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KINSTON, N. C. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1914
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AUSTRIANS
SEEK
PEACE BUT REFUSE
RUSSIA'S iTERMS
This Report Was Sent Out
From Berne, in Switz
erland, Today
NO ATTACK ON WARSAW
Germans Completely Re-
pulsed in Northern Po
landKaiser's Forces
Have Suffered Severely ,
Petrograd Has No Water
(By the United Press)
Berne, Dec. 15. Austria, it is re
ported, has made a tentative peace
proposal to Russia. Exchanges be
tween the two governments in which
Russia made known the terms she
demanded were' without result, it is
said.
Complete Repulse to German Forces
Petrograd, Dec. 15. The German
army which invaded Northern Pol
and from Mlawa has been completely
routed. The movement upon Warsaw
has apparently been abandoned. The
Germans suffered heavily after the
taking of Przasnys. German rein
forcements are being sent to East
Prussia and to the defense of the Ma
lurian Lake region. For the first
time in thirty years Petrograd is
without a water supply, and great
danger would accrue in case of fire.
Fierce Artillery Duel in Progress
"''In Alsace.
Paris, Dec' 15. A fierce artillery
tillery duel is starting in upper Al
sace. It is reported that the French
have advanced to within five miles of
Aspach. The forward movement by
the French continues with fighting
for the control of the roads leading
to Muelshausen. The Allies' artillery
is blasting its way through the . Ger
man lines. The German attack north
of Gernay has been repulsed. The
Allied wedge in the region of Ypres
is being continually strengthened and
extended further into Belgium.
Allies Drive Enemy From Their
'"' Positions.
Paris, Dec. 15--In the attack by the
French and English against the Ger
mans between Hollebeke and Wyts-
chate, the Allies drove the enemy
from the woods west of the latter
town and captured a position. The
French troops held the gained ground
despite fierce counter attacks. Inter
mittent cannonading is reported from
Somme and Argonne.
PROSPECTS FOR COUNTY OF
"JARVIS- ARE GOOD
Dunn, Dec. 14. Attorney John C.
Clifford, upon whose shoulders has
Men a large part of the burden in
fight for the formation of Jarvis
tttmty, believes that the project's
waacea for success are brighter now
tho at any time since the idea gain-
4rH)p upon the minds of the peo
ple ol this locality.
ttHEAND WANTS
3-CENT ELECTRICITY
(By the United Press.)
Columhna r n n...i.ni
the citv ,w X;' .rirzr;:.-:
three; ,rr.v"rr:
tar larva. iaiuut
opened its flght here before the State
utilities commission for three-cent
Mectnc light.
,ne commission heard arguments
y attorneys for the city against the
JJPpeal of the Cleveland Electric Il
luminating Company to overrule ; an
finance setting three cents per kilo
hour as the maximum price for
Wectricity fa Cleveland. Counsel for
company also was present.
The city presented data ' to show
the CleMand municipal light
has been furnishing three-cent
-w at a profit for mora than a year.
the contention of -the ilium inat-
rl wnpanjr that these figures are
jjwnrt, and that their own figures
r wree-eent light at present is a I
' impossibility.
tP in the fight for either
ft "P1 to be an appeal from
Wtv !Tr of taiti commission
ts eil oopreme Court. Should
a Jr; iu caaa officials declare
Y ,4 d to the purchase of the pri-
plant by the city.
RUSSIANS PREPARE
TO DELIVER A FINAL
DEFEAT TO GERMANS
Nicholas' Troops Being Re-
Distributed for Decisive
Action in Poland
INACTION IN THE SOUTH
Berlin Claims the Opposite
From Russian Statement
of Important Success
About
CraCOW Keport
of Unrest Among Troops
(By the United Press)
Petrograd, Dec. 15. The Russians
south and southeast of Cracow hold
the lines of the Austro-Germans they
drove back. Owing to the defeat in
the North, the Germans have not
pressed the attack in the region of
Lowicz. The Russian forces are be
ing re-distributed, and it is believed
that Grand Duke Nicholas is about
to strike a blow which will force Ger
man withdrawal.
Berlin Offers a Different Version.
Berlin, Dec. 15. According to
semi-official statements, the Russians
in Poland have withdrawn northward.
Vienna newspapers report that if
the fortress of Cracow does not soon
fall, there will be a general mutiny in
the Russian ranks. It is stated that
whole Russian battalions have shown
disaffection and been sent away in
chains.
WANTS TAX COLLECTIONS
HURRIED FOR PENSIONS.
