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VOL. XXII, No: 352. ; ;
' ' W '''XlZ:Y: WOjINGTON, QRTH CAROEINAvMOtspAY AFTERNOON, J JjUARY 1 1917
PRICE FIVE CENTS:
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THE 'NEW'. YEjm
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GERil
A
Reply Will ProbablyV:NoVBe
Sent Until Tomorrow--Cure;
Taken for Accurate Copy,
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NO INTENTION TO DELAY
REPLY, IT IS STATED
Peace Situation Outwardly
Remains Unchanged; Await
Answer to President Wil-
son's Note
Wy Ellington, D. C, Jan. 1. The'
reply of the entente allies to Ger
man vV, peace proposaLi has not. been'i
forwarded and indications point that j
it. will not be sent until tomorrow.
Tliero is no intention to delay the ans-'
Aver beyond the time necessary! to)'
make a complete and-accurate copy
for all of the belligerent powers. : f,
The peace situation outwardly re-1'
inained unchanged with the probabil
ity that the United States will not
make another peace move at least un
til a reply from, the entente is receiv
ed. . .' . ". .
Th
e hone that the entente reply to
German note has not clocl all
the G
doors
for peace is undiminished, for."" . 7" e ' wm'e Persons ana inchid-
.. .. - iea m the record are thr nAsrn wn.
tions will be made to "get together." Z7 I Q sons were lynch
Aithmi, como hiijnva t,Qf 111 1915- Three of this number
doors are not blocked by the answer
German diplomats feel that the tone
of the note makes it impossible to
make further advances.
TRAPPED BY FIRE
49 BURN I
c. f v . ' a a: , 0 - I
,'Pisters Ot UharUieS:. Daye
Inmates of St. Serdiiiand,
In Quebec
film inn Inn
l.' - .- is
sters 01
UUAH
Avere without outside aid toda when enwgesn person was put to aeatn:
they rescued over 100 women from ' 'SlaPPing boy, robbing store,
St. Serdinand. Fire destroyed the hlng against a girl on street, as
building, burning forty-five of the in- slstin son who was charged with as
mates. The building was an old sault to P- entering house, de
structure and burned like a tinder 1 nd.ing ,son wno in tne defense of his
box. .
No man reached the place until aft
er the lire had done its damage. The
Sisters saved 135 inlnatesT'
RICARD CELEBRATES
mDTV nrTU DlDTUnAV
rvjftl r-Mf irt tJIllrllJI
I
rw York, Jan. 1. "Tex" Rickard,
Avho appears to have clinched his titla
as the king pin of sportikg promoters .
by corralling Les Darcyj immediately
the crack Australian fighjter landed on
these shores, received the congratula
tions of his friends today on the oc
casion of his 45th birthday anniver
sary. Rickard, who was christened
George L., Avas born in Kansas City.
His sobriquet of "Tex" is due to the
fact that as a two-year-old he was tak
en by his parents to the Eanhandle
country and grew up in the Lone Star;
State. lu the past 25 or 30 years he
has managed to" crowd more thrilling (
adventures into his life than are to be .
found in half a dozen of Jack London's 1
talks. At the age of 10 he began his
career as a cattle herder. Adventures
as a Texas town marshal, a gold seeker cember, 1916, was set down as the
in the Klondike, a saloon and gambling stormiest month since March, 1913,
house proprietor at Goldfield, and fin- when the Ohio valley was flooded, to
ally, as a millionaire mine owner, with day by weather bureau officials here,
a hobby for promoting championship Six severe storms swept in rapid suc
Price fights, furnish the successive j cession from the northwest to the
chapters in Rickard's life -story.
PACKING OPENED BY I
MMINNESOTA FARMERS
FUrbaun. MnnTL-A project
sZhMShed ?yhe farmerB I
XheTf Mlnfsotabfaman fc7m:!
