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COUNCIL AGREES TO
BE JULFILLira i HIS
CfliN'CtHT'D PROTEJ
TO REAL CLQCKAl
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FRANCE
Anotner Villa.. Loader Exe
cuted, Eight-. Bandits ' Re
ported SI aih ;
A CMWSOllE SPECTACLE
kodies; of; Rodriguez jand
VaJlea Being Exhibited at
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Juarez ' TaShinKton
Hears,. Two., More U. S.
Citizens Are Killed '
(By the United Press)
El Paso, Jan.lS. A, firing squad
executed Manuel Vallea, a Villa lieu
tenant, at Juarez today, at sunrise,
The corpse . was publicly exhibited
: alongside, the body,', of Rodriguez.
Many women viewed the, gruesome
. fight. Eight member of the gang
' who massacred the Americans last
Mwday re reported to have been
tilled at Casas Grandee. A great
man hunt is on over the Chihuahua
mountains. ( t ,
Two More Americans Reported, V
Slsty by Mexicans'.' - .
Washington, Jan. 18. The State
Department is 'concerned with the fn-
vestigation of a report, that. Viciox
Hamilton of Chicago and Albert Sim
mons of bos Angeles, have been
murdered by Villiata' bandits, westf
Torreon. Congress is looking with
i more tolerance upon the situatiob,
i and intervention agitation is beiiig
held in checks ; ' ' - , l
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; Taquia to Attack Zapatistas.
j Galvestb'fiV'Jari. IS. Twentji. thou
"sand of Obregon Taqui warriors
have been sent'" to Moreloa and Oaqc
aca to w against the Zapatistas,"1 'it
is reported. , ,
Tilt ii' Senate. -..-
Waahington, Jan. 18. Acrimonii
ous debate. followed the introduction
of Senator "Lippett's resolution today
asking' for immediate intervention in
Jlexico. He was backed, by the anti-administration
forces and opposed
by Stone. 141 ,'.'
Congress to Thresh t)Ut' Mexican
Questlwu1'
! Washiligbn, Jazu 18. Senator
Stone, following a conference with
Secretary(Lansing today said the
State Department's report on the en
tire Mexican, situation, may go to the
Senate tomorrow, A general review
t
of the Attitude of this country is ex-1
Pctedin the debates there.
BRIEFS IN THE NEWS
OF NEIGHBORING TOWNS
,,J. H. Cobb, a well known Pitt
county , man, was robbed on a Nor
folk Southern . train 'while ieii route
!pme iron Norfolk. He fell asleep
apd. his valise was takers from the
train by two strangers who, were not
afterwards located. : -
Judge H. W, Whedbee is conduct
ing a two-weeks' term of Superior
.Court in Greenville. ' Civil V causes
are being heard this week.
' Democratic Jieader Claude Kitch
in is attending the bedside of his
daughter, Mies Gertrude Kitchin, . a
Meredith, student, who ia ill in Ra
leigh. He expects to return to Wash
ington about tomorrow. .
New Bern thinks the Baltimore In
ternationals' may train there io the
spring. '" - ,
Edward Williams, colored, wanted
. t Dover for larceny, has been r
'wted at New Bern. " .
MAJOR STlCKtE RETIRED.
M. H. W. Stickle. Ena-ineer
U. S. A- has been retired with
,M rank of lieutenan1coloneL He
until a few months ago in charge
f the Wilmington engineer'a district,
nich : embraces Kinston. . Major
Stickle retired under a ruling which
Permits officers with three years'
in the Panama Canal tone to
credit to leave the service with
m,reU rank.and emoluments in ad-
of the age limit.
