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1! tMTfc. 11 4 1 1 a .... t vThc Home Paper Today's TWtifT r Warmer Tonight 1 .-- ', JJJ- VOL. XVIII. No. 14GT SECOND EDITION PBTCE TWO CENTS . V FIVJS CENTS ON TRAINS KINSTON, N. C WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1916 TODAY IES: Will; BE FOURTH BAI HEREiSti MINiiERTO LEARN SERIOUSLY: LONDON APPROVES REPLY OF THREE DAYS IS A REALITY: W. B. STAV IffIT COLIN SUBMIT LL0MI TQ (MM PROPOSALS OFF FOR CHRISTMAS! LARG81JE PRESMI wiTrtfsii WITH B!G MAJORITY IS LOST IN 'SENATE U TfT. 1 I r SIX PAGES r.'i;1.,. t' .. 1 ..... '-'t ; ',' ' I " .rrr r DtwIS Jfl lHERW uD PLAN ID REFEREil Wmw DONE ORTLY Entente, Stesjncn teSjnf,, YJft euton populace Looks at Situation Roumanian Successes Will Mke Eng land, Russia and" franco Consicfcr Garefuflly Before Turning Down OHer.for Good,. Belieyed Kaiser Must Throw "CUT Air of Victor Before Enemies (Will Even Talk WitfrHim, London .RubUc's Vjfw Brilabt- Not Dominating: Policies of Her Allies Haven't Slammed Door on the Dove, pther (By Carl W. Ackjerman) Berlin'; ' Dec.' 20. Gerrriany regards the' speeches of me statesmen oi j&ngianq, r ranee ana Russia a a Diunn: 00 UtlUll Willi iJllltlHC O Ubbbliuiliuiiwil, cu this extent, thejp governments cannot do otherwise in view ..of .their past statements althoMh they are really anxious now for peace. ' This view is reflected in all walks of life, following Lloyd-George's answer to the German ChanceHor;" - .; ,. '"'-Berlin is riot pessimistic, despite the Allied, pronoiiiu'e-mts'frbltonapnTerogi-ad arid Prls, that the Allies :re determihed tbcontinue'the war until .high objects ae attafrted. !rhe gene. ral view is that these speeches will not Ive taken Sgrjgusly when weighed against Germany's nro-?n5a1St.-Bauihinia. " BS ?. Overbearing. ; London, Dec. 20. The Allies have not slammed the door oii'p'eac'e. They have simply said' to Germany, "Here; are. our terms. Take or leave them. It's youV mops, WSfrji't "conie again In the rolef victor." 'This Vvas the universal view today. Incidentally, it is remark ed' hovy ?ty Lloyd-George destroyed Germany V, iilu aiari o Ennd dominating the policies of the Entente nation!; . -flTrfccalled that the premier stated at tho out-, f-et thdifr Russia and France were acting independently out. naye r?acaQa a conclusion in wnicn JL,ngianu is nn acceding. German Armies Not Aware Peace Proposals. (By William Philip Simms) With'the British Armies in the Field, Dep. ""' -1'ito thr Kaiser's order of the day to his army, the IU iti l.elicve the hulk of the German troops are still it'iy-rani ff their emperor's peace proposals. Several prisoner? cap lured by the British have professed absolute ignor ; nee on the subject. Only one non-commissioned office:' admitted he knew of the proposals. In similar fashion it if ascertained that Von Hindenburg is dissatisfied with the way things are going on the western front. In-reused German artillery fire and aerial activity duri-ie ih past week ..apparently resulted from the order to prevent, if possible, continual fire from the British guns, Seem ingly, this continuous bombardment is telling upon the spirit of the German troops. America Interested In Permanent Peace. . Washington, Dec. 20. The United States in common v ith other neutrals, will be interested in any, world peace guarantees or disarmament decision which might follow the present peace proposal situation, it is officially stat ed. United States officials today informally talked of a world guarantee as essential to any final peace,. Whether the "interest" , officially revealed, by, the State t Depart ment would WotyV than pa'ssive'is hot stated, rBut it is assumed that this1 government Would take an active hand in furthering such ideas if it found them welcomed by the belligerents. The President feels that when the time comes to make any move 'for peace, the situation will be made clear to the United States", which is riot interest ed in the causes of European the outbreak, but "only in an assurance of permanent peace." The means xof establish ing this, the President believes, would ve vital to