:thtifJCt0
- - i ui fi ii t-' f Li in .r u mi r imii ill
Company was opened for business. The
ami has been financed entirely by the
larmers. There are more than 1,000
stockholders and $400,000 has been
subscribed. The company has erected
seven buildings, which embrace a com
plete packing and provision plant with
a daily capacity of 1,000 hogs and 100
cattle. Triple this capacity is planned
r the future. '
R-1. INAUGURAL '
AFTER ORGANIZATION
Providence, R. I., 'Jan. 1 It. Liv
Jngston Beeckmau, who was re-elected
governor of Rhode Island, last Novem
ber, and the others' chosen to the, sey
ral State offices at the time, were
inaugurated today with the usual cere
monies. The inauguration took place
111 the House chamber "fit the presence
Of hntVi v. - i . .i i.info'
5MyiGifisiii
'II;'. S. ;1 it 9 T 6 - i
WERE WHITE IEi
Sixty-Seven Persons , Were
Mumig-wp in 1 7i j j' many
s Besides Assaults
THREE NEGROE WOMEN
F YNrHKTl I A CT Vr A d
"V? LAOl I tAK
vf " 1 . i
-eorgia Leadsin 'Neck-tieJ
r'artiea:':. With, b on rtn Pr-
sons As Mob Vic
tims. Tuskegee, Ala., Jan; 1 Fifty-four
i persons were lynched in the United
IQtotoa 1(11 .!. i T"'v
""" ;SAW "V re-
ord8 compiled at Tuskegee Institute.
..ere white men. r
In a statement presenting the fol
lowing statistics, Robert R. Moton,
president of the institute, said:
"Fourteen, or pne-fourth per cent
of the number of persons lynched dur
ir the past year, occurred in Georgia.
Of those jut' to death forty-two or
r seventy-seven per cent were charged
wim uueuses otiier man assault, ine
C 11. . aw
charges held against the white men
were; murder, three, and one suspect
led of cutting a Mexican woman.
'i "The charges for ' which negroes
were put to death are as follows:
"Attempted assault, 9: feflling offi
cers of th law, 10; , murder, 7; hog
stealing and assisting to jescape, 6;
wounding officers' of the law, 3, and
motner Kuiea a man, speaKing against
a mob lynching, a man, aud attack
ing, y
"Lynchings occurred in the tollow
ing states:
"Alabama, 1; Arkansas, 4; Florida,
S; Georgia, 14; Kansas, 1; Kentucky,
2; Mississippi, 3; North Carolina, 2;
Oklahoma, 4; South Carolina, 2; Tex-
as, 9; and Tennessee, 3."
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BEAN IN HIS WIND-PIPE
CAUSES CHILD'S DEATH
. Reidsville, Jan. 1. A small bean
lodged in his windpipe yesterday
caused the death of the three-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Bracken Tate,
near Ashland, Caswell county. He
choked to death before relief could
be secured. -
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-'EAErMDEJ ia
STORMIEST OF YEAR
Washington, D. C, Jan. 1. De-
South in December, according to the
'records. .
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WISCONSIN GOVERNOR
AGAIN INAUGURATED
Madison, Wis., Jan. l.-Emannuel
L. Philipp took the oath of office as
for the sec-
pnd time at noon today. With him
the newly-elected Jstate officers as-
suined Pfficial, anthority.
The oaths
were . administered by Chief Justice
Winslow in the profusely decorated
assembly chamber of the capitol be
fore a big crowd of State officials,
members of the Legislature and dele
gations of citizens from all parts of
the State.
BIG ST. LOUIS BREWERY
CLOSE DOORS TODAY
St. Louis! Mo., Jan. 1, The Excel
sior Brewery, one of the oldest estalP
lishments of its kind in, St.' Louis,
closesVdown permanently today on
account of the progress of prohibition.
According to official announcement,
the brewery ; has made little money
during fie past two years and the
owners finallyIectded . to close down
a
ms:mm suggestion iwade,
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Automobiles arid Other
Will Be Woi? By Candida
Work Done This WegfeWdf,
Who;App?eciate Valitiftf
THE PRIZES.
X-
$685 Overland Automobile.
Ford Automobile.
Carolina Beach Lot.
$100 in Gold.
$75 Victrola.
$50 O. K. Mystic Range.
$40 Sellers Kitchen Cabinet.
$25 Wrist Watch.
Two $60 Diamond Rings.
ni v. .,X.
It wilk be butN short time now,
until several womett of Wilmington
and vicinity will be experiencing,
many moments of , even great delight
and anticipating even greater delight.
These happy -wompn will be the win
ners in The Dispatch contest, which is
rapidly drawing to a close.
