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v; v. Ml V-Ah rm OEM fm BERMM THE WEATHER .Local Rains Today; . . . Fair Tomorrow , THE PAPER THAT PUTS THE NEWS IN NEW BERN. ' . , . '':;-v'-'-,:';.t -'.".X-W.-.tTi olume &; Number 20. NEW BERN, NORTH CAROUNA,VTHURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1916. Single Cop:; Fir Cta M "V. A . fr S Pi. 1-7 Wilson Holds Out Hope In Spite Of Berlin's Attitude Washington Believes Germany Is Prepared to Submit Under Seal of Confidence, a State- Which i f The Central Allies Wil Will End ry rne war C IS EXPECTED Hope Based Upon Statements by High German Officials in This OlflUIATION Country btate ueparimeni Each bank will plaee on sale $750 . Quiet as to Germany's Failure j 000.00 in stock. Such .of the stocks To Comply With President's! as is not taken up by the public in : Request for Statement of Peace Terms. WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. Peace advocates in Washington headed by i". - i iit;i :1.4. Un!.. President Wilson tonight pinned their hope on the belief that Germany was prepared to submit to this government under the close seal of confidence a statement of the terms upon which the central allies will end the war. The hope was based upon statements by high German officials in this coun- 1 try that Germany would not be averse to secretly conveying to. this country the aims and objects of ncr "military campaign, and upon persist ent reports from abroad, that neutral -diplomats in Berlin were, or soon would be, in possession of a confident ial, communication from the German foreign office relating to this phase of the situation. ',-At the State Department no an .:' nounceinent was forthcoming as to :: "iHus; effect of Germany's formal note ' -which failed to comply with the Pres ident's request for a statement of peace terms. . ' The possibility of a separate peace . mve. by Spain tonight loomed up as - one of the developments receiving se . , rjous consideration by Washington '-'diplomats. Ambassador Riano to m'ght declared that he had received no word from his government relative to the situation but said that the em Ci'bassy was deeply interested in re- "ii'V-iports frpm abroad that Spain might 'fi invite the belligerents to an "immed- .'.'j-::iJ-l$e" peace conterenee along tne lines J.!.- i- 1 U.. nnn.n... in K,t-Vi rf hoV '-''fVvVJp9ftce notes. ,v eutral diplomats t -rPJfrom abroad that Swec ' i ''&'WV .'id Sv.itzerland in a redited reports Sweden had follow . . .. in a note to tne - ti'r-'-iOeH'Bere1'8 endorsing President Wil viiT !f ''''-l'Xon's peace program. Itin American representatives -'t''ffiffi 'wr outspoken in their .discussion of f v I Vlfe' tne peace situation. They expressed "V I 1L.1 ..AaAMA1l4-a ';'v,would be forthcoming from all ot the v' t gonth American countries, several of .which .have been conducting negotia Cons for joint or similar action. One 1 Vr( v 1 v.i r . i ;:t ,V: the : Pan-American circles said tor '4 night that communications would be U. 1, i r- . o..l. ' A Mni.M Y'.i 5rt Smtions within forty-eignt nours, sua ; '3t&:i$fjhit the President could expect unit ) 5i fet support .from -thejeoantrtes in the ' VrV3'S'V'4;iSteni 'hemisphere. ' ).- - 1 ' :S- r; Vtnniiinr nr nil nrim riiiiiuturi'iLu SKIIiulblVlUulbALattUI v!ifTt:Appat' ' A- -5 'The Pnnce'of Pilsen," ,the popu ? . .1' musical comedy claimed to be the s'j. '?ost successful entertainment of its ,':- ctobi shown in- recent years, will be ' 'pf sseen 'at: the Masonic Theatre on Sat- 1 rday, December 30. There are more - '.''I-;.?; than a score of song hits in this re-; j markable masterpiece of Pixley. and -( Anders and each of them has, held an enduring grasp upon public fa- ;.vor.' "The Song of The Cities" is one U of the most populaif of the musical V numbers. "The Message of The Vio- . let," "The Tale of The Sea Shell? "The Satin Song" with its chorus of , Heidelberg students, and "Pictures