Raleigh, Dec. 14. State Treasurer
Lacy today calls upon the sheriffs of
all the counties to come to his aid in
the payment of pension warrants to
the Confederate soldiers and widows.
"We have only $163,000 in the treas
ury," Mr. Lacy says, "and the amount
immediately necessary is $500,000. It I
will take $50,000 a day for some
time."
(By the United Press.)
THE SUPPLYING AUSTRIANS
CLAIM FURTHER SUCCESS
Vienna, Dec. 15. An official
statement says the Austrians are
pursuing the Russians in eastern
Galicia. The Austrians have
reached the Plain of Allenthal.
The fighting is almost continu
ous. AVIATORS DROP BOMBS
ON GERMAN TOWNS
Amsterdam, Dec. 15. French
aviators passed over Freiburg
and Baden, dropping bombs upon
the towns.
NEUTRAL MONARCHS TO
DISCUS STHE WAR
Stockholm, Dec 15. King Gus
tar of Sweden; Haakon of Nor-
way and Frederick of Denmark,
are to meet at Malmo for a con
ference over difficulties growing
out of the European war.
Turkish cruiser
bombards batum
Berlin, Dec 15. A Turkish of
. ficial bulletin says the large cru
iser Sultan Jawus Selia has bom
barded Batum, setting fire to the
city. The cruiser escaped des
pite heavy gun fire from the land
batteries. Dispatches from Con
stantinople say that in the Cau
casus region 50,000 armed Rus
sians, all Mohammedans, have
joined the other . Moslems to
fight Russia.
RUSSIANS NOW AT,
AUSTRIA'S DOOR
Petrograd, Dec 15. It is offi-
V dally, admitted that the Austri-
. ana are now defending the north
era fefopes of the Carpathian
' mountains into Galicia through
Dukla Pass, against advancing
Russians.' . .
BRITISH CRUISERS '.
AWAIT DRESDEN'S DEPARTURE
Buenos Ayres, Dec 15 It la
reported that two British cruisers
. are in the Straits of Magellan off
T
OPPOSE KITCHIN
FOR NEAT LEADER
will No Dictate to House
in
Matter of Selecting Suc
cessor to Underwood, Mr.
Wilson Says Garrett A
Candidate.
(By the United Tress)
Washington, Dec. 15. The Presi
dent said today that he has decided to
comply with Governor Goethala' re
quest for destroyers for the Panama
canal neutrality cuard. T? sniH ha
is opposed to the immigration bills
for literacy test.
President Wilson said he is not op-
the next House leader, and will "not
attempt to dictate to the House."
Washington, Dec. 15. The confir
mation here Monday of the report
that Finis Garrett of Tennessee will
be' a candidate for chairman of the
ways and means committee and ma
jority leader of the House to succeed
Oscar Underwood, who goes to the
Senate at the beginning of the Sixty'
fourth Congress, was the most inter
esting subject of conversation abound
the capitol. Claude Kitchin of North
Carolina is the ranking member of
the ways and means committee, and
therefore, has been looked upon as
Mr. Underwood's successor.
Garrett, it is said, will have the sup
port of President Wilson.
Mr. Garrett has held no very im
portant committee assignments, and
is now third member on the Rules
Committee, ranking next to Pou,
TEACHER-MOTHER FIGHT
TO FRONT AGAIN TODAY
(By the United Press.)
New York, Dec. 15. Miss Henri
etta Rodman, Wadleigh High School
teacher whose letter referring to the
teacher-mother controversy in the hu
morous column of a local newspaper
brought upon her the censure of the
board of education, will appear today
for trial. She is charged with gross
misconduct and insubordination, has
ed on the letter-writing episode.
TWEEDY SHARES HIS
PROFITS WITH WORKERS.
(By the United Press)
Danbury, Conn., Dec. 15. Profit
sharing will have a new recruit today
when Arthur E. Tweedy, president of
the silk mills which bear his name,
will give to all his operatives a share
in the profits of the company. He em
ploys about 150 workers. Last Janu
ary he gave a voluntary increase of
ten per cent, to all his employes.
Punta Arenas, waiting for the
German cruiser Dresden. Pro
German reports say the British
vessels intend not to respect the
neutrality laws. The German con
sul here charges Brazil and Chile
with violation of neutrality.
GERMANS LAY BLAME FOR
MINES ON THE ENGLISH
Berlin, Dec. 15 It is officially
stated that mines stranded on the
Dutch coast by a storm are ail
English except eight Dutch and
four French.
