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Kcpresentative VMbtion is Put
on Table For Later
Action.
REFUSES TO ANSWER
CATEGORICAL: QUERIES.
Bostonian Declares if Market
Had Broken Without Prep-.
aration it Would Have Been
Disastrous For Certain Ope- i
lators. .
.
A?
WILL GIVE NAMES.
l Washington, Jan. 9.-Thomas 4.'
. ... rio ju
House Rules Committee he would
disclose the names of the Cabi- .
4. net member, Senator.and banker (he was to receive some high office
Z .hnm ho aiH moJnor ,f nnn.L" reward for supporting President Wil-
!
..ess told him participated in the
; . . mHiQ -
Washington, Jan
.fncol nf Thnmas W
9. Continued -
Lawson, of Bos-t
rpfxnHnai mipstirtna
asked him by the House Rules com-'
.:.-. .- . .-, nn..w 1
Ullltcc luuaj iia uic Acix. iu4uuj)
caused the committee to entertain a
motion made by Representative Ben -
net citing him before the bar of the
House for contempt. The motion was.er
laid on the table of the House for ac- j
tion later.
When examination of Mr. sLawson
was resumed Representative Bennet
asked that Lawson-give the name of
the cangressman whom he said told
him a New York banker, a cabinet
member and a Senator participated in
the stock gamble.!;- 4 , .".if;,C V
iir. Laws0vrefused4,to expjin.
stated thai as lieas at? eadv citeHf 6i
contempt he did not think, it was riec-3
cssary to answer.
swpr . ! f
The line of examination turned io(two succeeding years, he declared.
.Mr. Lawson's market operations par- ' Under such training, he said, young
ticipatcd in during December, 191. Americans would not only be builtup
Mr. T.awson said the market break physically and mentally, but would
would l:ave been worse if there had soon come to- realize that . a man
been no leak. ' j should be esteemed for what his is and
"The leak gave certain operators a J not what he has and "we would rapid
chance to prepare for the crash," he" ly develop into a great nation with
said. "If the market had broken with- j uniform ideals and truly patriotic Am
out preparation it would have been ericanism."
disastrous." I
"In December, 1916," asked Repre
sentative Chipperfleld, "with what
brokers did you deal with?"
"i do not recall more than one
name, 11. Content, 111 Broadway, New
York"
Did you operate' in United States (
Steel?" asked Representative Chipper
field. "I did." Mr. Lawson replied.
"To what extent?"
"1 eould not tell accurately and 1
am not going to guess."
Then Representative Chipperfielj -asked
Mr. Lawson if he did not be- Army and Navy Department
Kin -his selling campaign in December Authorizes Many Big Guns
last and that his transactions aggre- T n R
Rated a gain of $10,000. 10 De DUllt.
I do not know what my gains were" t
replied Mr. Lawson. -
He would not state whether he op-l
Elated a selling campaign. J
Later this afternoon the leak inves
tigation seemed to make its first, prog
r"s to some definite end, when Mr.
Lawson promised should the House
Hules Committee order Inquiry he
WOUld rflVPal thn nomoi! rf Vi Q Wow
Ork bankpr raHnot momhsr and I
Senator whom he said a Congressman
t'd him had formed a stock gambling
partnership and profited by more than
a 11,000,000. - "
(Continued on -Page Eight.)
CATTLE TICK MEN
MEETING IN ATLANTA
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 9 Federal and
ftl&te experts on cattle tick eradlca
tl0 set today for technical discussion Determination to build was an
tor a method of destroying the cattle ncunced after an exhaustive study by
l,et "Preliminary Tick" Eradication" committee; of -officials from the
,eig taken for discussion to be fol- Aeronautic Society of America with
'owed bv u tan, A ofc t. men from both branches of -the serv-
fin JLL uiuuuig raio uui-,
lns the afternoon. 1
M.. ,
1 uen time will be allowed for gen-
Fedorai
'nireau on animal industry.
CREATOR OF WORLD
SERIES IS DEAD.
Or
laR(!o, Fla., Jan. 9. William
lemple, credited with the
SPOn.sibilitv nf wnrlH oorioa hasphall
Sdmes, died today at his home in
inter park in his 55th year of age.
kj ' . TemPle owned the Pittsburgh
-uunai League club in 1892-3 and in
donated the Temple cup U, ne!
Wlaner of a world series eame.- 1
PflB EK BflnST R i.y&M v:;fcfesar : S crint'q D-uniin.
-tliraEBMH -iBBaS54SSPBSWBr r.s i STARTS A F GHT
Progressive Candidates For
' PresY Won't Be Rewarded
For WilsprySupport.
