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1b - Much ColderProbable Rain; 5 L. .J , J rI, -4 -c .. . - r vx-. -i- t,- . .i iv-v -'--w 3i "i VOLUME TWENTy-OIStf VjEn Ji t - , GOV. CRAIG' rnMMiinM UUiTiniiuiyijyji More Than 1,500 Letters Ask ing For Suggestions Have Been MaUed. PROCEDURE 6cntiment Developing Fop Aboition of Rotary System of Judges This With All Things Relating, to Better Methods Will be Considered. Raleigh. N. C Jan. 6. The com mission appointed by Governor Craig for the reform of judicial procedure was called together by Chief Justice Clark yesterday and will be in session through today getting, together the material upon which the commission will work. More than 1,500 letters have been written to the people of the state for such data as would aid in ridding a progressive state , of - a cumbersome court procedure. The legislative ref erence librarian,, W. S. Wilson, who is also secretary of this commission, has written letters to all parts of the civil ized world, even to' those nations now murdering each other in the old worldl Miss Edna Bulloeh, of Lincoln. Ne-! braska, a librarian who has had f .... . finre nftnis cnaracter. is here workincr with the commission-and getting the material classified -in.! order to start Mr. Wilson off as he desires. Many of the recommendations that are to be offered have been printed in these columns; ; -;. Among, laymen and lawyers is a large 'sinejniJojcgab uon oi ine roiauonsysxem or juages hr taken such'a step, in-thif' vfew to the judges wh6m they have elected that they are unwilling to stand for , them perpetually. They" would rather retain their system than their judges and the old system abides as South Carolina's. The suggestion of Major Graham, the lay member of the commission, showing the great loss of Htime by judges, has caused much agreeable comment, but the commission itself has not embodied its views in shape for comment. It ex pectes to get this done and set down in form for the' printers. The result or their work will determine the charac ter of the changes, whether constitu tional or by legislative enactment. When the report is submitted late this afternoon it will embody the best that the five members each working on his assignment have been able to do Chief Justice Clark; Judge W. J. Ad ams, Ex-Judge W: . P. Bynumii Senator L. y.. Bassett and- Major W. A. Graham are the members. -' . - ; One after another' -.. county . . .officer tood up beforje-Jhe vcommssipne:rs; of Wake yesterday ;ahd defended Ws rec ord against Solicitor H: E. Norris who warned thp cniitit.v-BArvants that If sue evils as hp han iMunvrp.it aretj-nnt nnr- rected by the Democrats another par ty will do so. 7 Old timeJWak county politics may be expected for 1916, the regular year and the biennial period for "turning 'em out." In-this year Solicitor Nor ris is expected tor make that long prom ised race against Congressman E. W. Pou and men who think they observe wisely and see .far believe that Mr. Xorris has fired his first big gun. They recognibze-him as a powerful politi cian as well as a tremendous prosecu tor and without undertaking to calcu late the advantage of such a fight . In Wake, thpv n AtrorthlAca a-rnant th a i shrewd sniicitnr fa "t. that nrt.ifi-P. if it happens to be floating about. ' The trouble-began Tuesday eve'ning late with Mr.Korrls making broad criticism of the county government. , He thought it extirayagant in places and trending toward; fiinecurism. He found too many deputies- In the sheriff's office and too much money spent by the i'pard of education. He ' thought the auditor's duties too many for the help ? siven him arid frankly did not think the auditor was doing his duty: ' He! declared that the'ebunty's 'bondedin-, ilebtedness is no500,CK)y5;"and ail(1 that the extravagant method of running the county Would result in more longer, be def ended; s, . J Several of th fhrers were nresenti when the solicitor began his statement i in their own nciA Thn YnmTnfsaivnT er 's room was fliiAit whn Auditor Hold. ing took t.h .7:f nf Mr KAPrt and replied, with; occasional asperity "V ; I to it. Mr Hnlrtimr.tnnk thfi rnlfl defense for the commissioners. It' J i JUDIllK REFORM Kf He HI-- 111 ; i. 