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E M0EMMG; ME' TIT , , U JU LL t rr a t r The Weather: i. Fair and , Somewhat Colder Today; Friday, Fair. Trade at Home ; The Mail Order House Has Never Brought New Bern a Cent. i ;"' f OUR GOAL: .NEW BERN'S MORNING PAPER IN EVERY HOME ) - A -4 V 4 1 , - Voluny 2; Number 44. PRESIDENT NOT D1SG0UHAGEDBY SEITTS 1U Waits Patiently for Word From Warring Nations, to Whom Speech was Directed. SI TIE DECIDIFIOT WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 24. Definite and vigorous opposition to the peace plans of President Wilson became apparent today, as the Senate discussed the peace situation, but the President, undiscouraged, waited pa tiently and calmly for word from the warring nations, to whom the peace speech was directed. It was stated today hat if he feels that the people of the warring na tions must come to the sentiment that will force peace, and that while European governments may desire to continue the war the voice of the struggling peoples of Europe will be the deciding factor in the efforts to restore peace. . Diplomatic Washington tonight i took the view that President Wilson in his astounding peace address had ' gone beyond the realms of diplomatic jianeuvering. Two hours of vigorous debate in the Senate which was directed large ly to the question of whether the Presidents speech would be discuss ed on its merit or not brought the resolution from Senator Cummings - proposing a stated time for discuss ing the President's pan. The debate brought no results, as the resolution was laid Over for future consideration. Senator Cummings in open discus sion declared that the President's speech plainly called for an expres sion of sentiment and urged each Sen ator be given an opportunity to ex press his views. "The point at issue is this," said Cummings, "Should the Senate do the country justice and render .the President the respect of expressing our views on the doctrine to which he is about to commit this j?ovemment. His announcement is the most important ever made by a 0 chief executive of this nation. He so regards it as the rest bf the world t accepts it. Are we to sit here dumb, are we to remain silent while the pub lac is. waiting to hear us speak?" Senator Stone, of the Foreign Rela tions Committee, urged that the res olution be sen! to that committee and suggested that the pressure upon con gress ia too great to allow thirty six hours or even one hour to elapse before the talk on peace. Senator Shaforth, of Colorado, for some , time - an advocate of an international lea gue to enforce peace, supported Sen- ator Stone. He presented a resolu tion containing his idea for the crea tion of an international court. He , , said the decrees of this court would be enforced by international military v force. "In other words," interrupted. Sen . V' ator Gallintrer, "we would go to war to enforce peace. It is plain' to me - ,that we cannot escape, the question . of whether or not we will now aban ' i don our time honored policy of avoid- - lag entangling alliances abroad." Senator Sherman, of Illinois, vig orously attacked the President's "'.!' speech. ' . - . s, ' ., . "Ia there any definite concrete prop sition in the stump speech made in V this chamber by the President when . the Senate is, vested with sole treaty ! making.", "Is there' any measure pre sented in this address ? ' Was it not '?. intended to , forestall action by the ' ' Senate by appealing to public opin ion 'before the Senate had a chance " to-, discuss the question before it T ' 'Was it not a move to forestall and . T prevent action? - - Senator Lodge said: "I do not want to exaggerate the importance of set fling this war and all future wars ' ' by resolution of this Senate but I v think it would take tne Foreign, Rela tions Committee more - than f, four . weeks to determine" how best to end this war and then determine how to secure a peace for the world after- wards." .r - 1 ' ' X ' Z : t- WOULD PROTECT THE ' EYES OF OHIO RABBITS COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 24. Repre sentative Baker, of Ashland, has in troduced in the Ohio legislature, a bill which make it unlawful for " the hunter to shock unsuspecting rabbits at night with the bright glare of a spot light and then shoot them'down. Don't trust" a secrej to the mails, r the females, either. vv BIG BmtESHlP MISSISSIPPI BE -LAUNCHED TIAr Government Officials to Attend The Ceremonies at New port News. EL FIGHTER S NEWPORT NEWS, VA., Jan. 24. Everything is in readiness for the launching of the battleship Mississip pi tomorrow, now nearing completion at the yards of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Docks Com pany. When the mammoth vessel slides down the ways, Miss Camilla McBeath, a pretty society belle of Meridan, Miss., will give the new sea fighter the name of her native State. The launching will be attended by the heads of the Navy Department at Washington t d an official delegation representing the State of Mississippi. The Mississippi will be one of the most powerful battleships in the world. She is a sister ship of the Idaho, now under construction at the yards