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vel .-r-r- ait. ADSEtENTSTAUP rv ' n' 11 OfhrWw b Fisms. VOL XIX No.234 KINSTON, N.'C. 'MONDAY, DECEMBER 311917 'FOUR PAGES TODAY TT'KlCEtWOrCEN TS FIVE' CENTS ON TBALN3 -y,iTXr . i --.. ... i ... i a i a - - a m m w TO PRESS FOR .-PEACE; TO REPIY TO: Lloy'tQeorge Coi&o Paris, May 'Intend to Get View jVE$&gl AHsDemocratic Move of Berlin Repdrt6d; aih Effuses to Accept it as SincereThis rnlfrtti'iraS Bfnff ooled as to -Food gltuation:in :$n,emy;$ Kttssf3rtnB,Ter;Rady to Beubwitted to-Gbvi riMrllVppntftit for Mutual Evacuation' pfrottquered'TerritoO Temporary Adjournment ol Conference ! regarding fdod thail'tHs Gdternment had believed 'for a long'.time.' (ari'Gderhmeht'ffom i-eliabie sources in 'tottch with 'th Teutont jttwltiffiB mvw Uiis' conclusively, though - the Gov-emritTJswithhldiriithe hungemyfeespohsfckorthe'peRsistence'of the!Gr. man ;pm& nibvlmehti ipiW Goverhttieiit hid been led 'to believe thatt' th'f 6id isimtfonfh' Gemahyhadiirarjroved sihee the last harvest,' but has learned-that1 this is not' the case.f -fe',nMT:. --t -j i .' ' ,??.'".'V ' " "' itvf-iH"ifitf- Uprf'W,-ifilatea:d. r A'mltefdlnimc.l.-The t'rest, Litovsk :cferencea-driied'em porarily today with a further flgree: ment looking toward a separate peace betweeSi'' Rusia; and Geinany ready to be submitted to the ga-ern-ments of both sides. I By ' the 4greedteat 'he .RushAm would withdraw from occupied; por tions of Austria-Hltrigary, f Tirkey and Persia if the Central Poweiji did likewise 'from Poland, . Lithuania, Courtland and other parts of Rissia, granting the people of these ecu pied sections . opportunity to idteide their future status. . Washington Disbelieves. Washington, Dec. &.iThe Eaiaer has agreed that Chancellor Herding FOOD 'ADMINISTRArOR Success of The Great 'War and the Fate of Hundreds of TKousaniis Of Wihtten ChilbTren'ln Neutral Countries of Europe Depend UpoCpixrse of American Women Normal Surplus of Wheat and Meat Has Already Been Exported and Only What We Save Stands as Bulwark in the War and as the Salvation- of Starving thousands Save Now Pleads ., NMh Calina'POod'Atoiinistrator. To the Women of "North. Carolina,: ' . .lcforytIa,'the'i'treit wa de pendeit 'upon the food supplies wiich we cai'kend' to'iKearmies and ci'vWan populstlon of our Allies In Europe; and vith' several "nimdred 'thodsind womei and children in-the neutial countries ot Europe ap'odattngpttes-! ly to America to save (hem from st. vatioD.'wo face" the " greatesi and moit Insistently pressing demand for fool stuffs that has been made upon a pet Pie ii the world's history. ( - Russia has collapsed because of dis-rgailliied,,'aiia-',InSnffictent,f6ttd "strf plies for Its armies and lor its civlliaa populatldii' In" Some ' 'SecHfiha,"irid ' mdrB Amwican blood will be spilled IVancV because' of 'Russia's' lallure lii push the ar.Aity failure upon our part tS suf pfy neceslary fooodstuffs ia rranA, Englaiid Alnd 'Italy wouH threaten 4 similar collapse in those oumries WfricTi -Vonid -Immeasurably lncras tfie wAr'turdens 61 thlrf'ua try tad the coat of variety. The neutral peoples sof'iJuropehave alys imported large "quantities of . fooistuirs from North America, South Anerica, Asia and Australia." Because of war conditions "and transportation . difficulties "practically all suppUes are row cut off except those from North imeric and representatives of those leoples