IgrTftg DAILY FREE PlESSlilf
VOL. XVIII.-No. 151
TjlEPpESIDENT STILL HOPES TO R
PEACE IN SPITE. OF
AND OBSTACLES -ALLIES WANT GUAR'NTY
I ' ;
Present Plans Would Obviate Necessity of Dispatching
Further Notes to Germany to Settle Submarine Mat
ters, Which If Forced to a Head May Cause Break In
Relations With-This Country Allies Scorn Conference
Idea Support Other Neutral Powers Helping Presi
dent Wilson, and Affords Further Opportunities for
Pushing Peace Question, Irrespective of Belligerents'
Attitude
(By the
Washington, Dec. 27.
jimong government heads over peace prospects rs a result
oFTTermany's late communication, the men closest to the
President believe he will strive to the utmost to prevent
the situation going beyond control. .
Two .sons .actuate hjm, namely: , A desire to end the
war, and the desjre, if possible, to avoid putting through the
Sussex note which threatens to break the relations with Ger
many should she overstep her submarine pledges.
ALLIES. EXPECT TO REJECT.
Officials expect the Allies to reject the German proposal be
cause It doesaot include a world peace guaranty. Those close to
President Wilson say "the door is not closed." Although the
Allies have thrown the German conference idea very hard, the
President still cn move again. Especially is this true vith the
backing of other neutrals.
White th idea of .obtaining peace is uppermost in adminis
tration minds, there is among the inner circle a profound idea
that a break with Germany is inevitable if the present peace pro
posals fail utterly.
One 0f the highest officials told the United Press that the
present ipten calls for no more ntc writing to Germany, and
added if the Marina, Arabia or Sussex cases come to a hearing,
or Germany starts a new submarine campaign and the present
attempt for peace fails, thea a break is the only answer.
NEW FORMS FOR FILING
fS!JNDR COTTON
ACTS READY
(Special to The Free Press)
Washington, D. C, Dec. 26. Be
cause sf modifications in the U. S.
cotton futures Act which became ef
fective September 1, last, the Office
of markets and Rural Organization of
the U. S. Department of Agriculture,
which administers the Act, has found
it necessary to make changes in the
forms previously suggested for pa-
ners to he filed in HisnntM under flip
Act. Suggestions for the new forms
to be used for disputes arising under If?I0OYEN TO PUSH
contracts .made on or subsequent to " '
September 1, 1916, are published fa MANY FROM BUMI
Service and Regulatory Annocunee-
meats No. 16, just issued. Copies of Buenos Aires, Nov. 25. (By Mail)
the publiAtion may be obtained by Terrible lamentation is heard in
persons interested on application to Argentine official circles today be
the Office of Majkets and Rural Or-! cause the new government headed by
ganization, U. S -.Department of Ag
riculture, Washington, D. C.
';r.e change; ihvol e the 'urnisning
of slightly different information in the
complaint or stipulation and the an
swer. Emphasis is placed on the
necessity for a statement in stipula
tions and complaints Showing wheth-
er contracts were entered into prior ,
to, or on or after, September 1, 1916.
Attention is called to the fact that in !
disputes arising under contracts made'
prior to September 1, 1916, the old j
fonns should be used. If such forms '
ftre not available, however, the new
forms may be used if the necessary :
changes to comply with the old rules i
and regulations are made. I
The publication also contains a re-'
Port on the inspection bv the nf?uv. '
of the practical forms of the official
cotton standards of the U. S. for j
hite cotton in iraA W it '
trade. This shows jthat after an, av
erage service of 1 year and 2 months,
an average of 7.54 of the 108 samples
contained in each set innvtt i,
deterioirated. One hundred and fifty.
eKht boxes of the atandards were re
turned to Washington for correction.
REJOICING JWW
RHEffiJATIC CRJMJSS
W?t?ipptd Yoa Use Arms
r Rhenma Will Help Ton
tf . -?r.Nthing to Psy.
hstf"' S1" Hcf. take
"day. Pnful of Rhenma once
: " ,7not ;t diswive every par-
FIRST EDITION
DM
United Press)
Despite a gentral hopelessness
No local receipts. The market giv
ing evidence cf a little stiffening.
Now York January closing figures
40 points above opening. There was
a -slight decline after the opening,
but this was soon overcome.