January 29 is the date set for the
close, of the balloting which will de
termine the winners of the $685 Over-
land automobile, the Ford automobile,'
the $500 building lot, the $100 in gold,;
the $75 VictrolaiS the $50 Mystic biennial session of lawmaking. The "We do not know whether the Ger
Range.the $40 Sellers Kitchen Cabin- scaffold was the one used -for many mans recognized the salutes, but we
et, the $25 wrist watch, and the two years for the executions at the Ohio try them again tonight." In send
$60' diamond ringfjL The contest will penitentiary. When the electric mg this greeting there was a further
close promptly at; 9 o'clock, Monday ; chair was substituted for hanging as ; complication in the difference of the
night, January 29, 1 j the method of inflicting the death 1 time, continental time being one hour
When your friends nominated you penalty the old gallows was torn ahead of the British and French time,
in The Dispatch- 'contest, they didn't j down and from a part of the wood . To avoid a mistake, however, a salute
do it just for the pleasure of filling out
the nomination blank. They did it of the convicts in the prison.
because they knew what the opportu-j ' '
nity meant. They selected you from CATTS TAKES OFFICE
among all their firiends because they- iiu ri ODIHA THHAV
thought you had fa little more ambi- 1N LOKIUA 1 OUAY
tton, a little morejability, a little more! Tallahassee Jan. 2.Rey. sid.
purpose in life, than anyone else they Catts, who was elected on an
knew. ' They wanted ta do something lndye dent ticket after one of the
for you that you : would appreciate. jmogt spirited campaigns ih the history
Now, honestly, ;j what are you going Qf gtate was formally installed in
to do about it tpday, tomorrow and the office of chief executive of Florida
the next day? Are you going to show today The inauguration was attended
them that you mean business? After ry the pageantry and pomp which are
the contest is 'over, are you going tOj usually made a part of the ceremonies
be able to say, "I made good?'
As the race now stands, the automo-,
biles, and the other prizes can he .
easily won, confparatively peaking,
by anyone able to appreciate the
amount of work fthat should be done
to . win such Ehagnificient awards,
There can be noj let-up during the re-
maining days of i the contest, and es-
pecially during the two weeks that re-
1 main of the second period. This is the
crisis, and what is done during these
two weeks will have much to do with
your success in I securing one of the
hfr-'tirl7.A(i This ia t.h ' "Bareain Per-
inri" rif th r.oTiifist. and vou should
take advantage of it to, the fullest ex-
tent. !j
This second -period offers opportu-
nitie8 that will i not come, again. In
th first place, the candidate who
turns in the largest amount of money
for hew subscriptions this 'week and
.The Moving Finger writes, and, having
Shall luro it back to capeel-'half a Line,
..Nor .11 they tears wasn out a Word of
' '. ': OMAR.
iPriZesfi. 1 m-:ti git . ii'i I
liltllllll.il II 1 1 1 1 1 1 im
iVl'f fAii ff if mr
Eight Hundred anil Fifteen Of
ficers and 36,360 Men Slain
First Part of Dec.
London Jan. 1. A portion of the
British casualty list made public to-
day, from December 1 to the 23rd,
gives 815 officers and 36,360 men
ed. No lists were published during
the holidays j
The errect of the session or tne
oe&!5JUIl UJ. IUB
jSomme offensive with the advent of
.uniavoraDie weainer conaiuons, gives
a aauy averaee oi ana in uci-
. r Thf lnRBfis rpnfWfe1 in I
. oher. 2.452. The losses reported in
DeCember run un the total casualties.
GAVELS MADE FROM
SCAFFOLD ARE USED
Columbus, O., Jan.z-1. Gavels made
from a scaffold upon which 26 men
had paid the death penalty were
used by the presiding officers of the
Ohio senate and house in calling
those bodies to order today for the j
the gavels were fashioned - by some)
on the occasion of the administration
or the oath of office to the governor
) me governor
The crowd was
Df the Commonwealth.
one of the largest ever seen on inaugu- j
ration day.
next, who does not win either
the
Overland or Ford automobile, the!
building lot, the $100, the Victrola, or
the first diamond ring, will be award-
ed a $60 diamond ring. In the second
place, each $15 worth of subscriptions
turned in this week and next will give
any candidate 140000 extra, votes. In
h thirH Titkrff otteiibaerintion for a
vfiar will ,ivfi 15'000 extra? votes, two
for a year will give 30,000 extra votes, I
lor three fo? a year) will give 45,000,
extra votes-i-ii-'turafii-piiveanesr
day night. In the OTtbpIdce the
same subscriptions count" toward both
of ; the- aboveHnektlonedvoteffe'rs
and ivnfi;tioafd.!6.ev'dIatnpnd. ring.
writ,
it.
BRITISH SALVOS
GREET GERMANS
as m i
New Year's Arrival Welcomed
pjj . - v y. .
Un Western t ront As hSegm-
nmgor tne una or war
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ijnnduMXREMOH
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IVIAII IKI I T 1 IF : I IK
- ". ..w.j
Rockets Are Sent Up From
;Many t Trenches Artillery
Booms As Old
Year Ends
With The British Army at
Front, Jan. 1. The arrival of
The
iyil
kill-jwas welcomed on the Western front
oeginnuig oi tne eua oi tne war
There may be varying views and
ineories as now me ena or me war win
V,.0-Vit oViAiit Knf thorn ia -nn niton. '
Uoll or conviction that the next twelve
months will bring about a victorious
ending of the war for the allies.