'vl M I'll-vYH- . ' ; A'aflrrrt A at ;tx' aT ti"'! iinrnHftir V- - H , .-X- . - ' - - " .-'-'s -- '.vj; 5. j Unofficial Russian Report Claim Austrians Occupy Second Defences. IN THE WEST Germans Repulse Hand Gcettades A " tack at Le Meshilrrwwlt Pound Teutonic Line Eetweert iCJotesons and Rheims. " Russian pressure on the Austrian line at Volhynia south to Buckowina and official reports indicate that the fighting is of a desperate and sanguin ary character. Reports of the evacuation of Zerno witz by the Austrians were not con firmed. Petrograd unofficial advices claim that the Russians have com pelled the defenders of the city to fall back upon-their second lines of defense. "1 , - The French are pounding heavily on the German trenches in .the Cham pagne and between Soissons and Rheims, and claim notable damage by their bombardment. Attack Repulsed, t"" 7"clcoa u expert-VSiZJt' ..W f attack against tie German line near Le Mesnil was easily ; repuTsed, the German army headquarters announc ed today.- ' Committees Hearing State ments of Experts Regard ing N ew Program'. Washington, Jan. 6 The question of national preparedness was again today occupying the center of the stage in Congressional committee activities . Bearing on the administration's .Na tional defence program begun today in the House committee on Military Af fairs, with Secretary of War Garrison as the star witness, and the House Committee on Naval affairs continued its hearing on the annual naval appro priation bill. V Secretary Garrison had prepared a detailed statement of the army's part in the National preparedness plan . Rear Admiral Stanford, chief of: the Naval Bureau of Docks and Yards, re sumed' his statement as to the needs of an additional station when the naval committee took up the mater of docks and yards today . SANTA CLAUS TO HAVE ALL YEAR PALACE New York, Jan. 6. The Santa Claus Association, which has been in existence for about three years, has planned to build her an all-the-year-round palace for Santa Claus . A huge building of nmrble-will b6 erected, to be unique in formtnd in purpose . It will be the first attempt in this count try to erect a monument to an ideal, instead of to an individual. . The Santa Claus Association was originated by PRFPAR John D. Gluck, as a benefit to poorTEDDY SOON TO children. The proposed building is (intended; as a national jnonument to Santa ; Claus, where the children of ' America! can visit the genial old f el- ww ai auy uuww . Amateur Hockey League. I Boston, Jan. 6. Twenty games are on the schedule of the Aiaateur Hockey Leaguethe season of vhieh opens. here tonight with the Harvard Club; of Bos- ton line-up against the; crescent a. . Eight games will be played here and twelve on the St. Nicholas rink in New t '' : - : ' ' 1 ' i i .v . - - ja, j. j. "i -ju a CHILD LABOR BILL. .rlOUS agreed today to hold a hearing on r, Monday on the proposed emm ? Monday on iu y-v-- - - . , . . seamen's law. M tner Governor 01 iNonn v,aiunu-, yj will be among the advocates of ( AMERICAN WOMAN VIGERENE ,s ' LondoniV'Jan; 6. By the appoint- ment Of Lewis -', Vernon Harcourt to succeed Baron Harding as Viceroy o India, an American woman, for the second time will occupy the position of Vieerene of the British Colony. The first American Viceren of India was Lady Curzo, former Mary LeiterHe was secretory ttf Ills father, Sir of Chicago, who married Lord Curzo-1 William Vernon Hartcourt, for 'maiy. Lady Curzon died on July 20th', 1906 Mrs . CHarcourt was formerly Miss Mary Ethel Burns, eldest daughter of the v late Walter . H . Burns of New York. Her.; mother was a sister of the late J. P. Morgan. She was mar- BEFORE COMMITTEE Foreign Relations Committee of Senate Considers Inter- national Matters. 