' . - .
i'.a sr,eater spirit of Americanism and
the Dlaciner of the countrv'a wftlfar
above every other consideration were
i ; 'L. ' m-9 . i
urged by John M. Parker, Progressive
candidate foiwi nrp.sirip.Tit in an art. !
candidate o vice president, in an . ad-j
diess last night at the non-partisan 4
recognition dinner" in his honor. ,
s.on' by daring that his efforts in J
ine campaign "were actuated by my
sincere belief in what I thought best
for my city, my state and nation,";and
that he wbuldVnot accept, a"Jy appoint-
u office if tendered him.
An encouraging sign of, the times,
said Mr. Parker, was the political I
political
emancipation proven at the last two .
National elections.. The reeords of.
t " - 7
many states showed, he declared, that j
.no man can deliver and no party canj
'contro1 ne independent American vot-
"Be a party man when your party
1 nominates the.; most capable and best
'qualified , candidate," he advised,
("When it does not, vote for the best
man and chasten the political dema -
gogues .- wno - urag your pariy s gooa
name into disrepute."
Universal military training as a nec
essary .measure of preparedness : was
ed, by JUr.
Ecan youth should be coniiJelled
to
serve from eighteen to nineteen and
nr thrA mnnths annnallv Hurlner "his
U.S. WILL BUILD
AFTER E
ZEPPELINS ARE ALSO
TO BE CONSTRUCTED.
Ordinance and Aircraft Ino
vations Developed From
Belligerent Warfare, are
Planned.
Washington". Jan. 9. Ordnance and
j aircraft- innovations, designed from
'material developed by belligerents
..Were authorized by the United States
iumy and navy departments today.
Included inthe list are Zeppelins.large
mobile rifles and howitzers to De
mounted on. railroad train trucks for
coast defense or hauled by tractor
engines. '
Secretary Daniels announced that a
Zeppelin" will be constructed at once.
: . . 5
ice, general staff of the army and
general board of tne navy wmuu
ommended the construction at , once.
The recommendation
and plans
annroved by Secretary Daniels
' j a ,..'Rvr" with the cost
eaually divided between the army 1
equally u , ,
ThT Zeoneiii will be built at the
vv efvards New York. Pilot
iund-d Clinch ho
re-twin aiso u.
high-power rifles
v f . . .
to De . piaceu
tractors;
- . I
. . it' rnnn'a pniris are;
raising, a.
literacy in tHat State. -
GUN
T RN
UROPEAN
MIMMHWI "mi " ' '' II milium 1 1 i i 11 I j A rv r , . . 'siu6& j
London, Jan. 8.-The British ad mirahty has announced .that the transport, Ivernia, which formerly was a
CJunard liner ofs that name, has been sunk in the Mediterranean by a submarine, with a vprobable loss of 120 sol -diers
and-33 of the t;rew. Before being taken over by the government the Ivernia was in the New York hrrh"
of the Cunard service. She made her last trin to New York in Ammat iid 1 .
a ,tro?P carrier have been known only
. '
: r
Mrs. G. A, Bishop, Miss Annie
A41VA:111 J Afi T i
McMillan, and Miss Janie
James Capture High Honors-
Four More Days of
Second Period and Diamond
Ring Offer.
4 TODAY'S LEADERS.
V.-
-y-
3ft Mrs. G. A. Bishop .....
"Annie McMillan . . . . . . ,
77,4Q
77,?. 15
fjSnie ' James k. 77,270
:VAJ4 Riynor, v ,' jj&m
-Pauime Renfrow 76,740 w
Ada Humphrey ..... 76,700
Mrs. Earnest A. Taylor .. 76,100 &
Jr Maude Ivey 75,910 x-
vr
THE PRIZES.
$685 Overland Automobile.
Ford.. Automobile.
Carolina Beach Lot.
$100 in Gold.
$75 Victrola.
$50 d. K. Mystic Range.
$75 Sellers Kitchen Cabinet.
$25 Wrist Watch.
Two $60 Diamond Rings.
SC-
-X--
-x-
X- V . ... l
X w - -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -X- -x- -x-
Thirty-one candidates participated)
in ' the voting yesterday and while 1
this was an exceptionally small num
ber those who did vote voted heavily.
Mrs. G. A. Bishop, Winter Park, cast
over 25,000 votes, which was enough
to place her name at the head of the J
entire list. This is the first time Mrs. 1
Bishop has had her name among the j
leaders.
Miss Annie McMillan, Wilmington,
has her name among the leaders to
day, for. the first time, occupying sec
ond place. Miss McMillan cast the
largest vote for the day 42,600. She
has been working ever since the con
test was inaugurated, and decided
that ."it was time to let her friends
and competitors know the fact.
