters for participation in foreign
trade in an effort to meet competi
tion at the end of European hostili
ties. The line-up of Republicans and
Democrats in the Senate will be
slightly altered in the 66th Congress.
Democrats losing one and reducing
their working majority to 13.
The line-up of " the House ia still
in douBl" The result of the fight be
ing made in North Carolina by Britt,
Republican and Weaver, Democrat,
may decide the question of the ma
jority in the lower branch of Con
gress. . .
By CARL VROOMAN, ...
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture. '
(Written for the .United Press)
Washington. Jan. 1. A popular magazine some
months ago sent a letter to all our Senators .and Concreasf- V
men, asking them what, in their opinion, would help most
to keep the boys on the farm. A certain Senator, notedJ
ior terseness oi speecn ana noise-sense, wrote, y
uutiuiu ui iul1 iJtijf un iiiiswei ui live wui ua, . j
commend to all American citizens as beincr adaieu-wi--i
olve more agricultural problems than this p'nje. The Sgfc
atpr's reply was: 1
"Make farming profitable, by :"
The prosperity of the farmer is to the butintea werld
what soil fertility is to the agricultural world, the fundameatal
basis of all permanent success. Many farmers in the past have " "
made the mistake of thinking that they could get rich by skin- "'
ning the coil, and many business men likewise have made th
mistake uf thinking that they could -get rich by skinning the
farmer. The only way that the farmer can make a permanent
success of farming is to keep the fertility of the soil, and tha
onjy way that the business world can be permanently succtaafal
is to insure the continued prosperity of the farmer.
The use of legume crops has been advocated erer since the
days of the Roman Empire, and probably long before that, be
cause they not only were paying crops, but had the added ad
vantage of gathering from the air and depositing in the sail
more nitroijen than they expected. The legume should bs jthe
model for every intelligent business man iu hw deIings T.itji
the farmer.
When a banker loans a farmer money, he should loan it te
him at a rate of interest and fur the kind of inveatment -that
will enable the farmer not only to pay back hjs Joan, bat f
r.ain for fniielf a margin of profit. The railway manager fchf
makes rr.ies for ihe farmei for shipping fertilizer and ether
iierchanijixe to the farmer, smd for hipping the farmar'a pr
dute to m-irket, thould make a rate that will leve the f armrr, a
margin 9f profit. Jhe middlemen who handle the faraver's jwjwrf
proouce pnould endeavor to get him such prices and shealfl 1 1
charge him only such commissions s-wil) leave pht fsfmer a
Pi In tht lonir run it ia onlr thua that the ntaira(iiaafc4
.banks. th,e railroads and the commission men can ,insue jheir
own profits. ,
If tha leaders of the buslpca woild .will lay fhif leasaa
to heart; if on New Year's Day throygllQit this country they
will take the legume as tlieir madel, and the words "Leare he
farmer a margin of profit" as their motto, it will do aiore ta
increase production and reduce the igh cost of liying, jt wjll
do more to keep the boy and the girl op the farm, it will da
more to ireate an invisible national efficiency and to push far
ward the work of national preparednpss, than any ether sin
gle step that can be taken.
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FRANK RHEM CHOS'N ROAD
SUPERINTENDENT MONDAY
Frank Rhemj the well-Jvj)Own cqt-
ton weigher, was Monday chosen by paasenger jiraui,
FIRED INTO WW ?
SOUTHERN TRM
Friday nifht ,t1
a ton
at 7:39, waiejntbjf "ada
of LaGrsnge and several MsaangtM
the County Commissioners Road Su-1
perintendent, succeeding the late
Bryant Taylor. Mr. Rhem will begin
upon his new duties at once. had rr escapes from death. Taa
The County ' Commissioners held bullet entered a wipdow est aid ".
their regular meeting Monday. The' of the train1 and pissed mnm
session ras rather a length.; cue, coach out '
and routine matters occupied the .. . '..
: , 1 j ui I Slte- A woman .passenger erKinr by ,
morning and a considerable porti-M' . ... ..
of the afternoon session. The board j the window, through which A M
is scheduled to elect a road superin-! Iet entered, was injured tVoat
tendent to succeed the late Bryant broken laM- Sh """
Taylor and possibly fill several minor ful cut on thear- and to'W
places. No action had been taken on ' melical attention oa anriTaljs, -
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HUGO VOTES SPECIAL TAX
Contentnea Neck -Township, in
which' ia- - located the Hugo School,
voted favorably on a special tax,
which was' submitted to the. patrons
Saturday, 'Decembesr 30., The returns
were canvassed by the County Board
of Education -Monday when it met
in, regular' session. " . -Iv
these appointments when press
Goldaboro. Mr. Emory P.
time came, ft is understood that son of Mr- T- E- illB ,
there are a number of applicants for ws 8ittin hT Fff,; feiJMk ,
the road superintendency but Chair- i which the bll9t WMl fljtftt
man Churchill, declined to indicate 13 a,d Ve .PI??18 S'tfW WHf-a
who would be favored by the board ,ew 5f? ?' his fc- nT
or who he would support
limit fMPnRTATinv nr
INTOXICANTS IN COLORADO eeutlon be given u ha agr.
Moore was in change pf Ihe train Ka
clue so far has. been found as to ttit
identity oi tne culprit, but ruu prai
Denver, Colo., Jan. 1. One .quart
of whisky and a half case of beer
will be the total amount of intoxi
cants permitted o family in Colorado
fojr one month's consumption if the
dry forces of the State succeed in
putting through a proposed amend
ment to the prohibition law at the
coming session of the State Legisla
ture. ,
Under the present law, unlimited
quantities of liquor may be imported
for personal nsa. .
' The reasonable success ft the laws
of North Carolina ia generally quot
ed as a basis for introduction of sim
ilar law! in the legislature of the
jjlountaiu State -
hended.
RECORDER'S CCKT
Recorder Wootea ' weak v thrSnt '
the formality1 of calling liis ieouc, ta
order Jionday jnorning, bmi ? ad '
journment was .taken jmfndi Wy -est ;
pnjk of 4the gWtifof'Jiy..
Several important cases ff, isM"
up during Jreak.JhFM" ase.' v
Dupreo assart caajpj jrtsjet .f or Fxi '
day and tjia cases agsipst tfe Ty.lsp
brothers and Ed.' Sumrell will; a ;
taken no during th weik! r Vy ,
Tuesday. They are charged i tU
'" '.f, I clatlnj the prohibitlo'a lirS, " - .
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