'vsh!ngton Jan. , .6 Ther. general international situation including" the crisis In the relations between the United States and the Central Powers over . submarine' warfare will . be con sideredxat a meeting .tomorrow of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee the meeting being called by Chair man Stone. The committee had before it today a mass , of data bearing upon Great Britain's attitude toward neutral ship ping and the .negotiations between this country arid "Germany j regarding submarine warfare. All advance data pertaitoing; to 'the destruction of Brit ish steamer Persia was said to be be fore the; committee.., -President Wilson and . Secretary Lansing still were without definite in formation with relation to the tor pedoing of the Persia upon which ac tion In the crisis is to be based. BULGARIA VOTES BIG Credit of $1 00,000,000 Ap piroved by Its Parliament . V 5 With Enthusiasm. London," Jan. 6. A war credit of $100,000,000 was enthusiastically ap proved .by: the Bulgarian parliament, says a dispatch to the Times, from Salonika All sections of the opposi-J tion voted with the government. TOUR THE TROpICS v 'New - York, January 6 . Col. : Theo-4 dore Roosevelt will start February lo on - a -irip": to the West Indies, from which he- will not return until April 1; it vwas4nriqunced today. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt. Burtori ; Makes Bid for New England - ; Support. ; Boston January .6 ..-Former Sena tor Theodore E. Burton, .Ohio's fa vorite son ; in the contest for the Re publican: nomination for the Presi dency is --making his bid for New Enaixdi support in a speech which he wirideliver at the, Chamber of .Commerced His talk , is not , of politi cal ctiiraciefpsd far as his own can- didaeyfis concerned, but-it promises - - rawmoT,t.WT,ofli - - ' rine the effects of JVr" 3?A , FOREIGN AFFAIRS WAR MONEY stare of water in CaDe Fear river at ing; southward toward, the , Gulf. 4lstock at once. ( ried to Mr. Harcourt in .1899 and has become one of the ; most , prominent figures in British .official society, i: Lewis Vernon Hartcourt, who- held a place in the cabinet '-as?? First Com missioner of Works has been a Liberal j member of Parliament -" for- the Rose-1 dale division ot Lancashire "since 1904. TT- - . A. j -auiL jj i.' years and refused to enter Parliament on his own account imtil his father, i one of the ablest 'statesmen in Eng land, had - retired from - political life. Mr Harcourt is a great favorite ating the war- 'ne forecasts the end of ' ' ; the war a year hence and after its end 'court Uncle . Sam Says Come Down eSfeam- er Can Lea v - New York, Jan. 6. The Italian liner Gusseppe Verdi from" Genoa, Naples and Palerma arrived here today carrying two four-inch naval ' guns on her stern. Passengers stated they understood that i the Italian govern ment had given; instructions for fthe guns to be mounted. After, leaving Palerma Dec. 24th, all lights were concealed and during the day the steamer covered a round-about r . J 1 : 'tr. J J I course ior me purpose oi avoiding hostile submarines. Life Boats Smashed . The officers of the ship reported having encountered terrific northwest and west gales during a considerable portion of the voyage. . High seas smashed the life boats on the liner and the telephone system between the bridge, pilot house and engine' roonis The French steamer -La Touraine, which sailed from Bordeaux Dec. 26th, also arrived, a few days late,-held back by gales which have prevailed over the Atlantic during the past two weeks . BANKS TO REPORT ITALIAN UNER HAD GUNS ABOARD ;They Must THEIR CONDITION jpHes, will have. replenished. toide , ' v Ipletion stocks of maiufacMeu' gqds, Washington, Jan. 6. The Comptrol ler of Currency today issued a call to all national banks, requesting themto report to him their conditions at the close of business Friday, Dec. 31st. The pall' goes further than at any time previously, in looking into -violation of State unsury laws. The Comp troller asks for' a; complete list of jail loans in 19i5 "unon which interest was either charged or collected in the I shape of interest, discounts or cpm I missions at rates which would amount I to more than the equivalent of 6- ter- ! cent . per annum I " w ; ON WAY TOTJEW YORK New York, Jan . 