Miss Janie James, Southport, is
another new leader for today. She is
in third place, it being necessary to
cast 41,000 votes , in order to capture
one of the top seats in the band
wagon. Miss James is the little
daughter of Sergeant James, at Fort
Caswell, and her many friends, at
Southport and the "boys" at the fort
say .that one of the automobiles is
going to . come that way. They had
become distressed because she stood
so far down in' the list, and there is
sure to be great rejoicing when they J
see her name among the leaders. . j
Fair Bluff is again represented inj
the "Honor Roll" this time Miss Pau- j
line Renf row. being the fortunate one.'
' -a ' 1 i 1 1
There hasn't been a day since me
leaders were first published that one
of the four candidates from Fair
Bluff have not' been among the lead-J
ers. ' . -
The candidates in sixth, seventh
and eighth places have all been
among the leader, before. They are
Miss Ada - Humphrey, Wilmington;
(Mrs
Earnest A. Taylor, Maysville;
ana imBB iuauv
The time is rapidly flying. The
end is near at hand. But four more
days and: the diamond ring offer and
U'clock next Saturday night
the biggest and best offers of the en
tire contest will come to a close
After that "time j will be impossible
tti-'a firtV ' kiibftcrintion -to!
lu luiu i - - . i
Iror to secure hieh : "Club
t1??'.. ',.
i nnrr r m rn mw
to the military authjorities and the Admirality
'
-
Votes" for the second Period
- .
It is now the last call for the can -
uxut 10 seu in meir suDScriptions
.3 J i i . ... .
i fthey vish to win the diamond ring,
or amass -a sufficient reserve vote to
-insure -the winning of one of the
eight grand prizes' . It is the time
wlieh the candidates should make a
decisive charge on : the grand army of '
promises and capture every possible
subsilribtiori. ,
';'' ::Z&pl:-:
SPANISH AlifNEISuKrSw.
Madrid, spam (via london).
Jan. 9. Count : Romanones, who
K- has been-- pre,mie.r. in the Spitn- w
ish ministry, since 1914, handed
X- in his resignation, including that -X--X-
of the entire cabinet, today 'to -X-x-
King Alfonso. -X-
vr -X- w "A- -.v v- -a- v.- A
-X-
-X-
PUBLISHERS MUST RAISE PRICES TO MEET
INTOLERABLE SITUATION.
Such is the Warning Given Out By Paper Devoted to
Newspapers' Interests ; Drastic Reductions in Use of
fy'ihV Paper Necessary to Break the Market.
Says The Editor and Publisher Of New York, under the caption
of "Meet an Intolerable Situation with Sound Policies and Sane Reme
dies:" "That the news print market will 'break' before the end of 1917 is
the consensus of informed opinion.
"Two factors will contribute to this result: The advent of new ton
nage and the material curtailment of consumption.
"New tonnage will come on the market through the reversion to
their original uses of machines which have been diverted to the making
of kraft paper. A nation-wide campaign of economy in the use of wrap
ping and other grades of paper has been started.
"Demand will be further curtailed through the operation of the
inexorable law of necessity. At prohibitive prices publishers cannot
use normal supplies of news prinf. Economies, of the character already
in force in so . many offices, will become general ;and more drastic '
still. Where waste has been eliminated the next step will be reduc;
tion. in sizes of issues. Fewer pages more advertising, and advertising
at increased rates. This will be the policy everywhere. And thus will
consumption be greatly lessened thus will demand and supply be
brought steadily and surely to an even basis. When this- happens,
prices will break-f course. They will not, however, during the year
1917, go to a point much, if any, lower , than the arbitrary contract
price set by the International Paper Cpmpany. ,
"But even that excessive price is, Of course, lower than the open
market price which will be demanded for a time. Publishers under
contract, limited as to tonnage allotments, must buy excess tonnage on
the same footing as the publishers who have been refused contracts
by the mills. They will compete against each' other to a greater or
less extent, to obtain supplies without which they would be compelled
to stop publication. It is this 'open market' which will brealc within a
year, for the reason stated. JUST HOW SOON THE BREAK WILL
COME WILL DEPEND UPON THE PUBLISHERS. If they act in
unison in the curtailment of consumption, and in the new effort to
remove the menace of. the kraft paper demand, they will be able to buy
paper, within a short time, at prices no higher than will be paid
for the coming year by publishers who are favored with contracts.