in Smoke" are. other big song hits that largely contributed to the emphatic success of the musical play. One of the chief reasons for the continuous ly sustained interest in this pioduc-, tion lies in the fact that it has not been allowed to deteriorate, but has K-on maintained at the high' t pos ' 'e notch of excellence. The P"p- since tl sensor is K M Plum Goes to South Carolina Instead of Raleigh Will Serve Third District. WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. The Federal Farm Loan board today an-i dred Carranzista troops, part ol tne nounced the names of the cities in j command of General Gonzales, the de which the twelve federal land loan posed commander of Juarez, mutined banks are to be located and the stage j at Villa Ahumada late this afternoon, now is set for the opening of the and joined the Villistas operating in stock books of the banks January 2. that neighborhood. tn,rty days W1" be Pcnasea oy the government under the rural credits act. One of the banks will be lo - I cated at Columbia, S. C, covering the district of North and South Carolina, j Qeor;a amj Florida. I WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. The Federal Farm Loan Board today an- nounced the following locatidns for j farm loan banks: Springfield, Mass.; Baltimore, Columbia, S. C; Louis ville, Ky.; New Orleans, St. Louis, Omaha, Wichita, Kan.; Houston, Tex.; Berkeley, Cal.; and Spokane, Wash ington. The Third district is composed of North Carolina, South Carolina, Geor gia and Florida; and the Second dis trict of Pennsylvania, Delaware, Mary land, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia. T CL Mrs. J. P. C. Davis is Gracious Hostess at Her Home on South Ft. Street. to a ucauoji evening iiuni -itw w j ten o'clock, Mrs. J. P. C. Davis was 1 charming hostess to the Current ! Events Department of the Woman's i Club at her home on South Front street. ! Mrs. Davis' home was aglow with red-berried holly and the open fires dispensed much Christmas cheer. The Christmas idea prevailed every where. A large number of club members answered roll call with a thought on "Christmas in LathvAmerica." Mrs. H. M. Bonner, chairman of this department presided over the meeting. Before taking up the lit erary , part of the program for the evening, Mrs. Bonner. asked Mrs. W. K. Baxter to read Parliamentary Rules J which Mrs..' Baxter graciously did to the edification of all present. ' " Mrs. C. M. Dockham's name ' was received for membership. This name makes .the full quota".for the club, . Plans for the .Annual Reception and Reciprocity meeting - were.: dis cussed at length. ;j -:-'-. ',','.' :- J '. ' The first "number on the , Literary program was Mrs. George' A- Caton with an article from Hamilton W. Mabio on "Christmas ;in England in( the Sixteenth Century." This article was' much' enjoyed and brought - out great contrasts to Christmas in Eng land'today. i-' :..-'-'. v-Sv. f Following Mrs; Caton, Mrs. Frank Ashley read extracts from "My Best Christmas," hy '-Andrew 2 Carnegie, Billy Burke, Mary Pickford and oth ers." At the close ' of j the program Mrs. Davis assisted by her daughter, Miss Charlotte, . served 7 delicious cream tipped with' nuts and cherries', cake arid coffee.! The souvenirs dec orated with holly bore the name and date of the meeting. , . Guests, of Mrs. Davis were: Miss Mary Summerell, Miss Grace White, of Greensboro; Miss Minnie Lee Hart, Miss Riddle, Mrs. Charles Hall and guest, Mrs. George Bryan, and Mrs. C. Whit GaskinB. , J;' y t .