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WEATHER FORECAST; MING ON 1 J , f North Carolina Rain in east and ,,.P Monday fair and colder. FULL LEASED W I RE SERVI CE XXII. NO. 365. WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, SUNDAY; MORNING, JANUARY; 14917. . PRICE FIVE CENTS. ETE LEAK J JHREE SECTIONS, Smashing Victory for the "Drys" . Wholesale Subpoenas For Wit nesses to Appear Before ,(Jllllll--- . Issued. ' i aWSON WILL BE MADE TO EXPOSE INFORMERS Committeemen Sat Late Last Night Preparing to Make pJv as Searching as Pos- sibleTo Punish All Who Refuse to Answer Ques tions. U'a-hinjrion, Jan. 13. Subpoenas .-'-par before the House commit re'oi'i rules and give testimony with rL,rd to i he alleged leak of advance information on International affairs lCR1. Washington to Wall Street, ' 1 J iod in wholesale lots tonight, nih wins the action of the House of rl-pr'pmatives today, authorizing he rules committee "to go the limit" in the matter of the investigation. The committer late tonignt soins over iV siuir.uon and preparing to make jv probe as searching as peible. Thomas W. Lawson was re-subpoe-aaJ r appear on. Monday and give ,-; promised testimony as to his th;:;?e ihat a senator, a cabinet, mem 17 and a banker were engaged L peculating on a joint account. The name? of the speakers must De ionn coming. or, under the resolutionu adopted today by the House, Lawson nilf be punished for contempt. The financier will also be compelled to rive the name of the congressman who idd him that a cabinet officer v.-as a beneficiary of the leak and also the name of the cabineteer. Failure cn Lawscn's part to divulge the prin cipals in thc-se alleged dealings will result either in his citation to the Supreme Court cf the District of Cd himbia, charged with a misdemeanor or in his being haled before the bar of the -House itself on.-a .ejiarge of contempt. Lav.son today notified the chair man of the rules committee that he would present nimself before the com mhtee Monday. Subpoenas also were issued for the apprehension of R. W. McKinnon, of Chicago, whose firm it was alleged by Representative Wood, sent selling ad vi.e to iis speculative customers in r.dvance of the publication of the Present "s note of Dec. 18; to Ber nard .M. Baruch with the obligation 'that h produce his books and papers, another subpoena was sent. Among tliH other recipients of billets to ap pear 1 fore the committee will be McDonald, a Boston broker, to whom it is alleged Lawson told much re garding the leak; F. E. Friday, of Oshkosh, Wis., manager of a branch of the .McKinnon firm, and G. H. Rob ertson, of Lafayette, Ind., branch man ager of a Chicago brokerage house and a member of the firm of F. M. Lockwood & Co., of New York. The telegraph companies have been instructed to produce their files of iii'-ssages sent from Washington for die days of December 20 and 21, and i number of Washington news papermen have been subpoenaed. Managing Editor James Reilly, of the 'tU Street Journal, will be recalled. When the House finally got down to the business of authorizing the rules committee to proceed with the ''al; investigation the opposition to ;i thorough probe had crumbled. uhom even a record vote the House adopted the two resolutions, one giv m'' 'he rules committee the author 1!v 'o investigate fully every circum-Mar.ei- of the alleged leakages of con fidential news and the second em-powei-ino- ,ne committee to compel v-uness,'s to answer all questions e'.'n those bearing upon hearsay evi dence. Tnjs. resolution , is directed, air.st Thomas W. Lawson. Shot at Second and Bladen Aboiu2 O'clock This Morn ing At Hospital. With a bullet wound in his back which is thought to be of a serious nature, an unknown colored man was brought to the James Walker Memor ial Hospital shortly before 3 o'clock this morning, having been shot while in a brawl in the neighborhood of Sec ond; and Hanover streets, about 2 j o'clock. When the wounded man ar i rived at the hospital in the ambulance I he was in an unconscious condition i and consequently his name could not be learned, nor any of tho" details of J the shooting. Officers George Bullard notified police headquarters of the shooting and, with other officers, was 'at an early hour making an investiga tion. No details were learned. John Russell, colored, was arrested 'shortly after midnight by Officer T. 'M. Hall on a warrant charging him ''with shooting Jasper Simpson, color ed, in the arm, at Second and Bladen ; streets, near the place of the above mentioned shooting at 7:30 o'clock. ! Republicans Again .Make Move to Cut Down Vofe In Southern States. EFFORT ALMOST FUTILE WITH "MULE" CONTROL. Senator Gallinger, of New Hampshire, Asks Amend ment to Corrupt Prac tices Bill. (By George H. Washington, D. C. Manning.) , Jan. 13.