North Carolina Newspapers

Weather: North and . South Carolina-Fair, ; colder tonight; Tuesday, fair. May tlie New f Year Bring Ud Victory ;J FULL' LEASED WIR SERVICE, 1 . v.- - I V ; 7jV , ' f ! -'" ' w '.-NX J-i : VOL. XXIH, NO. 362. PREMIER'S SPEECH loyd-Gcorge is Declared to Have Reiidcrcd Country A Service NEXT WORD IS FROM ; CENTRAL POWERS Interest is ;now Centered .on How the Statement Will.be Received by Germany r i and her Allies 'iondon, Jan. 7. If the country opinion, as ia prcbabien the preV tnt case, can be judged by expres sions in the London press, it may be eaid that never before has Premier iov(-fieorse won such universal an- i3 sriven to his statement of urday concerning Great Britain's war aims. It is recognized that thero be a divergence of opinion on d ils like the economical terms, of jettlement and disposition ! of .Ger many's African colonies, iut in all es sentials his statement .is' hailed ,as eminently satisfactory, and the Prem ier is declared to have performed a kiost important service to the country. JLU interest is now focused m the auestion as to how the statement will te received in Germany, AustriarHun- gary and not the least, in Russia, but aj yet there is nothing to satisfy this anxious curiosity. ' ' "With the exception only of the bel licose Morning Post which, however, is not opposed to the Premier's thesis, ;the morning newspapers K of London shovr approval. .- . ? - -vP The Times declares it is the , most important state document since -the (declaration of war. , -5 The Daily Mail ? says that -ii6tliin could be more simple, or more demo- cratic tnaii' tne - siatement, ana the whole British people are solidly, her hind it. The. Germans, it declared. will never get better terms. ' premier Lloyd-George's assertion that he was not speaking for the gov ernment but for the nation and the empire, The Daily News thinks, will remove a load of anxiety from many troubled minds. It says that all the primary essentials for peace terms are included in the statement which, noiwever, it anticipates, wui .iraw a cry of incredulous rage-from Ger niany. the Daily,News describes the state ment as a landmark in the war. "bringing us and, we take it, our al lies generally, into line with the pol icy of President Wilson constantly has rormiuateq. "On these lines." it adds, "the na tion can go forward with clear con science and firm purposes. They are cue lines of a clean peace and we must stand by them firmly. unvieldine4v. Tt is a peace of the people." The Daily Exnress savs the Premier has epbken the entire mind of the En tente. Germany; it adds - finds herself taken' seriously and it is thfi Rntirema test 'of sincerity." The view of The Moraine Post i that victory is the only -war aim worth considering and if the British govern ment had conducted the war from oe- Sinning on that princinle victory would have been won long ago. : It approves of the Premieie- statement by implication by saying that it as sumes that the 'speech means,: the country will eo on to victory desnite all sacrifices. ' ' BRITISH CASUALTIES -FOR THE PAST WEEK London, Jan. 7. British casualties ported during the week ending , to- . locaued 18,998. The losses were divided as follows: . "7 umcers killed or died of wounds, or missing 448: 13 men .3,832. Officers .vouTHlPfl R5a 14,605. t- 4 4 A 4 4. .4. DRAFT LAW UPHELD. constitutional by the Supreme 4 Court in an onininn indav in the 4 r draft cxises. ' 4 Government contentions that: Power given Congress to de- 4 larc war includes power- to com- 4 Pe- Citizen?? tn ronrlor . m!lltfl.TV -ww uviu. ai come ana aoroau t P sustained by the Court. r Chief Justice - Whitft-.-.:' who' de-'4 :!;,f "fi the unanimous opinion, . ;' considering the various con- , 4 -wns, tne conclusion had been reached that most of them were u iomtr i:-.;: ruv.; ,-; .-r t FREIGHT CLEARANCE WEEK U I Mtr-hL-TZ 1 - SnSt? ,Jan' 7rNcxt 4. 