are making the most heart- ending appeals to our country for aid. is In' appalling fact that Respite Ae most we can do for those' people after "supplying cfur Allies tens "of thousands of them must perish from shunger during the next few months. ? In the face of those conditions in j Europe we have exported all our nor nal surplui of. wheat. Every pound ot wheat or flour which we .export from now on n 4 ,e saved from 'our tioV oal ton.nijn. ' 'fhe-'ame thiflg Is ppren-iately true of beet and pork products and fats Vhne' the situation 'th sasar is even worse. 4LUESJEXRECTED ;M Pfrticipate in the selecting of "e"rallVCT tfte Brest-Litovsk ircovo tvnierence, according to S State Department dispatch from Cbpenhagea dated December 26 and made public today. This step was the first recent move even remotely resembling stronger democratic rep resentAtion In'' the"" German 'govern ment. It' is regarded "here "as insin cere. FEWER CASUALTES. v. 'London, Dec 31. British cas ualties for December were the West reported sf nee August, ' according to a compilation made of the months' lists. Eight 'thousand "and thirty Ifour offic ers',? and men were killed and ;witaded"or missing during the last month. - BENRY A.TAGE ; OF THE "STATE Our1 government officials are doing their ; utmost' to meet ' the situation and ever consumer of foodstuffs in America 'iiay Realize 'and feel sure that every ounce of wheat, every ounce of fatstvery ' ounce of rugar and very ounce of beef and pork which they'save'frnri their1 normal consump tlonetthir by' reduction In consump tion or b the substitution of other foodstuffs not suitable for export, will reach a soldier in the trenches or a woman, child 6i man who may starve to death if it is not provided for them by "us."Tvery particle ' Of "etportaDle foodstuffs laved in very North Caro lina "hoifiej "wfi: release -Just 'that amount to help win the war and to help pre've it?5he actual starvation and suffering b ! innocent women and chil dren and mjen on the other side. Ittbst of our ' people are ' realizing their obligation U their country and ''o"Tiuhlan'ity ndr are '"consuming 'a much " s tea tier proportion of Wheat flour, beef and pork products, fats and sugar than theywsre accustomed to under normal conditions. Many have not realized the seilousness and the horror of the situation. ' ; 7 'To Uvery Ionian 'nd tvery ion sumer in the State, I ippeal to do your utmost in the savlngof the food pro ducts marme'd. This Is "an individual problem indust'lie iolved by the in dividual.' The resnoUibillty is indt yidual and no single parson can escape (he responslbtllity thit is Imposed upon them in this mslter. We have ample fooistuffs aside from those de sired by 'the goverrinent for export and none of us heed tufer. But. for the sake of humanity, for the iake ot liberty, and for; tha' sake of 'Our "own bra v sOldiw. your tfwn fsons, lltrothert and kisnien ; HENRY A.PAOli, " j Food Adminiatrator for Nrth Carolina Jobs Two .-i Stores Broken Into. 3 'Thieves who robbed the . groceries of'H. I? Sutton nnd Dvld N. IitV-j field atueen and Shine stieets Sun. day night braved rero weather 'arid phi risfi.of detection for small tfain. uaa cnange, mostly in penn!t3, to 'tKa ufi of $1.60 or ?2 waa all ihat -they iecured. The ' robbers Wefe nervy, y They broke into "fhe front doors of the stores. : They amateur ishly set about jrettinsr the monev. Joining tails and smashinir a cash register. Nothing 'else of value was missed. Hunger "was not unknowri In that part of the "'(Sty but the food ritotkY were Hiiitouched. apparently. No Clue Vas' left. ' ' 'Z'i r.f w,;r-TfP'V7v.. .' 