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KINSTON, N. C, THURSDAY, DECEIPEI 28, J916
FOUR PAGES. TODAY nvCENraMABta
THIS CARRANZA MAY ASK
GOTHAM PREPARES LAWSON SAYS LEAK
INVESTIGATION OF
REVIEW OF WILSON
2
OPM'T BETWEEN FOR FURTHER PEACE
'
MADE OVER SIXTY
EMHANGEiSHOTS ON
BORDER IS STARTED
HAtt TQ CLOSE UP ON
LIFE AND PROPERTY CONFERENCE, THO'T
DRIVE IN APRIL MILLION WALL ST.
AND ALSO PREVIEW ACCOUNT
SICKNESS
11 11 UU8 JLLm
ADMINISTRATION
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Affords Basis for More In- Growing Feeling In Wash
terpretations of the Pres- ington that First Chief
ident's Peace Soundings-
Wilson and Lansing Re
main Discreetly Silent
(By the United Press)
Washinigton, Dec. 28.
Fear that the present peace
negotiations will fail and this
nation then must clear its
slate of the submarine sit-
uation with Germany erew
apace today. But as stated
yesterday President Wilson
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i n . jn l i"l T y V.110H .ma w nnio
iiitcnuo lu puou uic jcatc
work to the limit to avoid
anv possible subsequent un-
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uieflscuiuicea wiu jrci man v,
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ix ,,uooii,.
Both President Wilson and See-
ret;; : y Lansing, however have decided
to maintain distinct silice on thisl.
This is due it is believed to the fact
that they do not wish to appear to be.
wearing a chip on their shoulder
when peace is beinig talked.
There is now no mistaking officials
beliieve that President Wilson's peace
notes to the belligerents against un
bridled acts of war which would in
volve cither American lives or rights,
since this Government's attitude
in the violations which effect proner
ty is no tcompared to the violation
effecting life, the warning i3 general
ly interpreted as directed against the
central powers.
Iletlin Thinks Answer Helpful.
Berlin, Pec. 28. The general opin
ion in Berlin is that the German an
swer to the Wilson note wariniy ap
preciated the President's intentions,
and perhaps added practical sugges
tions for the conclusion of peace,
the press bureau today announced. It
also said the Teutonic answer
was
handed to American diplomatic rep-
resentatives at all Xs Central Pow-
ers capitals. It is to be noted that
llrt ...l J
me nuuve mspatcn apparently wa
Tiled hefore the text of the German
note, but 'the text was given prefer
ence and came through first.
No Confidential Terms With Note.
Washington, Dec. 28. Germany's
answer to Wilson's peace note reach
en tne htate Department today. It
5s stated by an official that nothing
eontulential was attachedto the an
swer although it had been suggested
that Germany might give her terms
secretly jn an accompanying mes
sage to Gerard for transmission here.
The copies sent the President are
trhderstood to he practically the same
as the press text.
Switzerland Getg Same Answer.
Amsterdam, Dec. 28. Germany
nd Austria have replied to Switzer
land's reiteration of President Wil
son's peace suggestions with practi
cally the game phrases in which they
acknowledged the American note,
German dispatches today said.
MILITANT SUFFRAGISTS
ARE STILL-MILITANT
IN A DIFFERENT WAY
By WILBUR S. FORREST,
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
London, Dec. 1. (By Mail) Eng
land s militant suffragettes are still
on the warpath. .
aut the .battle of the militants has
urned from smashing windows for
tea to an energetic campaign
against passive war makers and pa-
"The suffragette armies are nrin
"Pally fighting for big battles," Miss
, . einey, one of the leaders, ex
Plamed today. Mt important is
our camp,iCT to force England's min
rer tofist the war to a finish.
e fighting m South Wales
nere pe cranks abound we are
htui on ae Qyde, in Scotland,
V th. - , M interfering with
the worker,' and Wi,
"Biomr workers into mtmition facto-
Has Not Signed Protocol,
and Is Submitting Coun
ter Proposals
(By the United Press)
Washington, Dec. 28.
That Carranza iias not
,
signed the troop withdraw
al protocol, but instead has
again submitted counter
proposals, is the .m owing
belief here.
