North Carolina Newspapers

t c ( n 1 TV n v . i LL l J li i i i Utl a fecii fin Jca Report Today That Here I riollbj tt Report "'""' From France. 1 JY nUMAHANS TAKEN C ut iC3,CCa-IJ lo iUve Beeri Crtsred b Drive for tht . n-r-ianua Ceplial . , - (By tho Associated, Pres.) - London, I,".-Tke,war,,offlc'. noiuieed today that there was nothing to report from the Franco-Belgian front.-. . War Summary. The brief t.iftpatches in, which the '1 of RuchareHt wt announced Mitt the fate of the Rumanian i i..'.ekret.ibtirg the advance of the'Teu tutiicrmiesbut "today's German official y atem?nt,'Whkb report the uefeated . Rumania. retreating on all front, in mates most -oi them escaped capture. Berlin Wythoweverv that 9,000 Bui" r 'a ns were taken in yesterday's fighting. It baa ten assumed in most entente quarters tst theiVwas no "last ataed1 by the IUiinat:wn before their, capital, and awa new a hat trickled through f roiai ' German eourefs ;. lndlcatea flat , Bucharest wts virtually deserted '. when tha Teuton! fnrcpa untprnl if ! The eityi laid to have been found uninjured. ?Vv,;,'-'- -J-.' ''-" Military commentators in eM 'itte cap itals point to the probability that the dlon", past' prior -' to the captor of Bucharest were .fought merely 'wKh v to delaying the. advance or" Ma linen's forces and aiding the oiiin body i-f Uuinanians. j ; 1 v . Herman opinion If expressed to 'the t that the Rumanian have trecided . a' jn.Ton all of Wallachia, the main i f V)t Rumanian kingdom, and 'a, their, ' r-rtheaetern .e.-wiic.e-their front woiiU be i. daily shortened and where they would be in tl . .- t-xh with the Rtts- The vaptinvi of LuuiaiIans by forees of th central powers -are rep'?4' have been lOrt.OOO men., " -. PASSED 1 2.0 1.IARK Workers for Endowment Ftrnd for tae Greensboro CoDe for Women Arc lleeting With Signal Success In Their Efforts. ' The results of the campaign . being - :V-i..: . . . .. -waged in Wish To'mt to eeeure a sum a , ... -i :.! 4 tiiwim i iiv vtiit'tiBiiuiji wi mm tuiiu ft um urn and improvement fund of $150,000 for the (JreeiiNboto College for Women ha?e " been very nucceHsful, the ubr nriptiona tip .to 2 o'clock this afternoon haying iaed tle 4,000 mark, tbp " exact ;amoiint xwurl being $4jW5. The gift -yesterday , by local natraf aiturer of .$150 wved to put new enrhufinem into the workers "and today Msu lu. y Belle Totten, representing the aimrnae tsso cia'tkm had tendered her by J Irs. R. B. Terry her ear and chauffeur. Miaa Tot ton worked among the young women ha " i L'.cesj" bringing in 7 for 'the n- ic..i of the chair of English. A i. .Urof bnalneHS girl getl0 fch. Tlits work w,Hl be ptwhed. Ifcs. J. W. TTarriss and Miss Totten have" railed a nixing ''of' a the'alumnae and their frienuVnt Wetley Memorial Slethcxiwt -iiunh fori' TridaV evenintr t 7-0 oviockrr------ ; Dr. Turrentin's team brought in flen- did returns today, G. H. Keams rncreaa ing his gift to $100 while 0. E. Xearoe -dded fc6 o hie, which inereased kk ift to $100. ,, Mrs. Laura townetid fare 'tJO for a loan scholarship. 'There are .other $.r0 anl $25 subscriptions and to morrow the full tt will be pripted. One At the most interesting gifts tent into day was one of $25 given by Mrs. Bettie J. Wood, widow of Rev. Frank Wool. o graduated ffom fbe old institution in 185. :-;'-. 'V - : ;'. " ' ' Tho results of the campaign to date : Previously reported . . - ?3,rO4.00 Amount for today li.......,- 491.00 toand total Welrr. Partly cloudy t--" t arid Fri 'yj r re Ibably n ' -fiism' pox t':n vfanaer.ton'2 ; ftr&l and extreme ivest portion warj Fri- moderate ' !Jftmg tvj4-;Jl'.l;-- tiq:j to . FC0D3TU Signets, Overmaa, KitcLLa and Oihm WouIJ 14 Filibuster to Prevent It Little Excuse en for An Extra Stssion of Congrc.