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I. HIE DAILY Today! New May" VOL. XVHI.-N. J42 SECOND EPITION 1UNST0N,N.C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1916 FOUR PAGES TODAY rKICS TWO CENTS r t -FIVJt CJCNTS ON TRAINS ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO MW1AT PEOPLE EXPECT It TO 001 HATTER OF PEACE PROPOSALS FROM THE KAISER TRAGIC DREAM CAMElPOWER ALLlEplWNT SAFE FAULKNER NOT APT GREECE KNEELS TO tii nrr pinnrr nr mirn nriiirn 111 TRUE;' YOUNG BR DE USED CONDUCT W COUNT TARNOWiSKf AT LAST iu wit wmm ur 4UJUJ mm? M m SHOT BY A BROTHER CHARGE BY KINSTON MURDER FORT n JUwuo ll.aaU ii iJewMimn I ii in ii i i i "iwi'w'i i ' 'tmmmmi nmm urn mm n lmmm UNLIMITED; (lfjJ"ijIllY IS BUSS FACE OF STARVATION European Neutrals Say That Anything But Flat Rejec tion of Offer WiH Be Seized Upon as Cause for Begin ning OverturesSweden, Holland, Norway and Swjt zerlaml WiU Go Easy; Cannot Afford to Make Great Neighbors Cross Up to United States and Her One Time Enemy, Spain, to Start Soothing of Turbulent World President and Lansing Silent, and the Ameri can Populace Strangely So (By the United Press) Washington, Itec. 15. For nearly two hours the Pres ident and Secretary Lansing today considered the ques tion of supplementing forwarding the German peace pro posals to the "Allied capitals with some suggestion from Miis government. At the conclusion neitner me rresiaent nor Mr. Lansing would throw any light upon what, anv. decision was reached. It was indicated after the conference that the State Department a; least nas nttie on wmcn io wui-k in me way of e3tteifis8si6ns of public sentiment in this country exceut as voiced bv the newspapers, rieretoiore the de oartment has been flooded with telegrams giving individ ual views of whf t ought to be done, but in this instance none came. 0$$als admit the administration wants to know what the pytolic wants it to do. Neutrals Won Quit at Soft Refusal. Waington, Dec 15. "Mediation efforts or sugges tion by the United States on behalf of a peace conference V . . Jt It .1 . " M i 1 .11 woutyj pe immeaiaieiy lonowea Dy similar acuon ay ai European neutrals." 'The United States and European neutrals should con- sider any answer oi me entente Aiues 10 me uerman peace propyl save a flat rejection as an invitation to of- - These tatfements were made to the United Press to day by two of the best-informed neutral diplomats in wasnmgiun, who cure lutuwu wj nave uiscuaacu ques tion of peace with Secretary Lansing, and presumably to jiave presented these views to him. , Action Will be delayed, however, by the European neutrals until next Tuesday, wheithe speech of Lloyd- Geftrge wm give them a cue as to how to act This is the gist of cablegrams from their foreign offices :to neutral diplomats cooay. ine united oiaies ano opain, mey saiu, are Wie vWO countries wmcn win laite me ieaa i meuia Uon is offered. Switzerland, Holland and the Scandinav ian countries are too dependent upon the absolute good will of bo&ft sides to run any risk of offending them by unwelcome action. Mrs. Murvin Not Expected Against e Committee Jn to Live-Pistol Thought Char f Stat? Football 'f :i at. t. v HlI OUIICIUCIIL X' Will Friends Local Eleven 4' Unloaded Most table Accident In Happy Family (By K. D. LEWIS) When a ll-yer-oId son of L. RJ for the local committee, was Carter, a prominent man of the Deep forwarded to Sfcte papers Friday to Run section, played with an old re-M printed in tif ext day or two: volver. snaooine it in the belief that "A of thee of the Uni I VAMit.tr lnAkA Iiava futAii' trxvi rxamt it was empty, Thursday night, the ' " V J l uircv WCCH (tucaf iug w ownic m CAMS NEW 0FN0RTH SHRINERS: POPULAR John E. Cameron of Kinston was Thursday afternoon elected to the hisftest office In North Carolina Sbrinedom when h was mad Illus trious Potentate of Oasis Temple at Charlotte. A Charlotte report says: "John . Cameron is one of th best knewa business men of North Carolina, in addition to having at tained the highest degrees of Free masonry. Be was made a Mason in Roundtree Lodge No. 43. in 1897, received the