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SECOND XF A SERIES OF QUES
TIONS SUBMITTED TO -THE
UNIVERSITY OF N. C.
SUGGESTS TO HIGH SCHOOLS
William Boyloss, of Raleigh, Gives to
University 300 Volumes of Books
and bound Periodicals.
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Chapel Hill.- The proposition of
the enlargement of the United States
Navy, stated In the form of a query
"Resolved, i nai iae .;. united States
Navy, should be greatly enla.Tged,"r
is the second of a series of questions
submitted by the - University Bureau
of the Extension to the 'high schools
of the state for public debate. ;y
The -library of the University; Is the
recipient of a gift of three- hundred
volumes of books and bound period
icals from the library of William Boy.
la, of Raleigh. The gift is mad by
, Mr. Boylan in memory of his. son, Wil
liam James Boylan, who was a student
at the! University from 1904 to : 1907.
Aanong the volumes of periodicals and
books are a number of earlyaews'-'
; "payoh copy of Jh Raleigh Mi
nerva of l'SlVaitd ;fany .copies of the"
Edinburg Renew and the: , Annual
Register are included in the valuable
periodicals. ' ' '''J: ':.'-X- .
Through the generous .'services, of
i Professors H. M. Wagstaff and Oliver
Towies of the University faculty, sub
scriptions were taken in Chapel Hill
for the needy Belgian's to the amount
of $164.25. The collections were for
warded to J. P. Morgan & Company.
"With the. confirmation of the ap
pointment of Dr. William J. Battle of
the class of "1888 of the University of
-- G?&-Xkrclhi& ,aa etin4-p2esident4
of the ..University of Texas, the Uni
versity finds itself ' the sourcej ffrom
which-fhree leading state universities
hate drawn upon for its executives.
Dr. E. A. Alderman president of the
T --i . ! TTJ I i IT
tjuivcia ijr uj. virgmia is a uiuversnj
graduate; Dr. Battle of the University
of Texas, and . President E. K. Gra
ham of the University of North Caro
lina. Dr. Battle previous to his ap
pointment to the office of acting pres
ident held the, office of dean of the
Texas institution. ": ."'
The University News Letter, ex
presses a note of optimism when it de
clares that "there is ample evidence
that the entire, state is interested in
the Correspondence Study Courses at
the University. Representatives of
the following ten counties are now at
work: Duplin, Camden, Johnston,
Lincolnton, New Hanover, Stokes,
Guilford, Caldwell, Halifax and Le
noir. Farmers, editors, teachers, min
isters are discovering this new ,op-
portunity to secure, helpful guidance
in study along their1 particular line.
The idea is spreading rapidly."
Tobacco Market Breaks Record.
Greenville The Greenville tobac
co market has sold nearly 20,000,000
Pounds of-tobacco this season and
before all tobacco 'is sold and the mar
the farmers. The market closed for
holidays, but will open again in
January it will probably be March
. before al ltobacco is sold and the mar
ket' closed. The sales of this month
to date-were 3,769,753 pounds - at an
.verage of $13.48 v the 100 pounds.
This brings the total sales for the
season yP to 19,416,467 pounds, which
is more than the market ever solddn a
reason before. The sales will proo
ably reach 22,000,000 pounds. f 5 .
Patents Granted Tar Heels. "
Washintrtnn TVToaara. - Davis & Da
,vis, patent attorneys, report the grant;
to citizens of North Carolina of the
iOlIowlntr nofanto- rharloa W. .TflneS.
South Mills, Split pulley: Shealy L.
Odeii,-' Greensboro, loom; Frank Mi
lawyer, Charlotte, - building-block;
eiicado Mills.' Wilmington, -trade
luaik for ginghams ; James P. Horrij
V... . . . . I
"Kie. Kemsviiie. traae-marK. iort
r remedy 'for catarrh, headache, "coughsi
v-as, etc., FranKiin Jf. wnue, .onai
lUe, wheel-hub. : : ; '-;
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TniLpa Annnint nipftr.tors.
Vilm1nrtnri -T?fln17nB that some
thing must be done before the begin
"ing of the next -season to secure i
t better distribution) of lettuce and othj
j er trucking products raised In 4 the
Wilmington sectioUj it was decided at
a meeting of "the leading truckers o
New Hanover county a few days ago
to appoint a board of seven directors
one ' from ) eachn local) organization ih
the county, who will meet in Wilming
ton at an early date to devise plans
that will help to remedy present con
EigllEjl
BRITISH MUST CHANGE ATTI-
TUDE TOWARD AMERICAN
: u . COMMERCE.