- -The old effort of the Republicans to give the negro unrestricted right to vote or if that is evaded then to cut down the vote of the Southern" States in the electoral college was revived today through an amendment proposed by Senator Gallinger, of New Hampshire, to the corrupt practices bill now be fore the Senate. This proposition has been generally recognized for years as an attempt by the Republicans to reduce the vote of the "Solid South" in the electoral col lege and give National control to the Republicans.. The Gallinger amendment provides for the appointment of a joint con gressional committee of five Senators and five Congressmen to make thor ough -inquiry into the laws governing (Continued on Page Eight.) NOTED N. Y. CLUBMAN TO WED MISS BLISS. Xew Vilii 'or, Jan. 13. Mr. and Mrs. ;am pVertnn mica on Jgagement of their sister, Miss Ha Yoiln Bliss, daughter of the late aild Aire T?rm-i-rm A-mnc T31 5 oc "-"leriV fit Torcnn f J , , TJ i V. TVT All llornlfl TVT T'U4- r,n-n ft . 'WiuiU 11 . 1VUUC1 IS, BUI1 Ul 1 r l ennriclr T."i T- l x 11 . - elair, x j r- Roberts is a graduate of the . 01(1 Scientific School of Yale Uni- ; J' class of 1905. mem lb He is also a "?r of the Yale Club, of New York, Y 1,1 y iun, of New Haven, New u ' U:iilioarl Club and New England hon"'1 ( '"b- Miss Bliss makes ner je with her sister, Mrs. Alexander Kiel tt AAa vvest niigmy- tl. s'Lreet- No date has been set fo Service Beg Full Associated Press ins Tomorrow The management of The Wilmington Dispatch , is pleased to an nouhce to -its- friends , and idjrlliismoEniag -.-that Oiegtaning tomor.i row morning it will receive the full Associated Press report by tele graph direct in its office instead of the "pony" report by telephone as heretofore. This is considered one of the most noteworthy improve ments yet made by The Dispatch. The enlarged news service has been contemplated ever since the present management took charge a year ago. A full press service will mean a considerable increase in the annual expenditure, but it has been the desire of the owners of the paper to give the people of this section the best paper possible, and this is but another step in that direction. , Heretofore The' Dispatch, which has long been a member of the Asso ciated Press, has been served from th. Associated Press Bureau" in Ra leigh by telephone. Beginning tomorrow the news will be received 'n this office direct from Washington, sp that The Dispatch will not only have an enlarged service but the service will be quicker than hereto fore. , ' It is indeed a pleasure for The Dispatch to announce that Mr. J. T. Runge will be the Associated Press operator in The Dispatch office. Mr. Runge is one of the best men in the service of the A. P. He has been with the association for 22 years, 19 years of this time ho has served as operator in the office of The Morning Star, of this city. Mr. Runge is well known in The Dispatch office and he is given a most cor dial welcome. Mr. J. H. Stevens is the present telegraph editor of The Dispatch, coming here a few weeks ago from the Atlanta Constitution." SLIGHT INCREASE IN SUBSCRIPTION RATE. The increased cost of news print, amounting to no less than $5,000 additional to The Dispatch for 1917, and the advance in the price of other materials . used in producing a newspaper, makes necessary a slight raise in the subscription rate. For the past year the paper has been delivered to its subscribers at a price that the management knew could not be permanent, but we determined not to make an increase in price until the advance in materials made it absolutely necessary. White paper is now costing just 50 per cent, more than it did last year, but notwithstanding this increase and also the additional expenditure for the full leased .wire service,- the increase in the subscription price will be very small. , The new pri$e will make The Dispatch the sanie price as all other papers of the State that print every day in the week. Effective on February 12, the price for The Wilmington Dispatch will be: By carrier in the city and at other places where we have carriers, 15 cents per week; or when paid in advance, $7.00 a year; $3.50 for six months; $1.75 for three months. By mail, one year, $6.00; six months, $3.00; three months, $1.50. Sunday only, $2.00. Those who paid in advance for their paper, either through a contestant or at the office before February 12 will get the benefit of