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hi THE DAILY FREE The HomeWper Today'! News'Todsyj" tteT Weather Cloudy and Celdef. VQL. XVIII. -No. 113 SECOND EDITION KINSTON, N. O, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1916 POUR PAGES TODAY fKKEJ&wfSiffM PREiS BRITISH DO NOT DENOUNCE PRESIDENT'S PEACE SUGGESTIONS SO BITTERLY, NOTE HAVING BEEN KEPT SECRET A WHOLE DAY First Impression of Public Big Howl King Dismisses Parliament With Declara tion That Violated Right Must Be Vindicated and Peace Firmly Established No Flat Rejection Expect ed; Fact That Allies Did Not Close Door to German Proposals Leads to Belief That Wilson's Views Will Get Consideration In Entente Capitals Washington, D. C, Dec. 22. Secretary of State Lansing's two statements of yesterday in interpre tation of President Wilson's peace note were today forwarded to American diplomats abroad. Germany to Act Quickly. The Hauge, Dec. 22. Germany will disclose her chief peace terms immediately, if the forthcoming Allied reply leaves the door open, say German dis patches. Congress Keeps Hands Off. Washington, Dec. 22. Congress will give the President free and untrammelled rein in his attempt to find a common ground upon which the European belligerents may meet to formulate plans for a last ing peace. Both houses even refused today to en dorse the President's action in dispatching his his toric note to Europe's warriors, leaving everything up to him. British Note Was Held In "Soak." (By Edward L. Keen) London, Dec. 22 The government's wisdom in al lowing Wilson's note to "soak" for 24 hours is appar ent. This action saved a torrent of violent denuncia tion of America today, although the British are practically unanimous in deploring the President's stand, there was not such sweepingly violent denun ciation as there would have been if the first impres sion had been allowed full play. King Makes Strong Speech. London, Dec. 22, Dismissing Parliament today until February 7, King George added weight to his words to the Allies oh .stern reflection of German made peace offers with the statement that "vigorous prosecution of the war must be our single endeavor until we have vindicated the right so ruthlessly vio lated by our enemies and established the security of Europe on a firm foundation." Entente Diplomats Talk. Washington, Dec. 22. For the reason that Great Britain a :n her Allies did not flatly reject Liu-; 'ea. proposals from the Teutonic powers, they will not flatly turn down President Wilson's peace sugges tions, in the opinion of some Entente diplomats here at two of the most important Allied embassies. Two reasons were today given the United Press repre sentative for showing official "regret" at the Presi dent's peace suggestions. By flatly refusing his re quest for specific peace terms, it would make it ap pear that the Allies are responsible for continuing the war. Such a "turndown" would weaken what sympathy now exists in the United States for the Entente cause. These Allied diplomats, however, admitted "chagrin" over the President's suggestion that specification of war objectives is necessary. Note Reaches Berlin. Washington, Dec. 22. American Charge Grew at Berlin today notified the State Department that he had received President Wilson's peace note for tran smission to the German foreign office. TRAIN WRECKED AND SIXTEEN ARE INJURED (By the United Press) Pendleton, S. C, Dec. 22. Sixteen were injured, some perhaps fatally, when a Blue Hidge train was wrecked near here today. One car was turned over. There were 37 passengers on board the train. FIREMEN FALL FROM LADDER; ONE KILLED fdy the United Press) Richmond, V., Dec. 22. Tire Cap- tain William C Matt is dead Firemen Airam iPoda and J. and jJcf Buck serioual a , u ' Pnv8ical strength and valor aire in- ider.t Charles K. Van Hise, president of fall' TT " ,daced. At the same time the user! of the University of Wisconsin, wfll hand Pn 1Sdder tday at (imagines he is a giant while other preside. Twenty- seven different so e, tiwpsand dollar fire. Uertona and objects are .dwarfed. Icieties will participate. Would Have Been Cause for HARIHUANA BEING USED BY TROOPS ON BORDEP