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SECOND EDITION
KINSTON, N. C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1914
FOUR PAGES TODAY 28 COLUMNS PRICE TWOCE
BENCH, UNDER PAH,
PRESS FORWARD TO
SUBSTANTIAL GAIN
Veterart General teads Col
umns on Advance to
Important Victory
! INVESTIGATION AT
FdRttRIE WEDNESDAY
MiUtiamen Were Only Trying to
Frighten American Duck Hunters
They Killed and Injured, They
Say One Will Recover.
ALL SIDES CLAIM GAINS
T , i v thorities
Austriahs Avoid Encounter
With Russians Czar's
Men Advance Germans
(By the United Press.)
Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 29. The Cana
dian militiamen who yesterday killed
one American duck hunter and seri
ously wounded another on Lake Erie
today declared they were simply try
ing to frighten them, and dVd not aim
to hit the men. The injured man will
recover. The Canadian au-
have ordered an investiga-l
tion to be held at Fort Erie tomorrow.
PRESIDENT WISHES
A GENERAL AMNESTY
(iHLMI II IN MEXICO
Puts Off Naming the Trade
Commission Until Next
Week-Uprising Will Not
Hinder Philippine Inde
pendence
GALIENI IN NEW UNIFORM
-
SHIP JAP'S ASHES
BY PARCEL POST.
Boston, Mass., Dec. 28. The parcel
post was called on today to convey the
Progress Along Vistula ashes of TeJiino Hasengawa, a japan- t de commif
cac ot tint, tu x urtii. uauaii, i lie UilLR.-
Gain in Alsace Questioned age was accepted and started on its
way alter ?l.lu in stamps had been
attached.
NIGHT SCHOOL PLANNED
FOR WAR CHASED ALIENS
Brainerd, Minn., Dec. 29. So num
erous have illiterate foreigners be
come since the outbreak of the war,
forced most foreigners from Canada,
that the school board is considering
night schools to teach them.
STREET CAR COMPANY
IS GOOD TO CHILDREN
Washington, Dec. 29. Twenty-five
hundred children of employees of a,
local street railway will be guests to
night of the company at a Christmas
festival. The company will supply
free transportation and have a Christ
mas tree with gifts for every child.
GEORGIA MILITIA TO
TO "REPEL INVASION."
(By the United Press.)
London, Dec. 29. French columns,
under General Pau, are pressing for
ward, advices from Paris say, on the
verge of a substantial triumph. The
belief is thai the British fleet is about
to strike again.
Progress of Allies in West.
Paris, Dec. 29. The Allies have
made gains of more than two miles in
Belgium. Violent bombardment by
the Germans of Allied positions along
the main road from Roys to Amiens
impeded progress. The Allies recap
tured lost trenches after violent
charges and counter charges. There
have been substantial gains in the Al
sace district, despite snow and mud.
The fighting is on with renewed fer
ocity at,' many points. The French
gained an important victory in the
vicinity of Nieuport. Von Kluck's
artillery is now shelling the Allied
trenches.
Austrian Claim to Hold Own.
Vienna"," Dec; 29 An official state
ment by the Austrian government
says that north of the Dukla Pass the
Austrians' have avoided carefully
planned Russian attacks, and main
tained their original positions. In the
neighborhood of the Carpathian ridge
and the plain between the Bzura and
Donajec rivers the Russians delivered
a series of attacks, but were repulsed.
Petrograd Boasts of Advance.
Petrograd," Dec. 29 Complete fail
ure has followed the Germans' at
tempt to check the Russian advance,
and the fJerman-Austrian offensive
has been turned into a very stubborn I COTTON MARKET A
ueiense against the Kussians, press
ing wedges into the dual line along
the Biata river. A Russian army of a
hundred thousand men is trying to
drive a wedge between the two main
Austrian armies.
Weather a Hindrance in East.
Berlin, Dec. 29. The Germans ad
vance along1 the lower Vistula. Fight
ing is in progress southeast of Spier
niswice and between the Pilitca and
Upper Vistula. The weather is a
great menace to the general advance.