I
I 'Til . ' pr
i inn i so even in wiuse ounial en
cles- where earlier hope
was p t the fir.t ,ief u
I innately would sign. Men in close
,,u ..4.1. u 1 1 .. , ,
tcuen with the situation said they
believed Carranza will seek another
peace conference. Such a request u
expected to be submitted by Chair
man Cabrera of the Mexican Commis-
sion when he sees Secretary Lan
early this afternoon,
DR. BROUGHTON BROKE UP
BIG CIRCUS AT ATHENS
Tonight's Lyceum
Attraction Has
Unequalled By
Pulling Power
Many Platform Men Will Make
Address at First Baptist Church
Benefit PlayjrwnJ
Home years ago a large i vus that
often visits the South was .it Arh
f . 1 . 1
u.i., ami, as is ine custom m manv
sections, a large crowd had pratherei
10 witness ine penormance. Durinc
the day, lhawever, it was learned that
Dr. Len G. Broughton, a speaker of
speaker of national reputation, and
0;;e whom the people wer very anx
i(l!S to hear, would speak out on the
tracted so much interest the ciicus
was unable to draw a crowd suffi-
p.iblic square. Dr. Broughton at
iently large to give its exlii'dtien.
but out on the square Dr. Krouirhton
v.-as speaking to what otherwise
.v-jld have been the circus nJ-'Ki-nce.
He is cne man who draws the people
even though a circus ia BcheiiuV.l to
show.
Dr. Broughton will speak in the
First Baptist Church this eveling at
S o'clock. Don't forget the play
grounsl is needed, so attend the le
U re and help secure this very wor
thy object.
T0RNAJ)0 SWEPT ARE,
LEAVING DEATH IN TRAIL
Little P.ock, Ark., Dec. 27 Report-
tonight from virtually all of the
towns and larger settlements in the
area swept by yesterday's tornado in
uth Cenfr-al Arkansas place the ;
nurr.'ber of killed at 12 and the injur-1
at 50. Xo accurate estimate -if :
the property damage was avai? j
tonight, although some reports i-.i! -
cated that the loss might reach
000.000. s I
Six of those killed were white -
s ir.s. Frank and James Bridjy. -. j
students at Ouachita College, win
were spending the Christmas ho.i- i
days with relatives, were crushed to
death when their hpjne at Dou'ile j
Wells was demolished; Albert L. j
Schwartz, a farmer, was killed near j
England and three children, Choi 1
and Allalee Padjet and Frances
Snow, were killed near Carlisle. j
iCotton riant was among the towns i
which reported heary property, dam
age -but no casualties.
AMERICANS WIN OVER
FOREIGN TENNIS TITLES
Rio de Janeiro, Dee. 28. Roy E.
Peterson of LaCrosse, Wis., hopped
into the Brazilian limelight fcere re
cently when he and Sydney Pullen
won the tennis doublet championship
of : Brazil. They defeated Haynes
and Tegeau, 1, 6 3, 76.
15'ily. the Great, Will Des -
ccnu upon Wicked and.
Worldly American Metro
polis With All Force of
Remarkable Organization
liy GEORGE MARTIN.
( Tinted Press Staff Correspondem;
New York. Doc-. 28. Powerful
or c-f . both sinister and benign, are
'i: in. it un here today for the case of (t;.ogo having advance infor-
Biiiv Sunday vs. Broadway waiijV on Wilsons' peaee
M.tct. .1 -ihemia. et al., wnich goes, , ' ,
if t'ial April 1.
W'h A sort of reception Sunday and
hi ; (dil-'.mie shouting
Methodist camnj
i'et;!:g style will ret in the world's
j'.i.ve:t, richest, wickedest, most ma
te. city, is the subject of much
ijfculnlion among the residents.
It will "up a battle royal, and prep
arations are being made accordingly.
nm.hvay, as Broadway, seems to
have paid little heed to Sunday's
pk'.ns. But scratch the surface and
yo i fi,-,d that what Cyclone Davis
':.'!; The Boys of Booze and Boodle
.. ' not asleep.
Tiie belligerent Hilly, though busy
vi! h Bpt on, is watching carefully
-Ty move in hi.s ireliminary cam
1:. ign here. Already a small army
'.f Sundayites are organizing the big
I: wn.
