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VOL. XVIIL-No. 131
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KINSTON.N.O, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2t 1916
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CARRANZA LEADERS i NORTHERN PARI
Bandit Chieftain Whose Life Wap Sought By Pershing's
Expedition. Few Months, Am Likely to Attack Mexi
can Twin of El Paso, Where Great American Army is
Gathered Garrison Prepared to Get Out Carranzist
as Scattered and Disorganized Horrible Fighting at
Chihuahua But No' Slaughter of Foreigners Except
Two Chinese, Said All Americans Reported to Have
Left the City
By (Webb C. Miller)
El Paso, Dec- 2. The situation fo rthe Carranza gov
ernment in Northern Mexico is "desperate" following the
capture of Chihuahua City by Villa, Gen. Gonzales, the
Carranza commander at Juarez, admitted today. With
theii" disorganized forces scattered over the state of Chi
huahua Carranza leaders are awaiting Villa's next move.
It is reported they were preparing to evacuate the city of
Juarez two dajs ago. Military officials believe Villa will
move westward along the Mexican North-West railway
to reorganize his own forces.
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ON ST Mil BASIS
Are 180 Systems Connect
ed With the Educa-
tional Department in
North Carolina, President
T hi
ICJlS ASSemDiy
Raieigh, n. c, Nov. 30. in his an-
nual address to the North Carolina
WRIGHT WOULD HAVE
m
Teachers' Asembly tonight, President
II. H. WrLght declared that in reality
North Carolhfc has no' public school
system, hut really 180 different iy-'l.
tonis with the State Department of
Education as the. nominal head, hav
ing no authority over the greater part
of the workers. Tft Legislature, he
i
insisted, must pass an enabling act
and standardize the teaching and '
bring into unification and co-ordina- ,
tion the rural and city graded schools.
He advocated the appointment by
the Legislature of a special commission
of capable educators to spend two f
years investigating North Carolina ed
ucational conditions and needs, re
porting to the subsequent Legislature
in order tha there may be rally in
telligent legislation.
Dr. T. H. Briggs, of Columbia Uni
versity, deiiyertd an address on edu
cational progress in North Carolina
and factors for further development.
Dr. W. P. Dykema, of the Universi
ty of Wiscansta 4eliX.ere4 a), address
on "M,usic for" Every Man," and clos
ed the evening with the presentation
in hapfx vift tf lfcfc.SMte Lpving
Cup, offered by Professor Shirley,
dean of music in Salem Academy &
College, for the ,best musical compo
sition each year by a North Carolin
ian. The winner for the first year is
Prof. Gustav Hagedorn, of Raleigh,
his composition being "Dark Was the
Night."
"The Chrysalis of; Character" was
the theme of the Thanksgiving mes
sage to the North Carolina Teachers'
Assembly today by Rev. A. A. Mc
Geachy, D. D., of Charlotte, in deliver
ing the annual sermon to the teach
ers of the State. The text Was Luke
1K56 "What Manner of Child Shall,
This Be?" -
AUSTRIAN GOVERNOR
OF SERM KILLED
London, Dec. 1. Sixty-six person,
iajorlty of them soldiers, " have
keen killed in araifway -wreck at
Herczechalen. The injured number
ed 150, 0 of them beingr bart se
riously. Lud wig Von ThaHoczy, a ml
known member 6f th AHrian diplo
waMe corps, and the governor of SeK
bia were among those killed.
ROT GUILTY, JURH
VERDICT IN CASE 1
WATSON AT AUliUSTA
(By the United Press)
Augusta, Ga., Dec. 1.
Thomas E. Watson was this
afternoon found not guilty
'of sending obscene matter
i through the mails.
tt w,oa nrncoifprl nn tha
charge, that his magazines,
Watsons ana the Jetterson-
lan, WniCn atiaCKea l,aWO-
j lies Were Unfit matter f 01 the
mails.
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lUhNfcl .ANDiKzvri
IN -CHARGE fEDERU
A.
Washing: or, Do:. 1. Di'-:e
;-ncy Atulcreeon at Boston, it
Ac
toni-elu at the l)f.pa-tm - r.t j
f Ju.'tk-e, has been I'a-ced in charge
." tl"' Feiiil givernmar'.' i
' ee?'.'fe.it::n in order to co-or li!::i c,
he inquiries in pi cferess i Br : v,
i.'.w Yrtk, Brooklyn, Chicag- and i
ct.isr principal marktfs.