this na tion because she has, "whether she has willed it or not," been vitally affected by the war. Secret Diplomacy Next. 1 Washington, Dec, 20. Ultra secret diplomacy will he employed in the next big moves of the peace game, offi cials belieye. "nglahd probably will be willing, for her efficiala9isvver to Germany, expected here soon, to be wade public, officiate believe, but if Germany fcs to accept implied, invitation1 and state peace terms publicity will have' a mineY effect, if is held. These facts, coupled with the thought' that the belligerents ' are still vastly apart, convinces the" administration that at present it is Governor Issues Order Re- Caswell Ranking & Trut leasing; Honor MenvFrom' Co. Organized On Tues- Prisons Throughout the State Example Set By Him Last Year day Evening, UP-TO-DATE INSTITUTION ings Departments and May Keep Open Nightsr T. W. Heath to Be Cash ierSite; Chosen Gavcrnor 'CrniT:, following a prece dent set by him last year, will jrive Will Have TfUSt and evr -y convict trusty in every prison and road camp in North Carolina a brief vacation for Christmas. He is sued the following to all authorities in the State late Tuesday: I "Oeetinrrs You are hereby auth orized and requested to allow each ' and every prisoner who ia and has bce- a trusty for ten days prior to this (!ute to return to his home or ' ther place chosen by him, and to re- I main away from the camp or prison,' durinjr Sunday, Monday and Tues 1 day, the 2-lth, 25th and 2Cth of JDe-, ember, piovided ea?h trusty pledge iii honor and satisfy the officer in barge that he will return by 12 o'- !ock, Wednesday, December 27. I You are further authorized and c ,'ics'od tj gi-e to all of the pris- mrs in your charge a holiday on u"d:iy, Monday and Tuesday, the lih. 23th and 2(th of December. Sav- Iloston, Mass., Def. 1!. Boston Washinffton, Dec. 19. The Senate today voted to continue the licensed inhy -rejected the proposal of Sena sale of liquor after the liveliest cam paign on the liijuor question that the city has had in years. The vote in favor of license was 33,438 with 29, S!)7 against. List year the vote for license was 4(,115 and 31,677 against. BOLL ETINS ( My- the. United Press) KILLED IN MINE EGPLOSION. Birminpham, Dec. 20. One nan was killed and two injured today in an explosion at the Kdtftwatrr mine of the Tennes see Coal & Iron Railway. tor Underwood for a referendum anion.? citizen's of the Capital on the Sheppard Wll to prevent manufac ture) and sale of liquor in the District of Columbia. The vote was a tie, 38 to 38, and the amendment there fore was declared lost. CONGRESS TO RECESS ABOUT LAST 0? WEEK -M forecasted in The Frre Pros?, i nr-.v State bark fa.- Kinston was or ganized Tuesday evening. The stock holders wet in j the IJacvey C. Hines jullding at 'lordon and Heritage afreets end, faflinp; to elect dir?ctdni, , tentatively raatd Postmaster W.'D.I Washington, Dec. 18. Democratic T.rRooue, Prcadent; C. R. DodsonJ Leader Kit.-bin'.-'. resolution to provide e-ol ouht to apt in the case and act Vice-president id 7. W. Hearl Cash-' fw- congjessional recess over the I at once. Confess could only order by a government vestigation, apparently is go- pjblisher3 CONGRESS POWERLESS m P, PRINT PAPFR SITUiTiON KITCHIN (By the United FVcss) Washington, Dec. 18. Congress is powerless to relieve the news pirint situation, Majority Leader Kitchin declares. Any 'action, he said, will have to be taken by the attorney- j;rricia!. "If the charges made by newspa per rublishers are true," Representa live Kitchin said, "the attorney-gen ii.':-. The- itoeiholJers' desire that Christmas hpUJays from December : an investigation tl'e-e office! s be? retained will be com-j 21 to Jaiuary 2, was adopted by the , T;e rjunioated to the directors 'when Ihev ! Honc ,tciayi by a vote of 141 to 44. passed are rhoen. The Caswell iB?.nV'.:g ' A similar resolution will be V .lhe Senate. "You are furthermore directed and I'jcstcd to report to rne on or be- 0:0 the first nay of January your lion in accordance herewith Und -,e rc -.L:!!.