- Club members present were: . Mrs. Carrie . Willis, Mrs". S. H. Scott, Mrs. N. W. Jones, Mrs. P. B. Hall, Miss Etta Nunn, Mrs. S. L. Dill, Jr.,' Mrs. Frank P. Ashley, Mrs. H. M. Bonner, Mrs. L. H.. Cutler, Jr., Mrs. Clyde Eby, UW Pauline White, Mrs. Wil liam Baxter, Mrs. Z. V. Parker, Mrs. Walter Lane, Mrs. George Caton, Miss Charlotte Davis and Mrs. Davis. is SO t: UB IS ENTERTAINED iOCARH TROOPS REVOLT ID JOIN M Part of Command of Gen. Gon I zales Desert to Go With i Bandit Forces. HELD BY VILL1STAS EL PASO, Dec. 27. Four hun- General Gonzales with five hundred troops left Jaurez tonight ostensibly for the south to operate against Vil listas. Carranza Adherents in Juarez ; professed the belief that Gonzales 1 either will be captured by the VUlis- 1 tas at Villa Ahumada or will join the j Villistas with his five hundred troops, Villa Ahumada now is in full posses- . ...... . . . rw .1 11. sion or villistas togetnerz, wun tne Gonzales recruits, a special train of i thirty-five cars and a locomotive. T E5 Six White Persons and Several Negroes Killed, 15 Injured, in Arkansas. j LITTLE ROCK, ARK., Dec. 27. j Six white persons and several negroes i dead and fifteen persons injured, was the toll exacted by the tornado which swept through central southern Ar kansas, according to available reports today. j Tucker had been demolished( many convicts killed and all the others freed, were set at rest today when word from Tucker said that the camp ! was undamaged. SIXTY YEARS OF AGE Chief Executive Shows Strain of Worries Over International Problems. ' WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. The President of the United States will be sixty years of age tomorrow. . . At this, the beginning of his sec ond term' as President, the executive shows his years much more than he did at the beginning of his occupancy of the White House in 1912. He is a bit more stooped than then and the heavy lines in his fac are much more sharply drawn than . they were be-. fore he came through the internation al crisis that have confronted .him since the war began. He is however, strong'. and well . ' -;' .: ' Letters, telegrams and ':. remem brances from friends and relatives began ouring' into the White House by. scores -today..'. ,' - "' - Firm of S..'Coplon & Sons Plaii To Protect Workers From ; , ' Loss. The firm of S. Coplon & Sons are planning to inaugurate an insurance department. ' There are about sixty persons' employed in this department store" and each employee, or those who may desire, will pay a certain amount per week . which will insure them .against loss in case of sick ness. - -':''..; ';' V - It was first plated to start this department the first of January, but it may be a Veek or more before the plans are perfected. Just when the insurance department will start has not been decided, nor have the plans on which it will t? conducted been completed. - In r e i INSURE EMPLOYEES TEUTONS SMASH T Nil Gap Ten and Half Miles Wide is Made in Fore-field Protecting The Sereth Line. MATTER OF HOURS I Smashing a gap ten and a half miles wide into the Russo-Roumanian fore-field protecting the Sereth line,! Field Marshall von Mackenser.'s ninth army today effected the great "break through" for which the Teutons have fought in a terrific battle lasting five days. Rimnicu-Sarat, the vital rail head northeast of Buzeui is in Teuton hands.. Braila the great Danube fort forty-five miles to the east, surround ed from three sides, is outflanked and must fall automatically. As must the Macin bridge-head now being battered by Mackensen's Dobrudja forces. Galata the last remaining source of supply for the Roumanians from Bessarabia becomes the immediate ob jective of the" invaders right wing while the centre is aimed at Focsami. Tle centre is now only twenty-six miles from the Sereth line. Petrograd admits a withdrawal of the Russo-Roumanian line at two places on the Rimnicu-Sarat high road and in the region of the upper Rimnicu-Sarat river. In other sectors the Russian war office asserts the assaults of the invaders were beaten back with great losses, to the attackers. Quiet Marriage Ceremony Per formed at Goldsboro Last Evening. Mr. Sol Lipman and Miss Jennie Coplon were quietly married at the home of Rev. J. L. Meyerberg in Goldsboro last evening. Mr. Lipman and Miss