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Action Is Being ; Discuss
ed at Washington T6aj
v Statement of Rights May
Be Made By America and
; Europeans '
(By the United Press)
Washington. Jan. 18 Concerted
action by neutrals to conserve their
rights if England establishes an act
ual ! blockade of the Central Powers
is being discussed here. ' '
Scandinavian, diplomats are taking
the matter up with the State Depart
ment. A possible' -protest by Sweden
is being discussed. ,
wamm
ALL PARTS COU
Reported That He Will Vi$.
it 300 Cities In Interest of
l?reparedness-Approves
Merchant Marine Bill,
Soon to Gq to Senate
(By the United Press)
Washington, Jan. 18. The Presi
dent has approved the administra
tion merchant marine bill, to be pre
sented to the, Kovise next week, He
believes it will pass. ,.
Long Trips for President.
The-itinerary of President Wilson's
approaching trips in the interest, of
the preparedness program is occupy-
ng the White House officials. Hear
ng that he is to make a trip to 30Q
pities, many organizations have sent
him invitations. He probably will
make no long trips before March, but
pi ay then go the entire length of the
Mississippi Valley. Mrs. Wilson will
probably accompany him. .
BRAZILIAN REVOLT . '
IS NIPPED IN BUD
Wealthy Revolutionist Said to Have
Financed ' Embrjo Uprising-Sol-diers
Wanted More Pay, Which
Senate Eefused. to Grant Hun
dred Petty Officers of the Army
Arrested
(By the United, Press)
Rio de Janeiro, JanL 18, A well
planned attempt to. start a revolu
tion against President Braze . has
been frustrated with, the arrest of a
hundred' petty army- officers. ': The
mvovement grew out o. discontent
over the refusal a of the Senate to
raise the soldiers' pay, and is said
to have been, fiftmced by a wealthy
revolutionist - v ' ; .
TODAY'S SALES ON
THE COTTON MARKET
J About )) bales of cotton had been
sold here,today by 3 o'clock, most of
it for 11 1-c.j The high price was
115-8. New York futures, v quota
tions were: , - Open
January . . 12.38
March .. ....... 12.51
May 12.72
July .. .12.85
October .. ........ ... 12.78
2:40
12.39
12.50
12.74
12.87
12.84
GARMENT WORKERS MAY
RETURN AFTER TODAY
(By the United Press)
Philadelphia, Jan. ,18.rhe gar;
ment workers' strike so far as six
thousand women workers is concern
ed is expected to- be settled this af
ternoon. Settlement hinges upon a
concession, by the manufacturers to
allow a price committee in each fac
tory' to fix wages. . , ;
NTRY
Bethlehem - Armor Works
. t Vas "Developing' J; New
Field" . However, Grace
Told Naval Affairs Com
mittee
(By the United Press)
Washington, Jan. 18. Admission
that the Bethlehem Armor works
sold armoivplate to Russia cheaper
than to the United States was made
to the, Senate naval affairs commit
tee today by President Grace. He
said he did it to open up a new Aeld,
and that the product was sold below
cost . '
Senator Phelan pointed out that
the figures indicate that the contract
must have been profitable. Grace
was puzzled for an answer but prom
ised an explanation. He said the ,Till
man measure for a government plant
is an injustice to private companies.
SEARCH, ALL RIGHT, u
BUT NO SIEZURE HERE
Officer Refused to Jail Man 'Only
Suspected of Theft of $5.50 Piti
ful Condition in Home of Rural
Black Aroused Sheriff's Sympathy.
Six Sable Babies, Scant Covering
"That nigger got my money. I
know he did."
It was after 11 o'clock, cold as
"blue ... blazes" on the outside, and
Sheriff Taylor, who was about to re
tire, "jujit had to go" to Woodington
arid arrest Elijah Clarke. John
Rogers, 1 also " colored, it was who
phoned the Sheriff over long distance
Monday, night, insisting that Clarke
be arrested then and there. It was a
case of going" or sending someone
else, and the Sheriff hated to impose
such an unpleasant duty on another.
He got, out his auto and drove five or
six miles through the coldest night of
the year to Clarke's home.