EI Paso, Dec. 19. Following dis-! eovery today that Mexican laborer have introduced harihuana into mili tia camps along the border, cus toms officials are on the alert to ; check smuggling in of the dangerous j drug. i Only a few cases of its use have 1 been found among the soldier, most- j ly among soldiers addicted to other j drags. i Secret service men have members I of a band believed to be engaged in smuggling and traffic in harihuana ; and cpium under surveillance, and arrests are expected. The drug is peculiar to Mexico, and u taken in the form of a cigarette. It is composed of the crushed leaves a weed. Hallucinations of great 1 CHRISTMAS APPEAL FOR THE SUFFERERS STRICKEN EUROPE The following appeal is made in behalf of the Federal Council of the ('lunches of Christ in America: "To the Citizens of the United States Whi.e we arc rejoicing at tSiis - hri.stm:i.s season and making gifts, thousands of innocent sufferers from the great war, especially women and children, are without food or cloth ing. Reports come from all the na- ti'ins of Europe of hundreds of thou- :ids of children on the verge of starvation, hut the sto-ies from Bel fium. Fast Prussia. Poland, Serbia, Vmenia, Albania, and other na tion-; are piteous beyond comprehen- I hi. "The President of the United -''ates, in his Thanksgiving procla trition, strongly evpro-sel the hopi "t we. the citizens of the United States, would generously remember :''ese suffering ones. Will you not. a--- you are buying Christmas gifts for 'ur own children, contribute some thing toward the starving children of ithc:- lands? "The contributions rr.av be made to ".ny of the accredited relief organi 7,'itions. (Signed) "WILLIAM II. TA FT, "ALTON' 1!. PARKFR, "DAVID II. GREKR. "FREDERICK LYNCH, "SAMUEL T. DUTTON. "IRVING FISHER, "LUTIIFR B. WILSON'. "COR NFLIU S WO FLF K I N "HAMILTON HOLT." DANGEROUS TO SNEEZE IN PRESENCE OF OTHER PERSONS, NOW A FACT A sneeze is defined as a sudden (1 violent ejection of air through the nose and mouth bv some convul ive fo've with v.n audible sound. ncpyv is now known to be all this t.: more. It is treuuentlv a rain bower of tiny drops of mouth and nose secretions. It is a spray tnat ces these secretions for a dis- ance of several feet in a closed mm with the remit that the pu-rti-Ys foat around for hours without ecoming diluted or losing their vit ality. Sneeze-; used to be considered rni ""oidalile and perfectly excusable, in fact, they were rather enjryc-l by the one who sneezed. Now they are con siderr 1 irielcgrmt, d.'.ngerous and cry inexcusable, particularly if not sneezed into a handkerchief. They "-ed to be considered signs of taking Id: now they ive signs of giving ,-'fIds to others. As a matter of fact, the sneeze has been tabooed by all forms of common decency and is no Irnger allowed in healthful society. To sneeze in a person's face or even within his presence without covering it with a handkerchief is now consid ered more of a crime than an acci dent. The reason is this: grippe. neamonia. colds, tuberculosis and many othe- diseases are known to be ransmitt"d by nose and mouth secre- ! ns and the sneeze is one of their b:ef me.-ms of sp:ead. Wrhen spray- 1 out into the air, especially if in a 'ose I unventi! a ted room or hall, my float around for hours and are :'thed in by some innocent visitor - inmate -person, later perhaps to be mecd out airairi. TEN THOUSAND U. S. SCIENTISTS MEET NEW YORK MONDAY (By the United Press) New YoTk, Dec. 22. The science of everything, from sawing wood to stel lar statesmanship, will be rounded up and gone over in detail by ten thous and of the world's leading scientists who will arrive here Monday for the roth meeting of the American Asso ciation for the Advancement of Sci- ence, which convenes Tuesday. Pres- REAL CHRISTMAS DINNERS SENT TO U. S. EMBASSIES H WILBUR S. FORREST, (United Press Staflf Correspondent) London. Dec. 1. (By Mail) Not withstanding war food scarcity, food ticket.