Coplon, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. S. Coplon, parents of the bride, left New Bern at 6:45 o'clock last night for Goldsboro, and im mediately after their arrival they went' to the home of Mr. Meyerberg, who performed the ceremony in the presence of only a few friends of the couple. Mr. and Mrs. Lipman returned to New Bern at 12:40 this morning and will be at home to their friends here. The affair came somewhat as a sur prise to the friends of the Couple. They have been friends . for some time and the nuptial was expected by their friends, but not at this time. It was their desire, however,, to have the ceremony' quietly: performed' and r.o invitations were sent out . . -; . The bride is an attractive young lady and is very, popular amdng a large circle of friends. Mr. Lipman owns and conducts a tailoring estab lishment and is a promising young business man. . ' ; ' -'; ? -. DESTROYED BY FIRE Six Horses and Two Mules Per . ish in Conflagration At I . Washington. - WASHINGTON, N. C. Dec. 27. Fire broke out at midnight last night in the stables owned by Josb Mills on Water street, completely" gutted the place and also did considerable dam age in the laundry of .Mr. Capehart, next-door. Six horses and two mules were burned to death in the fire and. considerable hay and equipment was also destroyed. Jt is reported that there was no insurance carried by Mr. Mills. None of the machinery in Mr. Capehart's establishment was hurt to any great extent, but his teas will probably amount to four or five hundred dollars. Mr. Capehart was out of town at the time the fire oc curred, but it is understood that he is fui.-' well covered by insurance. No olio fii parently knows how the blaze s .-!. The f -e i'!"rf :nont r ' i.i a r.u (v, 1 .t 1 y t:.a tie R001I MISSJEIECOPLON BRIDE OF mR LIP1N STABLES TT NO TRACE f ! THE MARYLAND) American Tank Steamer Be lieved to Have Gone to Bottom. CREW OF THIRTY-ONE i Pfj ) NEWPORT, Dec. 27. All hope held for the steamer Maryland and her crew of thirty-one was swept away here today with receipt of wire less messages from the coast guard cutters Gresham and Acushned. The cutters reported they have reached the position where the Mary land was last heard from and could find neither vessel, wreckage, nor any trace of life boats. The Maryland wirelessed for help on Christmas night. She was then about 350 miles east by southeast off Sandy Hook. Since that first mes sage, which said she was sinking, no word has come from her. IAS SERVICE BY SUNDAY SHI Exercises Held at First Baptist Church Last Night Greatly Enjoyed. The special Christmas exercises held at the Tabernacle Baptist church last night were well attended and a well selected program was rendered in a highly creditable manner and thoroughly enjoyed by those present. The program consisted, principally of songs and recitations, and the greatest part of it was rendered by children members of the Sunday school. Every child knew its part I perfectly and acquitted themselves in j a manner which reflected credit on j those who were in charge. ; SPECIAL EXERCISES AT THE TABERNACLE Christmas Program Rendered ,by Members of Sunday School. A special Christmas service was held at the First Baptist church last night and a very interesting program rendered by members of the Sunday school. The program began with a song by the school and was followed by prayer by Mr. S. M. Brinson, and greetings by Miss Fannie .Holland. After .a selection by the choir, Mr. W. F. Dowdy, superintendent "of the school entertained the gathering with a short address. Other musical selec tions and the Christmas cantata, were ' rendered by several boys and girlS. ' ". . '"' -,' ':-;.: ' The program was rendered in a very creditable manner and thorough ly enjoyed by a large audience. .1 KILLED BY BANDITS One of Best Known Carranzista Generals Killed in Action i V- -Near Torreon. . ' :;. MEXICO CITY. "(Via Galveston) Dec. 27. Gen. Luis Herrera, one of the best known "Carranzista com manners, has been killed in a battle with bandits near Torreon, it was an nounced here today. " LADIES' SMOKE SHOP :; ; C IN NEW YORK HOTEL NEW YORK, Dec 27. What is be lieved to be the only cigar shop for "ladies only" in the country has just been opened by the Riti-Carlton Ho tel here, the first of the fashionable hostelries to allow women to smoke. The management reports it very pop-u'.