In most sectors the new year was
ushered in with little ceremony. Rock
ets are sent up from the trenches on
dark nights freely.therefore it is im
possible to estimate how many of the
rockets sent up last night were in
honor of 19lT- One section of trenches,
however, of British artillery welcomed
January 1 with salvos against their
enemies from guns of all calibres., un!
im iiou uue wpuuu wuu uw biwjwu,
dowu thejme to give orders, said:
was fire at both times
WASHINGTON HOLDS
Clinging to Custom Originat-
ed By President Wilson, Lit-
l CCC ir . j MQ17 I
ucwuiuaiMwiuiw i.i
7 . ..' T T - rtj!iK,
Washington, D. C, Jan. 1 Celebra--
w o.
Uion of New Year -ve was- without
many official features in, accordance
with the usual program started with
the advent of President Wilson In;
Washington. Secretary Lansing did j.
not give his customary diplomatic!
breakfast.
Secretary of War Baker and Secre-
tary of the Navy Daniels, however, :
held receptions. I
Cablegrams from practically all the
rulers of the world arrived during the
dav at the White House. Ther- were
sent from heads of belligerent- na-
tions, central and South America as
well as other powers. -
Tesiaent wuson sent xne jung m .
President Wilson sent the King of
Siama a message and another ; to the
President of Haiti in celebration of
the anniversary of the independence
of. that country. V
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DAWNS;
FEW CELEBRATIONS
BUI SECOND NOTE
I T filRDEB!
mi
American Diplomats Instruct
ed to Convey "An Idea.
Gov't Knew of Act
U. S. ACIED SOLELY
ON OWN INITIATIVE
( Definite Statement Made To
1 day That President Wil
l con Did-Not Try to Act
I in Concert
Washington, Jan. 1. It was made
known by President Wilson here , to
day that no second note to Germany
was sent by the United States. Am
erican diplomats were instructed to
convey a suggestion to the central
powers, however.
No other government was asked to
co-operate with the United States, itj
was also announced. The ' United
States acted solely on its own initi-
! ative and no attempt was made to act
in concert with any other nation, it isj
stated. I
While the form of the Instruction to .
the American diplomats was not dis- i
closed its was learned that President!
WiJson nsidered the instruction im-
material. It is said to be possible !
that some American representative !
maae it appear as ir a secona note
made it appear 4s if a second note
was sent by the TJnited States .l&Ger
tHeeulfaT powers Was. ask5a..!( .
mi.. i .!-..-.. .. .... .
j.uis statement isnasea on tne note
leBiveu uy me (Uniueu otaies j wrecked this church, - nas . led to they-
Spain. Spain's suggestion for an en-,arrest of james and, ttenry Cardeli; 7;
tente of neutral nations to define the! and jack Franklin, of Madison county;.-;
rights of neutrals was not commented j They are charged with church-wreck- ,
on- J (in. "" ' ' 'V
Th.0 XJnitGd St&ts will continue to
act. by its self, in regard to the peace j
Plan.
waB 1CHOIdlcu ao wc" tms
note sent Germany clearly points out j
max uuLia,i nguis are uemg encroucu-
ed on too much.
Swinging Boom Causes Death
of Robert Hudson His
Body is Not Recovered
New Bern, Jan. 1 Robert Hudson,
a young seaman employed by Capt.
A. L. Simpkins, of Adams Creek, was
knocked trom the hoat by a smiting
boom near Oriental Thursday night
and drowned before assistance could
be given him.
Hudson was steering the boat at
the time of the accident and Capt.
Simpkins, who was up on the bow,
heard the boom swing over and also
i heard Hudson strike the watter.- He
I lowered a skiff and searched for the
young man, but failed to find any
trace of him, and it is supposed that
the blow rendered him unconscious
I and he sank at once.
' Capt. Simpkins came to New Bern
last evening and reported the affair
to local authorities and asked that,, a
search for the body be made. So far
this has ,not been recovered
A marriage of interest to friends !
of the contracting parties took place
in New Bern Saturday wnen miss
Nina Todd, of Newport, became the
bride of A M. Dickinson, of Fre-
mont, the ceremony being performed
' . , naratmavo v nov
Methodist parsonage by Rev
MW)inrt
KTC.,V. or dm nnr m Tr
NLW tJtLKIN r lKt- tU. 1U
BANQUET ITS FRIENDS
New Bern, Jan. 1. The New Bern
steam fire engine company plans to
entertain their members and friends
at a banquet to be held on Monday
night and the occasion bids fair to
be one of the most auspicious' ever
held bv that company.