4 lias b6en designated-by -Director :!4 I icautojw "rreignf - tjieari 4 vill be conducted 1 OTer thn .en. A 4 tire country : to induce , shippers 4 and consisnee to unload freight . cars quickly, to relieve railroad ' congestion. ; ; Mr. McAdoo ; will is- '.sue-an appeal to Governors. SfatP 4 railroad commissions city offi- 4 4 cials and others to assist: - a - - - '4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 t4 ; Colons i Must Retiirn to Cam t, ... Duties. Pole Talked too Much . (Special to The Dispatch.) . Ralejgh, Jan. 7. Colonel George L. Peterson and his ' attorneys are here, for court, when it opens this morning and .they will move a con tinuance to allow the military ' offi cer an opportunity to return tq camp at once. He is under indinfmt for. embezzlement of. ?7,600,". Colonel Peterson, who 4s In one of the camps in which there are 32,000 soldiers, Is here on a furlough of five days and must return or take, chancr es on a discharge. The officer who was several years assistant adju tant general and in the quartermas ter corps, was- arrested after return ing to meet the charge of embezzle ment, gave bond and returned to the service. . He holtfs ' an important place in the camp at Greenville, S: C, and .bis going back is very neces sary. ' , The friends and family of Colonel Peterson, are ready to pay back the shortage of $7,600 which was found ih Ms books after an audit last falL Since the indictment ' was brought against him the courts must settle the charge, and it is left entirely with the court which convened here this morning. ' Colonel Peterson's meh - are aubject to early. call and he expects go to France tr tne charge T-Judge-H. - CWTert, Wake; tjonfity man, Wil try. the docket, and court at this session "will sit in the basement of -the new courthouse. Workmen Hare been putting in a new interior to. make speaking possible. The room regularly used for courts Is un finished and' the basement is neces sary. ' The Peterson case is the most important on the docket except the charge of murder against Marcus Edwards who 4a' indicted for tolling his wife. Henry Grady, Clinton attorney, is representing Colonel Peterson whose bond is signed by many Sampson county citizens. The bonding com pany has been satisfied that it will be indemnified and at no time has pressed the charge against the offi cer. Unique. Fellow Held as Spy. . Jerome J. Kolaske, Pofe, who is held under -suspicion as a spy work ing in the interest of the Kaiser, is still in Wake county jail in de fault of a $2,500 bond. , Kolaske's first arrest Thursday morning about the Raleigh Iron Works caused little or no - Interest. The fellow resented inquiries of Marshal Dortch's deputies and be came x trifle 'huffy" when interro gated. When he was taken and a more protracted search mace of him, it was found that he has been liv ing .in a Buick machine , in which he kept an upper : and lower berth, a medicine chest, camera outfit, writ ing desk, electric lights and about 8fr other articles. The fellow .came here first Thanks giving. He called himself a machin ist. He must have slept in his ma- chirie whicli later he parked when he took up residence in the -city. Wiien he was found working 1 at the iron plant he had a map of the French front with the Ajnerlcan soldiers lo cated properly, witnesses against him testify that he has been sediti ous, in his uterances, has discourag ed working overtime, and sworn , pic turesquely at the government that requires it. The newcomer is said to be thoroughly sympathetic toward the I Wont Workers, whom he re gards the . best union . men in the country and Raleigh he esteems as the sorriest union town.' There .are several witnesses against the visitor who must , have mouthed a . great deal- In a short time. There , is apparently nobody to go on his bond and he is . liable to spend about four months in jail be fore the regular term of Federal court. Commissioner v Plummer Batchelor bound the Pole over. Wonderful night war photo taken on the Western, front showing an f in cendiary 'grenade attack. The " entire front is mv splurge, of bursting . shells and explosions, turning a .black nifrht intodRy. This is a most " unusual photo but night attacks of this kind are oxtrmely. frequent. The barbed w'.r cp.tanpr!o-taents. can, be seen. Tin ker a barrage such as this the troops advance to attack, mj&ffiOHM 1 WILMINGTON; NORTH CAROLINA; MONDAY VFTER NOON, DEMBER, ;7, 19 1 8. 