"To meet immediate needs of increased revenues, advertising raea
must be raised. Department stores, through their large use of space,
have always been accorded favorableline rates Properly. These rates
are, under present cost conditions, far too low. They may be advanc
ed materially, without serious loss of business. Merchants .will protest,
of course; all business men protest when they face the need to . pay
,more for a commodity than they have been accustomed to paying. BUT, .
MERCHANTS KNOW THAT PUBLISHING COSTS HAVE BEEN V
GREATLY INCREASED THAT ADVERTISING SPACE COSTS,
MORE, HENCE MUST SELL FOR MORE THAN FORMERLY. .
"General Increases in classified rates are advisable and in line with
sound policies. . Classified rates are generally too low. The newspaper
which1 has been charging a cent a word may charge two cents a word
and the loss of lineage will be small, and temporary. , . . '
."Selling pricW: bf;liewdpapers are .under revision revision-UP-WARD
All over the fields Except in a few of the larger cities the ono- .
cent newspaper will not survive. The two-cent-price is inevitable,
"ADJUST; YOUR SELLING PRICES, FOR ADVERTISING AND FOR
SUBSCRIPTIONS) THE INCREASED GOSTS OF PRODUCTION. Do
your part tbi brea:t3t present abnormal market for news! print -arid 1
other; cdmmoitles;. bmfdoSnot try
-
. - '
as
. Ai
.
ADAMSON AfcT STILL UP.
Washington, Jan. 9. The
at- ;
; tack on the constitutionality
of 4"
j the Adamson act has developed
into a great legal battle by at-
v lorneys. it was continued in the
j Supreme Court' with attorneys for
! both sides being frequently inter- 4
! rupted by the judge.
In presenting the railroads' 4'
i side, William Hines laid stress on
,' thP. amimpnt tht ttlo
. itVTT
WaS
; 4. not constitutional
in accordance
f witn tne interstate commerce, i
1 .
f Dut merely a wage securing -de-
vice. " 4,
oetkt a tt t a it i-m t
ui-xwic. lrvLllNWa OILL.
f vJK UKY DIS1HICT.
I Washington, Jan. 9. -The Senate
f took. up for final disposah the District
agreement since adjournmenf bforA
the Christmas holidays! At that time
friends of the bill sa'd that the post
ponement would be liable-to imperil
passage of the bill.
The amendment was defeated when
the bill was last under consideration,
by a tie vote.
the experiment of selling Something
"done " . v.
v-:.-:-,
.,, ,.
moi time uer movements
Republican From Carteret
Opened Up Early But Rul -edfOut
of Order.
i
NEW HANOVER MAN '
EXPLAINS THE BILL.
:
. HJemocrats Liberal Towards
.1 Minnfitv Pjrfxr f TI,,
IV A: r r . . -r- t
ivi,iiiuriiy r-aruy at l oaay s
' Session Joint Canvass
of Vote.
Raleigh, N. C, Jan.
9. Engineer
Russell, who represents, as a Repub-
ncan, Carteret county, was so anxious ; according to passengers. V-xThe. auto
to oppose Representative' Grant's mobile, said to have beeri atfew road- '
bill providing semi-monthl payment ster, stalled on the crossing andeyo
of railroad employees, ana creating ' witnesses' say that both young men
an Pie"ht-hrlir Hov that Vio U ttrafa nranarlnir rt (nmii whan O f Ml
j jjouse tndflv nnH Hocan cnon Vin nn
Jthe bill when it was introduced. He!
was only a day ahead of time, how-
4 ever. He had reached the sentence.
1 am a Brotherhood
opposed to the fixing
man, but am
of- salaries,"
when Speaker Murphy announced
that he could speak later today;
The bill, Representative Grant de
clares, merely gives the - eight-hour
day to New Hanover employees' of
railroads, and allows, them . two pay
ments of salaries, monthly instead of
one, .yj 3Ft
me Democratic : majority ' was lib
eral toward the minority today, when
Representatives Gardner, of Yancy;
McLendon, of Durham, and Holding,
of Wake, urged Democrats to kill
Representative Pritchard's 'act to
abolish the road commission in Madi
son. Henry Page, of Moore, appealed to
me democrats to treat iTitcbard with
consideration, "if I introduced a bill
to destroy the roads in It?3ore county
you gentlemen would not oppose it,"
Page said. "Then why this,. partisan
treatment of the gentleman from
Madison?" -
In the vote for immediate consider
ation of the bill Pritchard won 57 to
50. McLendon objected to third read
ing and Page put it over him wfth
suspension o, the rules.
Both houses met jointly today and
canvassed the State election returns.
The House started a bill through
to pay the Governor a salary of
$6,500.