6 . The passengers and crew of the Greek steamer Tues saloniki are on their way to this ;port today, having, abandoned the disabled liner and left her more-than 300 . miles southeast of Sandy:. Hookfc -Ther 300 passengers are aboard the- Greek steamer Patria, while the crew took refuge on board the steamr Perugia, bound from Genoa and Gibraltar to 4 . -;.;,. ::..v lir COLDv-WAVE.--C Washington i' January mnAem nnA W-yalled t6day.i and wUlVcontiweSBoday; "" i - tav and'Friday from, the 'Mississippi' to the -Atlantic,, the cold extend- t : - - . ANOTHER AMERICAN. Washington's January : 6 . Rev. : 4 Homer R. Salisbury,: of thfs city, ; 4 the geventh: Day .Adventist ' Mis-,j sionary ior india,wno sailed, on ; 4 the?- destrdyed : , steamer Persia! Marseilles,1 is r given -up -for lost, according to inforiuation'-received', 4. by the American ' ambassador' in 4 London: ' ' 4 ' . ' , j ,, .,; NO COUNTRY TO ; fillip Not Event Germany,: pe dares French Econoiriist Says U. S. Not Benefited. Paris Jan. 6. The answer of Paul t Xieroy Beaulieu, the French economist, j to the question "Will Eurbpelbe pitrog-l ed into bankruptcy because 'of the war," I " CX.T . . It ' i ia hu9 uoi even ijreriuaay.. Concernmg the result of the present enormous spending of money by all the nations and the conditions follow - a remarkable industrial activity 'with leading to high tariffs in all the nations now at war,' including free-trade Eng land, and yet higher tariffs in the Unit ed States. '' ! . - He said: "While such a situation has never before presented itself in history and while therefore all opinions must be given with some reiseve, I-am confident that no fear needibe felt -for a universal collapse of world finances. The destruction in this war, save pos sibly in the lives lost, has been , exag gerated in the public mind- Not a -single nation involved will' be lirrjtrieyj byine; ;TbJehding mulawltfth timatitWllltaker nonrethaiM ten or twelve years for- tne world to recover from Its losses. , i . i V ' "T estimate that the war will, have come to a close by next autumn. Then there will set in a period of manufac turing activity the like of which we have never known. This period has been made necessary by the physical damage done, by the diversion, to war supplies of factories once engaged in making cloth, and what not. 'During this reconstruction period we wll work harder than formerly. There will not be the stagnation which paralyzed the Southern States after the CivilWar. "Another result of the war will 'be the increasing taxes by each nation in volved and the raising of tariffs to col lect revenues. , England will tdo: like the rest, free-trade country though she is, and despite her comparatively, less war lbss. The United States,; while it will not have to, will increase her. tar- Although Germany is suffering far more than any of the other nations, since she is fighting them ; all, ) and spending huge sums, will not be jtotally ruined cy. the war. It ,wUl, hoover, take' her 3onger:to recovM W$ :;'c$-r "Naturally, after a couple. f ye ; ff intenstve"' manufacturing, '"the'riatlons will have caught up with their old siip- and there will come then a slowing down-in industrial activity. ' v'v "The United States is profiting, in. a comparative sense, by the war,' but it is a mistake to say she is benefitted by it No losses can be sustained by4 her best customers without her feeling this loss." , 1 PASSENGERS SCATTERED FOR MILES IN RIVER Parkersburg, W. ' Va., . Jan. ; Capt. Brady M. Berry and 62 passeng ers of the steamer Kanawha, 'which sank in the Ohio river last nighti arriv ed here early today on a special train sent out by the Baltimore and Ohio Railway Company to pick up the su vivors who were scattered along miles of riverfront on the West Virginia side. '; o ' v-"- - vr- v' Capt. Berry said that although there appeared to be nd loss of life, he would return immediately for 'a -thorojugh search of the West Virginia arid Ohio shores. The steamer, collided Vwith -a steel merr- .