-, (By PASSES S. AXCESS05.) Va Ellington, Dee. 7. There will be no embargo placed n food products go ing from this country to Europe if Sens ators Simmons and Overman, Majority Leader CUude Kichhj and other prom inent ' Democratic leaders ean prevent. There is in unanimous feelhw : here among senators and representatives that no such action should be taken and, so far as th-t North Carolina, members sre onverned,. they are prepared to go the limit, even so far as to eertduct n fiUbuoter, if aeeesisary, hi order to. pre jent ucli action Ty Congress, j - - To The.Enterprrse correspondent Sen ator Mmmon, one of the leaders s hi ConvTes, -declsred 4hat he is ' bitterly ofVed to a' law placing an embargo on. products of the farm. He ' pointea to ihe fact that th- farmer, and other ,.rod.trer. in this country are aot get-, tins; abiiormal'y high prices for , their priuc' snd are not reeponible for -the The mit( kkkers oiij the high cost of living, said Senator Simmons are the city fellows who live la. large "cities like NVw York, Chicago 'and others of similar sizer "And right in the cities, Con tinued, the senator, "will 'be '- found the main cause for the '.high- cost; f living. In theoe citie the eommissioa merchant and. other sorca)lcd middle men are get ting the large profits and are primarily fecponsil'de fof th higl prices being ehfrged (h enfojoets. "I am eppned to placieg anything on the statute iok now' that will prer -rnt (Jis fsrrner from getting a meder a tf price for his products and I am prepared to opjKtse any propositwn that bs this end n view." i : "r fenator Kmmons believe Ojngress will certainly pa' an adequate law whVh will prevent a recurrence of the threatened strike of railway employee, lie ilwi not V now whether the PmV dens pi' f be enacted or not but he belV-ves something long the line suggested by 5i , Wilson w ill be . en acted hlo law before Congress convenes ' There is a general feeling hee that there ehotrtd Le no extra session of Con gress and all Democrats" workuig to the end that the people shall hate a rent from a congressional session from "MT& 4, 1M7, to 'December 1, of the i ante yenr. .;' "! FLOWERS SUCCEEDS LATE JAMES a SOUTHGATE Several Appointmenti Had Today by the Conference of KethoflWt Episcopal Church, . Sonfh, at Dnrham Other . fearless. 'v.;;-:...,;-;,. ..'..f -' " (Speciat to The Enterprise.) ' Durham, Dec. 7. Prof. . Robert L. Flowers, secretary "of .Trinity college, tday was named by the Koaih Carolina conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, to succeed the late James II. Southgate at a member of (the con ference' board of education. : The .work of the conference today larmttv'waa rniitina mt)ftnt- 'Tri tntfm. .L-Z.I.L n t t t . .r.u,p.o. ou w w u.connuea oecau, mm to go to a charge to whfch bewa eigneu uui, year. , v. rw. jrrwLr, oi vue West Oklahoma conference, was the only minister today to be admitted hrto the conference by transfer. W. A. Arthur Ilocbstetter, a local preacher, was ad mitted from; the' Free Will Baptist ahurch. :'" . -t '," v Headmaster F. , S. Aldridge, ol he Trinity Park scbol, of Durham, an R. L. Bessley, of the Rockingham district, recommended by the presiding elder as fitted for holding the position of elder were. elected. HOLDS THE ARABIA A TRANSPORT WHEN SUNK British Steamer, Sunk on November , Germany Says la JTote, Was in Real ity An Anxiliary Warship of the Brltiali overnmnt. " (By ihe Associated Press.) . Waahinglon, Dec 7-Germany, in a note made amblic by the state depart ment today, cogtends that , the British steamer Arabia, unk in the Mcdlterra pan on November d, was in reality a "transport ship for troops and in the service of the British government, which is to be considered as an auxiliary war ship, accordinf to interaatlonal hw, and can le treated t.ke a warship. The German government's attitude, like that in the Marina case, is expressed io I on of readiness.io make amends if it le t' tht the sutmarine vio-j I f . . . f j i' ii.. : r.i..j 4 v i r tyniia much crrc:mo:i to nif 1 f,f fo nri nr ' FIE CDCCBI f.lsia Point of Interest Is au to the . Fte of the Rumanian , . Armlet. BULCARS ARE SUCCESSFUL . . Win i . . - ' . " ; . Interest b Lcr.Jp Toay Is