In Alsace, the French continue their
efforts to advance upon Mulhausen
without success. French attacks up
on Arras and in the vicinity of Ver
dun have been driven back with en
ormous losses.
The Fortunes of German Arms.
Berlin, Dec. 29. In the vicinity of
Nieuport and east of Ypres the Ger
mans have gamed ground. Northeast
of St. Mouthold a determined French
attack was reDulsed and 200 prisoners
. taken. In the forest of Brulee, west
of Apremont, the Germans captured a
trench and three machine guns. A
French attack on Senneheim was re
pulsed. German attacks against
Bzura and Rajka are progressing
slowly. South of Inow and Lodz a
strong Russian attack his been re
pulsed. " ; j
(By the United Press)
Washington, Dec. 29. The Presi
dent today asked the Mexican faction's
to declare a general amnesty.
The President deferred naming the
ission until next week
TT 11 . v.. .. .
e ciecmrea me Philippine upns
ings will not kill the Philippine inde
pendence bill.
Another general cold wave is fore
casted.
Congress reconvened today
scheduled.
America Acts on Own Account. ,
ine uauiesnip Khode island now
at Vera Cruz, has been detailed to
New Orleans to participate in the cel
ebration of the one hundredth ann
versary of the battle of New Orleans
That America nets on her own ae
count is deduced from the President's
declaration that the recent gathering
of representatives of Pan-American
countries here to discuss violation of
their neutrality by combatant EurO'
pean powers, had no bearing on this
nation's note to England.
Fighting at Tampico.
Mobile, Ala., Dec. 29. The oil field
at Tampico is the scene of a violent
battle between Mexican armies which
is endangering the property of Am
ericans and other foreigners.
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THE SUPREMACY OF
EAST CAROLINA IN
THINGS POLITICAL
COURT OFFICIALS MAKE
READY FOR NEXT WEEK
Will Be Undisputed When
Kitchin is Chosen House
Uncertainty As to Judge Peebles' At
titude With Reference to An
nulment and Shortness of
Time Make Playing
Safe Side Necessary.
on
DEFINE
OR UNITED STATEO
ATTITUDE
WILL TAKE ACTIO
J. .M-
Uncertainty exists at the Court
house if Judge R. B. Peebles will
nl0 rt 4- 4 1 A T)nM aaanAirtliAn'a utminn
leader; WOOten Speaker that the January civil term of Supc-
of State House and Sim
mons Retains His Place
General 'dalieul, military governor
of Parts, wearing the new unlfrvtu Just
adopted by the French army. It Is
modeled on Eng"sh linos and Is of a
blue-gray tint.
ELDERLY 1VISER
SAYS PROSPERITY
IS SURE TO COME
Patience and Better Provi-
I
sion for Food Crop Urged
by Man of Experience-
Prof. Kinsey Overhears
Optimistic Counsel
"It will be unanimous, M said E. B.
Lewis, private secretary to Congress
man Claud Kitchin, referring to the
coming selection of the representative
from this district to be floor leader
of the Democrats in the next House of
Representatives, this morning. There
is absolutely no opposition announced
to Mr. Kitchin, all other aspirants
having been squelched some time ago,
Unless there should be an extra
session between March 4 and Decern
ber, in which ease the new House
would have to be organized, it will be
nearly twelve months yet before Con
grcssman Kitchin is chosen to sue
ceed Leader Underwood, who after
March 4 will become Senator instead
of Representative Underwood.
With the Senator from the east at
the head of the party in the Senate,
the Representative from the Second
district in a similar capacity in the
House, and Lenoir county's represen
tative in the speaker's chair of tne
State House of Representatives, Len
oirrcouniy, tne district and the sec
tion will be, as a whole, the most fa
vored region in the country politically.
nor .ourt be annulled, ine clerk
and sheriff are preparing to go ahead
with the preliminaries to be on the
safe side, as but four more days re
main before the term is scheduled to
be convened.