7 INFERENCE 'OSTPdNEa ' '"'iPood fdm1n1sif4or( -fedose' has been' Advised by State "Administrate or lae 'that '. ithe lakers" conference forHhreettates'to have been held at Charlotte January '3 ''lias 'been' post. poned until 'further aotice' at the re- quest of the National "Ajflm'inistra- tion. 1 WAy'lti f. A is " "NbTICE. Havmg quaifled as aiministratsr of tha estate of L. P. Elliott, deceai ei, late of Lenoir County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons aii..,:;. .1. -: said deceased" to exhibit them to.the pnlersTgflid 5 at "Kbistoa, N. C," ! on r'tefor the 7th day of TJovember; 1911. or this notice will be' pleaded in k'ar "ef (heir; redovery. All' persons in- fdebted'fo'sald estate will' pleise make immediate payment. ' ! "JL. PHILLIPS, '' . Administrater of L. P. Elliott, de ceased. This the 7th day ot November, KEEP f.v . f , ja "-at.-:' '.t-tr -Jf . : J .v. . 'a "NaT 9. 3 iff J- 0FFlEC0ilST May-Be LouCrew -Taken ion PromBaenosAirea to iThis 'Government "Was: on UoHra-iSttfcie Tight ?v (By the tJnited Press) 9 i i? Washington, JDec. 81. The Aren tine training'shipTPampa is hardaii fast in" a 'difficult .'spot off the At lantdc coast, lh Navy Department announces. . Sh crew has been taken off, but It is uncertain whether the' vessel can be rescued. . . ...Womention made of the reportn ca Presence of an Argentine mission on board. Life saying . stations aie renaering,;, au assistance , posioie, The vessel has a displacement ' bf 2,618 tons. 'I 'To Make Answer. r Idon, Dec. 'i3l. The 'Atlies in tend " seriously td rtply 'to the Teu tonic peace terms as announced from Brest-Litoysk, according to 'the best information to be obtained. It is re ported that Premier Lloyd-George wHI shortly go to France to 'conjfer with Premier Clemenceau, apparent ly on the same matter. Lloyd George's latest word on me. sub jest of war aims was that there would' be no restatement of .Britain's terms ex cept after full consultation witV-ll the Allies. It is pointed out that the trip to Paris may be to obtain tie view of the other "Allies. (Subscribe to The Free Press.) ' .f I i BOlillEVIlflMD M Tokio, Dec. 31. Fierce fighting is'in progress at Irki utsK oetween tne oisneviKi ,saqk forces, according to a dispatch received bythe-Kok usai agency 'frorh 'Harbin. ' The Bolsheviki "are reported 16 hive tmirdered the French consular " agent , and ' two other French citizens. '- v . -' The town is in flames, and to add to the-terrors-of the firrrifinfr io frrt almrvsr rtnSnWrf Pvrt-lnctirtM'rrfmH -nJ ! mi i- ..,. Maximalist troops aro receiving reinforcements from Xrasno-Jursk. KINSTON DOLLARS AT - Wasning4onbecr i9AfaAt tJf Vuietection' Of k"N tNiiJIAiWwf fiato 'bhe of 1 Japan'sf Wder HitrtM 's'uteimVd; jrvises'ithe' tUblrien' i 'th Jshtnd 'empire he, 'itf ;'his 7 ca paclty' of 'ambassador 'extraordinary, and minister plenipotentiary,' ; j t a y (Except f o -the-, advent of Visceun IshUTT-with Ahe'-Bpecial Mission, from Japan, Ambassador Sato has bad di rection, of jhis jiation's- negotiations here for. hundreds f thousands of 'steel pfates jfq'r sKips. with which 'ja pan, would construct a princely ift'er- chant fleetfos1' 'world wade. Piliticnf 'Mhtlters-i4bncerning Ja pan's'fdture