the present low rate. Effective on the same date the complimentary, list will be entirely sus pended and the paper put strictly on a cash basis. Exchanges will also be required to pay for The Dispatch. This step is in accord with simi lar action taken by practically all the papers of the country, only we are a little tardy. The Wilmington Dispatch goes to its readers every day in the year the only paper in this section that does. It is printed every, week-day afternoon and Sunday morning. It carries all the latest telegrapn, State and local news together with a' number of exclusive features, in cluding the "Funny Paper" on Sunday, which is a very costly feature, so much so, in factL that many papers have discontinued their use. However, there is a big demand for the comics in this section and The Dispatch expects to continue to use them. An order was given Friday for an increased number to take care of the rapidly growing subscrip tion list. ADVERTISING RATES ALSO. j There will also be an increase in the advertising rates; based partly j on the increased circulation and partly on the increased cost of produc tion. The Dispatch is glad to say that it is getting its share of the ad vertising patronage both in the local and the foreign field and new con- ! tracts are being made every day. Still greater progress in this direc tion is anticipated with the large circulation the paper now has. Mer chants and other business men realize the. value of its advertising columns. Dispatch readers may rest assured that the present management of The Dispatch will bend every effort to give thema newspaper that has all the news while it is news 'and in the most attractive form. In put ting on the improved telegraph service tomorrow The Dispatch manage ment is but following a definite plan that was mapped out when the present owners took charge a year ago. There are yet many other im provements in store. They will come. in due time. W. E. LAWSON, . , i Manager. Quiet Tip Passed Through Of ficial Channels to All Amer icans Advises Leaving. COLUMNS ALREADY MOVE SLOWLY ON "You should worry, I should fret, That brand-new Law Will Get us yet." 1ST F 111 SECRET DIPLOMACY START TOMORROW! pis next U.S. MOVE Second Period and Second mean? dimply a belief in one's a-Diplomatic Washington Settles ' Last Night -Race For The Jispatch. Prizes Enters The Home Stretch. .V. -V. .V. .'A - -x- THE PRIZES. Down to Await Next Step of President Wilson. - $685 Overland Autmobile. ' Ford Automobile. Carolina Beach Lot. $100 in Gold. - $75 Victrola. $50 O. K. Mystic Range, w $70 Sellers Kitchen Cabinet. $25 Wrist Watch. -X- Two $60 Diamond Rings. . . V V. A V? A A A Vr A A A lacking at the start it would be quick ly supplied by the results accomplish ed and the ,ase. with which they woncers. uetermmauon nnewise, u not a natural gift, could be quickly developed by T(he Dispatqh contest ants. The natural preference for The Dispatch and the readiness of the friends with their help have supplied the encouragement needed to build up the confidence and strength. A little while in the race and she hits her stride; then nothing can stop her. No difficulty is then so great that she cannot surmount it; no obstacle Washington, Jan, 13. Negotiations for peace in Europe tonight again ap- so peared in the deep and devious ways ! large that she cannot take her laugh-j of secret diplomacy, as the adminis- IN CONFIDENTIAL WAY Central Powers Will Make Their Peace Terms Known If Invited By President, Says Prominent Teuton. v.- Spirited, indeed, was the close on Saturday of the second period in The Dispatch's great contest. The fight on the part of the candidates and their friends for subscriptions had grown keener, daily, as the end of the period ing way around it. She has discover ed herself. She accomplishes things because she has developed the will to accomplish them. The will to do, that House and the State Department tration planned its next move in the President's peace plans. A cloud of secrecy descended upon the White there's a is the big factor. Where will there's a winner. The contestant who has hesitated so far to make a real earnest cam- approached. . The height of intensity paign should give herself a chance, was reached when the hour of nine She should make a try at least at the sounded and the second period was work of securing subscriptions and definitely and finally ended. (votes. Once the try is made, and Determined to secure a lareer vol- ireallv' not .until then, the contestant ume of new business during the sec- j realizes how easy it is to secure the t was stated tonight that there ond period