Scottish rit degrees at Charlotte when Carolina Consistory, the oldest in the State, was .institut ed, and received the degree of Knights Templar, at Ratisigh in THE NATIONAL FC2EST BUSINESS EXPANDING DEVELOP TRADE IN CHINA, ADVICE OF H0N:lLL'6fONK00 To Southern Commercial Congress Most Success ful Convention Comes to an End at Norfolk For eigners Present (Special to The Free Press) Washington, December 15. Na tional Forest mdminirtnticvh.'laat year Characterised, according to Henry fl.' Graves ckitf of h Forest service, ra his' annnal i report which has just baea published,' by , an ; in crease of mora thaa 340,000 ht r- ceipts, which totaled lover f200,OOv,l oyrapid progress inlahd sekuwifiea . ky material advance la' devel opment worl far which oacf building one o the largest ac.tor, and by relUv1y amall losaes ; from , f oreat fires. . ' ,r ' receipt, fram imber I wera , tlAOOflWL a 20 "per cent m-rse,-whik graripg recerpU were . brfrt la $100,000. (Special to The Free Press) Norfolk, Va., Dec. 16 'The eighth annual convention of the Southern Commercial Congress, which closed here last night, was characterized hj the officials of that body as one of the most successful in its history. With very few exceptions every de tail of the elaborate program was 1 T . carried out in every detail. Norfolk is justly proud of having acquitted herself so nobly before so many representatives of not only the South, but the greater party and sev eral foreign countries as well. Each of the sessions of the congress was well attended. Prominent among the speakers was Hon. Wellington Koo, Minister to the United States from the Republic ot hina. His excellency created a pro found sensation at the morning ses sion yesterday, with his dear under standing of the commercial relations pf the two countries. , . "If you ask me what to do after the termination of the European war," he said in conclusion, "I would say, develop your trade with China. At the conclusion of his speech, Del egate Upshaw of Georgia proposed a resolution of thanks, to which the whole convention responded with a striKing ana probacy fatally injur-1 peanirements of the committee at his sister, Mrs.' T. A. Murvin, J the University in charge of the State hnnt 9n nf aa j 4nr I "ign BCBOOi nampionsnm contest 10 or 12 weeks the bride of a well- in tootbM, believes that it is due the known vounir man f Innir enuntv. Kinston High School football Mrs. Murvin was visitin in her to the follwilg pubjic father's home. The night previously Murvin had dreamed that she was team to make the following public state inent in regard to their efforts to se cure fair treatment from the com mittee for the Kinston team "The Kinston team entered the cop test this fall under the rales sent out by the committee for 1916. (Rule 1.) According to these rules, Kinstoh forwarded to the committee by No vember 18th. (Eule 2) This record showed that Kinston had played four games and won three. The one game lost was with. UoMsboro and this game was immediately protested to the committee on the ground that n ineligible player had played for Goldsboro in that game. (Rule 3.) On tbis protest the committee ruled that the pretest was valid, and the piayer was declared ineligible (let ter"tf October 25th). This ruling forfeited this game to Kinston with out further action ! Jtule 6), leaving Kinston with a-record, according to the mles, of four games played and none lost. " ... "Un November 20ta fMnston was notified by the committee that Kin- About 10 bales of cotton sold here sto was scheduled to play Goldsboro ill. The dream impelled him to go to her. They were preparing to re turn to their home when the tragic accident occurred. She fell into her husband' s arms. The bullet had struck her in the side, hitting the seventh rib and going upwafd and inward. Mrs. Murvin was destined to maternity. A profound hemor rhage followed. Murvin hastened to Kinston for medical assistance. He had to come 11 miles, but happened in luck when an automobile passed him on the road. A long time after the accident Dr. George Kornegay of this city reached the wounded woman. (He