-., meatless days and fatless weeks, there will be teal American Christmas dinners in Germany, Aus tria. Bulgaria and Turkey this year. Thanks to Uncle Sam, his diplom ats and employes generally in the warring "foodless nations will en joy real turkey, cranberry sauce, oys ters, pumpkin pie, etc., on December '" all direct from America. Some, wo re on the Atlantic today, or per- ;ns (in the North Sea by now, are !;; sa-ol boNcs closed with the form iaiile seal of the American eagle, en ii. ,-e to Uncle S tun's diplomatic an J otisular folks in the Central Empire :t:.d smaller Allied states. A Christmas dinner for the e "or ; bans" in one small job. Ambassa dor Gcrird and his staff, in Berlin. og"ther with the va ious con -alar representatives scattered throughout Germany numbers more than lot) mouth .. American official depend ents in Austria and Hungary are eual in number to those in Germany an. I in Bulgaria and Turkey they r.motint to 7 a, making :i75 in all. This means that some of the "7o have families and the American State De partment must pro.-ide Christmas eats fw all. American embassies in London and Petrograd, where food is not so very scarce, will have to provide their own Christmas feasts. Befi e the high price of food be came a factor in hnelar.d, Ambassa- or Pair0 used to act as wholesale grocer for his i ompatriots in the C'-ntral Umpires. The food was pur chased i'.: Krigland and shipped via Holland. Finally British prices be came too much for Jeffersonian sim- eity and Ambassador Page sug gested to Washington that the "ca tering could better be done from America direct. A month ago ordeir:; f.r.in Berlin, Vienna Budapest, Sofia and other points began to sound like . nristmas. There were appealing re- icrences to real turkey, sage and oyste. dre -sing, candles and other re (uisites whiih a Christmas dinner . nnot be without. These order's eached America in plenty of time. The ship captain who has them in barge on the way to Europe has icen requested to ask any submarine commander 'he happens to meet to 'have aheart." , . HERE, HERE, WE DON'T PAY YOU FOR THIS (By the United Press) El Paso, Dec'. 22. Duiing a ses sion of the mIioo tor oiiicers in the Thirty-second Michigan regiment the fficer in charge asked for sugges tions for the improvement of the ln- cdligence department. Why couldn't we cross-breed enr- ler pigeons with parrots anil tell em the message instead of tying it them," asked one of the pupils. Another sugge-ted the government dght train . wad fishes to torpe lo omy submarines and woodpeckers o puncture enemy aeroplanes. GOING ON IN OTHER TOWNS AND COUNTIES OF EASFN CAROLINA Louis Arthur of Greenville will re ceive a commission in the Army. He expected to go to the cavalry branch. He is one of many young men going from civil life into the military service to help officer the new regiments formed during the year. Rev. B. F. Huske, rector of an Episcopal church in New Bern, has been commissioned a chaplain in the Navy. A six-year-old son of John James of Staton's Mill was burned to death when he threw gasoline into a stove to see it blaze up. Many wild geese nre jeing mark eted at Washington. Large catches of mullet are beini? made along the Carolina coast. The New Bern Chamber of Com merce will have its annual banquet in January. MILITARY TRAINING FOR ALL NOW RESTS ON 2 CONGRESSMEN (By the United Press) Wa-hington, Dec. 22. Whether the House military committee will recommend universal military train ing depends upon two men, accord ing to a 'poll by the United Press Xiehcdts of South Carolina and Hull cf Tennessee, both believed to be dis satisfied with the national guard system, hold the balance of power, CURRIED NUTTORIA ONE OF NEW DISHES OF BRITISH COMMONS (By the United Press) London, Dec. 21. Filet of mock sole, curried nuttoria. nut cutlet fine chicken and mock stewed steak ire some of the meatless delicacies t the new vegetarian war menus in be lb. use of Commons today. The Commons, where the country bus 1-een informed of the serious character of the food situation, is -ett'ng the country a fine example For the fii-rst time in Bii itish history members of iComjmons are eating all the things that look like meat but :n't" and none, so far, has com plained that he is being bally nour i bed From forty to sixty cents is the price of an official meatless meal. THEY OUGHT TO