tn the awakerttng1 of'Chi- iha; 'iiritary a,ira1rs"hear''to';the'llA' panese "slrdationand 'eneouf aging the gr'owth fof a - closer 'umlerstand ing between America and the Tokio government, thele things and many more (keep Ajmbaasador Sato's big force of .assistants moving. The embassy is a' democratic insti tution. Courtesy to every "visitor W dthian'ded 1 by 'Jap "etfqne'tte. JVirJ 't'lially "all 'of 'ihe.'nVbasiy staft "'haVe 'enviable scholastic ' rctfords In "AmeN can' 'universities, f Mmoru'a' 'Tujil I second' secretary v was a.leaamg ath' 1ete 'in his- American;'chol -days. -.. ; i i ( -;...; ..'.'hm i. 'V' - . THIS HEN HAS A RECORD , OF 325 EGGS IN A YEAR, New York; Dec.' 29 If Molly Well ington,'"the, busy little 'Light Bra hama hen With a' record of 325 egis a year, would start teaching other1 fiehs1 the fine 'points '0f the!l!gg"bu3i hess 'we "would see the H. C. of LT takei'tttnWe." ' ' ' ! " ' 'loHy ' jbst mrrived in- New 'York to attend the twenty-ninth annual show of tjie - New York Poultry and Pig, eon Association. , fcloUy'a record egg psoducing year was spent in Oaiifornia and her own-. era rushed her here as soon as she r finished her 525th' f gg. v -I. iiif;,., . - Mi i .iri ii- ' CITY itea liuaras ana-uaei-uos- ii i. m, . HOME. -STARVES DTERSOHS CITY, :irs -Si Devastation i "Throughout uC6imtryiCap1ta! Wreck eid and . (Outlying Terri- tfyUid in Waste by Se- vereftEarihquakes (By' the United Press) ' Washington, Dec. 31. One ! thou- rsand are !dead as the result of the Guatemala' City earthquakes, accord ing to estimates furnished the State Department in a cablegram from the Central arid South "American Telegraph Company. The Sari Jofie manager under date of December SO related 1 that he' had Just returned 'from' the ; capital which he fouiil wVefcked. ! Much of ' the Vegion be tWeen Gdatemala Oty and San ; Jose on ' the ' Pacific, 70 miles away, was devastated. HUN NEARLY; GOT THE CELEBRITY' WHO FIRED FIRST SHOT FOR U. si By J."W. Pegler (United Press Staff 'Correspondent) j With the American Expeditionary Army, France, Dec. 3 ' 'Efyi Mail)-- One " German aviator doesn't lmaw how "AW came to killing the Sbuth'Berid sergeant iwno fired Am er- ica's first'guff atf the Bocnes. : ;;' 1 One perfect, sunny afternoon after the-American 'batteries 'bad - been wmm KILTED Mi in about a week, a Boche plane scoot-, m lne Toam lae occurrea. ed over for a quick look around before itove md thS"-Wj.ceirt;all. the French , planes could chase him ' hav.e , much appearance of po ,'Vt.-.'- vljthe-wbtk'bfaaihell instead f af'fros The Boche Tolled right ov the camouflaged gun pit, so row that ne coiiU'see that a un 'was'therthfr .run fired. Simultaneously the aero plane "'"swooped, with its machine-; gun gi-T tac-tac-a-tac. 1 rBu1lets BprAyed thrr - the bower 'of dead leaves" into the j's narrowly missing the crew. - They 'dropped into a ;''iout ' and laid low till the Boche was ?hs?ed off., ft Onlv two bales had been renorted ! Monday. They were low grade and brou 'it only 28 1-4 cents Futures' 'quotations were: Opn. S0.61 S0.05 'fS.85 2a.59 28.56 Close., 'January March , iMay ... 33.80 30.30 29.90 -2D.51 23.5!J October PEACE WILL PREVAIL. .(Bt-the' United Pre) ' AmstertlamDec. '2p.