re turned after doing everything W- ble with the admission that her case was desperate. COTTON r Friday brought from 16 to 18 cents. New York futures quotations were Open 2:40 March 18.50 January 18.35 May 18.73 July 18.73 October December 18.20 18.62 18.38 18.79 18.83 16.80 18.30 HERE ARE FOLKS UP AGAINST HARD LUCK; WHAT WILL YOU DO Capt. Marinus Vendeville of the Sal vation Army, stating that his corps heeds $200 for winter relief work and S300 for Christmas work here, gives out statistics of more of the 40 fam Hiea which the army hopes to care at Goldsboro in the elimination con test on Saturday, November 25th (letter of November 20th). On No vember 21st Kinston protested .to the committee (long distance telephone, Mr. Rankin talking) the playing of this game at Goldsboro and demand ed neutral ground for this contest. Kinston had played Goldsboro at Goldsboro and in Kinston. The lat ter in the game here delayed their appearance on the ground until 5:15 p. m., and then ran off the field be tween downs without word or notice to referee, 'umpire, or anyone else, with the ball within a few feet of their goal. 'Rule 7 of the Regulations for 1916 under which these contests were helo reads as follows: 20th, the committee in a consultation With the different managers and (By the United Press) jLonaon, Dec. 15. In ac cordance with the request of the United States, the Allies have consented to grant Count Tarnowski, the newly-appointed Austro- Hungarian Ambassador to Washington, safe conduct to America. ror wis nnsumas. ot. I Coaches will arrange the games oi told about in The Free Press a fewl championship aeries for the pur. days ago. r amines, o, t, i, s ana v of getting through a process ot follow: 1 elimination two teams which shall Family No. 5, three children h(B u chapl JBill for the final to 10 years old; hard rubs and need jState diampitHwhip game, the date shoes and stockings. I thjg to ba settled by the commit- . . - a " Family No. t two children, 1 andlg ... . i husband unable to work an sum- flavjng m TOind the fact that . m i t . VL I mer, wite appnea 10 anny, wiw n Goldsboro had played the .following appearance ot being a Deggar, nrsi 8chedule: Won from Gary with Ful- request. Baby inadequately ciotnea, inedible player, in the woman practically shoeless. Family No. 7, two children, 8 and 15; one boy works in mill; mother is sick in bed, father paralyzed; need shoes, stockings and underwear. Family,, No. 8, four children, 5 to 15; surely in need; two children are down with measles; income very small; anything will be appreciated. Family No. 9, four children, from three-months'-old baby girl to 11 years; mother and father have both been sick; need shoes. Vendeville says: "When a tnother prays for bread to feed her hungry little ones, Providence must .supply the need through human agency. Do you care to help any of these? rising vote. Nearly the whole of last night's session was taken up with addresses on the possibility of extending for eign trade. China, Panama, Braxil, Pern and Argentine were among tne countries represented. v; ,, r . .... .. game; won from (Kinston won rui ton in $he game"; tied with (Washing ton; dost to Kinston; won from Washington; lost to Kinston; won from Washington thus having1' won only one game of five when playing only eligible men, and thus accord ing to Rule 6, appearing in the elim ination by the favor of the commit tee, which kindly wiped out Rule 2, Rule 8, Rule 6, and Eule 11 by virtue of the reservation of right to do so by Rule 12, Kinston felt' Justified in demanding neutral ground for the game. If played it would constitute the third game between the two teams, each having won their home game. Kinston also felt with keen disappointment the dieceurtesy of the committee in their deliberate refusal to observe Eule 7, quoted above, since it was known and published ia the press of the Etate that the Western games had been arra? fed for bj a conference with eeae tea and man- agere. : IV efforts by telephone to get a change of this game to neutral ground, these efforts being brought to a close by a flat refusal" to