Other reasons than that local law.
yers wish to go to Raleigh next week
in the interest of Representative
Wooten's candidacy for the speaker
ship, and more material ones, have
been advanced wit hthe request that
the Judge pass up the term. Besides
the fact that all of Lenoir county is
interested in seeing Mr. Wootcn head
the House of Representatives of the
Legislature, it is pointed out that the
attorneys have much private business
ahead of them, such as renewing pa
pers for their clients, of which there
is an unusual lot to be attended to,
etc. There are no cases that could
not be conveniently left over for the
March term, it is said.
Since a separate criminal term will
be held later in January, anyway, and
the civil court was supposed to try no
criminal matters at all, the crimina'
docket would be in no way affected by
the annulment.
Indignation Aroused in This
Country Over Conduct
of the British
WILL PROTECT SHIPPING,
Either England Must Make
Known Policy Toward
This Country or Sters.
Will Be Taken to Protect
Rights of Americans
INDOOR ATHLETES
TO HOLD BIG MEET
Hartwell, Ga., Dec. 28. Governor
Slaton tonight was' asked by Mayor
Thornton to send State militia here
to protect negro prisoners in the
county jail from possible mob viol
ence. Reports received here indicate that
a mob was forming across the State
boundary in Oconee county, South
Carolina, to lynch a negro who was
placed in jail here after a recent stab
bing affray with a white man. in Oco
nee county. The negro, was badly
wounded in the fight tonight, but this
was not known by the public.
FICKLE THING NOW
U.S. CONSULS TO BELGIUM
TO GET GERMAN APPROVAL
Germany May Ask America to Rec
ognize Her Right to Annex Bel
'gium and Withdraw Those
Representatives Persona
Non Grata to Her.
.vU.';a
HORS ERAN AWAY, BUT
CHANGED ITS MIND.
New York, Dec. 24. In spite of
considerable opposition by many pro
fessional interests and without buy
ing enthusiasm in any direction, cot
ton advanced very sharply this week.
It was not until May contracts reach
ed nearly eight cents that sufficient
selling resulted to halt the persist
ent daily advance. As we pointed out
last week, buying by Continental and
Western interests has been the main
impulse back of this strength. The
buying of October has been on a scale
that attracted general attention.
These contracts will hardly be resold
and the net result of such steady buy
ing is a sort of congestion that win
require more hedge selling to relieve.
Thus far the South has not sold very
many hedges. Prices have not been
attractive, then too the contract re
quirements are so drastic that holders
of spots seem more inclined to run the
chance of selling actual cotton later
on, rather than hedge with an untried
contract, which is a buyer's contract,
at least it may easily turn out to be
one, as it will require a class of de
liveries not readily met. From the
standpoint of the speculative buyer,
however, this makes the situation very
favorable. It means that whenever
prices decline there will be a buying
power of decided importance.
As a result of recent activjty, flue-!
tuations are now on a more extended
scale, and the cotton market presents
a most interesting field in its un
certainty. October over eight and a
quarter cents will attract selling" oh
Washington, D. C, Dec. 29. Ger
many has notified the American State
Department that American consuls in
Belgium must be acceptable to the
German military authorities, it was
learned today. The notification also
said it was desirable that some of the
American consuls in Belgium be with
drawn for the present at least.
Secretary Bryan declined to make
public the text of the German com
munication or to comment upon it un
til he had had full opportunity to con
sider it. The understanding in ofn
cial circles, however, is that the notice
is similar to the one sent Argentina
and other neutral countries, and that,
while the German government does
not insist that consuls in Belgium take
out new exequaturs from German of
ficials, it announces that such con
suls must exercise their functions on
ly by permission from the military
authorities in control of the territory
in which the consulate is situated.