than any opponent and ; winning vote and capture one of the woui probably be a brief breathing iiius win. me secuiiu. uiauiuuu jvhi& vaiuauie prizes Special Prize, the contestant exert--pay the winners a thousand fold for ed every effort up to the final hour of their effort in the competition, closing to bring their returns up to I This is the time when WORK spells winning proportions. While the Dia- SUCQESS. Neither from the President nor from Secretary Lansing was comment forth coming as to the peace situation in general, or the possibilities for the immediate future. Diplomatic Wash ington settled down to await the out come of the President's next move, which is generally expected to be of a confidential nature. lue pnea win re- pll . t-. f. tTio Trfsirtonf mond Ring was offered for new busM ness alone, the reduction in the voting schedule applied both to old and new subscriptions and consequently, all business that could be secured, wheth er new or old, was turned in by the various contestants. The second period Special Prize will be awarded in the same manner as the Diamond Ring offered in the first period. The question of the win ner of each of the rings will remain the secret of the records until the; night of final canvass, when the rec ords will be gone over by the commit tee of judges and the winners of all prizes, including the two automobiles, will be announced. This committee will be made up of men of Wilming ton or vicinity whose standing is un questioned and in whom the contest ants will have every confidence. JJith today the great race for the valuable prizes enters upon the home .stretch" period. In the periods which have gone before a contestant may have felt that it didn't matter much if an opponent did surpass -her at the time, for she still had a full period or so in which to make up any lost ground. But now that the race has entered upon the third period there is no time left for delay there is no period left after the present one in which to overcome any advantage a contestant has -permitted an oppon- ent to secure. Success at the end means work, steady, persistent, day after day, work right through until the, final gong is sounded. Confidence and an effective deter mination, these are the qualities of which winners are made. And confi dence in one's self, what does it (Continued on Page Four) COL. TAYLOR TO SPEAK Series of Meetings Opens at Y. M. C. A. Today. CoL Walker Taylor will open a se ries of meetings at the Boys League of the Y. M. C. A. today which wijl be of unusual interest and value to boys. At each of the twelve meet ings there will be a subject of vital interest to boys discussed by a strong speaker. These meetings will be short and quite unlike any other service the boys have on Sunday. Each meet ing has been carefully planned, and subjects that the boys are keen to hear discussed have been selected. The music is a feature at these! meetings. During the past year the boys have had the privilege of hear ing some of the best musicians in the city. They also enjoy the singing by the boys themselves. Boys enjoy doing things them selves. The Boys' League is distinct ly a boys' meeting. It is of boys, by boys, and for boys. They get up the program and preside at the meetiHgs. The following are the new officers installed last Sunday: President, Stuart Cover; vice-president, Lenox Cooper: secretary. Calvert. Hall; treasurer. Rudolph Sanders. William I Powell is the vtry efficient chairman of the music committee. The meetings are held in the boys' lobby and open promptly Vt 5-.'p.-.mv awaits for the belligerent nations to adjust themselves to the conditions brought about by the latest-peace ex changes. It was felt that the Presi dent feels that no good can be accom plished by an aggressive move at a time when public sentiment is arous- -ed in the countries making- up both groups of belligerents. The apparent high feeling in Germany and Austria against the peace terms set forth in the entente reply to the President's peace note has convinced the adminis tration that time for deliberate consid eration of the situation is necessary. It was accepted as practically cer tain here tonight that the inclination of the President and his advisers at this time is to make the next peace move a confidential suggestion to the Central Empires that they follow the example of the entente - allies Mexican Forces Already Com pletely Surround Ameri cans, but They Have Not Yet Committed Any' Act Washington, D. C, Jan. 13. The early withdrawal of the Pershing ex pedition artillery force from Mexican territory is now certain. It was learned