Today's New York quotations:
Open Close
January lfi.xs
March 17.15
May .. .' 17..-.0
17.28
17.59
17.82
17.92
1C.30
Ju'v 17.,1
October 15. ST
President Irigoyen intends January 1
to stop the salaries of all national
employes whose services the p,?'
dent does not consider absolutely ne
cessary. The unofficial estimate' is made
that about 5,000 job-holders th'OWL'h
out the country will be affected. The
number is considerable, considering
that Argentina's population is only
7,000,000 to 8,000,000, but even the
employes themselves know that -'"'at
numbers have done absolutely n"
work, and that practically nobr-iy has
worked anywhere nearly up t his
maximum, capacity,
Local Jnt
As an illustration of the manner :n
which the members of the Iri '.-yen
regiime have been "speeding un" the
government departments, Minister of 1
Finance Salaberry suddenly dropped
infrk tha marmt fcrjic mo miA- !
night a few days after he was ap
pointed. Such a thing was never
heard of before in the whole history
of South America.
and drive it out through the neutral
channels so that you will be forever
free from rheumatism, get a 60-cent
bottle of Rheuma from J. E. Hood &
Co or any druggist today. '
Rheumatism is a powerful disease
strongly entrenched in joints and
muscles. In order to conquer it a
powerful enemy must be sent against
it Rheuma is the enemy of rheuma
tisman enemy that conquers it ev
ery time. " ' .' ..,
Judfre John Barharst of Ft Lot
aime, Ohio, knows it He was Walk
ing with crutches; today ht H welL
It should do as much for you; it set-
MNTS I
DELAY
WORRISOME TO TJIE
uwm FOLKS
Bandits Reported On Ram
page On Border North
Mexico Showing Signs of
Unrest Serious Develop
ments May Be In Air .
r.y CAUL GROAT,
(I'nited Press Staff Correspondent)
Washington, Dec. 27.
Two developments closely
followed each other today to
thrust the Mexican situa
tion again to the forefront.
First, thp unsnlifirnH sf.nt.
mcnt from the State De
partment that the unrest in
North Mexico was growing
and as a result attention
was once more being focus
ed towards the border; and,
second, the announcement
of Secretary Lane that he
had not called a conference
of thp Ampy-ifm nipm hprs
oi tne iVJ ex ican-American
Commission for an early
date, caused renewed inter-
t in border matters.
Sfjil No Word From Carranza.
IU'ly this afternoon no word had
n received whether Carranza had
rued the troop withdrawal proto
1 or not. The department declared
t has information that large par-
ies of l.andits pre on a r.iiiiwge. The
siiTition is "s nh as t.i g'w! the de-
nartmcnt fre:h cor.ccrn ' The- de-
)artment siv-peets that Villa is gtt-
ng all the arms he needs across
the nor lr r. These in touch with de-
nartment manei'vers are inclined to
lifiievn Mint trdav's emr.hasis of
Ieicnn affairs is intended as a pre-:.-
-a. 'on of the public for possible sc-
devt-lcpments.
iiiards' Departure Delayed.
!'! Pa.--o, Dec-. 27. After all pre
parations na l Dorn made touay lor
he eptrainmcnt for home and orders
via the Tbirty-fivst Michigan
'-; ). their departure was delayed.
't rea-oa has been assigned.
WKKKLV WEATHER FORECAST.
tiie weather b'jrea'.i':
the ;;resent week predi.
: forecast for
ts much cold
er -VLiihiT for the latter part of the
wrfl;. Generally fair weather is pre
di. fed except that rain or snow may
he had Thursday or Friday.
COLLEGE MEN'S ANTI
LIQUOR LEAGUE MEETS
( Py the United Pres0
i igton, Ky., Dec. 27. Special
f un St. Louis and Chicago
r in! ears from all parts of the
will start for this place to
.vi: i several thousand members
S indents' National Intercolle
Prvhiiiition Association's na-
cinvention here tomorrow.
J. Bryan is to be the big feat-
Le:
train
and
count
i :ate
tioral
W.
re of the meeting; and it i- pinn
ed to give the Commoner the brga
iation's assjrance that has its cora-
lfo siTnnnrt. in his national nrohihi-
ti on
fight. Mr. Bryan is expected
o outline some of his plans for na-
1"3' prohibition. The
el!l1 December 31.
convention
TOWER OF B.33EL HAD
NOTHING ON THIS KOUSE
(By the United Press)
Chicago, Dec. 27 The lobby of
the Dearborn Hotel here sounded like
a reunion of the Amalgamates
Workers of the Tower of Babel all
talking at once today. It is head
quarters for the delegates to the
three-day meeting of the Modern
Language Association , of America
opening here today. Teachers ; of
English, , German, , French, Spanish,
Danish, ' 'Norwegian and Swedish
were present, greeting newcomers in
CARRANZA'S
KINSTON, N. C WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1916
PRESIDENT WILSON
SIXTY YEARS OF AGE
(By the United Press)
Washington, Dec. 27. The Presi
dent cf the United States will be
110 years of are tomorrow.