VILli PROTECt EXPORTERS
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President Wilson Personally Super
t. vises, the Document -Framed ln.?
" t - State Department. -
Washinsrton. TheA United : States
dispatched a long note to Great Brit
ain insisting on an early improvement
.in the treatment: of American com
merce) by . British fleets. It warned
England that much; feeling' had been,
aroused in; this country and that pub
lic criticism was . general over unwar
ranted interference with the" legitl
toate foreign trade of ; the; United
iStateaJ The domiment. ' conatitutlnff
the strongest representation "on the
subject made, by, the United States to
jany - of the; belligerents :was cabled
to Ambassador Page , to be formally
presented; to Sir Edward Grey, the
British! foreign secretary. Its prepara
tion was begun a month ago by Solici
tor , Cone " Johnson'. Counselor Robert
jLansing and Secretary Uryan and dur
ing the last two; weeks had the per
sonal i attention of President Wilson,
I who ' reevised its - phraseology with
'minute care. 1 1 ;:. . ' ' -r '
I I As the detailed point of view of
the United States in the numerous
spefclflc cases of detentions and seiz
ures of cargoes had been set forth in
ia series of emphatic protests most of
which .'have eone unheeded, the. com
munication ..was couched in general
terms' coveringthe entire subjectl of
the relations 5 between the United
States - and Great Britain as affected
-by" the latters naval policy, consider-
eo. mgny rojecuouauie w uua feWHsr-.-
ment,: ;Y.:-.:- . ; ";' ;: y-i "'
The note declares at the outset that
the representations are made in a
friendly spirit but that the United
States considers it best to speak in
of franicnpss lest silence be
construed as an acquiescence to a
policy of Great Britain which 'infringes
the rights of American citizens un
der the laws of the nations,
j Since France has. virtually adopted
the same policies on contraband as
Great; Britain today's note is a state
ment intended lor all members of the
Triple Entente.
1 The documents point out that com
plaints on every side and public
fcriticisms in the United States hold
the British policy as directly respon
sible 'for the depression in many
'impriran industries. Reimbursement
'alone! for cargoes unlawfully detained
or seized; it states, does not remedy
J the evil as thehief difficulty is the
moral effect on American exporters
-vho . are restrained from taking risks
or hazards whicVi in mo case ought to
surround legitimate -trade between
the United States and other neutral
countries. ' V .
LEO FRANK'S APPEAL GRANTED.
Judge Lamar Gives Georgia Man Stay
-VV-S. of Execution. " '1;;
, Washington. Justice Lamar of the
United States supreme court- has
granted an appeal from the refusal of
the. Federal district court for North
ern Georgia' to please on habeas cor
pus proceedings Leo Jkl. tFrank under
deathj sentence for the murder of
MaryiPhagan, at Atanta. : : !
Frank has been sentenced to be
hanged January ; 22, but Justice La
mar's action jcauses a; stay of execu
tion. 1 Thirty days are given for the
record of the proceedings in the low
er court to be filed in the Supreme
court here The state of Georgia
then i may ask that the hearing of the
'case (be advanced. Such suggestions
generally are granted. v - s -;
Asia, result oKJustice Lamar's act
ion the entire ccoirt will pass . upon
Frank's- right to( seek : release from
custody on a writ of habeas corpus
on the ground that the trial court in
Fulton county, Georgia, lost jurisdic
tion over him by its failure , to "have
him present .when the jury returned
Its verdict.
:! Mexican Factions Spilt.
Washington.-r7-Dispatches from the
Brazilian minister in Mexiqo City
dated there and received here de
Scribed the political situation as full
of uncertainties f-, The minisister; re
ferred to the lack of harmony between
the several chiefs, but Indicated that
nothing - alarming had developed ; and
that good order was being' preserved,
From; its own agents also the state
department was advised that friction
existed between the Zapata and . Gutierrez-Villa
factions.
ITALY MAY '.'JAR
I'JIl THE
TURKS
Landing of Sailors at: Wona Against
: Tnrkish Ruler Hay Have Far-
Reaching Results v ,
A REVOLUTIuFlti ALBAIHA
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French Report States That Further
Small Advances' Have Been .
' T Made In West
- London. Christmas r( brought - no
rest touthe European armies. ? It found
the Russians still ! fighting desperate
ly in the snows - of Poland against
the fierce attacks of the German and
Austrian allies;; Przemsyl is still in
the grip of ; the . invading army; -; the
French ' making spasmodic ? thrusts
against the strong German lines ' of
trenches '.in. northern aud northeast
ern France, and the i British and Bel
gians engaged in almost hand-to-hand
warfare against the -German trenches
in west Belgium. I
' The French claim sev eral successes
along the center and eastern lines
while the Germans' declare they have
taken the second British trenches " in
Belgium. Both sides as sert they; have
repulsed attacks at various points,
which indicates that tfce feeling pro
cess, is under way 1 all along the lines.