On terinf Aboct Cat Formation '. of t&t'Za.; f A. : tBy the Associated Pre!. ...... . . . nun ciwnarest lost, .toe KmaBiaps are retiriii" alt along' the Jine 'ja r the' province w aliacnia Bghtng tear guard, ethnt they retreat , 't r V Themain point of interest 'in what remains of this campaign is the' fate of ou nnvtnvj th4?re h" bn.tt0 wholeHle t P" onsrs as yet, at least by Mackensen's troops, ; ; " r Petrograd's statement announcing the evacuation of Bucharest and the tlre-1, 1 ment of the Kumanians; who wers hold: ing off" the Dnnube army south. ,of thea Danube, probably Indicates that an- at tempt was rrede to remove the) Ifuma nian 'orce front Moldavia. f . What meaanre of soccers hai been at taiaesT in thii" operation has toot yet de veloped. The ninth' German a."roy is presLmg v eiasf irard,' north of Bucharest, at a rapid rat.' -; ; "i ' . ; v Intenrt in ,CabUet : Ixndon, Dc. T.Politkl circlea .'to day, were interested chiefly, Jn jW pe. Sonne) of the tew esUnet aneMie peet of the Be premier, David Lloyd- e, for jjettiny together a 'cnibl- naVion, that will have the suppbrt of a majority -In the house of commons.4 : . f Few-if any, of the liberal membei of Mr. Asquith'a .cabinet are likely except ofBce nnder Lloyd-George an N Y W . ' . .' ... ", . " . I notne t tne Lptonsnt are nxery ro m aside:: ' v-';:: ' -' ) However it is- assnmed that " at tie Conference fit Buckingham palaoe tliejf simpler. ' !1""":'0- " Bnlgara Sepnlse Attack. Berlin, Dec. 7. The Bulgarians re pulsed an attack by the British yester day in the Struma lector of the Mace donian front, it is announced '-ffkially here. The Cerna river poftUiows, taken onv the previous day by the ?erbians, were recaptvred. Teutonic troops yct?rdiy 'rntcml Russian positiens Wet - of Litk, in Volliynia, to.lny'R atnt.ejrf.'it fnm t"i? Russo-Galicisn, front says. FN" 'Cr i: ;isi attacks last f ight to regain th jrround wers repulsed .. MANY APPLICATIONS TO FARM LOAN BANKS j is a handsomely and luxuriously fur " ' - i ... ' i ' ' ' ' jnished olfice here in the Southern build- Already 17 Times Amount Available Hatiin. Ou entering these office oim1 has Been Applied for by Ovtt R0,000 Farm- j to walk n Brussels carpets knee deep, crs in the South add West Rivalry Betweca Citiea. - - " I ' (By the Associated Press.) tgitngtoaTJee.-T.-Bciale f.the ltm board announced today that farner. Aave applied r mortgage loans, aggregating approx- ately $150,000)00 or more than 17 imes the amount which will be available tor"loanaujn"the"oxgjatin of tho T2 farm loan banks. Moet of the appli cations come from Use souta and west. Although the beadon- of the banks probably will not be announced befor.e December 20, it waa said today that al most immediately, after organization they would find - it aweeasary. tto issue bonds for virtually their capital stock to meet the demands of borrowers. Intense rivalry has developed tamong certain southern citiea, which ' want to be the. location of a bank. The -chief competitors were laid to be New Kir katns, La., Jackson, Miss., Raleigh, &C. and Columbia, S. C. - i ". TOTAL RECEIPTS OF THE H CSMOCRATS $10343 Report Filed With House Today Show Total Receipt of Democratic Ifational Committee and the Present ZiabOitiea It Hat.', (By the Associated Press.) ; Washingtois, Dec. 7. The final report of the Democratic National committee on Us campaign receipt and expendi tures, filed with the houe today, shows total receipts of $1,808,348 and total dis bursement! of $1,684,690. In addition there -aret :. -" ;'"'.- V '- Ascertained liabilities $97,005; elairaa 72; audit $99,479 And loans to be r- iLu.uL'OilLiv rs Pnsc:::iEL 1... . And G!enn R!ay Loae ICi 0 JoV WIJi.VUl peruc PaiJ. ; , ' Al v nrraiEAD ! . - KLUTTZ Fine d : -it m WsuLinjtn for ) rtiteameiv.Iembcrj tiieetv Get Hat. 122 K. A5DEES0N.) K p. C, De ' There is La tnat President -Wilson every wiUt if to bettr k RootnV" e dnntfT former ( Kort'Cai from c; few changes in the personnel 'fatUmal 'Joint ' commission, a v'a ; the Lame Ducks' toet spring. If the Presi tctwmines to taka thin step rnf ' Robert ,'B." Glenn .t i iU lose out and a.