-, and tr.e name and con- ' of each prisoner paroled. A icti!Kt an'! authority similar :r. v.i ii Deromher, 131."?. and Trust Cx will be the r.nme of the company owning the institution. ri'-cr-; 1 ke f: w ir: The -.t the:r 1 v an ' ! y s.'ier---.oners that cmisc with . . c 1 ihat co;;fiden;'e which will be The c.T-n s Dodscn is a prominent tobacconist Mr. lTe.-.th ha. long been wi Fir?i National Bank, now 'being pirijed cs teller there. rresident 1. 1 R-rjue lias largo interests in the city. r.e capital itock will be $23,000: v.'as over-subscrKied before the orfea-iiir.i-.tiun. Stockholders include scdres of n:errhants, professional men, plant ers and others. The idea of the pro mote "s was to make it as popular1 as 7cs-i'',lo and have many stockholders &wni:ir few shares rather than a s-.rivTi r.nnrber of stock owners. ' Features cf the institution will- be the tri:st and savings departments. The formt r will be quite complete and SIFiFQ (V 'FFWri' C0PIiise a specialty for w'hich there JWLO W rEaUi ' is j , tleRlan j in the (.ity. Night hours - will Ibe a new departure contem- The Duplin county commissioners plated. ' . ire between two fires on the noted f The bank will be located in the new .;'.(fk l.iw question which has beeh j Hajtc" ,'-,i,JinJf at Monument corn- Kinstons fourth bavk.! M V Mil I IO o e all vvell-knoAvn. M".iO Ifl'Llll? 'conist,' '' . i ' f -'. sr:BAIIS IjllEI Till SliST YEAH SO FAR 1 t-: ;t. CXWC, C. .-.ernor.' BUPLW BOARD HAS TROUBLE ON BOTH j (Ty the United Press) I Vy'iu-hiiig-ton, Dec. 20-Ct't"n p-in-j nil from the 1D1G crop priw'to De ' ctrnbt r 13, amou-nted to 10,845,980 ! bales, acrainst 10.306,300 in 1915, . r iy? n -n:us report.. Of this total ! J8.'.'10" round- bales ware included, , ; gainst 100,925 last yealr. Sea Island included amounted" to 110.413 bale? ; ti.:ni-:It 8j;il0. ne of their official existence for j cr. a lonf time past. Thev must come !.c:e. it is reported, on December in t-'.edience to a mandamus wr rhiw cause Iiefcre Judge W. A. Devin for thei.- failure to erect the fence. On the other hand, an injunction has been -erved on them restraining them from erecting it. Jt is j? r. .... ri:.,.l All ion1 ,i..uji; ujivcu rnrii mic j urday. it is said. Strong legal talent', has been retained by both sidc3. j -r;;FACT; COMMISSION ONE REASppYTHEi LEATHER COST GOES UP afeableffolnhe United "States to keep hahds off . FOR SPINAL MENINGITIS DEAD SAFE IN TEXAS I.om'.n. Dec. 20. Kicking the Germans back across their own boric- -s 15 rcij'i'ring an enormous quan tity of boot leather-. As England is supplying the greater portion of all the hoots wrrn by the Allied soldiers, the shoe factories throughout Eng land aie swamped with work today. For the winter, the British governr merb will requi.e 9,000,000 feet of i-ppti- leathrr for Cbssack boots and 7,000,000 feet of leather for the Brit ish soldiers' footwear. The ship ments of such tremendous order's must be completed by the time cold weather sets in and has forced the government to take up every piece of leather on the market Victory of Tenth District Democrats Complete So Far As State Is Concern cdRrttt Has But One Chance Left MA1MK COUNTY MADE- nEALTHlF.ST BY POTATOES (By the United Press) H.iuiton, He.. Dec. 20.-j-Aroo-3toc-k 'cunt ytoday is the richest county in the I'r.itcd States Th northernmost county of Maine snatched the crown from Los Angeles county, Califor nia. ' "" The humble potato did it. Potatoes'-that sold for 75 cents a barrel a few years age now bring 84.75 and farmers here are holding much of their dwp for $5 a barrel. OTTON SLIPPED ON SNOW AND. . BROKE HIS NECK; DEAD Raleigh, Dec. 20. The Gover nor today forwarded his commis sion to Zebulon Vance Weaver, democrat', as Congressman f ram fficTTrnth district, to TSticceed Erltt, Republican. The Supreme Court held that the evidence fa- 'guVbrcH .Weaver." Britt is expected to carry his fi'ght to Congress. The -famous Weaver-Britt election controversy in the Tenth Congres sional district is over so far as the j i State is concerned, with Weaver, Democrat, holding the sea. The Ra leigh News and Observer Wednesday taid: ' "Zebulon Weaver, Democrat, will represent the