-iThe hiovei fment toward a general peace cannot fee artested'declared Dr. "Frikberger, leade '6f ihe German 'Revolutionary 'Socialists today. He predicts a sep arate peace with Russia soon. j ' Petrograd reports the abdication of King Ferdinand of Roumania through fear of a revolution. . . ' Walker D. Hines, railroad attorn ey and adminFstration expert, of New York, has been appointed assistant 'Jirector-general of railroads ! -ufider Treasury Secretary" MdAdoo. ' PrBriiler 1 Lloyd-George has secur ed the pardon of M is. Alice Wheel don, doing , 10 - years' sentence Por Conspiring to: poison him. ' .. lERiMLLER!;llKEffl'lAFEW iiflRElEEKS;pi)PECRIESfORllEAT Washington, "Dec-31 .America is eating its last white bread until the v;ar is over. . . , New.' Government milling - regulations necessitated by the world wheat shortage and poor -crop prospects mean that "war bread will come in-the -early, part of 1918. The last of our wheat surplus .was shipped to the Allies a month ago. . ; UMililpfcteTMjiNn Polar MsiUUiprCSeiMliTUer cury fGyi'atiagJDown ward to Zero Point RELIEF WILL BE SLOW Whole Eastern Part of United States Suffering i, Accidents Here Sdhooh Remain Closed SnOw on "Streets Ice in Hoiises Neuse River here is frosen along the edges. The channel was still open Monday .after-. noon. , Heavy ice wan coming downstream. The official fore-' cast says: "For North Carolina, "probably "snow' and1 not "quite so ""eoid lonight andTuesday." Light ' tJast' Winds," :'-;;;'?,::' ""The most" serious break, blow out orf explosion 'due' to lhe' eictreme eeli Weather ' reported to " The Free Pres was that suffered in the home of Mr. Williams on -West Lenoir Ave nue- ine a'rcnenv?nge was wrecK- ' 84 and Mr- Williams sustained very injurts t0 his am and te' 1. ' r' ,re ,was nng morning aSout 10 o;clock ana ' fir- Sn m'r '.wwi , "7. 7. r-- '. the wimr Imjr the -wreck1 that both Mr. and Mrs. Williams were mot raore seriously hurt. Mr. WiUiamt' iajoriea consist of a broken ' arm and wound in the leg, a piece of iron having pierced the fatter to 'the bonv. - Mrs. Will iams was unhurt. , Kiiiaton" the 'past 48 'Hours has, Ex perienced the worst 1 Weather ir years. " A blizzard gripped the see of" tho country, "Saturday and Satur day "night. The" pewdery ' snow fell I'theessantly 'until' Sunday f morninff. 1 Nearlyt every' (water' pipe' dn the City," Indoors and out, froze. Inadequate ly' heated houses were ' like refrijer- f ators. Few persons could boast of having slept warmly E'wirdajr night. Water in pans and other contairsrt was coated with ice even when i?.'nf only a few incrrs from warm stove.. Sunday remained severely . coW. Sunday night ked very- Kttle of be ing as cold iw the previous nigh' lony "midrnirig ' the vnsrcury aj peared not to care whether it g t above " six or eight above sero. It was simply the fiercest soil of weather that the North, wished olt on' this innocent region,' To walk a mile was to suffer. Earsi'lingers arid toes persisted in getting numb &ftd red. r Preachers' noses taiade thent look ' like regular old sots. The bliizard "came on the rippling Wings bf a slashing gale. ' ' Official Observer Peebles said the Government thermometers registered two above as the minimum for Sat urday night, three for Monday nighL . Private thermometers are known t have placed' the cold at a fraction of a degree below zero. V Business was on the bum New Year's 'eve. ''The shiveftng popula tion kept close 'to the' stove. 'Not 'many accidents1 were report ed. There was not much dee on the ; (Continued On Page Poor)
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