-man xmbtful tttte be named in Via r,' tii jif 'made, -will net be caU'Mi M;. 0 the ifteJoS t j whcTtlie "t. 'aV Aot feformed his ettJir theother members . stbuecause. thejjob is U txn4l a few-,uteemen ' eiraatitueB t decided on No vember T leave at, home. It is said that"?cnftt r Ma W. Kern, of IndUma, who was detested forfe-electionv may be offered th1, place now hH' by Governor Gknn:;': , ? :rf iZ,:t-., ,.-,:v . The Intiiattionai Jint commission was eret. 4 ' by .the JtepubKeans years ago or tl Sole purpose, of taking care of defeat Itateemen whom the people nclonger &lkmed to come to Congress. Soonjftcr. the com mission was created the Demo rata named it the- "Lame Dncks Ro tn and it has been known as such ever iinee by nearlyjevery.one exM cept.at J Treasory oepartment. The i nation that the president ex- pecU' to i .h'eve' Governor lileaw of bis comes irons a jnemoer -J 9 . 1 n ' i j i. -it'i , of the Ti client t official family. .He i 1- " i v- stated t t these .jobs, a .everyone t- '..v ... - 'fj. liThwa, t l'" fsvtr3 pr''ons with 1 f . t j. - J - .:S adtntnSklration would L..evC Uuw placet to go to men if rom strictly Demo cratic tat es. especially North Carolina where more )vJ have gone than to any other state of nearly double its vote. ? Should Governor Gienn be relieved of his $7,500 job with its liberal expense account (it used to he more than it is now), it is more than likely that White head Kluttz, of Salisbury, 'secretary to the "Roost- will also be retired to pri- Jvate life nt-Salisbury. A "new commis sion would very likely select its Own sec retary and fits a 10 to 1 shot that he won'd not be chosen from thote now pn the pay roll.' . About the only thiug the goveriMnent has to b1iow for the Urge quantities of money evpended annually by the "Roost" gaze at ti:rae typewriters (machines, not youns women), a few steel engravings of 4 scenes along the. Canadian border before te wakes up to the fact that he Is really in-eu office maintained by the govern- nii There la pnl the usual bustle and buainettdike appt'rance which im pifeHses one when ce nters a govern ment efitabliahmen-'. , sfajority Leader "Claude Kitchin ftnd thr 14 other Demnrxaik members of the ways ana means commute can wear new Stetson hats if they want to. Con: grensman "Nkk 'Longworth, son-in-law of ,formrr ; President Roosevelt, today presented each Democratic tnember witli an order for a new Stetson and the price was not etfpntated." "Baas merci ful as you ean, boys was all the limit given his Democratic brethren. ' During a debate in the house last summer, it was one of those hot days familiar to all who have watched Con gress work during the summer months, Mr. Longworth jumped to hi feet and declared that he would give each Demo-' eratic member of the ways and means committee a new hat jf the next house waa not Republican by at least a hun dred majority. v Mr. Longworth said today that while all return were not in yet, he believed he would be safe in paying the betas he did not bflieve the Republicans could possibly get a majority of 100.- ONLY 15 v. iV SHOPPi::a,DAYS. TILL &IIU3TT.1A5 WATJ3 U:TTED STATES AGAL'oT LM,IIGRATION Csmmii -rCminetti Warns Against M'gri! n cf Asiatic Peoples to the Unit.- States Immediately After the! Close of the War. - tBy. the Associated Fresa.) , Washington, Dee. 3. Warning against a threatened migration" of the popula tions bi western Asia to the United States is contained in the annual report of Commissioner General Anthony Cam- metti of the immigration service made public today. ' The war and conditions immediately after its close will stay the stream for a time, but steps to head it off miyit be taken before transportation Interests begin to cull the field fof their business, the report declares. Immigration from the far Orient, too, is a. problem stilly