Taylor arrested Clarks, serving the
warrant when Rogers declared pos
itively that the fellow had three ail
ver dollars and five halves, $5.50 in
all, that was his property. They had
come to Kinston, stopped in at the
express office, made away with a quart
of whisky, on the way home, and
Rogers' money was gone. He hadn't
seen Clarke- get it, nor had he any
evidence, tut he felt sure that "that
nigger had the money stowed away
somewhere. ' 1 . '
Elijah Clarke and his wife were
huddled up on a straw bed under one
thin quilt and a sheet In an adjoin
ing room live pickaninnies in one. bed,
under about a3 much bed clothes as
their parents - stared out with eyes
"like iabblts,." The Sheriff searched
'high . and low" , through the house,
and "not one penny" did he find. He
tugged at a bundle of rage on the bed
where the woman lay, while her hus
band stood shivering in the cold room.
"Please, air, don't take my baby,"
said the alarmed woman. It was the
Clarkes' sixth child, a tiny ebony ball
with the fuzziest of cranium and a
frightened countenance, instinctively
afraid of the white man, that Sheriff
Taylor had. i
The High Sheriff looked around the
humble dwelling, said something
which must have shocked John Rogers,
swore he wouldn't take a man away
from his home on such a night on
such evidence, and left the premises.
OLDEST ALUMNUS OF
TRINITY COLLEGE DEAD.
(By the Eastern Press)' ,"
. Washington, N. C, Jan. 18, -Capt
W T. Farrow, 78, who was the old
est alumnus of Trinity College, died
at his home here following a month's
illness. He was a retired sea mas
ter. ' Captain Farrow served as
lieutenant in the Confederate army.
He was born at Swan Quarter, lived
for many years on Ocracoke Island,
where he shipped from, and resided
here during the last 33 years of his
life. - "
Large Allied Reinforce
ments Being Landed Not
Far From Salonica '
BERLIN ADVISES ATHENS
Warns Constantine's Gov-
, ,. eminent That Breach of
Neutrality Is Apparent,
Which Causes English to
Laugh ( ''"Hi.
(By the United Press)
Berlin, Jan. 18. England and
France have presented a virtual
ultimatum to Greece,' according
to Sofia dispatches, demanding
that the government, hand the
Central Empires' diplomats their
passports within 48 hours. .If
Greece doeaiot comply the Al- '
lies will ; take the "necessary
measures, is said. Athens
reports that Allied troops have
landed five miles from there. '
Allied Reinforcements Landing. , '
. London,' Jan. 18. Large bodies of
An arlo-Frerich troops are being land
ed on, the Greek coast to reinforce
General Sarral, who is expected to
soon have to meet the Central Pow
ers' drive. It is understood the re
inforcements are veterans of Galli
poli. The largest forces to protest
the right wing, are &eing landed at
the Gulf of Orfani, 60 miles north
east of Salonika.
A. Berlin statement advising thp
Greek government, JomoVe. .fearing
a neutrality violation, is ridiculed
here. It is rumored that important
developments are coming. .
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Agreed Upon By Democra
tic Leaders National
Guard to Be Built Up
Regular Establishment Is
to Have 130,000 Men
(By the United Press)
Washington, Jan, 1L The. conti
nental army scheme is .reliably re
ported to have been definitely dis
carded in favor of the upbuilding of
tha militia, with increased govern
ment reached by Democratic leaders.
An increase of the regular army
to 130,000 has been practically agreed
upon. ..- ,-- .
BULLETINS
(By the United Press)
BERLIN DEFENDS
VON PAPEN. ; i
Berlin, Jan. 18. A semi-official
denial. has been authorized
for the British claim that Capt.
Von Pa pen paid money to persona
responsible for munition factory .
ploU in the United States.
FLOODS TAKE THREE LIVES.
Los Angeles, " Jan. 18. Three
persons have been killed and a
- million "Hollars damage done as
the result of uninterrupted rains
and floods since Saturday. "
NO, THE SYSTEM f '
HADN'T FROZEN UPP,
illany housewives " In the western
half of the city were Inconvenienced
for a short time this morning when
the city water supply to . several
blocks was rfiut off while a main
was being t?rrel
t Tnirrnni
OF MILITIA AND NO
CONTINENTAL MM
List of the Children Whose
Attendance Was Excel
lent Having Been Neith
er Tardy Nor Absent Du
ring the Four Weeks
Superintendent Caldwell of the City
Schools today made public the re
ports of teacher in the schools on
nttendance( during IJccerooer, the
fourth month of the scholastic year.