-r. Heretofore when women wish-e-1 to ohiaiii ci:-aret!ts they were ! " ' r t ! 1 on a waiter, UISHEHREA Carranza Sends Word Protocol Is Not Satisfactory E Populai - Wed Popular Jones County Couple Dr. Summerell Per forms Ceremony. A wedding of considerable interest, was solemnized near Pollocksville yesterday afternoon' at four-thirty o'clock, when Miss Dora Carmichael became the bride of Mr. H. W. White. The ceremony was held at the home of the bride with Dr. J. N. H. Sum merell officiating. The home was tastefully decorated and a number of friends of the bride and groom were present. A most sumptuous dinner was serv ed at five o'clock immediately after which Mr. and Mrs. White left for their home. Mrs. White nee, Miss Carmichael, is the daughter of Mr. N. J. Carmich ael, a prominent planter of Jones county, and is an accomplished and talented yuung woman. Mr. White is the son of Mr. George N. White, one of Jones county's prom inent farmers and is held in high es teem by those who know him. Dr. Summerell and Mr. C. E. Foy, of this city, went down on the three o'clock train, attended the wedding and returned on the 6:20. Talk is cheap, in spite of the fact that most things are going up. Y'S " Correspondent Tells of Abnoiv mal Condition Created by: The War. BERLIN, Dec. 27. A correspond enl who hpenL fourteen mouths "1$. Christians and returned lately givei a vivid description of the nhnormaf conditions in the Norwegian capital created by the war. "The conditions in Christiania to day are very much as they were in Bucharest before Roumania entered the war," the correspondent says. "Gold flows in streams and fortunes beyond the dreams of avarice are made in a few days. Men Who six months or a year ago did not own the clothing on their backs and hard ly knew where their next meal would come from, now roll in' wealth. s All Norway is in the midst of an insane, fantastic adventure and has but one thought to make ftiohey and still more money., "The 'goulash barons,' as the spe culators furnishing foodstuffs and other necessaries to the belligerents are called, are in evidence every where. Their luxurious automobiles make the streets of the capital unsafe and their princely steam and motor yachts cruise in the fjords and bays. Palaces rivalling those of Paris, Lon don, Berlin and Vienna are growing out of the earth. ' "The cafe of the Grand Hotel has become a kind of an annex to the stock exchange, pay and night the place f is crowded , with Norwegian, Danish and Swedish speculators and agents K of . foreign 1 governments. Around the little tables, loaded down with , champagne bottles and delica cies f rom all parts of the world; deals amounting to hundreds' . of ' millions are made daily. Everybody talks in millions.: ', ; f f' ', -:'-'- 'J'That Is one side of the medal, but the other - looks different. The cost of living has become so high in Chris-, tiania .that' hot only Jhe poor, ' but also the middle classes suffer severe, ly. v Money 'is too plentiful, and has lost its buying. power.' ' . "The result is that the prices of all foods and other, necessaries have risen so enormously , that-' .qnly the wealthy can; pay . them. Rent, food, clothing and fuel are much cheaper in "half starved' Germany than in Norway, although the latter country is' at peace with all the world and piles gold upon gold." fVv -'-Vw -M ' A, ,,- 1 ' 1 . 'V' 1 Bacon- "You know our preacher says that thfl Bible is . man's best friend." Egbert "Well, why does he pound his bestv friend soT" Yonk ers Statesman.