' Hilly Sunday, Incorporated," with
.ri'.i I). R.ickefeller, Jr.. as one of
principal stockholders, is offi-
ci-ii'y in existence in .ev 1 one uny.
Plpns for the erection nf the mam
110, h tabernacle, the great pine and
sawdust temnle for the spiritually
univa-hect, ae well under way.
""ommitteemen and women have
!''ed the city i'lto sectinns and the
prpulation nitj classes for organiza
tion on a house to house and man to
ui.'in basis.
Xo one has been neglected. Bible
meetings and song services will be
he'd daily on the New York Curb
ai: ! at the portals of the Xe'.v York
ct ck Exchange. Wall Street will j
bp combe;! for the spiritually un
w; --bed. That work is even now un-
wav.
I'uu.:et i ;;;" bly, Sunday faces the
. 'i; r. e of a lifetime in New York.
Wall Street, whose hall mark i3
V 'as shearing a I.amb; Bohemia,
with its loo.-e leaf ledger weddings,
s lavender souls and sun god cults.
The
1 tn
steepe
111
ualor and
le"-ad.it Mi-i from which uptown res
('taiiiiiity distills pure gold.
The h'."ies of the gunman with
regtihir -ale of murder prices
r. 1 (f the painted lady who drives
i oMou'-'ine and reckons her in-
'O'iip in six figures. All these and
" e :.re here for Sunday to deal
i' b.
"limit B'vlehcaver, Sunday's choir
!irectr". ( 'pects to organize a dou
;!e choir .-f S.000 to 10.000 voices.
Oeorg-- (' Dowie will lead the
j ":'ze trail hitters from Philadelphia
and elsewhere, some of them having
'-."ii convo'tcd seven years ago.
Thf-e will- be used to prove that
-" - lay conversions are not ''tlash in
.he p'lii" work.
Vothing is being left undone to
pave the wav for Sunday's tn'umph
n:it advance upon New York; nor, on
:h; other hand, is anything left un
' -e to pave the way for Sunday's
triumphant advance upon New York;
: on the other hand, is anything
left undone to circumvent his efforts.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT.
North Carolina Lenoir County:
NOTICE.
R. Harvey and L. J. Chapman,
partners, trading as
R. Harvey & Co.,
Virginia Miller Carr, Executrix of the
Estate of M. H. Carr, deceased,
Mrs. H. E. Carr, and Virginia
Miller, Carr, individually.
The defendants, Virginia Miller
Carr, Executrix of the estate of M.
M. Carr, deceased, and Virginia Mil
ter Carr, individually, .will take no
tice and each of them will take no
tice that an action entitled as above
has been commence! IrTte P-j"r'.-.'f
j Predicts Lack of Quorum
Doth Houses When In-
vestigation Is Called
Will Last for Weeks, It Is
Thought
(By the United Press)
Washington, Dec. 28.
! Ovpy sixty million
dollars
as made in Wall Street by
note, according to a tele -
: im received today from
Thomas Lawson by Repre-
'ntative Wood.
! r.e message suul n it is actually
icvel in Washington thijt there
would bo a real investigation to last '
weeks into the alleged leak, pcaxe from the Mexican side. The
there woubi not be a quorum in eith- , 'ire city wa.i aroused by heavy fir
e the House or Senate Monday. ' jnjy. Regular army officers in the vi-
Tliore wduld be a shifting of bank
i ... . . 1
I s.r-coants similar to those in sugar I
investigation days.
Court of Lenoir county to recover
judgment against the defendant, Vir
ginia Miller C.v. r, as executrix of the
estate-of M. H. Carr, deceased, in
the sum of $710.89 with interest, all
;.s represented by sealed bonds exe
cuted by the said M. H. Carr, de
ceased, et al, the said M. II. C;rr. de
ceased, being the principal debtor, the
-aid amount being now due and un
paid to the plaintiffs; and for the
purpose of having the said judgment
and the said debt declared a lien and
encumbrance against the interest of
the real estate owned by the said de
ceased at the time of his death, and
that it be declared a prior lien and
encumbrance to any interest of the
said Virginia Miller Carr as devisee
under said will, or as widow of the
said deceased, or as grantee under
any instrument of writing u"der
which she might undertake t cbim;
and that the complaint in this action
has been It'el; and the said defend
ants will further take notice that
they are ipquired to appear at the
term of Superior Court of Lenoir
connty to le held on the sixth Mon
day before the ' first Monday in
March, it being the 22nd day of Jan
uary, 1917, at the courthouse of
said county in Khiston, N. C, and
answer or demur to the complaint in
Mid action, or the plaintiffs will, ap
ply to the Court for the relief de
manded in said complaint.