-;- ' - ..: :. :,i..r Must Dismount Guns.; ;'-' ; Washirigton, Jan.; 6. -he; State Department will take Up the question of the guns on board tie Italian steam er Guiseppe Verdi, with a vieW to having them dismounted ibeforer lear- ance papers are issued. -;,;.::v'; The N.C Home BldgAss'n Will hold its 57th : series open until ; Saturday, JanuarylSrdfor the benefit of ' ttiose wno nesires i gci tui "v;" Office -Reiny's ReaUEs-J coast Washineton. -Januarv 6. Secretary Garrison laid before the House Mili tary, Affairs committee today his for- mal argument in behalf of the admin- istration's army plan which is design ed to give the country a definite mili tary policy. It proposes . the ' creation of 5 the mobile Federal force of more than a million men in six "years, ac cumulation of a huge Reserve, of am munition and - equipment and elabo rate extension- of: the coast defenses, the whole project involving, an in creased expense : of $600,000,000 and anf annual War Departmeht ' ' budget thereafter of. more than 2JO,000,000 as compared witnjaii averagejot Yl00;i ,-000,000 for the last ,f ew years: reading i rom a, 4en This ? great opportunity. will : be,, lost unless a wise; sensihle and .'practical policy is the result of -the " considera- tion and action 'of fsCongress." I Referring; to the farspread military responsibilities of the nation, reaching into 'j the insular :p6ssesSfonsV;-ct3hina,l Alaska and the "Panama Canal Zone, ,Mr. Garrison added:-, , - . "We have determined and announc ed that the sovereignty of the other republics on this hemisphere shallre main inviolable, and must therefore at all times stand ready, to make good our position In this connection." " He then quoted figures to show the ! full strength : o the army dn June 30, woi-"VLipavra -ttuu.-iueu.wx.- me combatant forces, arid i their present distribution. To these should be add ed, he said, 1,18T officers and 17,818 men of the non-combatant arms, of the service, bringing the', total number ' of Federal troops up : to - 106,6i9j-; He pointed out that the item of pay alone made up approximately , 50 per cent. of the total proposed appropriations. The United States including Alaska, saif the secretary, Is of greater area than the combined total of Austrd Hungary, Belgium, the British fsles, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Germany . Greece, Italy, Japan Portugal, Russia in Europe, . Spain - arid Turkey, in Eli rope, the totar of these - areas repre senting only 97 -per cent. of that df the United States. ; : ; t : ' "It will be necessary," he added,, "to be conceded by anyone .who admits that military force vis requisite at all that our present military force is to- siDinties. The chaos which , a crisis always j produces where preparations in : ad-; vance have not been : made; makes it certain that several months ot; nec essity would intervene ' after the out break of war before . ariy considerable number of volunteers would be ready to take their training and months of training must "then ensue before they could be ready to be sent-into bat tle." , . r--:V'' -- ';"; . " A similar delay would meet the ef fort to assemble arms equipment and ammunition, Mr." Garrison said, and he insisted that if it accbmplishednothi ing more, the plan " now proposed would ' obviate -much of 'this ; loss of time. X,:-: ;' 5 T' ; "There is a disposition - upon1 the part of some," he continued, "to ; as sume that we ' are facing ; a crisis. The only way to meet any emergency is by adopting .eriiergency . measures. The I personnel . and - material" heeded for military purposes should be imme diately mobilized Everynerve"" should be -st?afned and every resource; drawn upon, and h ndthingoverlobkedrieces sary to preserve and -defend' us, re gardless1 of cost and of other consid erations. :0 iha. my 'view the occasion 'calls' for the adoption of a wise, sensible, ade- , ' 7yr . - quale mmtyiis0???"" I h:inegrfeao sveByiisteethic &tbyftexlente MflW8 Increase , n .H T among those who have studied the sVt;J & subject intelligently , that ; we should " ';'- -r- I nave a force in tne continental States of 500,000 men subject stant call. - ,'1 "Modern warfare, while it has dem onstrated the increased of me chanical instruments of war, has also demonstrated the increased . use jot numbers." In addition, therefore, to those with: the colors subject, to in- stant call, there should be at all times inj the Country large numbers of men available, by reason of previous ser vice -for military purposes. . "Our Immediaite problem, therefore, seems to be how shall we meets these I "The. adjutant general af tef. d most ' J ' . 