- Clara- -"He says ht t! rl h t-' m. ':' Communication From ' Head of 2, Mexican De Facto Gover- ; ment Reaches Washington-- Seeks to Prolong Conferences ? In Hope of Securing More Favorable Concessions. UNITED STATES HI T '' V'.'Vr. What Step Will be Taken is jfet-np ter of Speculation Feeling of I; Impatience at State Depart-' j ment Joint Commission Is Called to Meet in Washington ? ( American Members See LiL-'f tie Hope for Settlement 3 WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. the pr( 1', tocol arranged by the commisslbd of American and Mexican delegaty&ia a '!-' working basis fpr the conduct I of iaf-' fairs of the two governments, is 'not satisfactory to Carranza. A commu- i nication from the head 'of the de facto - ... government of. Mexico, objecting-to l' the terms)., ot the protocolwas re- I; ' ceived here tonight ,fcnd was" 'at once placed in th hand of translators o be ' prenared for transmission: to , the State-Department, S !,'' ::' While the Mexican embassy .decline ed to disclose the contents of the communication from Carranza or even to adinillts arrival it was learned. sv from ocial sources that th& 'reply . was unfavorable. Jt was stated that"" the First Chief questioned the fair- f riess and equity of 1 the arrangements made by the joint - commission and f sought to force a continuance' ;- of negotiations evidently with the hope pf ' securing more favoraDleenns..:i'''.? -' I What action the administration FiU, take as a result of the Carranza re? . ply could not be ascertained tonight,''' but a feeling of impatience; was ap- .W patently among State Department of-'' fteials. They declined to '.discus Q'jj siation asserting that, thev.entir' :, matter was still in the fcands-of thff.i i join commission. Representjitivesfr A',; Che later, winch is headed jpy:-'eecre.'j'-' iafyjipf the Interior, Lane, were, oy? spoken in their belief that-.the.'Ca' ranza government has abou'tfieache'd j. the limit of the extraoruirfiH--tience displayed toward itepSjtsJfe. reply of General Carranza-wiJ pf ob.'. ably be turned over to the Ameiicait;': members of -the commission; whipHhaai "..?V been called together by. Chairman $ane to meet in Washingtqjf 'later this yeek. It is believed tna,th.';V; m'emberC of the commission aroptf posed tS any further consideration :jE any counter proposal which" may'btf -4 made by the de facto government'. iif.W, Mexico. They are understood to be-s prepared to recommend drastic, dlplo . matic action unless Carranza accnts' the commission's protocol without-'i' quibble.. ' '-,-'W , 'ti; About a Thousand, Representing 1 Many States, Gather at o , Lexington. ;SC' LEINGTON, KY., Dec. 27. About ' a thousand college students, represent. ;' ing many, states, gathered here. toA jday for the National Student Conven;" ; tion of the Intercollegiate Prohibition . Association. William J., Bryan will - ' address the delegates tonight at 'i.i'; ' big banquet, arranged by a committee ;; of dry Democrats. i-The National Oratorical - Contest win be held Saturday -mght.; '. ': The eight picked speakers are'!. :T-. v -' '; Earl W. Foster, of Georgetowa Col lege, Kentucky; , Leonard V. Busch-man,- of -. the Southern " Presbyterian " Seminary,-,- Kentucky; Bernard C Clausen, of: Colgate University, New York; De Loyd F.' Wood,' of TOhio Wesleyan Uolversity; Joshua B.Lee, of the University of Oklahoma; Heir old R. Husted, of Sioux Falls College, ' South Pakott iTugene U, Blalockof the University of Southern Califor nia and Monta C. Smithsohof ,',Mc Minnville College, Oregon; ' , Among those who will address the convention ara 'Charles Stelzle, United States Senator William S,' Kenyon, President Edwin Erie Sparks, of Penn sylvania State College; Dr. Ira Lap rith George Irving and Daniel A. Fe in g.' COLLEGE STUDENTS IN ; PROHIBITION MEETING links I'm the 11 I aslt him : i ' ' ' t T: 1