There has been considerable oppo
sition to the Graht eight-hour bill and
it is understood that a poll of the
office force . of the Atlantic Coast
Line here yesterday . showed a large
majority of the clerks against pass
age of the bill as fathered by Repre
sentative Grant, of New Hanover.
OFFICIALS PAY IS
TO Bf INCREASED
Senate Votes to Increase Gov
ernor's Salary and Other
State Officials.
Raleigh, Jan. 9. The State Senate
today voted to increase, the salary of
the Governor to $7,500 and passed a
bill increasing the pay of the: Secre
tary of State, Attorney-General, Au
ditor, Treasurer and Superintendent
of Public Instruction to' $4,000 year
ly. Tho bill will now go to the "House
for its action.
POP" WORKERS HOLD
MEET IN NEW BERN.
New Bern, Jan: JJ.-Among the
visitors who are in , the city to at
tend the Pepsi-Cola convention are
Mr. John D.' Fitzgerald, manager.- of
the advertising -department of the
Pepsi-Cola ; Company, "- and . -Mr.' Lu
ther White, of . Terry, r Okla., -who
was formerly connected - with the
Bradham - Broad streets drug store. ;
Both men.- have many . friends , in
New Bern - who . are glad ; to welcome
them, again after their absence of
several .months. -
Tragedy Occurred Near Wood-
side tarly 1 his Atter-
ENGINE STALLED ON
PUBLIC CROSSING.
Were Preparing to? Jump
When Crash CameUnder
stood to be Traveling Sales
men.
Mr. Lemuel C. Garrett, of Richmond,
Va., and Mr Frank C. Poll,-', of New-
ark, N. J., comparatively young . men,
i were instantly killed ; when their, auT
jtomobile was struck by Atlantic Coast
;Llne train No. 63, New 'Bern to Wil-
imington, at Woodside between Folk-
8tone and Scott's Hill, at 12:30 o'clock
j this afternoon. The remains
this afternoon. The remains were
brought to this city Jn the baggage
car of the train and turned over to
the Woolvin Undertaking establish
ment to be prepared, for burial. .
The train was 'running "20 minutes
late and wfs traveling at about the
j usual rate of speed, 35 miles an hour,
hv tYia train .-TVio' Vrlt rf rtno ' waa
driven up under the boiler 'of the en-
gine and some' time was necessary to
disentangle it. Death was ' ihstan-
taneous for both men. ; The' machine
, wii completely demolished. .
Messrs. Garrett t and ' Dell are un
erstood to be traveling men and wero
calling on their' country trade, using
the machine for 'this purpose. Per
sons walrihg fQr the train lit the sta-
They appearedtpv be 'lesa ythan r 3d ,
years of- age ahd ' had ' good ' appear'
ances.v ,
It Is understood the ' wife of Mr..
Garrett is spending a period W Jack
sonville, rT. C;, but it could not bo
learned whether she Is visiting rela
tives or was merely waiting there for
ner husband
, The
engine that crashed into the
machine was driven by. Engineer Kel
ly, a veteran in the "service, and a
responsible and dependable man, ac
cording to all information.
TAKE" II BIB J
Running Bales For Last Year
Are Placed at H045,225
By Census Bureau.
New York, Jan. 9.-7Cotton ginning
prior to January 1' amounted to 11,
045,225 running baea,. according.;. P
the census bureau; Last year prior to
January 1 ginnings, amounted to 10,
636,778, or 96 1-10 of the crop. Gin
nings by States are as follows : " '
North Carolina, 64224. s
South Caroling ' ' '
SILL
TO DlL ON
Following Passing of Order,
He Declares He is Innocent -of
The Crime.
Ossippee, N. H Jan."; 9. Frederick
Small was sentenced today to be hung
. mt S m AL . 1
on January xo, ivia iop i.ne muraer 01
his wife at Mountain View, on Septem- .
OO !.: ' T.. A nr. Vlvat atrul Omall
Lid o, loou nuugc uijct agauu wiuau .
if he had anything to say t why seri-
tpnrp. nf murder should tint be lmnosed
on him in accordance with the verdict ;
of the jury. .-.'. :-' "
"I have, your honor? said Smalt "i
know no more about .thQ . crime than
you do. I am Innocent ; -
The law reanlres at least a vear and
a day between passing of sentence and '
its execution. "' ";' ' '
Court allowed. Bixtydays on . a bill .
pf exception. ' X 'iv'r " "
.... -.
The women of 'Australia have start
ed. a: National ' mov.emeftt : to v secure i
social, parliamentary ;ind- other " re- :'
forms in'-, which wohlenVare particu
rfarly interested.
COTTON EilNGS
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