Those neither absent nor tardy dur
ing the month were:
" Grade 1A-M!ss Belle Walters,
teacher. Arthur Lee Arnold1, 'Allen
Curtis! J. Horton, -C. Smith, Clifton
Trippe, Jake Rhodes, Oscar Ellis;
Rosa Barnes, pharc-n Heath, ,
Grade IB Miss Kathleen Wooten,
teacher, Claude Bullard, . William
Hines, Johnnie Jones, Robert Lee,
William Pearce, , George Slaughter,
Vance Tyndall, Kennoth Tunstall, El-
E ' Wetherington, Haywood Weeks,
Lloyd Tripp; Catharwe Cook, Vir-
glnla Hm( Lticfle Kflpatrlck; M
Belle Lee, Vida Lee, LenOre ' Rouse,
Lola, -Boll Smith, Claudia Tyndall,
Carrie Bonharn. . ,
(Grade lC-Miss i Roberta Coble,
teacher. Lulnng Mewborn, Isabella
Stricklin,. Mozelle Wood, John Rich
ard Miller, ; Edward Moye, Marion
Cowper, Thomas Brown, Edna Lup
ton. Pearl Turner, William Rayner,
Reginald Fort, Keith Dixon, Gladys
Stroud, Catherine Clayton, Jessie
Hardy, Dan McLean, Lucile Stroud,
Trumbo Harper, t James Parrott
Hayes, Julia Parham1, Isabelle
tVunri,f IVill N'icholson; Felix Moore;
-rsjGrade . D-0VIiss:a: Edn Cox,
teacher. Julia Askew, Virginia As
kew, Mildred Boyd; Rachel Butler,
Grace Nachamson, . Sophia Joyner,
Margaret Ward; Jame,s Turnage,
George Skinner, Paul, Moore, Wolfe
Adler, Fred. Hagin, Alley Hart,', A.
Hill, Adolph Foxman, Paul Farmer,
James Johnson, Carl Koonce, Orrell
Taylor. '' "v
Adv; 1st Grade Miss Eugenia
Scarborough, teacher Claude White,
Billy Turner, Edward Waters, Wil
liam Hudson, Verner Abbott, James
Dawsoni Gurney Green Louis Grady.
Frank .Heath,, Wayland Johnson, Da
vid, Jones, William Stanly, Lee Eller,
Herman, Waller; Helen Btarm. Etta
May rown, Maybclle( Grady, Callie
Jones, Bruce Scott, Elizabeth, Tilgh
man, Inez, White,; Dorothy Wooten,
Bemico Waller, Hazel Williams, Cla-
dvs Gooding.
Grade 2A Miss Natalie Nunn,
teacher A. T. Baldree, C. Brown, A.
Clayton, R. Copeland, Robert Curtis,
Wilbur Cummings, Roland Dail, Mor
riRon Terrell, Linstor) Terrell, Rob
ert Fisher, Oliver Hayes, Roy Lan
ier, Carey Mooret WHIiam Moseley,
Adolphus . Mitchell, Frank Parrott,
George . Elias Sullivan, Madison
Stroud, Hyman Tyndall, Geo. Ray
Waters, John C. Wooten; Alma. Al
exander, Syber ! Allen, ' Tiffany Bur
sell, Huldah Hardy, Irma Heath,
Clyde Sutton, Daisy Taylor, Hor.
tense Waters, Irma Weeks.
Grade IIB Abe Bloom, Sam
Bloom, William Emory, Andrew
Marehburn, Albert Tyndall, Billy
Blalock, Hubert Daw, Nevit Moore,
Robert Sullivan, Leroy Tyndall; May
Fordham, Catherine Hill, Mary
Jones, Martha Jobson, Alice v Mur
phy, Mary Ruth Quinn, Winnie W.