All special agents of tho depart
. .i ::. throughout ihe coy n try V.r.vi
: en instructed hy th'j Attc. ;k y-Geti-c
'ai to ooperalp with Fadoral at-
e-oys in investigating food cost in
creases. REPORTED ATRNEV
GENERAL ILL QUIT
THE CABINE'
(By the United P-mssl
Washington, Dec. 2. All high of
ficial comment is witheld regarding
imports that Attorney-General Greg
I o y vill resign. Close friends of the
cabinet officer declared they wduld
"not be surprised. " Mr. Gregory is
new at hi? home in Texas. It is re
ported that Grogory yil return to
piivate practice, but of rumors his
resignation have been denied.
NO CONVICTION OF
DUPLIN NIGHT RIDERS
Warsaw, N. C, Nov. 30. In Du
plin Superior Court at Kenansville
parties charged with conspiracy for
"night riding" In Duplin were found
not. guilty, the State falling to make
out a case, and Judge Devin ordered
a verdict of not guiKy. Some defend
ants pleaded guilty to violation of the
stock law statute and were fined $50
and cost with prayer for judgment
i continued. . . "-
i
f SOlr! !
Would Let Them Combine
to Compete With Com
petition by Foreigners
BUSINESS IS SUFFERING:
s Result of Restrictions,
Report Says Other Na
tions Have Marked Ad
vantage Over Commerce
of America
(By Ihe United Pro-;)
WVnington, Dec. 2. Legislation
"rmi'l.;jr Ame: ican exporters to
' :n'in.' to obtain export trade Is ur
'.' :ly recommended by the Federal
"rvd Commission in an exhaustive
' -:ort on the Foreig Trade situation,
world-wide investigation is showed.
Reasons given are, first, "other na
i ns' m i:k-d advantage because of
v.ivi organizations," second, fear
:1 u !e.'-al Restrictions will prevent
ttTifan-! i)"fl.!!nfr onual'y ;ffcc1
i organizations for over-sea busi
i Ar.nican foreign tvadc is suf
a" p. consequence of these con
ditions. WITH CONGFLSI RECORD
Washington, Doc. 1. Speaker
("irk siid today that if Congress
wanted to clean the legislative slato j
m l go home next March fourth he
ve mld gladly join in a movement to
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' ir.nate i:eles;; oratory liy cutting
'.r gallery spac? ar.il abolishing
l ie Congressional Record, and to in
: ' odi'ce voting machines.
"!t i-'it difficult to see that the gal
!. : - ami the Record cause an awful
- cf time and money," the Speak-
d" -hired. "Anytime the gallerie3
fall ,'he orators on the floor are
; .-in-'; and wasting time. And evil-
y knr-ws there are any number
i ')! rf.smnn who talk for th" Ke-
reat deal more than is nec-
i" -sa: y.
FOOT) UP IN COLD
CELL, TO BRING SUIT
"rinse) for C. R. Fields, white, a
T no1'- a unty man, stat's that suit.
'!! iie ioeught against one or more
.' 'en'l.i'il ' rot ynt dete' mined, for
'" -rcent incarceration of Fields in
t'v city jail as a place nrfittsd for
aV' .ntian of prisoners. Field's com
airted f r intoxication, svfferod se-"-
aely f:.arn cold, it is charged. There
' '- v.o s!-:!'Wt"y means of heating the
.alia. The "jail" is the most unique
: Nr-rth Carolina, probably. It is
, ei st. -i' vied ef wood, is full of cracks,
a id the 1,-st, if not. tho only, bed in
h place U the floor. Fields told
'.; p dice tli.it he had rathe- be chain-
1 ta atake on the neighboring
?-'.mh.iu.-e Iot m. Whether the city or
i a--rl. r of the police force will be
a imrd in the complaint has not been
.:, - ii 1.
mmm with robbing
THE STEPHENSON STORE
A clerk ?sleepin?r in the J. M.
S'ephenson's outfitting establish
raeat near Monument corner, awoke
a ." a. m. Saturday to find Henry
C een, of 303 North street, a negro
farmerly employed in the place, ran
'aokin'r the desk in the office. Green,
Vaidiy frightened, complied with an
order to turn on a light and faced a
volver. A policeman called for him
r.-hen the station a few doorS below
the 3tore was -notified. The manage
ment of the store informed the police
that a number f expensive garments
rr.iht be missing and that a syste
matic 'robbery of the place had prob
ably been tn progress. Doors were
found open on a recent night after
the closing hour. Green had a key.
17 Senators Winding-up
Terms Capitol Given a
Cleaning Will Miss Ran
kin Be 'Lady' From Mon
tana ?