At this, the. beginning of his sec
ond term as President, the executive
shows his years much more than he
did at the beginning of his occupan
cy cf the White House in 1912. He is
a hit more stooped than then and
uu heavy line.3 in his face are much
mo'v sharply drawn than they were
before he came through the interna
'imal crises that have confronted
111 n since the war beffan. He is,
however, strong and well.
Letters, telegrams and remdm
rur.ces from friends and relatives
cyan pouring into the White House
by .Tores today.
RODMAN Ml QUIT THE
SERVICES OF UNCLE m
Ct lone! W. C. Rodman, comniand
in r the Second Regiment North Car
olina Infantry, now on guard duty
on the Mexican border is to quit the
erciee, according to reports coming
f urn Cam;) Stewart and carried in
he Ralcip'h News and Observer Wed-
r.f ;day morning.
rv i i i i i.
cl wiili the Stale milita for a score
) years and i ; nopular with the men '
of the
-:ro as
ro;.'im i:t. Business reasons ,
signed for his resignation.
(My the United Press )
I HE MADE MARSHAL. ,
JO
Paris, Dec. 27 General Joffre,
France's idol, is to be made mar
sisal of France.
THREE GREAT EVENTS-IN M MANY MONTHS PROVED
THiT FRANCE HAS THE MEMS AND WILL TO KEEP
END OF WAR ON TO FINISH; HER ARMIES SPLENDID
By HENRY WOOD,
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
(By the United Press)
Paris, Dec. 27. (By Mail) Dur
ing the ciosing three months of 191
three events took place in France
which demonstrated as never at any
previous period of the war the ap
parently inexhaustible resources or
France's military genius and
strength, the equally inexhaustible
resources of her financial economic
energy, and tne absolutely unsnauen .liny ist, in connection witn ine r.ng
determination both of her army and linh the offensive on the Sommo,
her civil population to continue the j which has never been checked for a
v.'a- to a successful close. j single instant, and in which, in addi-
Two epic events were the launch-! tion to all of the villages and ground
in;r on October 24 of the French of-1 regained, all the losses in (lead aod
fensive at Verdun, in which practir- wcunded inflicted on the enemy, the
ally all the ground and positions won ' French themselves, independent of
by the Crown Prince's armies .in six i what the English have done, have
months of sanguinary fighting were ' captured over -15.000 prisoners, over
reconquered within six hours with a 00 cannon and over 600 machine
minimum of losses for the French, puns.
and secondly, the subscribing by the It was while still conducting this
weeks, from October 5 to October 29, j vigorous offensive on the Somme.
of an unprecedented war loan of which the Germans had boasted that
nearly $-,riOO,000.000.
The third was the reorganization of I as a result of her losses at Verdun,
France's cabinet along the lines of fort France on October 24th, launch
compactness and efficiency which Da- ! rd even a second offensive, this time
vid Lloyd-George introduced in Eng
land. Premier Briand remained at
the head of the ministry, and Jon" re,
idol of France, and former geueralft;
imo of her forces, while still jetain
ing supreme command of French
forces, became counsellor to the war
council. General Nivelle, defender of
Verdun, and one of the popular he
roes of the army, was made com
mander of French forces in the north
and northeast.
While the French victory at Ver
dun, taken entirely by itself, stands
out as an unparalleled achievement in
the military history of the world, yet
its real significance in the present
war, is only apparent when it is view
ed in . connection with all that had
preceded it I s 1
Wlien the Germans launched, their
great offensive at Verdun en Febru
ary 21, no secret .was made of at
least two of the objects which the
Germans had id view. One of these
was to prevent the Allies from start
ing their combines unique offensive,
and the other waa to deliver an ab
solute death Wow to France.
FARM LOAN BANK 18'lOD'S SEARCH FOR
GIVEN TO COLUMBIA
INSTEAD OF RALEIGH
North Carolina Northern
State of Third District
Baltimore Gets "Plum of
Second District In Which
Virginia Is Located
(By the United Press)
Washington, Dec. 27.