Tenth North Carolina district in the next Congress, suc ceeding Jame3 J. Britt, Republican, unless Mr. Britt, defeated at' every turn in a contest that has been dog gedly fought before a county board The condition of the cotton market s not at all Santa -Clausy, compor- ! ed with the status of things a few weeks ago. The stable here Wednes day brought from 14 3-S to Hi 1-4. Receipts were about 20 bales. New York futures quotations were: Open 2:20 January 16.80 17.05 March ' 17.07 17.26 May 17.28 17.48 July . .17.32 17.52 October 15.71 15.75 December 16.95 17.05 mg o'i." i Members stated that bad complained, to them that the de partment of justice had given small encouragement 'to the situation. De partmer.t officials, it was ataled, can not1 '-get" Che paper trust, despite evidence that many small publishers are being forced out of business be cause of their inability to meet pa per price advances, NOTED NEWSPAPERMAN. NEAI BEjfiTH OK EQRDER the United Piess) El Paso, Dec 20. It is report ed that R. Ej Gonzales, sergeant in the South Carolina guard and editorial writer on' the Columbia Stut. died in the base hospital !a-it night of pneumonia. . His son is the American minister to Cuba. I The following dispatch is from the Raleigh News and Observer: Camp Stew.irt, El Paso, Texas, Dec. 10. Sergl Robert E. Gonzales, Second South Carolina Machine Gun Con-.pany, Vs at the point of death he:e tonight from pneumonia. He is famous throughout the South as the clever parngrapher of the Columbia State. His recovery is not expected. Asheville, Dec. 19 That Ilemphill, 18 years of age, met death in a most peculiar manner yesterday, falling In El Paso, Texas, Dec. 19. Seven the yard of the Hemphill echool and , of canvassers, two superior courts breaking bis neck." "The young man, j and the Sup-erne Court, carries his with some companions, ws' engaged : fight t the foors of Congress and in" a snowball battle and stopped to get a reversal of Mr. Weaver's com- El Paso, Texas, Dee.' 19, Four ompanie-' in the. Georgia infantry foreigners, all of "whom at various origade have been quarantined be- times had been eeported' killed by esose tif the discovery of spinal, men- bandits in Mexico, arrived;' at1 Eagle insritis' among these troopi, it . was Pass, Texas, today, according to a , - ... . . . . t- - , , - . .. i - .-- "n-occed at military' headquarter telegTam received by offioals of a . slipped and be plunger forward, atrik "e today, v ' '..""; '; railroad company nere. . J inff hia head. jpjck up a mass of fresh snow for a Snowball . Jn pome (way 'his foot plete victory. '. "The . Republican Congressman, whose . failure to return gives the re?entation, found himself bankrupt of legal resources in North Carolina yesterday when the Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of Judge Ad f.his denying him a writ of mandam us against the Buncombe county board of canvassers. . .("Immediately in Wake, county court, Judge Bond, who held in con- tmnance the application for injunc tion sought bjr Mr. Brit against the CONTRACTS FOR FOUR THOUSAND QUICK-FIRERS Washington, Dec .19. In accord ance with the original recomimendar tion of the special machine guu board, the War Department today let contracts for 4,000 Vickers' machine guns and accessories at a cost of $5,r00,000 and announced that addi tional contracts soon would be (et which would bring the sum to be expended on such weapons for the 're gular army and the national guard up to about $9,500,000. Judge Bond to Give Gover nor His Opinion In a 1 " Few Dya .-jv- HUMAN INTEREST SIDE Mincher Not So ,Much to Be Considered But Little Minhers Come Into.Case Commissioner WouM Take Blame 't '?" i TWELVE-YEAR-OLD - GIRL COMPLAINS AdAINST OLD MAN Sadie Cameron, colored, 12 years of cge, has been the victim- of sever al attempts at criminal assault by Ed. Harper, apparently 45 or "50 years cf age, she told Sergeant Fosoue at the police station Wednesday morn ing. A warrant for .Harper was is sued at the order of Chief Skittner. According to tne olice, who have declaration of election by the State ! Harper's number,' he has been dweH board I of csUlvassers, dismissed the J ing out f the law with ' the girl's action. The, State. board of canvas-(mother on Shine street for several sen, in compliance with. the itatute, years." He works on V farm. He has declared V Mr. 