further consider .a change (telegram, November 23rd), the Kinston 'management asked some of the alumni if they could assist in getting the Change. Accordingly, a few of ahem Viet on the night of the 23rd and formulated an appeal to President) Graham requesting his as sistance ;iin order tha tithe Kinston High School may 'Mceive just and fair treataient in' this1 matter by di recting the committee to name neu tral grounds for this contest' This appeal 'was presented to President Graham by a committee of three of the alumni signers of same, there be inf about twenty or more who ign- eM ft, on November 25th. He imme diately' interested himself on behalf of Kinston, impressed by the fact that Kinston was making a reasona ble demand. "No conclusion was reached during the committee's Stay at Chapel Hillf but President Graham, in further ef fort to make a fair settlement ar ranged a conference at Goidaboro on November 26th, with the High School committee, , Goldsboro and Kinston. In thieohferCnce Gbldsbo-1 rt, held that the game had already been forfeited to Goidaboro, but that if Kinston wished to petition the stu dent body -for the favor of a game the Detition would be presented to them ferctte Kinston then with' drew from the conference, naturally refusing te petition either the Golds boro school .authorities or school boys for a right 'demanded of the commit tee in charge. -Kinston knew when Goldsboro offered to present auch pe tition that 'Goldsboro had refused proposal to play in Chapel Hill with all expenses paid, and had tfefused to entertain any proposition to play anywhere, stating that they held to the atready forfeited igame. $ "Kiastdn immediately wrote to President Graham that the confer ence had failed to reach a conclusion, asking what further could be done. He replied, in effect, that he had re ferred the whole question back to the committee, who reviewed the whole matter, that their opinion was un changed, and that he could not ordei a change after- the committee had ruled. The full and free discussion of the Kinston committee with Pres ident Graham shows that he used every argument possible to secure for Kinston the assent of the Commit tee to the reasonable and fair re quest made for neutral ground. When this failed he felt bound to stand by them in their refusal. "In the whole controversy Kinston had no contention with Goldsboro whatever and never protested the ad mission of .Goidaboro to the elimina tion contest, feeling that a game on neutral ground would settle every point at issue.$. Kinston haa the best football team in the history of the High School, the best in Eastern North Carolina, and has not had an opportunity to establish the fact. "The proposition presented f the consideration of ,the, public ?nd for the high schools who engage in ath letic, contests under the rales made by tbe High School Athletic Commit tee at the University, and its action as detailed above, ia . ."First The committee can de any thing it wishes to do without regard to its own rules or any rule of rea son, justice, or equity. ' "Second.' There; is ne - constituted authority with power to review its action or reverse its dectslm. "Third. !f you don't 1 ' j it you can Local Man Who Shot Wil sonian on Border Is Noi In Cell, Neither Is Victim Dangerously Hurt No Malice Germany Could Offer Con- stanjine No Hope With- standing Blockade 7 RUSSIANS RETREATING '.-. There seems to be nothing so very grave about the case of W. Alpheus Faulkner, now or until recently officer in the Second North Carolina iniantry, wno several nights ago shot Corp. Norwood Barbour, from Wilson, and a member of the same regiment, at Fort Bliss, Texas. Morn iag papers Friday carried the state- meats that Faulkner had resigned under pressure, would be tried for his life if Barbour died, and that he was reported to have shot the Wil' son man after a brusque order and bad feeling. Information, to The Free Press from Fort Bliss Friday afternoon mentioned nothing to the effect that Faulkner had resigned, but did give the following facts 'Faulkner confined to quarters pending investigation. Officer