SERVE MICROSCOPES WITH THE ICE IN JAPAN HOTELS By CLARENCE AGMAN, (Editor of (he Eastern Underwriter) (Written for the United Press) New York, Dec. 21. "Kori-Kori" means ice, and that's all the Japan- c e and American traveling in the Orient need know. The rest will take care of itself because English is the : ammercial langur.ge there, and any Oriental business man or hotel clerk who has not a smattering of our own tongue can have no dealings with the American tourist. On a hot day, which is every day, we looked for the Japanese short hand sign, translated: "Drinks sold here." Appearing over the door of nearly one-third of the stores in any little town this sign can be seen two blocks away. Drinks on sale include mineral water, "Tan-San"; beer, a poor variety, and what would cor respond to American ipop, all luke warm. At our cry of "Kori-Kori," the la dy in the kimona dived into a strong box and emerged with a piece of ice, slightly larger than the loaf of sanitary sugar found here on restau rant tables, carefully unwrapped and washed it, and then put the ice under a shaving machine. It was quite a cwemnny, and curious children gath ered to witness the performance. All railroad tickets are printed one : ide Japanese and the other in Eng lish. Signs in Japanese and English announce the name of the station, and there is even a sign board read ing: "The principal points of inter est here are ." It is said that the lack of linguis tic facility of the average Englishman is the reason he refuses to learn the tongues of other people, and hence, all nations have to learn his. On our way to Yokahoma there were twenty-six nationalities on the ship, each person practicing English on the oth er, it was the only way they could converse in common. At Kobe a fat, uncomfortable Russian, was trying his best to explain to a Japanese se cret service man just why he left the army. The conversation had our own language sounding like Sam Bernard and Weber and Fields discussing the high cost of living. There is quite a bit of faking about Japanese proficiency in English. Everybody in hotels and shops Bays he understands, but frequently his sole acquaintance with the language is "Yes" and "No." We did run across a waiter who knew two more words: "Never mind." Given quite an explanation from six persons at our table as to how they wanted their eggs he. listened gravely -t to each; TO TOTAL NEAR EIGHT BILLIONS. THOUGHT (By the United Press) Washington, Dec. 22. Pros pects are that the United States' foreign trade for the year will total $7,800.000.t00, it is an nounced by the Department of Commerce. Foreign trade in the past eleven months was $7,118, 000,000. FARMERS CONTROLLING DAKOTA LEGISLATURE (By the United Press) St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 22. Legisla tures of Minnesota, North Dakota and uth Dakota will convene January Woman suffrage, statutory prohi bition and regulation of mining com names will be before the Minnesota Legislature. It is believed that state-wide prohibition and suffrage will be placed on the ballots of the next state election, as a result of leg slative action this session. About two-thirds of Minnesota was made I' y by local option laws enacted at he last legislative session. In North Dakota, sweeping re forms are looked for from the "farm ers' legislature convening January z. Four years ago, a farmer's co-operat- ve marketing organization, for non- speculstive yelling of their grain, was organized. As an outgrowth of this organization the Farmers' Non Partisan League, object strictly poli tical, was organized. Twice in general elections the Non- Partisan League candidates. These n are instructed to fight for state- owned elevators, and are understood to advocate publid ownership of pub ic utilities. Adversaries of the Non partisan League have referred to its ms a s socialistic. In 'South Dakota, enactment of avvs to enforce state-wide prohibi tion, passed by the voters at the last general election, is slated. CONGRESS QUITS WORK FOR OYER CHRISTMAS (By the United Press) Washington, Dec. 22. Congress will quit work today and go home for Christmas. In anticipation of the adjournment