Stricklin, Blanche Taylor, Doris
Wooten, Jessie' Heath, Elvira Hud
son, Ethel Jones, Beatrice King,
Louise Poplin, Alma Slaughter, Nan
nie Alice Taylor, Rowena TulL
Grade 2C iMiss Lillian . Reade
Pittman, teacher. Magruda Byrd,
Delmar Johnson, Jesse Potter, James
Pratt, William- Pratt, Carlyle . Phil
lips, Sam Taylor, Murray. Moore;
Martha Denmark, Carrie Jenkins,
Pauline Lawson, Christine McDani
el, Anne McGee, Lettie Mitchell,
Frances Payton, Ruth Phillips, Lil
lie Stanley, Mildred Stanford, Hilda
West" '
Grade 2D Miss Jeannette John
son, teacher Ralph Baines, Robert
Faulkner, Charlie Crady. Carl Jar
man, Raymond Jarman, Felix Spar-
r '., J r':nn, !!;i'.--n Lovitt; Elea-
Overman,! Webb, : Pearsall
and Warren Boost Golds
boro Justice' for Tlace
Made Vacant by Lamars
Death
(By the United Press)
Washington, Jan.' ' 18. Appoint
ment of Judge W. R. Allen of North
Carolina to the Supreeme Court
bench was urged upon Attorney Gen
eral Gregory todajy by Senator Over
man, Representative Webb and
Judge P. M. Pearsall, representing
the State Bar Association, and Chair
man Thomas Warren of the Demo
cratic State Committee.
MAYBE
WEATHER MEND OF
THE WEEK, REPORT
No Decrease In Cold, Says
Weather BiureauFree
ing In FloridaBelow 10
Above In Nearly All Sec
tions of United States
(By the ,United Press) ,
Washington, Jan. 18.--The country-wide
cold, wave today showed no
signs, of a, let up. It was said at fhe
Weather Bureau that It may be even
'coWelrt'iif the end of the week.J. The
'cold is not the least( decreasing. , ,
Grip is epidemic, with the people
congregating ;. indoors, . i and thus
spreading the germs, said the pub
lic health service.
It is freezing in Jacksonville, and
the majority of temperatures in all
parts of the country is under ten de
grees above zero.
FIRE
ABOUT
THIRTY MILLIONS
Conflagration ini Norwegian City
"' " : - '!.. -J ' . .... :
Kaged ror nays r many voa
trolled -400 Houses in Bergen
Consumed by Flames Not Until
Today Checked, Say Cable Dis
patches (By the United Press)
Bergen, Norway, Jan. 18. A fire
which raged here for several days
was today finally controlled after a
loss of $30,000,000 and' destruction
of 400 buildings.
Jones, Louise LaRoque, Martha
Moseley, Marie Marston, Naomi Na
chamson, Mabel (Nash, Nannie Par
rott, t Catharine Parsons, Vina Pey
ton, Edith Watters, Theo. Wilson,
Jeanette Walker. ;
Grade 3A Miss Dwilla Heath,
teacher. JJilda Adler, Melissa Arn
old, Winnie Alphin, Fannie Laura
Bruton, Mary Emma Bizzelle, Grace
Brown, Lois Dean Brown, Eliza Jack
son, Ruby Lee Leggette, Elizabeth
McLahom, Minnie 4Lou Rochelle, Ru
by Mewborne, Ethel Mae Taylor,
Elizabeth Trippe, Ruby Walleri Thel
ma Wooten, Bonnie Sumrell,' Louise
Bland, Kleber Denmark, Lawrence
Gatlieiw Frederick Horton, Guy Hill,
Basel Happer, Tommie Kennedy, Ro
bert Langston, Robert Nash, Eras
mus Oliver, Clyde Sjmmons, Leo
Tyndall, Thurber Wade.