in charge investigation will not make statement Until 'proper time.' Shoot ing was not malicious, according to general opinion. There has been no excitement. Barbour improving. The fact that the officer Being Hounded by GeiriW as They Fall Back in yfol lachia, Burning iOWQS Behind ThemComplet ing Disaster (By the United Proas) London, Dec. 15 Greece has ar cepted the Allies' ultimatum," Osntral newt dispatches from Athens todf y announced. The terau wore not made knowat The oriciaal .demaSi ceiled for tha wnnder of . armi, control of the telegraph and tosfal systems and a guannef of ntral- ity. ' KassiBao SUU Bwaateg.. . - Berlin, Dec. 1 The Bussian anify ies are retreating in jBouinanja. They vl 11 fl ohm rtl.tr H-fi'Ik. ed through Gnat WatladU ''iit of- ficUllv renorted." r-Mi-f- Busau has beaa canturetr '"vjf . vuit . MlGernins and the retreatiat nom "--I. . .. .. . a .v make no sUtement is not surorisinE.! 18 a01 auowea to rest, jm enemy : m. That ia the armv wav. That p-aiv. 'ered resisUnce Jh l-Fof poaf. ner is confined to his quarters and ?aV 0IIthe c0' nwi Mie uatuuwuK, wuuia muicau I . ,-- . . . .'...rftiv.'.t; Ti::J. i'is was pierced. that if he hia resigned hs resigns') Ndthlhg Klse f or ;.Akhlnt fcQ&t tion hs not bees accepted as yet sNon blots . THE om DOPOTON Vliung CilH ir wiWf ' Y) (By trf Richmond, United Press) Vs., Dee. 15. Four inches of show fell this morning. It is still falling thick and Task The fall appears to be general throughout the State. CROP SHORTAGE IS VERIFIED; MAKES FINAL REP'RT y'tht Allied h!fp foj-esaw-- being iatived -faM Allied vblocadft-'s'mqleS1ftJt in the Ineerlm &m&&l&?. i'(Uaai ; portedl action-', ytpiist.; &k$($$i stsntine was communicating - x wlfiit Berlin in the lop, it 'siibWyf throwing his lot lr'ii1J2il powers and effecting a'SontnoT'O forces with the dermii)i'iBfs:' katts. - I P'NAIRY ISJAGAIR It HEAD OF '.THAI SCHOOL NEAP (By the United Press) Washington, Dec. 15. Hope of re lief from the high cost of foodstuffs through plentiful production was shattered today with the final report of the Bureau of Oroe Estimates, showing unusual shortage of all ma jor crops. Re-elected Superintendent- Directors to Ask Improve ments and MafntenaittA Totalling Quarter tyiUlcli Dollars V 'M NEGRO FACES COURT IN TRIAL FOR LIFE HERE ON SATURDAY The Board of Directors of Caswell Training School in their annual melt ing at the school Thursday, re-eisst ed Dr. C. B. McNsky. superintend ent in an executive session during tha afternoon. The directors adJouTniS at night after a full day's businsis The re-election was' without a dis senting vote, ilembers of, the boatd said Or. MoNalry's sdministratioh Sherman Frederick, colored, charg- tkA unili ri Twin a 1 a c a 11 If An ITafa fTVv- lie, a (Moseley Hall township colored 0T itoelf; Uiay reg iW hint it girl, will go on trial for his life in Superior Court here Saturday. Bing ham Bouse, accused of slaying Wal ter Dudley, a fellow guard at a con vict camp, will probably face court Friday afternoon. Cases disposed of since last report' efficient, prootsalve and .whelk heiiiedly engrossed in the wtrg." The Board adopted the . reporl l( the superintendent, made earlisf ta the day, and decided to petition t&0 General Assembly for. material ? Ml provements. It was agreed. to ask ($o I w e . e e a. . - a. A ed included: Robert Ilardy, assault xor now puHawge ana on a female, 12 months. Oscar White, HPt asked fory,Br.lcIfalfir. larceny, eight months. David Good- WC.M reccsndatioos.fo 44- ino- and vde Dunn, railtv. xm-n- "on maJMonance J9T tenced; Floyd Gooding and Williatu yMM fJ Isler not guilty. Many cases have ul of ner1 Jf been continued to the January term. n'm" i. , ' ' : The Court Friday at noon was" en- " '' , . ,. - ....--.f',. gaged m trying Joe Hobbs, charged ELEVEN AND" A Mlf ' with larceny of money ia a South ..rfttASfnlin ti Kinston resort - LULUUA DAL- l.-ii PENSION WARRANTS HEBE. Pension warrants for Confederate veterans arrived here from Raleigh J Friday. r ' V' v. V ' rt' tU Uaaed Press) Washington ,Dee. 15. The . production. of c-' . ' i 1 ' lis' -t r " V t:!l "7 -'"