'Weaver elected the ! not been antirehended yet They say Sec etary f State issued certificate, and Governor-Oaig signed hit com mission as Congressman from - the Tenth district Thus ended, o far as Korth Carolina eoucts are concerned. two months'. determined fight for) If E. W. Mincher, former, road boss, goes to jail, what will rbejf ome of his four babies and their small, , hard-worked mother TjhaJ is ' phase of the Mincher case, mjw ou3 in Lenoir county, which i .begin-. ning to cause concern to pei(o)nsj,In timate with the Minchers? domestic status. Maybe Wincher' deserves pi . consideration," maybe, he does; bnt whethdr Mincher does or does ; not, his family might be in a eadf'pUgKt'if the big fellow has to serve a sentence cf 'a year impoaed mpoh him by Judge W. M 'Bond in Superior Court here sonrclmie ago.. i . .t Mrs. Mincher and the little .,, ones are i toe kenoir cpunyi; conyic'i. camp, according to cpunty ofJiclaW. Should Minchebe taken, Irwin, them, , here would be no home or them away from there. The oldest baby ,s ix years ojd,, stil lisping v tlhe yo.mgest is twb'-rwin.th-'old ahd just 'joginning to "notic tnmgs" ana, xo smile baby " fashfon. "Little rMra. Mlfteherwfll'';' ajlow" he?' no time to accumulate -surplus flesh, ia busy with one -ibaby ;aftejrC another most all the' time. '.'Jff S8m. Minche goes out to 'find 'food, tor Jer btood thw six-year-old wiJJ; ;have. to ,eare for the others,, it is assumed, and that will not do at all; vAt (least. Mrs. Mincher wouldn't. like to. jrlak it, prah'ably. Mre. MJncher most excellent woman, according to ever ything that officials ' hayaeon " "rtV Hr-fc . m - '. . ... k II at ner. ane nas a tot oi responsiou ty pon her. and measures up TO . It to. tfltei last notch. . ivn Mincher, convicted of whipping convicts, is under sentence of a ye&j o the county jail. He would be serving his time had not he. Gover nor' very' considerately reprieved nx, pending an investigation. The Su preme Court found no 'error in ficu pericir Court's judgment Chairman of Commissioners ft.. F1 Churchill, Coirmisskmer T). W.' Wood, Attor ney G. V. Cowper and Sheriff, A.. W. Vaf.or went to Raleigh Tuesday - in the case, carrying petitions and affi-, davits and other things te the Iot- c.rnor, and asked lor. a pardon lor Mincher. His Excellency intimated or said that he would take no action eM-ept upon recommendation- tt Judge Bond, say members of the party. He was very courteous aaa cor.-iial to the Lenoir men, in keeping with his disposition . Afterward they Judge Bond, who gave them ft lone hea-ring, took. the papers in the case and assured them that he would , e;ive the Governor his views In' a few days. The party dwelt upon the fact that the testimony tin the case of an ex-convict named Benton should net be considered. Benton's charae tcr. they contend, eliminates him aa a : responsible witness. Solicitor H. J . Shaw was- in Raleigh. Ie, the coini)'; 4.. JntlHlnMfM .ml,... n n .r posed a pardon, or commutation There is no frope, Attorpey Cowper" -says, for a recommendation for clem- -ency coming from the State's attor The county commissioners maintain that the responsibility for the whip ping cf prisoners was not Mincher Attorney Cowper states hat Judge Peebles, now dead." holding COOrt here held that whipping jof insuboM dinate convicts was essential to dis cipline; that the commissioners, act ing'vpon his construction,! empowered SuptrBfe-yani Taylor to ttse the lash irt 'lijcderation, and . that Taylor, there Democrats a sqlid congressional rep-, the control of the tenth district" ' he had repeatedly of "ered her money. the' Cameron woman upheld Harper, and attempted to dissuade the girl from her antipathy to him, ' Sadie Cameron, frightened by the man's ac tions, left Che house on several occa sion. She told Sergeant Foscue that is ample proof though the latter of fw (Continued on page 8).