tonight u.at a quiet tip has been passed through official channels to all Americans interested in the mining and oil industries to get their men out of Northern Mexico with all possible haste. . At. the State Depart ment it was unofficially reported to day that the withdrawal of American civilians was being accomplished as rapidly as possible. Although official confirmation of the date of the Pershing withdrawal was withheld the fact that "such a move is already under way passed without denial. From wholly reliable sourqes it was learned today that the Pershing column is already moving slowly northward. The Mexican forces almost completely surround the Americans, but they have not yet committed any menacing act, i Mrs. Irma D'Atin, widow of the American diplomat attached to the personal staff of Arredondo, the re tiring ambassador-designate, called at the State Department today in search of definite word regarding her r husband's sudden death; She de-' clared that four or five versions, all contradictory and all circumstantially describing O'Antin's death, have, reached the United States from Mexi can sources. One of the reports mentioned by Mrs. D'Antin. as to how D'Antin died was . that nljigerin. was.drpnped into fiis' wike at the' banquet given' la honor of Arredondo and San Luis Posoi. An overdose of nitro-glycer-y ine would cause accelerated heart ac tion with consequent cerebral hemorr hage, the reported cause of death, and would leave no trace. Mrs. D'Antin lodged with the State Department a request for the exhu mation of the body and an examina tion of the viscera with a view to as certaining the cause of death. Instruc tions to follow this request went forr ward to American Consul Williams at San Luis Potdsi by the department. It is believed the request will be de nied by the Mexican authorities. The widow at the. State Department, today said that Juan T. Burns, the Mexican consul-general in New york, told her of her husband's death in the following words: ' "Yours husband is dead. He's dead that's all. You Americans have treated us Mexicans like dogs. He got a better funeral 'in Mexican than you would get here if you died." NOTED NEWSPAPERMAN TO HANDLE WAR NEWS. War correspondence of the Interna tional News Service In tfoe future will be controlled excluaiyely by the fam ous correspondent,, Mr ; H. von Wieg and, who has come to the United States from Germany and will return to Germany within a few days. He will be a representative of the Inter national News Service in all the Cen tral Empires. ' . make a detailed statement of their peace terms. They feel that a satis factory reply to a request of this na ture would place in the President's hands all of the powers necessary to definite mediatory action. There was little, doubt tonight that the Teu tonic empires would respond to such request. "On invitation from President Wil son the Central Powers, will make their peace terms known," said a prom inent German diplomat tonight. "With- tout invitation Germany will make no move toward peace and the door "is closed. The allies in their reply to the President's note have made known relations between the United States and Germany were "more cordial now .than at any time since the war be. gan. The administration is extremelyN anxious to avoid all indications that and the President's peace move might be connected with the German peace pro posals, and it is possible that a state ment on the Gerard utterances may be forthcoming from the department. It was stated today that the d apart ment had no criticism to make of the ambassador's speech and that it had been' accurately reported in the news dispatches. Excited comment in both Teutonic and entente press as to, the exact effect of Ambassador Gerard's statement, however, prompted the re-, quest " that he submit thetext to the department. . . The State Department- today receiv ed an enormous petition from Boston urging an immediate break with Ger-, their 'Objects of, War-not their; many unless the deportation of Bel terms. Terms are what you get; ob-jgians from their homes is stopped. Ijects are what jyou never get, and don't even expect." The State Department today receiv ed the cabled text of Ambassador Ger All boys over twelve are cordially aras -speecu m omu.m. invited. declared tat the president diplomatic The petition, on a dozen huge scrolls of paper, was signed by 15,281 citizens' of Boston, headed by Alexander Sedge wick. The bif document-was sent to the White House at the idrection of Secretary Lansing. - v. v., ' inc wedding. A W f 4 t - . i
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