Grade SB Miss Maude Beatty,
teacher.-lj. W. Black, Charlie Bla
lock,' Alfred Aldridge, Charles Clark,
Lloyd Cummings, James Dail", Claud
Dunn, Carl Gregg, Thomas Hewitt,
Clarence Jeff ress, Robert Earl Lee,
Franklin Stokes, William Wesbbrook,
Frank Dougherty, Vernon Cowper;
Lela- Clark, Dorothy Griffith, Helen
Haskins, Nancy Hinson, Velma How
land, ; Pauline . Mcintosh, ElJred
Fhenn, Dorothy Suggs, Helen Wade;
Neta Williams, Gra.ce Wooten.
Grade SC Miss Selma -Batten,
teacher. RuJoljih Smith, LioharJ
(Con'':
EVEN WORSE
Of New Hunter Building to
Project Onto Caswell
Street Sidewalk . '
WAS DENTAL OPERATION
Action Probably. Pulled the
. Teeth of the ' Ordinance
Which Would Raze "Ob.
sticles" Robbing Public
of Bits of Xity's Ground
City Council has finally agreed to
let ornamental columns and a base
ment entrance of the new Hunter of
fice building at Monument corner pro
ject onto the sidewalk on the Caswell
street side-of the structure " At .
special meeting ' of Council Monday
night an emergency resolution offered
by Mayor Sutton was passed, grant
ing" Mrs. Atce Hunter and her agent,
Dr, Ir M. Har.dy, the privileges, sub
ject, however,,' to recission by( fu
ture ' administration, Thes columi
may take up '24 inches of the side
walk, and theiiasement entrance one
yard. 'The latter was stated to be a
necessity. ' Council wai assured, be
fore passing the resolution, that the'
consent of all those most directly in
torested the owners of property on
the South side of Caswell street be
tween Heritage and Queen had been
secured, a peUtion having been signed
by all. Aldermen Rouse, Douglass,
Happer and Fort, voted, for. the reso
lution, Mayor Sutton, Aldermen Tapp
and Webb voting nay.' ,
- Not?Special -discussion was had of
the ordinance passed at a recent meet,
ing and now on the table1 for thai
necessary 80 days before Anal pas-
sage, -making it incumbent upon alt
property owners to remove all build-(
ing fronts, cellar and basement eh
trances, fences, hedges and steps en- '
cvoaching on, the sidewalks." Some
persons today read the doom of that ,
moasure with the passage of the res
olution Monday night, ' ,
The three -bids for inside work at
the electric light station considered
by Council Monday night received the
Councilmen's attention, for a very
short time. .All were considered too
high. Tho lowest for, materials and
installation ' was . $2,986, The . Kin- ,
ston Iron Works offered to instal fix
tures purchased by the city for $760.
Council authorized . Water and Light
Commissioner R. R. Rouse to pur
chase the necessary materials and
have the work done. - -
HOW TO KEEP PIPES .
FROM FREEZINGr-IF J
YOU CM "CATCH ON
H. L. Allen', -superintendent .of '
Greenville's waterworks, gives oulj
some excellent .advice on guarding
against frozen water pipes, which will :
be found particularly appropriate just, .
now: i , ' . '
"Close the stop and waste; open
the faucets in house, flush water clos
ets, sco that water drains back out
of waste hole in stop and waste. If ;
stop and waste is in. box outside of ,
house see that water drains out of
box quickly.. If it stands in box dig
under pipe and fill lip with brickbats '
or broken stone. A handful of salt
thrown into water closet trap, and'
less in sinks, lavatories and bath-,
tubs, makes the water brine and does
the fixture no harm.. Brine does not
freeze. Exposed pipes should be
boxed and packed with cottonseed
hulls or some other warm substance.
Hydrants properly sot and closed al v
low water in same to waste back.1
And many individuals won't know
what Mr. Allea is talking about, ii
the sad part of it.
FIFTEEN ABOVE.
The official thermometers hero tliij
moj-ning registered 13 above zero a)
the m'.iaiiura for the past 21 hours.
Th'.s as co'i as on any previous
ox3 1, :
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