This December 9th, 191 0.
J. T. HEATH,
Clerk Superior Court,
Lenoir County, N. C.
Dly-Pec. 13, 20&27; Jan 3
I MARBLE HALL
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Kentuckians and Mexican
Snipers Still Gunning for
Each Other Three Hun
dred Shots Fired Thurs
dayReports Conflict
(By the United Press)
El Paso, Dec. 28. Be
cause of conflicting reports
an airs, an investigation
is under way poking into
L. ' . :u - -l..
of affairs, an investigation
' the outpost skirmish early
! today between Mexican and
j American snipers and a pa-
trol of the 3rd Ky. Guard,
in vvlhich more tl
lired across the
an .'100 shots were
Rio Grande by
1 fusilade of shots
irdsmen after
.'nittr AUro ttipv be-inl
v
from the Mekican side, while other
officers cf the guard on patrol duty
state th: scattered firing continued
i t several minutes from the other
l.a::h.
GREENSBORO PUNS FOR
PALATIAL HOTEL SOON
-'ts Stock Company Organized and
I'aners Forwarded to Raleigh for
Incorporation -Will I'm'--'1)!) Cost
fb12u,000 and He tVmpl.!ed 1917
Cveei-.sboro is planning to put the
fbii bir r toi'cbes on heir plans for a
1 -i .t hotel. The agitation has been
on for some time, and a big stock
f-npany has been organized to build
.1 palatial affair to cost about three
b.-.. : K I thousand dollars. The
Greensboro News of Thursday morn
in.'r makes the following statement:
IW Ghgistmas, 1917, Greensboro
will hive her new hotel. This was
. 'sured yesterday, when the second
dav's work of the hotel committee re
i'ulted in complete success. The $75,
0C9 capital stock which had to be
nb'ceil with business men and others
l.c-e was subscribed for and the com
mittee, losing not a day, has for
warded proper papers to Raleigh to
the Secretary of State for the imme
diate Inco rporation of the Jreensbo-
. . . . . rl . .1. .1
r: Hotel company, ints means mat
in a year's time possibly a month or
! wo more or less this city will
have a $:52O,00( hotel which will
probably surpass in beauty and con
venience any hotel between Washing
ton and Atlanta.
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fihl FVEH HAPPEN
fc CSNE rVSNS
Some of the Eventful Inci
dents of Worldwide Mo
ment Staged During Past
Four Years at the White
House
By ROBERT J. BENDER.
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Washington, Djec. 28. President
Wilson face a new year fairly teem
ing with the portentous problems in
international affairs. Teace discus
sion in Europe with the Presid
as one of the foremost .characters jn
the dirama loomed large on the
year's horizon. behind this vision,
however, there rose intricate and
dangerous questions of trade and di
plomacy, the readjustment of world
affairs ' and the economic revolutions
hound to follow the close of the war.
In brief, 1917 promises to be the
most eventful twelve months of Mr.
Wilson's administration. The year
nevertheless made its how at the
White House mildly, inaugurating
no changes in the President's regu-!a-
program of daily work.
Looking back on 1916 the calendar
pages disclose twelve months of al
most constant strain at the White
House.
"Our own rights as a nation, the
liberties, the privileges, and the p.ro
oerty cf our people have been pro
foundly affectec!" as a result of the
vr.xr, the President declared recently.
The White House itself has housed
s-,me of the most dramatic scenes in
it'i history. Full details may never
be told of the dramatic conference
between the President and adminis
tration leaders in the library of the
executive mansion when it appeared
inevitable that the United States
would be drawn into war with Ger
many. Tt was then the President told Sen
ator Stone of the Senate foreign re
lations committee that if another
American life were lost as a result
cf violation by Germany of her
pledges to this country on -submarine
warfare, the only course left open to
him, was to sever diplomatic relations
with Ge-many. And questioned as to
v hether or not such actjon would
mean war, the President replied he
hid been told it would. 1
It was followed by an effort to pass
esolutions in 'Congress warning Am
ericans off armed ships.