ALLIES COMBINE IN
ATTACK UPON GERMANS
London, Dec. 15. A statement
by the war bureau says a combin
ed attack on the Germans is be
ing made by the British and the
French lines between the rail
road leading from Ypres to Lille
and the main highway.
ACTIVITIES OF FORMER
GERMAN MAN-OF-WAR
Berlin, Dec. 15. A Turkish
, cruiser, the former German war
ship Breslau, has bombarded Se
bastopoL The Turkish cruiser
Sultan Jawus Selim is reported
to have bombarded Batum. This
vessel was formerly the German
cruiser Goeben.
FEW AUSTRIANS REMAIN ON
SERVIAN SOIL NOW
; Nish, Dec 15. An official state
ment says the Servians have re
entered Belgrade. The Austrians
- fled across the Danube and Save
' rivers in great disorder. Servia
ia now clear of Austrians except
at two poins.
PRESIDENT WON
HAD SHOES FOR HIS BABY
, a . , ,1. 1 'mi """p".
Ei
Two little shoes found In the pock
ets of a mortally wounded lielglan sol
dier touched tho hourtHtriiiKs of the
nurses in the French hospital to which
he was taken. With them was a let
ter to his wife, from whom he had
been separated since the destruction
of their home In Termonde, saying he
was sending a pair of shoes for their
three-year-old baby, bought with
money he had earned as a scout in
King Albert's army. Tho shoes wero
hung above his .deathbed.
CONGRESS DID ITS DUTY
BY THE NAVY, DECLARES
SECRETARY DANIELS
Policy of the Department to "Save
Ashore for Expenditure Afloat,"
Results in Decreased Expenses
of Nation's Navy Department
(By the United Press)
Washington, D. C, Dec. 14. Secre
tary of the Navy Daniels today sub
mitted his annual report to the Presi
dent.
In the introduction the report
states that "the navy was not neg
lected in the unparalleled' record of
constructive legislation made by the
second session of the Sixty-third Con
gress. that forward looking body
evinced a true appreciation of the
country's real need for a continuous
ly healthy and normal growth of the
navy; and the legislation it enacted
approved nearly every recommenda
tion made in the department's report
of last December. As a result of the
ready spirit and wise discrimination
of that Congress, the naval appropria
tion bill, decreased below last year's
figures, provided for two dread
noughts instead of one, and, later in
the session, seizing upon a rare op
portunity, Congress authorized the
sale of two old ships, ill-adapted to
the present needs of our navy and
the construction in their stead of a
powerful dreadnought."
The appropriations for the fiscal
year 1914-1915 for the naval estab
lishment amounted to $140,233,7 10.
61, exclusive of the $4,G35,000 appro
priated from the proceeds of the sale
of. the battleships Idaho and Missis
sippi for the battleship authorized in
their stead. Estimates submitted for
the naval establishment for the fiscal
year 1915-1(1, exclusive of the amount
required to continue work on the ves
sel authorized to replace ' the Idaho
and Mississippi ($5,827,410), amount
to ?139,569,409.88, or $664,306.73 less
than the 1915 appropriations and this
reduction has been made notwith
standing advances recommended in
the appropriations "Pay of the Navy"
and ''Pay of the Marine Corps" . of
$1,359,839 and $149,284.47, respect
ively, to meet the normal increases
already authorized by law in these
two arms of the service.
The policy has been, as it was a
year ago, to save ashore for expen
diture afloat; to maintain shore sta
tions for the fleet, and not the fleet
for shore stations. The biggest re
duction made was for "Public Works."
In his concluding paragraph Secre
tary Daniels said: "This has been a
proud and solemn year for the Amer
ican navy. It has shown that it
knows how to bear itself under fire.
how to obey orders, how to maintain
the honorable traditions of the ser
vice. Allow me, Mr. President, to
congratulate you as its commander-in-chief,
upon the record it has made,
upon its preparedness for duty, upon
the reliance you can place upon it in
any time of national need."
MEXICANS DESIST
FROM FIRING OVER
BORDER FOR A DAY
Observe Orders of Their
Chiefs to Stop Killing and
Maiming Americans in
Arizona No Casualties
Reported to Washington
(By the United Press)
Washington, Dec. 15 Orders to
Gutierrez and Carranza commanders
at Naco to avoid firing which would
endanger the lives of persons on the
American side were observed to some
extent today. No casualties have
been reported up to this afternoon.
NEWSBOY WINS FAME AS POET
(By the United Press.)