many solons departed several days ago. But the big crowd leaves today. The President was not much in fa- or of the idea, nor wits Speaker lark, because there is so much leg islation for the thoroughly democrat- present congress to finish before it dies March 4 and is replaced by one not quite so democratic. However, President Wilson did not disapprove ot this adjournment ac cording to Democratic Leader Kit- bin. To imake ui the time thus lost oth houses will convene between ten and eleven o'clock for the remainder of the session. Kitchin said all an- propriation bills would be passed, and there will be no special sessions. then said blandly: "Never mind," and brought them in soft boiled all abound. Reaching Yoshida at four, one af ternoon, it being necessary to travel on to Lake Shoji immediately in or der to catch a steamer train, we told the proprietor of the inn that we wanted two carriages. "Yes," he answered. An hour passed and two coolies showed up with our baggage on their shoulders. "Are the carriages coming?" we asked, as it had begun to rain, and we thought of Lake Shoji twelve miles away. "Yes," he answered. After anoth er half hour's wait the host started bowing us out. Just then a young Japanese, home from Dartmouth Col lege, appeared. We explained our predicament After a short talk vith the hotel proprietor he said: "He hasn't any carriages, he ex pect you to walk." Bat "we didn't; we rode the twelve miles in chairs. , j . . FOREIGN TRADE 18 ATTACKING TORREON , REPORTED ON AMERICAN SIDE Significant Statement Inti mates That 16,000 Troops Ordered Home From the Border Won't Get Away For Some Days Yet (By the United Press) Dallas, Dec. 22. None of sixteen thousand national guardsmen order ed home will be able to leave the bor- ier before the middle of next week, according to railroad officials. Fighting at Torreon. El Paso, Dec. 22. Villa attacked at Torreon at 4 o'clock this morning. The battle for possession of the city was raging at daybreak, Mexican government officials were informed by telegraph. NATION WOULD HAVE 0I00ER PLANT THAN 1 - ...... KROPPS' IN STRESS (By the United Press) New York. Dec. 22. In the event the United States is ever involved in war, the HethJehem Steel plant, biff rer than Germany's Krupp works, will be turned over o the government. Charles M. Schwab, president of the mpany, today declared. With a capacity of a million, ounus 01 neayy ammuni ion a month, Schwab said he plant fs 50 per cent ore efficient than the Krupps'. THIS NEW YEAR'S DAY FOR TEWA INDIANS ' (Py the United Press) Santa Fe, N. M., Dec. 21. This may ibe just December 21 to some folks, ibut it's New Year's day to ths Pewa Indians. There are only about 1200 of ths Tewas in five villages: San Juan, Santa IClara, San Ildefanso, Nambe nd Tesuoue. They hold ancient be- iefs deduced by themselves from kings as they are. The Tewas' six cardinal directions re north, south, east, west, above nd below. Each direction is color 1 and has an animal to signify it. North is green and personified by a Hon. The Tewas believe the Sky is the Husband of the Earth. They believe le Sun is a man who walks across the sky behind a yellow shield in immer, clad in white doeskins orna mented with heads. In the winter he is green, lheir year .begins today n.I their New Year's Day is founded pon the .belief that the sun stands still in the sky to mark a new twelve month. BULLETINS (By the United Press) BRITISH RETAKE TOWN. London, Dec. 22. After two years' occupation by the enemy, the British have retaken El Ar ish, says the War Office. BRAZIL LEGISUTORS MAY BUY GERMAN SHIPS Rio de Janeiro, Nov. 28 (By Mall) A bill proposing the purchase of the German ships interned in Brazil ian harbors was presented in the low er house of congress and will come up for discussion within a few weeks. This bill is said to follow in gener al outline similar bills introduced Jn the legislative bodies of both Argen tina staid Chile with the exception of that part referring to stocks of Brsv. silkn coffee held by Germany, being used to pay for the ship . ' VILLA "2 m K., s r f . ' d,e. ".. oT !kh .
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