4 4- , WIDOWED BY WAR BEAU- 5 TIFUL' LADY ELCHO SERVES . - ASA NURSE. - - . - : 4 4 4- 4 4 4 4 4- 4 r A j i j d Workings in the same caus9 for which her husband gave his life on the battlefields of France. Lady El cho is now serving as a nurse in Rut land Hospital, England. Lord EV cho, who was heir to his father, ths eleventh early of Wemyss, was nam ed among the dead in the British cas ualty list of May 2, 1916. Lady Elcho is considered one of the most beau tiful if the younger members of the British peerage. Snowfall in Chicago and Vi cinity, More Than a Foot 6n the Level TRAFFIC OF ALL t KINDS PARALYZED inability to Move Trains Threatens to Produce an Acute Fuel Short age Twoy Deaths Chicago, aJn. 7. Tie blizzard which for more than 24 - hours has swept tHe territory within a .radius of 200 miles of this city, continued today, and although the weather fore cast gave promise of early relief, there were few indications that de moralized transportation facilities would be improved during, the day. The snowfall in Chicago since ear ly Sunday morning has been more than a foot on the level, and a gale of more than 40 miles an hour form ed ijfcutfi drifts from .five to. 10 feet deep, tying up steam railroads and electric lines in all directions. It is said to be the heaviest January snowfall in Chicago's history. The snow and gale continued all day Sunday, and not until after , mid night was there any sign of abate ment. Toward daylight tnis morn ing, the snow, fall became lighter and the wind died down, but even then show, plows were able .to. make only slight headway against the big drift's along the railsoad and car lin es. Dozens of trains on the trunk ' line railroads were either annulled or left their stations hours behind sche dule. - The storm, which : is said by Weather Bureau officials to be the worst the Middle West has experi enced in years, was most severe in Central and Northern Illinois, but it covered Michigar and Wisconsin and parts Of Iowa Indiana Ohio and Mis sdurie. It said today that unless fac ilities, many towns will be faced with- serious fuel famines and possi bilities of4 food shortage, "0 "In Chicago! there is said to be enough coal Ito run the city, several days, , but dealers are finding . it next to impossible to make deliveries. City officials; estimate, it will be two err threedays before traffic in Chi cago can be restored v to anything liko normal. , '- ';:..''V-'''r.;--': . Not more than one-third the us 'OT.l Rtipply'of milk has been received :rv Chicasro during the past 2C hours, it is svd. . ; Telegraph and telephone service WORST BLIZZARD IN YEARS RAGING IN MIDDLE WEST GREAIiBIl'S IWill, Come to- America4 ak ' Direct Representative of War -1 Cabinet The Earl Wm Not Deal W Purely Diplomatic Mat jr ters, They Beilgeft to a ;e. 1 London, Jan. 7.- Earl Reading, Lord Cef":'Justice,S,ig;:-b the United States as' direct reprentatife' of the British War Cabinet according to The Daily Express. While arl 'Xleadlng will have the title of-ambasador, pare- ly diplomatic matters will . be : in the hands of . a charge 'dJaffliirs, the Earl controlling war activities.' ' , Earl Reading's, work., will'acording to the understanding in official clr-; cles, deal mainly with financial func tions of handling ntrmerptts minor dip lomatic negotiations which constitute a' large part of theenibassy's work. Colonel 3, D. Swintoh, assistant secre tary of the Wari Cabtoetrahd one of the originators of thfe: British tank, will accompany the Lord Chief . jus tice as an attache. ; The appointment of IJarl Reading as the ambassador is primarily ; for rwar purposes it' is said aijd probably means that Vi3Co"unt Northcliff c will not Return to the United ' States as head of the permanent; British mis sion. ' ' . , ' v , - Lord .'"Northeliffe: tsUk continue ih activedirec.Uon;-mjr'ESglandt4f the American mission offlceJrffLt ?' , . . , m ' f : T -Sart adlhgwajtSSry5eneral I 01 iungiana as