Chicago, Dec. 15. Praised by Rus-
kin, Gosse and Swinburne for verse
written while he was in his teens,
Scharme! Iris, once a hustling newsie,
is doing literary hack work, teaching
Italian and fingering happily today
"Lyrics of a Lad," his first book, and
what is said to be the first book of
verse by an Italian published in Eng
lish in this country.
Iris was a newsie when Ruskin, the
great English critic, praised his verse;
When he was thirteen the poet Swin
burne wrote to a New York paper a
tribute to his verse. Yet in spite of
this recognition Iris continued as
factory worker. He is now twenty
five years old, and so far as finances
are concerned, a literay hack, but his
book is on sale and Iris happy.
"It will rebound to the credit of my
dear Italy, he says.
Asheville, Dec. 14. Members of the
Southern Surgical and Gynecological
Association spent today in committee
meetings, preparations being made
for the formal opening of the twenty
seventh annual meeting tomorrow
morning. More than 100 delegates
have a rived.
GARDNER RESOLUTION
WILL CREATE FIGHT
It is Expected That Forces Will Be
Divided and Lines Drawn Non
Partisan The Administration
Hopes for Its Defeat.
Washington, Dec. 15. A sharp
clash between powerful elements in
Congress and the administration
over questions of navy and army pol
icy is looked for at this session.
Large numbers of members, of
both Republican arid Democratic par
ties, say this country must wake up
and do something with reference to
preparedness for defense. The Gard
ner resolution for an inquiry will
have strong support.
President Wilson is opposed to the
Gardner resolution, and has no sym
pathy with the agitation of the ques
tion of preparedness. It is expected
that he will oppose allowing army
and navy officers to give testimony be
fore a commission named in pursu
ance of the Gardner resolution if that
is adopted. It is very probable that
administration and Congressional op
position already manifested will de
feat the Gardner resolution.
Secretary of War Garrison takes
the position that Gardner or any com
mittee in Congress may have all the
information desired concerning the
military establishment, but that such
information must come through him
and through "loose relations" between
army officers and Congress. If the
rules committee takes up the Gard
ner resolution. Secretary Garrison
expects he will be the first witness
called, as the responsible officer of
the government. But Secretary
Garrison will probably refuse to de
tail officers to uppear before Congress
to give testimony.
' However, should tho inquiry be
made, by no means will it be under
the control of the, administration or
of the War Department Men will
probably be called in who are quite
as well informed about national de-
fense as army officers, and whose ,
ideas are well matured.. Some of the
foremost adjutant generals of the
States' may be called. Colonel Boose- j
velt may be summoned. t Former Sec-
retary of War Stimson is suggested
as a valuable witness. Prominent
civilians who have given thought to
the policy of preparedness are likely,
to be asked to give testimony. J
MUST LEAVE GUAM
OR INTERNE TDERE
German Ship Given Twenty-
five Hours to Clear from
American Island
GOVERNOR IS POSITIVE
With Empty I Larder and
Bunkers, Friendless Rov
er of the Pacific Cannot
Have More Than Momen
tary Asylum at Guam
(By the United Press)
Washington, Dec. 15. The German
cruiser Cormoran, with coal, provi
sions and water exhausted, has been
given the alternative of interning in
the port in the island of Guam, or
leaving there today.
The commander of the Cormoran
said he needed supplies to get
some German port. Captain Maxwell
nnval governor of Guam, allowed the
German vesael some supplies and no-
tihed the commander that he must
leave port in twenty-five hours.
MR. LOVIT HINES' HOME
BADLY DAMAGED BY FIRE
Flames Soon Under Control, But Wa
ter and Smoke Damage Will
Amount to $4,000 or $5,000.
Started About 2:30 P. M.
Fire which started about 2:30
clock this afternoon did damage
the extent of $4,500 or $5,000 in tho
handsome home of Mr. Lovit Hines
at the northwest corner of Caswell
and McLeweai streets. The cause
has not been determined. Severn'
were of the opinion that the blaze had
its origin in the furnace-room, but
Mr. Hines was firm in the belief that
a defective electric wire was tho
cause.
The principal damage was by
smoke and water. This damaged
much valuable furniture and ruined
the walls in a number of rooms, so
that most of the interior will have
to be replaced. Flames were licking
about the bookcases in the library
while neighbors were attempting td
remove them.
The blnze at no time was spectac
ular, and tho firemen, who had lew
than two blocks to run from the
downtown station, soon hud it check
ed.
The Ilines home is one of the hand
somest on Caswell street, and is val
ued at a high figure. It is a com
modious slate frame roof building oi
modern design.
The damage is practically coverei
by insurance, it was said.