There was another dramatic con
ference in the White House. The
Gold room, fumed for its spectacular
social events during years gone by
was opened to a conference between
be President and! 500 railroad train
men in an effort to ward off a na
tion-wide railroad strike. This was
followed by the appearance of rail
road executives, representing mil
linns of dol!a:s of capital, and for
days the conference went on to no
avail.
Immediately afterward the Presi
dent went before Congress and forc
ed the passage of an eight-hour law,
averting the stiike.
Then came th" election. The Pres-
dent himself tells an interesting sto
ry of the occasion when the returns
gave the result first to Hughes and
then to Wilson.
During Tuesday evening he was
with Mrs. W'lson and his daughter.
Margaret, in the library of the man
sion hearing the returns. They were
a dubious lot of returns, and after
ail the New York papers had award
ed the victory to Hughes there seem
ed little hope for him in the outlook.
"I retired a bout 12:30." the Presi
dent says, telling of his feelings,
"end at that time the situation could
not be termed encouraging I was
(having the next-morning when my
daughter, Miirgaret, who has risen
early in order to catch a train for
New York, eame up and informed
me I was elected. -
" 'O, pshaw!' I said to ker, hat
do you mean? Let's have soma of
the details. . j V:T:'
The President that day played an
exceptionally good game of, golf.
Mrs. Wibon's cc.r.Jonce in t,-
Attendance at Others Ctit to
50 Per Cent. Because of
Prevalence of the Measles
and Mumps No Health
Officer
The need for a whole-time health
officer in the county is made more
apparent by the fact that two of the
county Bchoois were iorcea 10 ejose
prior to the holidays on account of
!'ae prevalence of measles and' . the
mumps. The Hugoand Sand: HU1
schools, the latter one of the largest
in the county, employing three teach
eu, sutierea from the epidemic 91
the disease to that extent,
Not only were these two, schools
ckedi but teachers' reports in ! the
office of Supt. Kinsey for the month
f December show a considerable fall
ing of in attendance at most of the
sc'iools. This decrease, attributable
to sickness, ran as high as fifty par
cent, in some 01 the schools tne weeK
usi before Christmas. .'.'.'
Abnut a year ago the County Board
of Education undertook to adopt a
suggestion of the health department
to have medical inspection in the
schools, but the county commission
ers could not see their way cWar, to
m-nke a small appropriation for the
work, and nothing was accomplished
In that direction. -"''
TEIBUTE TO MR. COWPER
FROM JUDGE W.M. BOND
The News and Observer, of Raleigh .
;2 ried Thursday morning the fol
lowing -tribute frcm Judge Bond to
Hon. George Ccwper, fatsher of (Mr.
G. V. Cowper of Kinston. fdr. Cow
per, senior, died a short time ago.
'To the Editor: Your paper informs-
me of the 'death ef Pen.
George Cowper of Winton, N. C It
h needless that I say' the aad news
has caused me pain.
"For many years I have been
chnitve'd to him by close association
snd by fondness that even th grave
cannot sever.
"He was a learned and able law
yer, a most sincere and companion
able friend. In scholarly attainment
he had no superior among his breth
ren of this section, and shining far
above all his noble attributes was hia
kind, humane and always charitable
disposition.
'If cutting remarks were, made by
one of another in his presence ho
rrould prefer to lessen their intensi
ty by adding something in behalf of
the assailed.
A stranger to viciousness, his gen
erosity was prominent, and in his
judgment of the faults of others his
mercy and tenderness were as mark
ed as is that of a kind and sympa
thetic woman.
"He has met life's duties with
beautiful bravery and borne its bur
dens with no murmur of complaint.
"I beg to pay-his memory this lit
tle tribute because- of my admiration
and fondness which close association
of years has generated. I bid him an
affectionate farewell until life's bat
tles have ended with me, and pray he
may enjoy an eternity of peace. My
sympathies are tendered ihje loved
ones. W. M. BOND. -
"Edenton, N. C, Dec. 22, 1016."
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