air-kuius Isaacs. in October, 191S, he was appointed Lord Chief Justice'Ho succeed Lord Alver stone and was elevated to the peerage in December of that year. He was one of the leading members of the Anglo-French financial commission. which visited the United States in 1915. In 1916 he was created Vis count and presided at the trial. of Sir Roger Casement. His last visitto the United States was inJ September and October , of 1917. Earl Reading pre sided at the Anglo-American war con ference in London in November and during the same month was created earl. 4 NEW SECRET SERICE HEAD, 4 -K W. H. Moran, former deputy direc tor or the United States Secret Serv ice, who has taken up the duties of chief. V was seriously hampered and for hours Chicago was completely cut off . from wire communication with many ' large cities. Schools have been suspended temporarily in prac tically all the towns surrounding Chi--cago. . v.-,-. : - : 'W . ' ;::::-.' . , Two deaths . in . Chicago have been reported , so far as a result of the blizzard; -Many persons are reported injured mostly in collisions which re- sulted from the blinding snow. Ap - proximately 7o - fires were . reported during the v past 24 hours, : but to serious blazes occurred. - j-". .. ;. . NEW AMBASSADOR 4 s III-' :immmmW 1 pi'5gl. m nnari ;1 mm state: First Step Taken in Govern ments Plan for Financing Railroads COMPLETE DETAILS What is Needed for Year and for Past Six Months Requested Report of s Earnings Wanted t Washington, Jan. 7. As ; "the ; first step in government , - assistance of railroad financing, presidents of rail roads were requested- by Interstate Commerce Commissioner Daniels to 'day td telegraph him immediately the amount )f capital required for this year and for the first six months of the year. 1' ; bis action was taken at the di rection of Director General McAdoo. Railroad presidents" -were asked to detail , the precise purposes ' for which funds will be needed to meet liiaturing securitief not already pro vided for to pj for improvements, betterments', and construdion work already contracted for and partially finished. Roads were requested also, to show what portions of improve ment salready si ai ted can be stop- ped now without detriment.' Another item sought by Commis sioner' Danielsis an appropriate - es timate necessary to provide ror new construction . work, .. improvements and betterments, including addition al terminals and new ecruinment. Presidents were- asked to. specify what part of ; their financial require ments during ' this yeai are not ab solutely necessary or protection of property or . maintenane ot, earnings. AJefinite. statement also is sought as to, the . charatfp6cittlUe8 which each company, had planned . lo issue; v juwimona - Hiiormaxion - may 'be sought by the Interstate Com- "merce Commission or the Director General - later. . ;'.',The. -.'railroad adminlslrations fin-' aucftl pImis have included the pur c!isingby a government' fund of se curities to be Issued by railroads under government operation. This plan is only tentative, however, and depends on the action of Congress on the pending railroad bilL The Interstate Commerce Commis sion today also ordered railroads t6 repeat their earnings for the year ending June 30, 1917, to show the necessary figures for establishing jthe '"standard return" provided in Wp pending railroad bill. Without this oiHler, railroads would report tor the calendar year of 1917. The Commission today started a new sur vey of rolling stock by ordering Toads and private owners to report the number and kind of cars .owned and-'leased, and their condition. RIVERS AND HARBERS BILL IS NOW CERTAIN t t Committee to Report Measure Probably Carrying Appro priation of $20,000,000 Washington, 1 Jan. 7. An omibus rivers and harbors bill bill at this session of Congress was assured to day when Chairman Small, of the Rivers and Harbors committee an nounced that the committee would report Ta measure appropriating prob ably $20,000,000 Estimates for main tenance of complete projects and ad ditional improvement for projects: approved but v not completed, -total $18,000,00. Representative Small al so said that the committee intended to exclude most of the proposed new projects. Among the projects whlc are 1lke Jy .tc be included in the bill to be re pSrted to the House are: . Baltimore harmor and channels, $300,000 ; Norfolk, Tau, harbor $1, 134,000; and' Mississippi river passes $1,400,000.. ' St John, N. B., Jan. . 