So close are the; trenches of the- al
lies and Germans at, many points that
almost the only weapons ' used are
hand granades, since it is impossible
for the men to , expose themselves
even to use their j riflesx
A violent revolution has broken out
in Albania, against Essad. Pasha, whom
Turkey established as ruler. Essad Pa
sha's palace at; Tirana has been pil
laged and burned. : Massacres are re
ported. The Italian - government ' has
landed sailors from warships at Avlo-
na to restore:, order and protect Euro
peans 7 and; peaceful inhabitants. Ita
lan mteryention .; may ; embroil , - Italy,
with;; her; ;. recent ; ? foe- Turkey -and
r&pJfeP5sJhJ)i
suits. ,' - i r4-i-';-:
BRITISH i AIRMEN FIGHT
Hostile Aerbplanej Struck Over Sheer
" ness And Chased To Sea
! ; By Aviators
Sheerness. A " German aeroplane
.was sighted off South End. . The
weather j was misty and machine'Vas
flying at a great helghtl at high speed.
Several rounds were fired from aritl
air craft guns, apparently without hit:
ting the German, but naval aeroplanes
soon chased j the intruder, who disap
peared. ; Many thousands of people
flocked to the sea front to witness
the .affair.; i 1 " -' ,- ; . j -;:
Later three British aeroplanes tried
to ontbank the German machine,, but
the German j was too fast and disap-
f peared to the eastward
The weather
was misty at sea but
comparatively
clear on land. Nothing has been heard
, regarding the dropping of the bombs.
Dover. It Is ; reported here that a
German aeroplane flying at a great
height passed over the Medway river
and Heme ! jbay. British aeroplanes
and seaplanes were put on scouting
duty for many ! hours! j ; ,
. London. rThe war office has issued
the : following: "A j hostile aeroplane
has been sighted, j It was flying very
high from east to west over Sheer-
ness. j British air craft went up in
pursuit and engaged tlie enemy. ; -
Big War Fund Refused
Tokio, Japan. -The imperial
diet
was dissolved. The house of repre
sentatives rejected thi j army expan
sion measures proposed by the gov
ernment. This ; led to the dissolution
of the "house. The- closing session of
the house was extremely dramatic. De
bate occupied .thel entire 'day and ex
tended into the night. J There was no
sign 'of a compromise, when it
was announced .that Eijaperor Yoshihl
to had exercised his royal' prerogative
and had dissolved the! diet. . .
;:-Russia Claims 357,406 Prisoners
. London.-A Reuter Petrograd dis
patch says the number : of . German
prisoners" registered is 1,140 officers
and ,131,700 men;: the number "of the
Austrians Registered is . 3,166 "officers
and 221,400 men. ;Slav.prisoners have
asked the Russian naturalization so
that they may be -"sent against the
Turks. ".I. ' . N
v Avlona Occupied By (talians
.Rome. A cdmpany f Italian sail
ors have occupied Avjona, a " seaport
of Albania, on the Adriatic sea. Re
cent dispatches from Athens said an
archy reigned at Avlona. and that the
region around the Albanian seaport
was a prey to civil war." Partizans of
Kemal.Bey last month! forced the gov
ernment to haul dowi the Turkish
flag and t hoist the Albanian v colors.
Essad Pasha,: commander-in-chief r of
the Turkish forces in Albania, then
sent 500 spldiers to Avlona and they
disarmed , the inhabitants. ,
' ! THE WOODEN CROSS
"Father, Forgive Therm"
THE LEVERl; COTTON BILL
LOWER HOUSE FINALLY, PASSES
? CONGRESSMAN LEVER'S
WAHEMOJJSE BILL.
This Is Mr. Levter's Second Big Agri
cultural. Meatjure Has Approval
Of Preijident Wilson
Washington. The ' Lever , cotton
warehouse bill, before the house for
months, vas papsed by. n vote of 218
to 97. The measure provides for fed
eral licensing f ; cotton and grain
warehouses and; is a substitute for a
senate bill restricted to cotton ware
houses. The biff now goes to confer
ence bete ween jjhe; houses.
The bill, approved by the administra
tiop, was the street of brief debate,
Its sponsors contending, that its would
greatly enhancehcopfidence in agricul
tural products. tts opponents "claimed
it. was constitutional.. . v-.