(By the United Press)
Vv'.i hington, Doc. 2. iFive
'ill 'ncmbnrs of Congee-;?,
hun
w,ih !) uir
wake,
s of camp follower! in their
invaded Washington today
sivgly and by groups to take up th'
Im.dness of the nation at noon Mon
day. I
Iowntown hotels wero fdled to ca-
' i.ity with tho law-makers, their
helper; and the usual gallery attracted
liy tiho glamours of an opening ses
" (T (V;r .r: esi. featured 'by a por
iia'ly delivered message feom the
i:"'-;ideiit. i
The Capitol is newly washed and
rivate 1 t! receive tho memb:rs.
W-1-.'i'iigton, used to being a news
centre for legislative and political
n v;. brightened up at the prospect
C a 1
lively, if short session between
: -n ."liy, and March 4, when will
sound the swan sonjr of the sixty
" , rib Congress.
While many eider Kprewntatives
a.nd Senators in the confidence of
:Vir rfficc had est 'iblished .perma- '
jti1 n t homes here, and were able to
go at cr.co tn their domiciles, others,!
dependant on hotels for aceomoda-,
C-n, scrambled Idth the ordinary
public rooms, and the attendant
Uwee-a-day. ,
.-ie-.ca tin.' close cf the memcralile
" - sion last Summer, climaxed by the
iv. ie go of the Adamson eight-hour
' lev, tihe Capital's legislative bulld-
r had
teen inhrJ'oited .principally
' a mice end e'e ks. busy- here while
t'-e members bock home rebuilt polit
ical office buildings, the chief activity
had been the swishing of painters'
brushes. In the Capitol, the Su-
Supremo Sourt was the only active
agent except ihe Capitof guides.
Seventeen Senators are attending
their las! ''ion. W. F. Kirby,
named to (ill the unexpired term of
!h? lata S.-na'ca Clarke of A-kamas,
w.3 esprrti"' t 1 he about the only now
novice in the Senate until March 5.
F.ulogo s ( f Senator Clarke, who died
'uring th -''as;, were exacted t
be apirt iff the Senate business to
morrow or next day.
Miss Jcanette Rankin, Represent
iive-:!eet frrm Montana to succeed
Ren. Tom t't cat, was the subject of
much discussion. She is not here, as
he- form will nu begin until next
"sslrtn but members could not wait.
They
d such of them as will
c.atio back the proopsct of getting
along for two years with the first
weman ever elected to Congress 1
TI1IHGS THAT
By GENE
LUNCH WA60H DOWM
rr a THE STREET- I WANT )
gST you TO SEND ME TftREE
TTER fURKiNS OF THE VERY ) - , . . . (
l&Oi FINEST BUTTER; A L50 -1 K?xrz -"TTTl !
. V5 TWO CASES or THE C V ' V " v h
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Salisbury Man Elected Pres
ident Teachers' Assembly
Address by Governor
Brumbaugh, Penn. Edu
cator
Raleigh, IW. 1. The North Caro
:na Teachers Assembly closed to
night wiih a splendid address by
Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh, of
Inivoylvmiiii. Theire were to have
-'ten greetings by Govornor-elect
Dk-kett and also an address by Gov
ernor Crai'f as features of a "Gov-re-:ior's
Night" prcgrammo, but Mr.
'5'ekett found it impossible to fill the
; tgagnm.nt and Governor Craig was
lic'.ained out of thi? city, and sent a
letter of rfgrets and greetings that
was read Instead.
Governor Brumbaugh was introduc
ed by Lio'.itenant-Governor-elect
CJirdner, who paid high tribute to the
teachers' profession and to the dls-
neeuished speaker, who won his spurs
ei Pennsylvania as a teacher.
Tho As-suiraly voted this afternoon
to materially change the proposed
V!1 for State certification of all first
rr in toachei s and then decided to
! ive a special committee of five to
al'i an entirely new bill.
in a general business session to
day, the Teachers' Assembly advanc
. 1 Prof. A .T. Allen, cf Salisbury,
from vice-president to president and
e' acted Feof. N. W. Walker, of Chap
1 Hill, vice-president. (E. A. Sams,
the State Depsrtment of Educa
i n, was re-elected secretary-treasurer
and D. F. Giles, of Raleigh, and,
.". D. Everett, of WaynesviJle, were
e'l.ctcd to the State executive com-
mittee.