of the New York-Shipbuilding Company. Her principal iimensions are as follows: Length, over all, 624 feet; beam, 97 feet 2 1-2 inches; dis placement, 32,000 tons; horse-power, 32,000. The battleship, if it could be trans ported to a city stet, would cover more than three bfJcks, filling the thoroughfare completely from gide to side, to the roofs of a five-story build ing, with the military masts tower ing 100 feet still further in the air; or, if stood on end alongside the Washington monument, with stern on the ground, the bow would tower 69 feet above the top of the monument. The Mississippi will have four screws and a speed of twenty-one knots. Her main battery will consist of twelve 14-inch and twenty-five 5 inch guns, and her secondary battery will have four 3-pounders and four 21-inch torpedo tubes. The 14-inch guns will be mounted in four turrets, three in each turret. The weight of the metal thrown at a broadside of the twelve 14-inch guns is approxi mately 17,000 pounds, and the amount of powder used in each broadside is 4,800 pounds. INTERRED AT KlfVSTON Rev. P. B. Hall Conducted The Funeral Service There Yesterday. The body of the late Mr. J. Herman Rhodes, who died at his home on Met calf street early Tuesday- morning, was carried to Kinston yesterday morning where the interment took place immediately following the ar rival there. The service was conduct ed by Rev. P. aB. Hall, pastor of the Christian church of this city, and Rev. Mr. Smith, pastor of the Christian church of Kinston. . , ' The body was accompanied by the widow and children; Mrs. Mary Rhodes, mother of the deceased; Mr. and Mrs. John F. Rhodes and Messrs. J. J. and George Rhodes and Mr.. D. 6. Smaw. E Judge Landis Satisfied That the "Sick" Boston Beans Should be Destroyed. ' , CHICAGO, Jan. 24, Now come government experts with a discovery which will prove a shock to Boston when it . learns thfit its lowly but cherished bean is subject to a disease, exclusive, 6ut deadly.. ' . f - The discovery was announced iu the court of Judge K. M. Landis by government chemists, .who were tes tifying concerning 14,440 cans of pork and beans Which had been condemned as unfit for use. ' "What's the matter with" 'em?" asked the Judge as he sniffed at a can that had been opened. ';,., "Anthracnose," .replied the expert who- was on the stand, s "It makes them unfit for food. One bean with anthracnose can soon give it to a mil lion. It's just been discovered." ONEOFTH BODY OF MR NEVV DEADLY DISEAS ATTACKS HUB FAVORITE NEW BERN, NORTH Returns Ten BILL PROVIDES Largest .Measure for Similar Purpose Ever Presented To Congress. UK PUTS PIRT COAST DEFENCES WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 24. The largest fortification bill ever pre sented to Congress was today report ed to the House by Representative Shirley, of Kentucky, chairman of the sub-committee on fortifications of the ! Appropriation Committee. Its ifems aggregate more than 60 million dol lars. The total budget for fortifi cations is $51,296,593, but' in addition j-thereto there are authorizations for contracts totaling nine and one-half millions. The total appropriation ex ceeds that for the current fiscal year by approximately twenty-three mil lion. Aeronautic projects as a part of the sea coast defences ar.e provided for with the incidental appropriation of $3,600,000 for hydro-aeroplanes. This is the first time that such items have appeared in a fortification bill. A report, accompanying the measure suggests that with the provision for aeronautics, it is the intention of the War Department to Organize six aeri al squadrons for the continental coast and two for insular possessions. Movable railway armament is an- other new thing in the measure. For this purpose the appropriation is $1,700,000. HELD IN BERLIN Foreign Minister Zimmerman Lauds Address of President Wilson. OF. PEACE EFFORTS BJSRLIN, via Sayville, Jan. 24. A few minutes after the receipt by the Foreign office of the itext of Pres ident Wilson's address to the United States Senate, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Zimmerman said: "In .the message which President Wilson ad dressed to the Senate the Imperial Government recognizes with extreme satisfaction the fact, that 'the aspira tions and thoughts; of the President continue to occupy themselves with the question of the restoration of per manent' peace. The .. exalted moral earnestness which shows itself in the words of the President assures them of an attentive ear throughout the world." The Imperial German Gov ernment earnestly hopes that the un tiring efforts1 of- tho President to re-, store peace on earth may be crowned with sifecess."" ; " The President's address was handed tp the Foreigh Office by United States Ambassador Gerard at 11 o' clock this morning. . "What's it like?" asked the Court. ' 'Well," rattled off the expert, "It's caused by several species of melan caniavcous fungi which have neither asci nor pyenidia " "That'e enough," interrupted Judge Landis. "We can't tolerate sick beans, specially if 'they haven't any pyeni dias. " Dump then in the lake." , Sill .III ! FORTIFICATIONS WORLD una w HOPES FOR SUCCESS CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1917. Per Gent To ompetitors Engaged In M Bernian C THOSE WHO COMPETE FOR THE PRIZES ARE CERTAIN OF BEING REWARDED OF CANDIDATES. All Indications Point to a Most Successful Campaign to Win Those Automobiles and Eight Othef Hand some Awards. The feature of THt NEW BERN IAN'S $2,000 subscription' campaign which should make it popular is the ! nrnvisinn that, t.pn npr font nf nil subscription money turned in by or in favor of any contestant until Sat urday night, February 10, will be re turned to her at the end of each week. This is in addition to any prize a can didate may, win arid thosenot win ning prizes will receive ten per cent of their subscriptions for the entire campaign if they remain, active until the close, March 19. More than a dozen new candidates were announced yesterday, others are in the list for the first time today and still others may be expected day after day for several weeks. With a ten per cent, commission- for the first three weeks of the campaign, Over land and Ford . automobiles, $150.00 account in the National Bank of New Berne, $100.00 Victrola, two $65.00 Diamond Rings, $65.00 Cole Hot Blast Range, $53.00 Standard Sewing Ma chine, $30.00 Lambeth Kitchen Cab inet and one of Baxter's best $25.00 Wrist Watches as prizes and ten per cent, commission to non-prize win ners, it will be .surprising indeed if the women and girls in thif section of Eastern North Carolina do not go after subscriptions for THE NEW BERNIAN with a determination to win. ' The campaign did not commence until the announcement of the list of name's and the issuing of subscrip tion books on Monday, but quite a number of those nominated have al ready commenced to call upon their friends , and solicit their assistance and many others are certain, to do so. If you have been nominated, com mence your campaign at once' and if your name is not in the list, send it to the. Prize Manager and, he will send you a subscription order book and full instructions. Don't ' delay. Start now. .,., : " f , . "Would you let anybody 'rob you f an automobile, $150.00' bank ; ac count, a $100.40 Victrola and a $65.00 Diamond Ring?" -- ' , This was the answer made by one of the competitors when asked by a friend whether or not she was going to win one of the grand prizes offered in this 'campaign, ' ; , The competitor very probably feels that she would be doing nothing less than robbing herself pf one of these prizes were she to fail to take ad vantage of the opportunity that THE NEW BERNIAN has offered. ' The prizes are as much hers as anybody's and she is decidedly unwilling to let anybody obtain what she herself can secure, - ; . ' f ' ",' . " . " This young woman has the proper spirit a spirit; which ; is v satisfied with nothing short of the greatest success that is obtainable. , She is .ene of a type and there are a num ber like her already enlisted for the magnificent prizes. , Alive to the op portunity they are also alert to the importance of an . early , start, and have begun an active campaign which they intend to make decisive. Those, who ' have- "wished they might win" but have so far made no effort to the realization of' their de side, should follow the lead of the young woman .who refused to be rob bed of her right. . The campaign is young, has scarcely started yet, in fact, the field is full of unbounded op portunities for the aggressive work ers. ' It should ' not be forgotten, though, that the time is flying, and that the prizes will be won not by "wishing,, but by working." - One (Continued on tage Eight) BEGIN ftOBK ampaign II. S. WORKERS E IRE NOT President Young, However, Ad mits Machinists to Go to Norfolk Shops. T LI The Chamber of Commerce recently took up with President J. H. Young of the Norfolk Southern Railroad, the matter ofs the rumors to the effect that the shops of that company now located here vere to be removed to Carolina Junction, protesting against the removal of any men from this city. A reply has been received from Mr. Young in which he states'. "The Nor folk Southern has recently completed its general shops near Norfolk. It is the intention to centralize as much of its work as is possible in these shops and in order to complete the organization it will be necessary to move some of the men from New Bern and other points on our line to that point. We will continue to make the runniruj repairs on locomotives operating in the vicinity of New Bern at that point as in the past. In ad dition we expect to continue the re building of our Wooden freight equip ment at New Bern as we have in the past few months so taken altogeth er there will be no material reduc tion in the number of men employed; in fact I think that it will probably figure out that during the year there will be more men employed at New Bern than formerly." Corporation Commission Holds There is No Reason for Fur ther Delay. BY FIRST OF JUNE RALEIGH, Jan. 24. The Corpora tion Commission made an order today directing the Atlantic Coast Line and Norfolk Southern Railroad Companies to proceed forthwith with completion of the plans for the union passenger station at Kinston.' The