The Federal Farm Loan
Board today announced the
following locations for farm
loan banks: Springfield,
Mass. ; Baltimore, Colum
bia,. S. C: Louisville, Ky.;
New Orleans, St. Louis, Om
aha, Wicihita, Kan.; Hous
ton, Texas; Berkeley, Cali.,
and Spokane,-Washington.
The Third district is composed of
'crth Carolina, South Carolina.
Georgia and Florida; and the Second
li t-ict of Pennsylvania, Delaware,
Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia
and the District of Columbia,
Raleigh and the State have lost
tlu; Federal Farm Loan Bank. The
plum goes to South Carolina and, as
predicted in these columns a few
d:;ys r.fx tho Third district begins
with North Carolina and runs
Ihro'.isrh Florida. This arrangement
.T.ade it necessary for the bank to be
located within one of the intermedi-
i(e states of the district.
Verdun, and while their great effort
.Y.IUd to prevent the launching of the
Allied offensive, yet they openly
bo? si el that at least one of their ob
jectives had been attained namely,
that they had caused France to Bleed
!!(!( exhaustion before Verdun and
ihnt henceforward she would be in
capable cf further military effort.
Dc-'pite this lioast and desaite the
looses which France undeniably sus
tained before Verdun, she launched on
! ranee wculd never be able to launch
ehfo.-ing the Germans' own 'ground
at Verdun, where all of Germany's
great infantry and artillery strength
had been concentrated for eight
months.
This offensive prance launched all
alone, witho-it the slightest help
from any of her Allies and carried it
t Such a successful conclusion that
the Germans withdrew from the Fort
of Vaux without even fighting.
While this great operation at Ver
dun revealed to the entire world the
present military strength of France,
after over two years' of unprecedent
ed warfare, it revealed also to the
more epert eyes of the military crit
ics end authorities in Europe are
unanimous in declaring the French
offensive at Verdun one of the most
remarkable operations In the world's
history.. ' ' ' ;
The offensive as planned, included
the taking of over half a dozen posi
tions, such as Haudromont Quarries.
Thiaumont and Douaumont, every one
of which the Germans had been
weeks and months In capturing, and
every eie of which would ordinarily
FOUR PAGES TODAY Sfr?cS raf-ww j
EVIDENCE WITHOUT
RESP'CJ OF PERSONS
Di lomi)tit and Official Cir
cles Iking Looked Into in
Attempt to Discover Leak
In Which Wall Street
Benefitted
(By the United Press)
Washington, Dec. 27. Representa
tive Wood's search for evidence in
the rumored leak to Wall Street of
advance information of the Wilson
peace note, led into diplomatic cir
cles, into homes of relatives and offi
cials of very high afninbtration cir
cles, he told the United Press.
MRS. SMALL ATE BEEF
DAY OF MURDER, SAID
(By the United Press)
Ossipee, N. H., Dec. 27. Chemical
lo-ence Small, for whose murder on
analysis cf the stomach of Mrs.
September 28, Frederick Small, her
husband, is en trial, shows she ate
oast beel on the day of her death,
according to information received
here. This fact, the defense claims,
will prove the innocence of the ac
cused man. Defense says thisi shows
she ate a meal after he left home on
the day she was murdered.
MILWAUKEE PRISONERS
IN A NEW WORKHOUSE
Granville, Dec. 27. Milwaukee,
county criminals Monday will occu
py new quarters in the luxurious es
tablishment built here at a cost of
$70(),C0O and said by officials to be!
one of the largest, finest, most com
fortable county workhouse in the
country.
The buildings, of which there are
twelve, have been under course of
n-on -At ruction for the last two years.
Tfiey have a capacity for 650 pris
incs. Each inmate has a separate
ell. while those who sleep in the
do mitories will have plenty of room
and a number of cubic feet of air to
breathe. The inmates will have lux
uric? denied many persons even jn,
moderate circumstances. Each cell
will contain a toilet and wash basin,,
while shower baths will be installed
along the cell corridors.
So as not to fatigue prisoners, the
cfhair factory has been located in
ftuch a manner that they will
have to walk a great distance,
factory will turn out thousands
chairs of all kinds each year.
ws built at a cost of $100,000.
not
The
of
It
LONDONERS THOUGHT
DR. BROUGHTON WAS
COMING TO VILLAGE
Dr. Lcn G. Broughton, who is to
speak here on Thursday evening un
der the auspices of the Mothers' Club,
has not only achieved distinction in
this country, but has been before
many audiences in other lands. For
some years after leaving Atlanta he
was pastor of Christ church. London.