These banquets are held annually
by the "Button" company and -in ad-t
dition to always being largely attend-'
ed they prove to be thoroughly enjoy-
eu uiey vi-uye u ue .uiui-uusuiy cujujr -
able in every detail.
The Atlantic steam fire engine com-
pany plans to hold a similar banquet
mum KwnnKFn
jULIIIIIIIll IIIIUUIIL.U
! OFF BOAT IMS.
j ;
AustroGermans Continued
Heavy Attacks Yesterday fJ
on Moldavian Front I
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FRENCH DRIVE BACK
ATTACKING GERMANS
V
Violent Russian, and Ruman-; v ? -
ian Attacks Are Repulsed . v'
By Kaiser s Men
Berlin (Via Wireless to Sayv411e,
Jan. 1) On the Moldavian front yes-N
terday the, Austro-Germans continued ;
heavy attacks, the . war . office an- .
nounced today Violent Russian andj! ;
Rumanian attacks were repulsed. J ''
In Dubrudja the Teutonic v allies ""
captured 1,000 men, four -cannon and;;,''
eight machine guns. .-yfh-".'.
"There is nothing . to report on the ; ; I
v ranco-tjeigian ana . Maceaoman -c-An
frnnts " Ravo tho rpnnrt " -. - ' vjt 1
Paris, Jan. 1. "In the Champaign
region yesterday, after a -.violent .pom-v
bardment the Germans made "two
attacks on our advance posts?
M ! 'i l'n ' '
today's report from the war office.'
"These two attacks were repulsed;
On the right bank of the Meuse the
artillery was rather active, during th V
night," adds the report.
TRAILED BY DDES
. ' ' , V'"
oi n j j. Cause Arrest o$&
oiooanounqs vusc mresi uv
Three Meri-Holy Rollers iVZ
Church is Smashed ' . -:A-yi'-
VfrtrPil miOanretreh' hv: biood
- r -, -" -. . --,
.hounds, put bn the J trail of men WhQ V:
ed ft seems that some resentment r
followed the use of tb'e church by a
spM knftwn as thfl Hnlv Rollers. The
cnurch was built by Presbyterians.-
Some trouble over the use of thfr .
church by the Holy Rollers, with their '
peculiar form of worship, has pre
viously been; experienced. ' V :
v
C. CHILD LABOR ,
LAW IN EFFECT
k New Ruling Automatically i .
Throws 2,400 Children Out
of Textile Mills. iV v
Columbia,' S. C, Jan. 11 -The. new . ' v
child labor law, prohibiting chlidrn; ;
under 14 years of age: to work in tex-.
tile mills in South Carolina, beame .:;
effective today automatically throw- '-,1
ing 2,400 children our:Uie'niiU8V'
cording to the .figures. -v.' ' ' : 'i ''S.
Textile men have been preparing 'to : . "pt
meet the new law. They have been Av
gradually curtailing labor, the . de-; ' '
crease being 1,000 compared with.' : , ;
August 1, 1915. Factory inspectors 5.
will enforce the law. ' - . ,VV A"
NEW YEAR BE RUNG IN
NO PEACE IN SIGHT.
London, Dec. , 30.- The entente
reply to the German note of Dec. 12,
made public here laBt night, is halted
wxtn iacuon.
"is generally felt that .the
year .
1916; which has brought' about what T ; .
is essentially a thoroughgoing change -.
in the relative positions of the two
sets of belligerents, ,1s being rung out S
with a resolute note of determin'a- K
tion to carry the war to a point where : ;.
peace can be attained .;wItliout ; ; the
sacrifice of those objects ' 6f restitu-; " .
tion, reparation and security as the :
chief spokesmen of the entente pow- , - ,
ers have outlined. vV v ' " v i '"'' ' '
HICKORY MAYBUILD"
BIG TOURIST HOTEL
Hickory,. N. C '-Jan. -l,-Seyeral
choice pieces of property here are be; H
ing considered. as possible sites for. a-;
v.-..wV.-.
wicKory - Dusiness . nien are coneiaer- ;
in. gthe matter, i It Is highly probable T
that-plans ".wll; mature; the ' first pait
ot; this-year "r-;--.;,if 'V 'a ''"
i
S-i
met for organization.; , 'n vv I will come in six or eisnt "D
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