unsolved, .the report seta forth. The systems heretofore de vised to deal with it do not promise much improvement j and machinery for enforcement o( the Chinese exclusion" act is not Adequate ot well adapted, it says. Arrangements for the admission of Jap anese, it Is declared, should be amended to ft toriditions better Tbe Chinese exclusion law." says the J wporfcv" "should be , so" mo4.ifled as to mK.e np oi ( uuo ; same , aumiuutirsvive methods nod meant as are employed in enforcing the general immigration law; and the Japanese arrangement should be so chanced as to eliminate therefrom thoMjexceptions that "have a tendency so as to broaden, at to reduce materially the efficiency of the ether fairly satisfae tory plan., j . ; . -' ; ; . , Hindu immigration, which would be permitted more freely under "a recent Supreme .court decision, will be taken care of in the Burnett immigration bill pendiiig in Congress. t . Smuggling of Chinese the report says, has been combatted vigorously with the result that amateur smuggling has been stamped out to a large degree. Higher prices that Chinese are willing to pay therefore, it j said, has attracted to the business an . expert class : of criminals who use more, scientific methods. A big ger appropriation is asked to meet the problem. i., . - . ... .. . . . It I way Biff kftofljtn ttt rofwrt Mva i l i ne war. sauaiiot . j , presented many : . . .. ' administrative quest v, , ., , al the Canai difficult legal and tlons at sea ports Canadian border oi its euipluyuient service and outlines an extension of its policy of co-operation with state and municipal employment agencies. 'V V"'-"- WARNS FARMERS AGAINST SELLING COTTON SEED Unprecedent Prices Paid for Seed May Tempt Farmers t Sell All the Seed With, Hopes of Purchasing More at Planting Time. , ;: (By th. As'oriated Press Washington. Dec. 7. The United States bureau id plant industry today fH'i d cotto.H irowers to mnk'? certair of (heir VupjiTy of seed, for planting. A1I kind of cotton ,eetd ar likely to be scarce at planting tint next pprhig," ' . -.tot-went. "The unpreecdetnsd oriti' now Wing paid at the oil. mill may tmpt many farmers to cut down their reserve f seed or to nell all of it, t-crhaps. with the idea of beintf able t buy seed of a better varK-ty for only'a little more than the mills are now pay insf for odiimiy cin run seed. While it is always desirable to replace nn infc rlor stock with lielter one it vmuV 'ie well to ni;e hit? of the vo"l j lent ti'. sted si -'ton ss poHfible." AMERICAN WAS KILLED BY THE VILLA BANDITS Howard Gray, Miner, Lost Hit Lif When Villa's Men Entered the -Town . of Parrall in State of Chihuahua, Hevember 8,-.. '. V.';, -r, ,.";,' (By the Associated Press.) . El raso, Dec. 7. Howard " Gray, . an American tnining man at Parrall, Chi huahua, was killed by Villa Bandits when they entered the town November' 6, ac cording to a telegram received todya by the Alvarado Mining )and Milling com A messenger who arrived from Parral shortly after the telegram was made public said Gray Waa banged by order of Villa. The; telegram said all other Americans yrre safe and that American property was not harmed, v HIGHOmT iND WALLBUSG ' t p'lAY AT ARMORY .TONIGHT The. first '..seliolast ic basketball game of the season will be played at the armory this evening when the teams represent ing the High Point and Wallburg high schools will clash. The local quint has been practicing for some few weeks and I'"saTd'loTieInei.ceTIoht''condltloirf or hard contest which the vW tors are ex EOi'llME LET STREET nun City Council Yesterday Afternoon Awarded Contract for Parmf a Number of Streets. ..