This is one of the truly great
great churches of London, and one
which has had some of the very best
preachers known to the religious
world of today. He was over in Eu
rope when the war started, and nat
urally he has a very thrilling mes
sage concerning the slaughter now
taking place on many battlefields of
Europe. On leaving that country to
return to his own land to assume the
pastorate of a strong church in- Knox
ville, Tenn., which pays him $5,000 a
year ,one of the London papers stat
ed that Dr. Broughton was returning
to America on account of ill health
and had accepted a call to a village
church in the mountains of Tennes
see. Thia will give some idea of the
Wonderful church he had in London.
Dr. Broughton speaks ' to packed
houses everywhere Jba goes, and' no
doubt; a large crowd will he present
on Thursday evening to hear the ad-dre-s
of this one who knows how ts
ALLIES SEE A GOOD
OEPORTliNITY REPLY
REPORTED
Will Not Accept Suggestion
for Immediate Conference
ThinV Chance Now to
Present Its Side to the
World to Advantage
(By the United Press)
London, Dec. 27. The Allies' cer
tainly will not accept Germany'a
proposal in her note to America for
an immediate peace conference.: That
is entirely clear today, Shut the Teu
tonic reply to Wilson's note was hail
ed he.-e as affording a splendid op
portunity for England and her Allies
to set forth before the world a atat
ment, which would concretely i epit-
omize the ideals and aims of the En
tente powers in the war. By .her
lack of sincere responsiveness and
inclusiveness of reply,. England hold
that Germany isJself convicted of 'a,
lack of sincerity in her peace' pro
fers. -
OF A-B-C TRE&nt
(By the United Press) r
Buenos Aires, "Dec. 1 JBy Mail)
1 though Foreign Minister Becu of
Argentina has spoken somewhat
slightingly of the "AJB-C" treaty,
he Irigoyen administration Is trying
"oday to get Congress to ratify the
compact. . ; - , .
The fact that the agreement had
been ratified in, tWi country came' as
i big surprise to the overwhelming
majority of Argentines recently. ! ,; A
few men in important' positions knew
it had never received congressional
approval but the popular "idea waa
fehat it was an accomplished fact.-"
The public was undeceived early in
November while negotiations were
pending for a meeting of the "AJJ
V diplomatic representatives at Rio
de Janeiro to discuss matters of Ar
CenhVe-Brazilisn-Chilean mutual in
terest. After arrangements for the
gathering had practically been com
pleted. Foreign Minister Becu called
attention to the fact that it would
have to be postponed until the treaty
had buen ratified.
-'.'though there will be a strong ef
fort to secure ratification, the stijl
li al-o sure to be? vigorously fought
iv ah I'Tontine element, at least,
W-.ich contends that Brazil and Chile
really are unfriendly to their coun
try, and are only trying to get her
ir.il a combination which will din
couragj the preparedne3S program
Ibey maintain she ought to pursue.
SANTFORD MARTIN QUITS
JOURNALISM FOR OFFICE
Able Young Editor of WinBton-Sa.
lem Journal to Become Private Sec
retary to Governor Bickett Ap
pointment Announced In Raleigh
Tuesday
Governor-elect Bickett has selected
Santfo-d ilartin, editor of the Winston-Salem
Journal, to be his private
secretary, according to a story ar
ried in Wednesday's issue of !the Ra
leigh News and ObserveV. MV. Bick
ett announced '' the "appointment fit
Raleigh Tuesday. . Mr. Martin is on
of the younger school of editors in
the State, who has attained Splendid
reputation for his forceful advocacy
of those things which aake far the
uplift of his community, State and
fellow-men. The Journal, tinder nis
able editorial management has pros
pered and become one of ;the best pa
Mr. Martin is first vice-president of
pers in the South Atlantic f States,
the North Carolina Press, Association,
and has for the past few years taken
quite Wactivt Jay in tha deirbtrs;.
tloaa and conventions of the; easpej-
tion.'l'J; ,;,.-.cfC, t:, : ' " .
; During the gubernatorial campaign
the 'Wjrkton-Saleni Journal Was out
of Mr. Bickett's ttaunchest support
ers, j : - "" ' '