7r Flight Lieutenant Patrick O'Brien, of Mo mence, 111,, who , escaped from a; Ger man prison camp by leaDinr. from a train in the darknes saud who later related his experiences to IKing George, has arrived here with other returned soldiers. Lieutenant O'Brien made his way from Germany i through Holland. He Is an Ameri- : can. a native of San Franctoco and j. was with the ; British flying --corps j when captured after, being wounded 1 while -flying over tho German lines. SAMUEL ROBERTS. . - - " i . , s. - - " 4 . Samuel Roberts, formerly executive manager of the National City JSanl of New York, now a member of the War Credit Board who, has bean se lected as chief of the procurement di vision: Another prominent .- civilian will -be announced shortly to bead the production division! Civilians now in the Ordnance Reserve , Corps , will bo detailed to carry qnthe work of the inspections oivision, ana supply divl sion. v RAILROAD DEMURRAGE RATE ARE INCREASED : ' Advance Ranges From 50 to 10ft Per-Cent After the . , .t. Two-.-Ejree -4ay -r " - v. -., ," , ,( r. (V - A . . ... . - . - ----- .. Washington,; Jan. 7. To promote jitore prompt .Tinlpadlng; of freight cars Director General McAddo has established new railroad demurrage rules for. domestic traffic, effective J an. 21, continuing ; the present two days free time, but ; providing for-in creases . ranging t from 50 to 100 per cent: in charges thereafter.. The Director General appealed to shippers and . consignees to co-oper ate In realizing cars i to meet the na tional emergency and to make spec ial efforts even before; the higher de- murage charges go into effect to dear terminals as :- a contribution to the success of the war. The neces sity for action was emphasized by a report from A H. Smith; assistant 1 director general in charge of opera tions East of tko ' Mississippi river .that "accumulation is Increasing at points east, of Pittsburgh and Buffa lo." Mr. Smith reported that -the ' situation was dne largely 1 to ooldi weather, but that sickness among trainmen and engineers and scarcity of labor, has necessitated . extensive curtailment i of train service, f ' The new demurrage ; rates, approv ed by the Interstate Commerce Com mission on request of the: Director General, are $3 per car for the first day after the two! free days; $4 for the. second day and $1 additional for (6ach schedule day. until the charges per oay reacu fim : xnia mumaia then will be charged for every day or f raction thereafter. ' Existing de murrage rates in most ' sections of the country are 1 for the; first day after the first" two days freetime; $2 for the second day, $3 for the third day, $5 for the fourthday and for each day thereafter. Even these rates are several times higher than those which - prevailed 4 year' ago, and which were raised last spring when congestion on easte'rn rail roads became acute. Much higher rates are , charged Jon - the Pacific Coast and In several other districts. fcANOTHER DEMAND TO OUST FOLLETTE Washington, Jan. 7 What is de scribed as a stenographic report of Senator LaFoUette's. St Paul speech, which has been made the Basis o? disloyalty charges1 and a senate in vestigation,' was flledi today . by the American Defense Society with the Senate committee ca' Priyileges and Electipns. The society is" urging the expulsion ; of 'Senator - LaFollette. . ; - The report - may . be considered .' by the Senate sub-comfciitfee Tuesday when it resumes the LaFollette" in vestigation. . ' V- V.; : Anti-Trust? Cases Postponed, j Washington, an 7-The govern ment's; motion to" postpone because cf tne war, further 'consideration of sev eral important anti-trust - suits was granted today by t;he..fSapTeme Coui-t with the exception of the case against the United- Shoe Machinery Company, which ; will go forwards .v . ' - " i-5.