. Main provisions proposed by the bill
are: - ' : '.
Classification j)f cotton and licensing
of cotton warehouses, f . ' ,
; It bonds owners; "and " operators of
warehouses and !gives' the right of re
covery upon th(i. bonds to the owner
of cotton store4l j J ; ;
It provides ttitX licensed warehouses
shall issue receipts describing the
bales ' stored, tlie receipts to be as
signable when . esired.
r It provides f eff ; maintenance of ac
curate records 1?f cotton stored, the
receipts Issued, jhe right of the secre
tary of agriculture to examine records
and requires reports from operators to
the 'secretary. :';;',- ;;- ." 1 ' "-i
It authorizes' the secretary to de
termine whetherootton stored in ware
houses actually If of the grade' or class
certified in the Receipt; and to phbllsh
his findings. ' y ; -.M
It empowers he . secretary to sus
pend or revoke Ijlicenses and to pub
lish not 'Only tat factj-but the' re
sults tf investigations made. - v J
" Decorafs" Americans v
Vienna Emperor Francis Joseph
has conferred ; on " the American am
bassador, Frederic Courtland Pen'field,
Rear Admiral Airon Ward 'U. S. N.,
retired, commander of the American
Red Cross ship Red Cross, and the
American minister to the Netherlands,
Dr. Henry Van )yke, the Red Cross
Medal of . Merit I for their services in
connection with! the7 American Red
Cross- mission tdjthe dual empire. Re
cently - the einpror decorated ,'Mrs.
Penfield witbv th Grand:! Cross of the
Order of Elizabeth, for establishing- a
hospital at Vienna.
World's .Biggest. War Dog
New, York. )fhe vBivadavia, the
world's greatestu battleship, built in
11
this country for -he Argentine repub-
lie, - ieit nere iojj a aesunauon unoi
ficially,. reported ;to be Buenos . Aires.
The gigantic sfia-fighter's keel , was
laid at the Fore; river yards at Quin
cy, Mass., May Ij25, 1910. She was
launched on August 26, 1911, but was
not placed In . commission until Au
gust 28 of this ijyear. Rumors that
negotiations are i&foot'to purchase the
leviathan" by eitfier England or Ger-
PROHIBITION FAILS IN HOUSE
CHANGE OF 31 VOTES WOULD
ti HAVE RESULTED 4N TWO-
THIRDS i majority:
Prohibition Leaders r Claim That Re
" suit Came Up To Their
Expectations
Washngton. The national prohibi
tion amendment to the federal Consti
tution, proposed by Representative
Richmond P. Hobson. of Alabama, fail
ed iu the house by. 61 votes. A change
of 31 votes would have furnished the
necessary two-thirds majority, 197
.members voting for and 189 against
prohibition. ' j ;
, This was the first time in the his
tory of the country that a measure to
make tlie nation dry was voted upon
in either house. The prohibition forces
assert that they will continue the
fight until success is won' ancf the man
ufacture and. sale of liquor is outlawed
In the United States. .
' Prohi bition leaders declared ' the
vote of 197 for the resolution had
come up to their expectations, as they
had not, expected a two-thirds majori
ty! Whether a similar resolution sub
mitted y Senator Sheppard of Texas
would reach' a vote In the senate this
session is nt- certain. Administra
tion leaders were inclined to believe
It would not, because it could not pass
the house. ''T r
Ndt'withstanding repeated public as
sertions that many j members of the
house would try to dodge a record
vote,, the roll call disclosed a heavy
attendance, larger than the average
throughout the session. To have car
ried the house the Hobson resolution
would have required 258 affirmative
votes. It thus' failed- to carry 61 votes.
Party lines , were wiped out in the
struggle. .. Democratic Leader Under
wood and Republican Leader Mann
fought shoulder-to-shoulder at the
head of the forces opposing the reso
lution. And when the vote" came, of
the 197 standing for the resolution, 114
were Democrats, 67 Republicans, -11
were Progressive aad 4 were. Progres
sive Rejpublicans, , ? ",.:
1 1,000 Austrians Reported Killed
London. Nearly one thousand Austrian-
spldiers are reported to have
been killed or injured in a collision of
two trojop trains near Kalisz, Russian
Poland, according to The Daily Tele
graph's Petrograd correspondent. The
trains are reported to.have met while
running at fuiL speed, as the result of
accidental- opening1 pt a switch
Roumania To Restore Province
Petrograd. The Bulgarian minister
announced that an agreement had been
reached between Roumania and . Bul
garia under which Roumania will re
store to Bulgaria Dobrtia province, and
most of the other territory she acquir
ed ; from Bulgaria by the second Bal
kan, war. "This agreement has been
reached without pressure from either
Germany or the allies," said an offi
cial connected with the Bulgarian min
istry. "We shall continue to be neutral
and believe Roumania has' no cause
to fear, us." ' 4 O " , '
GUNS ATTACK
POLISJTCAPITAt
Kaiser's Move On Warsaw Forces The
Russians To Quit Territory
Before Cracow -
ALLIES MAKE GAINS IN WEST
Russians Victorious In Galicta And
Pursue Small German Army
Northwest Of Warsaw
London. The allies in the west the
Germans in Poland and the Russians
in East Prussia and Gallcla continue
offensive operations, but the advances .