BULLETINS
CIVILIAN SERVICE BILL
PASSED-
Amsterdam, Dec, 1. Reichstag
today passed tj second readlng
tho bill for compulsory civilian
icrvfee, say advices. Only
slight alterations! were made
from (he original 'vill,
KitU M AM A NS DESTROY
STORKS.
London, Dec. 1. The Rou
manians are destroying vast
quantities of grain and oil, says
a Reuirrs dispatch.
I
viihaut. making any breaks. One
question a i yet. undecided is whether
she will be called the "Lady from
?v! on tan a," and Ilep. Stout, whom she
succeeds faced incidontally the haxd
e?t assignment of all alibing him
self for defeat by a woman.
NEVER HAPPEN
BYRNES
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While Venizclos Revolutionists aye Fighting on Side En
tente Powers Indications Are Royal Government Will
Be at War Against Allies in Few Hours Important
...
Engagemeiits Between Foreigne Soldiers and Greek
Reservists Reported Dufournet Gives Constantine an"
Additional Day to Consider Determined to Resist
Forcible Seizure Arms, Believed Heighth of the Cri
sis at Hand
(liy the United Press) ;
London, Dec. 2. An armistice has been affected be
tween the allied troops and the Greek resryists at Athens,
A Renter dispatch from the Greek capital says the King
has agreed upon the delivery of six mountain batteriea, to
the Allies in return, it is said the Allies agree-to withdraw
troops from the city pendingreference of the agreepet
to the Allied Government's armistice apparntly obviates
an immediate crisis.
POLICE" 'TAKE CHILD"
it
ER
Couple Had Slept in Leaves and on
Platform Carrie May Onl'wby Now
lias a Cood Home and a Tempo
rary Gssd Snmisrlian Foster Fath
er All Dolled Up, Joo.
Carrl. May 0:T!e;,'iy, ID, n.etty nnd
attractive and very we'd -m ume red, Is .
btintr kept at the heme ef Chief of
Police Skineor, who re.! uses to let
ha chill be returned n hai ir other,
Yi s. Olivia O'r'eeeJjy, a iomoies- m'd-
ije-aged warr.'ir. of 'Ve rliy. ?Ioto"-
eyaie ouat man , a. u r uam.ivon
took tho child from the mother and
'.ar.:;! bar to Ma police cilice, where
; seeno that tnovod tho oiRsers pre-.-tcit
fallQwed tho arrival .of the wo
rinn -jur. bchin-.I Hamilton and tho
htld. Tho girl consenl'sd to the sep
aticn but wept, bitterly over it; the
woman left the 'station crying.
According to the ipolice, Mrs. Og-
!a iby is penniloas and practically
friendless. She is shabbily dressed
and owing to her ill-nourished eon-
litien has no onergy to seek work
'ho officers believe. The little girl
1 Chief Skinner that the couple
ejured food S3 best t'n.y could and
dept under any shells.- that present-
,i e none at all. On recent bitter
'old nights they slofit on a railroad
ilatform; under the projecting bank
of N.use river cu the rehore in South-
vest KinsLcn, In a bed of leaves and
awdu.-il from a lumber mill, with no
covering, and in ofhe exposed plac
n. Frequently they went, hungry.
Sometime-? sympathizing colored
nersons gave them lodging and foad.
Mrs. Oglcsby made the girl beg, Carole-
May told the police.
Chief Skinner turned the little one
ivef to a oicrhic." with instructions to
'fit her out." Carrie May Oghiby
vas a perfect little doll of a girl when
.he returned to the officers, who pet
ted her and made a "big fuss" over
her. She is Intelligent, demure and
would make a nifty moving picture
iXin rNC frfeericiS.
heroine; Carrie May hftA hM real life
experience such as the child movie
; etors never have,; though, Sh'$ Joift
ed the rollicking, numerically srrong
l id community in the Skinner home
r.a.d is as happy ns one can be when
e :, dojui't know here one's mama la.
i-":innc'r says that Carrie May will
no back to Mrs. OgkiSby when she is
j- opared to care ifor ibver m wheii a
.irt orders him to- give her up.
DRINKS LYE, SUCCUMBS
Washington, Nov. 30. Sergeant
I
Valtor H.PenIy, U. S. A., died t
, Walter fteed Hospital this morning m
., rosult of drinking. Hquld' IsoM, ft
iaa ;uu mm lft beneath a batih tub
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in mo imapnai, reoiy, n wa swo,
was roitirne from thy. PltUpi
end takt-a to tha hospital, toK-obaajrvv-tion
us to his mental condition, apt;
was supposed to be kept vndr. ajj
voillancs at all tinies, te cqoer Taji
informed.
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