COLORADO TEACHERS TO
BECOME CLIMATE SHARPS
The need for regulation requiring
hitching post war againevfdenced
ua morning,,, when, as m band start
ed to play at the corner of Queen and
ahd Caswell streets, a horse hitched
Hotel TuTI dray ran off up'CasA every advance, yet the fact that cot-
ell street at a panicky gait. The ton is below the cost of production
horse;, at' a safe distance' from ; the will bring in the buyers on every break
borsjble' racket, decided to slack up, Permit us to extend to all our cor-
.T polled up at the curb a block respondents, the Season's greetings,
4 ' Ihtil from the hotef, and waited and voice the confidence in out
driven back. f;
Greeley. Colo.. Dec. 29. -One of
the few courses in "climatology" of
fered in the United States will be es
tablished soon at the Colorado State
Teachers college by Prof. Geo. A.
Barker, head of the department of
geography.
Prof. Barker believes the ordinary
course in metorology, which deals only
with weather phenomena and the in
strument for recording them, falls
short of the facts desired by health
seekers, home hunters and students.
He hopes to impart to students the
principles of studying climatic con
ditions, as opposed to weather con
ditions.
REJECTED SUITOR
n, J,
MURDERS LITTLE GIRL
pSTERN - UNION MANAGER
15 STILL SICK
.Dudley R: smith manager of the
. union leiegraptr office, con-
(By the United Press)
7 Millville.' N. J.. Dec. 29.-John
Horn, the rejected suitor of six-year-old
Beatrice Bailey's aunt, today shot
by mistake and killed the little girl.
' Evan Hughes, Horn's rival for the
hand of Miss Pettie, was seated at a
table, and was probably the intended
BANKS TO CLOSE FRDDAY ' victim. Horn fled after the shootirlg.
The' banks of? the city wiH be "closed Beatrice Bailey professed her willing-
country future prosperity, that re
poses in the conscience of every loyal
citizen. '
; K. H. ROUNTREE &, CO.
"When I boarded a train last night
for LaGrange, I took a seat near two
young men who were talking earnest
ly about the low price of cotton and
their inability to meet bills for fertil
and store accounts," said Pro
fessor Joseph Kinsey, superintendent
of the county schools, this morning.
"After exhausting their vocabularies
over their complaints one of them
turned to an elderly gentleman on tne
next seat and said: 'Old friend, what
is the remedy for this bad condition?
"The old man, who had been an at
tentive listener, replied in substance
about as follows: 'Young men, pa
tience is the remedy. You doubtless
have observed that this crop of cot
ton is very large, and those people
across the ocean who usually buy at
least one-half of the crop in the Unit
ed States are now fighting and not
taking any. This crop and the war
will teach our people this lesson: that
every farmer should arrange to make
his own supplies and not look to the
other fellow. Our country is very for
tunate in having a level-headed Pres
ident, who has kept the United States
out of a wrangle with Mexico. Before
the war can close and JEurope can ad
just its affairs, the United States will
get the South American trade coming
this way through the Panama canal
and our country will have the great
est period of prosperity it has ever
known. Already the papers say very
large orders for our manufactured
goods have been placed in this coun
try, and all the money in the world
will soon bo in the United States. It
is believed by many that this war will
bring to the world a broader field for
democratic government, and all Eu
rope will be one great democracy.
electing one President, instead of the
crowned heads transmitting the rul-
ership of their kingdom to their heirs,
and the change will see Turkey out of
Europe. Now, young men, be patient.
Sell enough of your cotton to ease
your creditors. Shelter the balance,
plant grain for man and beast, and
have meat and bread to sell the starv
ing ' Europeans. Some good must
come out of this war, though we can
not see it. He then repeated the fol
lowing stanzas of a little poem I hap
pened to know:
"Fate's crudest hindrance and delay
Is but to guide a better way.
Who strives his noblest to an end
And fails, may call defeat his friend.
And know behind his loss must be
Some hidden good he cannot see.
"At this point the whistle blew for
me to get off at the "Garden Spot,"
and I left him, finishing the poem, two
stanzas of which go this way: -
"In life's experience book we read I
The motto for each soul to heed.