have been so slight as to be almost
imperceptibla In the long run, how
ever, the ground gained may , prove
vital and the'various armies are fight
ing with an intensity not exceeded
since the war began, i '
In Poland the center of interest has
shifted slightly to the souths Finding
the direct road to Warsaw blocked by
Russian reinforcements, the Germans :
made an attack from the southwest
and have reached Skierniewlce, some
40 miles from the Polish capital. They
thus far have failed to pierce the Rus.
sian lines, but have forced Grand Duke
Nichblas to withdraw from before Cra
cow. In this, one of the chief, alms of
their offensive against Russia, the
Germans have been successful. .
In Gallcla Russia has resumed the
offensive; against - the Austro-German
forces which have poured in from the
west and across the Carpathians Ac- "
cording to the latest Petrograd report, -the
Russians have inflicted ; heavy
losses on thee forces, while in the
north they have pu rsued back into the
interior of East Prussia, a small Ger-'
man army which made a feint at War
saw from the north west, v
Although the allies have, scored
some successes in the west, they are
meeting with stubborn vSesistance and
military men ? warn the , public that
very: heavy; casualty lista: must be ex
pected before any serious impression
can be made on the German entrench
ments. , - ' . '
GUTIERRES LEAVES MEXICO CITY
Departure Of Provisional President Is
! Reported ' Due To .Enmity With
Angeles, and Zapatista .Chiefs :
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San Antonio, Texas. That Provi
sional President Eulalio Gutierrez had
quit Mexico City due to enmity .be
tween him and Felipe Angeles and
Zapatista chiefs, was! reported to T.
R. Beltran, local Constitutionalist con
sul. The message said the capital was,
governed by a commission composed
equally of Villa and Zapata adherents
and that another provisional presl
dent would be selected January 10. ;
Scott ' And Hill Meet ,
Naco Arizona. Peace along the en
tire Mexican border Is a possibility,
as the result of conferences between
Gen. Hugh. L. Scott, United States
chief of staff,', and the two Mexican
leaders of Sonora. "Very satisfacto
ry," was General Scott's opinion of
his conferences wRh ( Benjamin Hill,
Carranza defender .of Naco," Sonora.
He deemed the result favorable to the
final solution of the . border problem.'
The meeting lasted less; than an hour,
and - was held In the bullet-damaged
United States customs house, - fifty
feet north of the International" boun-,
dary. ' , .
KING THANKS AMERICANS
Youthful Monarch Directs His. Army
From Small Corner Of Belgium ,
Still Under His Rule V ; -v
: Grand Headquarters of the King of ,
the Belgians, In West -Flanders, Bel
glum. In the council! chamber of an
ancient Flemish town hall from which
he is directing, under German shell
fire the resistance of his war-worn lit
tie army blocking tMte road to' Dun
kirk and Calais, King Albert of the
Belgians told of the stand his soldiers
are making against the German invad
ers The king's headquarters is locat
ed on one of the remaining dry areas
of that small corner of Belgium still
under his rule.' Lx'.i '. ;;; ."' j.-V'-.C"
1 1 King Albert also requested the press
to convey to the people of the United
States "his : deep gratitude 1 for their
efforts to feed his subjects under .Ger
man ' military rule, j .. ' x
. Period' Of Prosperity Predicted .
.New York. European nations have r "
placed contracts' In the- United States '
for more .than, $300,000,000 worth 7 of ; :
supplies since the beginning ; of the' '
war, according to Charles M. Schwab,
president pf the Bethlehem Steel cor
poration, who returned from England
on the Lusltanla. Mr. Schwab- de
clared that as a result of this buying
the United States now; was at the
threshhold of the "greatest period o' 1
prosperity it has seen in many years
s Mr. Schwab went to England to cancel ,
i provisional contracts he had made.
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