COURT PUTS BAN ON A
STAR CHAMBER HEARING
Albany, N. Y., Dec. 14. -The Nev
York Court of Appeals will hear th
appeal today of Vincenzb Campinello
Oscar Vogt and Gregorio Giordanc
the three Brooklyn murderers. Spe
ial interest is attached to today'!
hearing as District Attorney Crop
sey last month asked for affirmant
judgment of conviction by default, al
leging dilatory tactics on the part o
the defendants' counsel. This th
court refuses to do.
STYLES IS DUE
FOR A SURPRISI
Mandan, N. Dn Dec. 14. When F
L. Styles and family, en route in t
house-boat from Mandan to Miami
Fla., a distance of 4,000 miles, ar
rive at their destination there, may b
a crowd to meet them.. There may b
a band. There may be cheering am
there may be jollification. Bu
among other things there will be ai
officer of the law, to collect bills it h
alleged Styles forgot to pay before
leaving Mandan.
HUSON IS SPEAKER AT
AGRICULTURAL CONVENTION
Rochester, N. Yn Dec 15. Stati
Agricultural Commissioner Uusoe
will be one of the principal speaker!
during the three-day joint conventior
of the New York State Dairymen'i
and Breeders' Associations, whict
opens today. Commifsioner Huson if
president of the former organization
WEATHER MAN'S ...
"JUDGMENT" POOR
THINK MAJORITY
Not as Cold by Two Degrees
On A Previous Day of
This Winter
COLD WEATHER GENERAL
uuiai vnuciai x i lei iiiume lci .
TiaonrAoA 91 Rut Flarlv
Risers Thought It Lower.
Florida Fruit Crop In
- i
Danger, It Is Feared '
According to Observer II. C, V.
Peebles, the thermometers f of tha
government here dropped to twenty
one this morning. This, although it
would be scoffed at if any one else
than "Judge" Peebles had told it, was
two degrees higher than the season's
minimum. Several weeks ago tha
mercury tumbled to 19." , . 1
Several cold days had preceded the
present drop. For that, reason, the
ice formed hard and thick this morn- ,
ing. On previous cold days, Obserr
er Peebles states, usually because ;
they came with sudden weather
changes, the ice was not noticeably
thick. The ice had much to do with
the general impression held by early
risers today that the weather was
much colder than any before this
winter.
The cold spell seems to be' general
all over the country. The Florida
orange crop was threatened last -night
by temperature which was pre
dicted to range around 26. , -
Montana, Minnesota and tha Da
kotas Monday had . weather severer
than any so far this season. At
points the mercury dropped to 'six
teen below sero. ,
Zero weather is being experienced -today
in Pennsylvania. In that State
and West Virginia the country is cov
ered with snow for six Inches to a
foot and a half deep. , . v'
Rising temperatures are expected .
to follow in a few hours.
SUPERIOR COURT MADE
FAIR PROGRESS MONDAY
Indications Are That Docket Will Be
Closed By Ends of Term Cases
First Day Mostly Drew
Small Fines.
Superior Court is making fair pro- .
gresB in the disposal of the 211 cases
which confronted the court when it
convened for the December criminal '
session Monday morning. k
In the court Monday Oscar Edwards
was nned $zi lor carrying a ; con-
cealed weapon, Jim Holloway was
fined $15 for the same offense, Jake
Farmer was fined $10 for assault and
battery, Henry Satterthwaite was fin
ed $15 for carrying a concealed wea
pon, the costs to accrue to the defend
ants in all of the above cases; Isaac
Sutton was sentenced to six months
on ihe roads for assault with a dead-'
ly weapon, and Augustus Washing
ton, for larceny, was ordered hired
out for a year. Sutton, colored, shot
a brother near Grainger on November
26, while they and two other broth
ers were "t rollicking" on a toad. He
was sentenced for reckless use of a
firearm. Washington, colored, is only
thirteen years of age. ' .
At the rate of progress now being
maJe, the court will clear off about all
of the docket by Saturday night, When .
the term expires by limitation, it is
believed.
One of the largest crowds to at
tend a court this year witnesses
principally was congregated in tha
Courthouse Monday and repeated ton.
day. ."'r'
CORCORAN GALLERY. ,
. EXHIBIT AGAIN
(By the United Press) f
Washington, Dec. 15 Hundreds of
visitors today flocked to the Corcoran
Art Gallery to view the Opening of its
fifth biennial exhibition. This insti
tution, -Washington's most notable art
institution baa had - about 200,000
guests . at its four ; special exhibits
thus tar, but the number of sightseers
throughout .the year amounts to far
above that number.