WILL ATTEMPT TO
REGULATE DRINK
falifornians Propose Sweeping Re
forms in Distribution of Intoxi
cating Liquors, Although State
Voted Down Prohibition Only
Last Month Legislative
Reform
New York, Dec. 29. With a large
entry list, the junior national track
and field championships to be contest
ed in the 13th Regiment armory.
Brooklyn, tonight, promises to be the
most successful in recent years.
This interesting indoor event war
won last year by the New York A. C
with 25 points with the Irish-Ameri
cans second with 10 points. Wo les.'
than 17 different clubs and colleger
figured in the final score.
TO
jtt at his hoxna..oa McLewean Jon Friday, it "being New Year's Day,ness to assist the police fa every way J Emblazoned there in lines of light,
aet, ' . - - fc'--litii;.i;.ta;j.rf--' i-- --'v - .w. rtntrinr" Tha unavoidable' fa rie-ht"
I and" a' IegaT holiday
The unavoidable' Is right."
San Francisco, Dec. 29. Confident
that the hour has struck for sweep
ing reforms in the retail distribution
of intoxicating liquors in California,
the California Grape Protective As
sociation, through Attorney Theodore
Bell, has announced its intentions to
take the initiative in a legislative re
form program. This is done despite
the fact that California voters over
whelmingly defeated a proposed pro
hibition amendment to the State con
stitution in the November 3 elections.
The legislative program which the
association hopes to put through is
as follows:
County option, except in cities hav
ing 5,000 or more inhabitants; in li
censed territory, not more than one
saloon for each 1,000 inhabitants or
major fraction thereof, exclusive of
table licenses for hotels and restau
rants; separate licenses to sell malt
and fermented liquors, as distinguish
ed from distilled liquors, no saloon
license to be issued to an individual,
but only to property, under heavy
bond, to be responsible for the faith
ful observance of the law, unlawful
for any wine maker, brewer, distiller
or wholesaler to have any pecuniary
interest in a saloon, midnight and Sun
day closing; anti-treat law; drastic
laws concerning the sale of intoxi
cating liquor to minors, women or to
persons in an intoxicated or partially
intoxicated condition; such limitations
and restrictions respecting the grant
ing of licenses in license territory as
will forever eliminate dives and deadfalls.
INVESTIGATE
SHOOTING BY SOLDIER?
Ottawa, Ont, Dec. 28. Major Gen
eral Sam Hughes, Canadian Ministei
of Militia, has ordered an immediate
inquiry into the shooting of two Am
erican duck hunters at Fore Erie b
Canadian guards.
"1 greatly regret the occurrence
and will have a thorough investiga
tion made," said General Hughes to
day.
QUAKER COLLEGIANS
REFUSE TO DR1L'
MOUNTAIN GUIDE
COMMITS SUICIDE.
Asheville, Dec. 28. Otis B. Cand
ler, 'a well-known mountain guide,
grasping revolvers in both hands, to
day ended his life near here by firing
a bullet into his left temple. Al
though he left no message, it is
thought he committed suicide in a fit
of melancholia brought on by poor
health. He hi survived by a wife and
three children. -
Madison, Wis., Dec. 29. Militar
drills are compulsory at the Universit:
of Wisconsin. Nevertheless, there i
body of students who don't drill
They are Quakers, and in addition t
defying the commandment they mee
in the Y. M. C. A. building every Sun
day and discuss the advancement 0'
peace ideals. The young Quakers an'
the officials of the University have no
yet settled their differences in thi
respect.
(By the United Press.) '
Washington, Dec. 29. Prompt and
generous response is expected from
the government's note to Great Brit
ain complaining of British interfer-:
ence with United States commerce.