1 r - . i- '. ' : ...';.; 1 . ;: Ubjeet matter;ahd personal attention thereto -f eaiaies the conclusiw t that men: per year iorvine army, .rit-wouiu-thereRre seem" impracticable in the last degree to consider i that the pr6b lem can be solved by. providing f of J a 'etariftfmr armtr ir"'f Kir'' al'fa' nofHaaarv'-- 1 for this solution. " ' ' , - ' l; f i do not an any way snare the rear of those who think that proper mili- .- tary preparations involve anyfinterfer-; ence . whatever with the supremacy of the civil authorities.. I do, however, firmly believe that in a democracy f he defenses of the nation! should f rest upon the citizens and not upon a pro-" sessional, paid military V force, con- stantly under arms and devoted solely ta military pursuits. ; A - think It, is v"" . "" i ny'"'' " u ; v '. iil can dismiss the) suggestion that the - situation should be probriy met bjr a standing army of 500,00ft; men, con- ;. -stantly under arms." fX. X?:f :' , Turning to the 'National Guard Mft ' Garrison saidt .Vr; --vX : :'' - ."-.- "At the present time ihis forc& con sists of . approximately 'lfe&,000 'mea and officers, and it would therefore be necessary if it is- to' be expanded' to 400;00; to add ?'2f l.OOOv nten and ;offl ' cers. ' ' :v. -Xy'i Wi-s -:;,:. ;"If this poiicy? shbuMvattempted to be ; adopted,' ngreiisj would 1 first haye to require the States to raise and . maintain' all of tbesetrdops and the . , j States would have - , to v: nractically . . treble their existing equipment, s 1 .do not know whether Cb&gress ' would '(X: have any power to Impose this burden' upon '' the States. It seems to me that ; a ; niere statement of this: situation iril dicates how utterly lutil' it is to afc tempi wis spiuuion. ";v? ?r ; i Mr. . Garrison pdinted "but that the : National Guard could- be - called , in Federaia service only ? for three I pur poses to suppress domeatic Insurrec- , tion, to enforce the law, arid ' to' repel invasion and added: "There is ; no one thing so freefrom; dispute, as that s the basis of any prope military sys- i tem. must be unity, of 'responsibility.' authbrity and control.-, it is absolute- tiriity under ; the constittttlbnal provls-', ; ions with respect to the organized mi- ; ' (j litia or. National Guard,',;;' r - - XX'M ft : ' IThe ; suggestion-'that thef situation: 1: 1 Ul wjan properly bfrnet;; Dy.sqme sort or provision making these troops subject .. tb call of ' the 'natlqnbiMJ purposeV in case qz war, instead Pi oniy ior ine I" three purposes specified' iti the cousti-. ' tution overiooKs and-; disregards me ? : : 6 $m fundamental basic trouble- which this remedy does not even-tplich much less cure. The National Guard howevek as it exists, is a Federal -fisset. ;It; Is ') so circumstanced ttat lt-cifr volunteer f' ,' for service in time : ofwar and, be takeri'ln'as it existb.; I,' therefore, pro pose a large addition V to the Federal a.id; exetended to.the National Guard, sdailefsysteni nuiype to its maximum capacity and be avail able 1 for ' the Federal .'purposes v sped ' ,f AnSHAnrt, Vt "T - i - mm Iff 1 111 mm '5:.. :-Mi'j-"i mil : !'V WO ' BUUU1U; -v.- -rmf -f. tal United HV' iect;toJn-V::g:f ies:flp tea ' ;Jf . , 4( b ; TV m mi .1 '1 ;V.,i -if,:-, MA 'St- It Y Hi , lU !(f. -:; nausea, a smie tnen as u am later wben SoUcitoWNorris-'iogged the?uiem-'. ' " ( Continued on Page Two.)--1 I , r t r ; i W '-''s- ?.- w-A :-a:
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