- - . V - WILL USE SHEET ASPHALT hCty WZ1 Do tie Work of Pawtn .. Car Line, an Agreement ' HaTtn j Been Reached. CV l '"; r s ' ! " As events tuned out, the controversy ' between the city and" the North Carolina Public Service "company aeent the kind of materials to be used in paving be- iween ine rails oi tne car track on JJaia street, . both jnorth,and south, did , not materializa'and the city will-go "ahead with tho work at at first pUnend, doing it for, the company and giving the cor poration the , ame privileges t,the in-1 dividual property owners in the matter , pf : payments, v It was at first thouliia that the street ear company .wanted an extensjon of time jn which to commence the work so' that other bids might be secured orNeie would contend that ,a cheaper, paving between the rails and for. a distance of J8 inches . beyond the, end of the erost ties on either side would serve the purpose, but during the special called meeting of the cltv coun cil yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock" the" ity sndstreet car company got togeth- er ano tne plans .were perfected whree- by the -work will go 1 , With (hv same force that pares the. street proper, the. paving between : the rails and' for a' foot and a half beyond the end of the -tlee on either tide will be laid. Sheet asphalt over a concrete tase with a duroo binder will be used. During this meeting, of the council the contracts for navincr a number of streets were awarded to R. G. LasHtter nd com pany., VTh streets to be payed are Johnson trp,'rom Williams avenue to the city limits: Guilford avenue, from North Main street east to and including th ;jntere8ctlon" of , Jobnon , street; Greemtboro avtnuev froni ' NovtU 1 Main striviit. vnvf tn'Tiit Jnelndin' Hut Inter- section" of Johnson street Lbulte ave nue, from Nirth Main street east lo and liicludmg the Intersection of North Hamilton stretf ; Williams avenue, from North Main street, "east to and includ ing the Intersection of North Humilton street; Wexler avenue from North Main street to Brantley circle, thence around, Brantley cirelvtack to Wexler avenue. This district ia to be paved witH. shaft ssnnaip wim a lour-incn cmicict ubb. a AiiuiHri UMii -vk - "v I - ' v ...... . . -- ... ... ......... ,' 1 J " . oi namiiToij . eirrev, mmi uic nm 'ni tiori of East Commerce and Eamilton streets south to Mallory street; " Fast Cmntrcrce street, from South Main Ire, to namPton strrrtt F""t Rrasell reet. from Fonth Main street ti Ham ilton street ; Mallory street, from Rouh Ma'n street t Hamilton street. "Sheet asphalt with n four-Inch concrete bate will be used 1-ere, the. asnhalt beinj of 'he yrietyfckitown as Mexican. - Fast Piwfell utreet, from Hamilton to Cable, will be nuved .with rhcet asplwH with the rriuktion base of cencreta f?f inches thick nsinaf Molcnn nsrlmH- ox ert on such f arts of th" streets as the c(nm'Hinr cn-dnepr- mav U?m it td viable to use another tyr-i f Tv? ment. the type to be dpt?riih'l'"t later date. ; ' '"' ' We-st Green street, from uth Main -'ret to the main l'me of the Carolina nd Yadkin River Railway company will he, paved with sheet asphalt, Mexi can, with a concrete bnse four inches thick. - :-:';... : :. ' -v West Commrrce street wi'l bi pnved 'rom South Main street to Willowbroolc streel. sheet ntrhalt. Mexican, to be nted tver a concrete base four inches thick. This new work, In addition' to North snd South Main street and Centennial iveniie will keep the paving forces busy for some little time and will do con siderable, wha completed, toward keeT--'nr Iligh Point out of the mud. The paving program of tho council trov!ds for a rather well connected system of permanently jnved streets. It is prolv able that the work of paving ths streets upon which Roomac is to be used will be delayed for some little time as tho council has been informed that it is nec essary for a certain quantity r.f lime itone to be mixed with this material to make it last for a term of years. Ia the specifications there is nothing stated as to the quantity of limestone to be used and this will be straightened ont I It. , 4 WOron't Plurality. ' it-. aw.ted Presa) nte Fe, N. M, Dv-e. 7. iTesideut Wllson"pluralHy"tn'the-Ttate was 2,-- 392, according to the official count, mat pftid $32,000. i ; - . pected to provide. ' public today.