-'- ' ' " k- til MSz? j if i?- life -iS,- RUSSIA FAILS IN : EFFORT TO E PEACE DISCUSSION Germany; Declines Proposal . to Transfer Negotiations - '." to Stockholm OERMAN POLITICAL SITUATION DISTURBED 1- Attitude of Liberal , Parties 1 is Giving ConceriTOvely Fighting nl West rRussian efforts to have Germanyiaoi quieece in the transfer of tho peace negotiations from Brest-Litovsk'in German control, to the neutral city of Rtnclrhhlm atmareTitlv have failed. A.n official statement issued . at : Berlin f says that the German Crown Council 1 . sitting, discussed v the Russian demand . after which it was announced the sit;- tings had been temporarily suspend- i.r; fed. . - -r.- The report from German -,. sources lX tnat iear or intrigue in atocitnoim on the part of Entente, interests would endanger the work of the -plenipoten-i ? A.T s 1 9 . 1 m -t-v A - T 1 uiines is not. conarmea irom retro grad. Foreign Minister Trotzky- Went to Brest-Litovsk in a vain . attempt: to persuade the Germans to go to Stock holm. In Germany the political situation Is much disturbed over the attitude-of the Liberal parties concerrilng'the gov ernment's stand on the proposed trans f er. The . Socialists appear toi be the stumbling block, and there is darigt that they may desert-' the Reichstag 1 majority, making it necessary fori: the government' to re-form the party align. ments. . ' ,v . ,U.f:v " '. Berlin has issued an officii deniai r mat uenerai Ludenoorii, Firs,t .j Quarx termaster 'General, has. resigned Thai General, with, his 'chief, .Field Marfchar von Hlndenburg, was - pr!tv at thA Crown. Council whchdexe penttthe Rpaalsl - . There iavebeininore livetyf ihiait try activities on' the Westemfrdnt but no .operaUons mtiStxehgth,Ta Flanders nearrArras aiCsoutheast' of Verdun, the Infanlryfilgj finer . "Kii-f t n mcrt fn Ao?Hrt la?: reported. In France and on the It2 ian Northern front, , th artlUary flgiiN I ing has been above -normal at.Betersi points.. " '- - 5.'7 : -4 , : j A GLAZE SfOl Behicular TrafHc Stoppedarj of -the Question j . Newf York, Jan. 7. -A jdzei,storn& held New Pork in Its power.'. todaTVj Moisture which fell throughout tha. night as rain froze, instantly, itrpon, touching the groand and the city.' was covered with .thin ice. - ;;; 1 Elevated and surface traffic waa, .virtually suspended for many, hours and telegraph and . telephone commu nicatlon was interruvted seriously. Frozen sleet settled upon, overhead wires, many of which snapped under the weight. , , : .-. ,f ;- TtT! J ..li.t.j' .tl,u. sands of dollars was eause. "'fv;-'. .f; One. death and injury to. many per-: J .. sons was repprtea. iscoresjor. men and women fell on icy pavements ana orsKe ansies or arms. i vS-w-a-j: While fuel administrators ' asserb':i ed the coal situation was "orighter'1 than at any 'time in the last -lo days, tney aamittea tne snoixage was sua 1 . acute and likely to continue r for weeks. Whether, conditions f will b the ' principal factor in . solving the nroblem. it was said. ; and a heavy. snow storm or a return of prolongM ed. zero weather would seriously j hamper transportation facUes.; Mm Heavy 'Sentence for Soldier. Louisville, Ky. J&nJ. 7Ernest: Li Schnieder, a private at Camp: JSachary ; Taylor, has been sentenced to Iff years in the Federal prison at: Atlanta, : for-! feiture of all army pay and to dishon- I orably dischargement. v . Schnieder was charged .with ; villif ying tho ' President of the. United States and voicing pb-:j jectiocs to the draft law. yri -.. ' ::',':'- y:.;;.;;.hV $OT PLANNING TOSWM v--v.?coNiAOLPAaaNG: , Washington Jan. 7. Statements "that the United States1 is planning to have receivers take over and run the oacklnff house business," as; re- i Wit IN.GRASP , ,.'.ii'i ported from Philadelphia,-were denied , today m' an announcemetibyViianis ; 5 . Heney, special couufel conducting i the Federal Trade1" Ciamissiona.in- vestigation into the "ineatr packing ix t a dustry. ' i ''4 '! : - j , v . - -1--- - -. 4