The United States wishes England's
attitude and policy toward this coun-'
try to be defined or will take steps by
congressional enactment or an execu
tive proclamation to protect Ameri
can rights, it is said. ,
The United States today dispatched
a long note to Great Britain insisting
on an early improvement in the treat
ment of American commerce by Brit
ish fleets. It warned England that
much feeling had been1 aroused in this
country and that public criticism was
general over unwarranted interfer
ence with the legitimate foreign trade
of the United States. : ' "
The document ' constituted' the '
strongest representatiofi Oh the sub
ject by the United States to any of
the belligerents. , , - - - '
Since France has adopted virtually
the same decrees on contraband as
has Great Britain today's note is a
statement intended for all members
of the Triple Entente. ' '
North Carolina Did Not Threaten, to
Shell Turkish Port" 1
President Wilson states that Am
erica intends, after the war to' hold
England to a stric monetary account
for the violation of the rights of Am
erican shipping.
Captain Oman of the cruiser North
Carolina, off Beirut, today cabled a
denial that the cruiser threatened to
bombard Tripoli,1 Syria. The Rus
sian cruiser Askold, on December ?5,
threatened to bombard the village of
Banias, and this probably gave rise
to the rumor. , , .
Mann Attacks Shipping Policy.
Republican Leader Mann , bitterly
attacked the administrations' British
shipping policy in a speech to the
House. ' ,
WEALTHY MAN AND
FAMILY BURNED TO
DEATH IN DWELLING
BRUMBAUGH SPEAKS
TO PEN N. TEACHER.'
Harrisburgh, Pa., Dec. 29. Witl
educators from all parts of Pennsyl
vania in attendance, the State Edu
cational Association opened a thre
days' convention here today. Gover
ncr-elect Martin G. Brumbaugh, 0
Philadelphia, was one of the princi
pal speakers at the opening sessior
"Standards in education; Materin
Phase," was the subject of discussioi
at both sessions today. The meeting
were held in the Technical Higl
School building.'
Winterhaven, Fla., Dec. 28. Harry
Alvey, a retired capitalist of -Balti-
more, his wite ana uiree smau cnu-
drcn lost their lives when their win
ter home, near here, was burned ear-;
!v todav. The charred bodies of the
victims were found together irt" the
ruins of what had been the children's
room. The origin of the fire has not
been determined. , '
TO GIVE AWAY BIBLES
TO SEAMEN AT CANAL
MORE COLD WEATHER
HEADING SOUTHWARD.
Washington, Dec 28. A flareback
from the cold wave that passed today
was sweeping the Southland tonight
through Illinois, the Great Lakes
States and the Ohio Valley to the At
lantic' coast. It Is expected to drive,
temperature down along the coast by
Wednesday.
New York, Dec. 28. Every sailo
passing through" the Panama Cans
will be given a' Bible, James Wood
president of the American Bible So
ciety, announced here tonight Col
George W. Goethals, Governor of th
Canal Zone, has selected a place 01
the Pacific side as a Bible distributing
station.
PAROLED GfRLS
MAKE GOOD WJVES
Sauk Center, Minn., Dec. -29. Mar
riage is depleting the population of
"he Sauk Center Home school gor ,
rirls. according to' Ralph W. Wheelock
of the state board of eontrof today.
'We average one marriage Month
from the- nome," a says. "Most of
he girls when paroled . are sent to
food homes and there they, become
Erood housekeepers.' Aftef uiey are
married, these former state1 charges .
moet always make' good- Wives,? he
concluded. .
BLEASE RUNS UP
HIS SCORE SOME
Columbia, S. Dec 28. Forty
four State prisoners, including ter
serving life sentences' for murder
were granted clemency today by Cot
ernor Blease, making the total nutn
ber liberated by hira in the last f oui
years 1.4S8. '
GOVERNMENT TO PRINT .
A DAILY, NEWSPAPER.
Washington, K C,1 Dec. 23-To
oromote 'Ute foreign commerce of the
United States the government will go
nto the newspaper business January
2, next, when the first number of "The
Daily Commercial Report" will be Is
sued by the Department of Com
merce. In it will be carried a.l r-
portant commercial cable-ra-ss f
reived from the attaches 6t t' v ri
ms embassies abrcm 1 an 1 f . 1 c 1-
sular ol..ces throui, ..'.; i 3 v . . ....
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