order reads: , "Upon consideration of the record of the 'proceedings, the order of the Commission that the defendants sub mit plans for the union passenger station at - Kinston by ;.' April v13th, 1916, having been extended from time to time by reason of change of loca tion of proposed depot, by agreement with the-Kinston Chamber of Com merce, and by reason of difference between the. defendant Companies as to a detail of the plans of construc tion, and no satisfactory reason ap pearing why there should be further delay, it is ordered that the defend ants submit plans for . an adequate union passenger station on the Cas well street junction site, Kinston, not later than Thursday, February 1st, 1917, or show cause why": penalty should not be imposed as provided in the revisaL "It is further ordered that con struction of the said de)ot be com menced, not . later than March 1st, 1917, and completed not later than June 1st, 1917, oUthat cause be shown why penalty should not be imposed for failure to comply with 'the or der." . TO BE REDUCED H TO KINSTON UN GN U N MUST BE COMPLETED ENGL 1 NOT ALLOWED TO TDSETTLEPOLICY TAKE CONTRACTITOWARD SCHOOLS . Government Compels Hatsfield Concern Cancel Bid for Shells For United States. T y WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 24. Announcement of England's refusal to allow the Hatsfield Limited to accept the American contracts award ed them for 16-jjich and 14-inch armor piercing projectiles fell like a bomb shell' in the Navy Department today. "I can take no action until I have the official announcement,, said Sec retary Daniels ot the Navy, "and Ihen I'll have to think a little," he added. The Navy Department is greatly embarrassed "by the action of the English Government, Mr. Daniel ad mitted. The award of the contract haa already been signed but the ac tual signing of the contract itself had not been consumated. Neither had the Hatsfield Limited filed the required fifteen per cent bond to be forfeited in case of failure to deliver Two courses are open to me, Sec retary Daniels declared, one is to ad vertise for new bids which would be certain to bnjpg out the same bids recently. submitted by American man ufacturers and declared by the Sec retary of the Navy to be high and outrageous. The other course is to hurry the proposed projectilt plant to completion and make the shells in dependently. The Government plant can be put in operation and actually carry out the contract awarded, p Hatsfield be fore the sheelq are needed, it was pointed out. Secretary Daniels is known to be adverse to awarding the contract to any American firm which was refused by Hatsfield. t When the original English bid was made, Secretary Daniels ' had a dis tinct understanding with the English firm that there would be no objection to their filling the contract by the British Government. " Far Ahead of Any City in The World, Statistics t Show. PITTSBURGH, PA., Jan. 23. Sta tistics compiled here show that Pitts burgh leads the world in origination of freight tonnage. The products of the Pittsburgh district's mines, mills and other industrial plants form a tonnage two and one-half times great er thap the tonnage of the ports, of London, New York and Hamburg combined. The tonnage is handled by twelve railroad lines that converge Here, and the Ohio, Allegheny and Monongahela rivers. This tonnage is also greater than that handled through the Suez Canal and the ports of New York, London, Liverpool and Hamburg, in normal times, combined. AS A PRECAUTION Institution Doing Its Utmost to Prevent Possible Outbreak of i ' Infantile Paralysis. BOSTON, Jan. 24. Harvard is do ing its utmost to keep its students fit. Recently a campaign against rats was conducted, so that if there was any" possibility that they were v the carriers of infantile paralysis, its rav ages at Harvard would be reduced to the utmost minimum. ' .' ' - To further safeguard the students, the raw milk in all of the university dining halls, at the training tables, and as far as possible in all the eat ing places in Cambridge is being pas teurized. The- water used in all these places is examined almost daily; Melville, C. Whipple,' sanitary 'in spector at Harvard, is alse watching the various other frfod': supplies, methods of service and makes . fre quent examinations of conditions under which-fbod is served. All food handlers as far as passible are ex amined for the , presence of con tagious disease. CAUSES SURPRISE A DEPARTMENT PITTSBURGH LEADS AS HARVARD KILLS RATS Single Copy: Five Cents ABANDON CAUCUS Local Self-Government Advo cates in Possession of a New Line, of Trenches. THE- FIGHT MAKES S (3y W. T. BOST) RALEIGH, Jan. 24. The caucus set for Wednesday night January 24, at which tiie the majority was to -;, have settled its policy toward the schools of the State has been aban doned and the local self government -advocates are in possession of the new line of trenches. It became evident Tuesday that ! the caucus could not be held. To be gin with, it appeared that more would -remain out" than gjo it. Smarting: ' under the 1915 get-together, dozens of the house members had determined,: ; not to bind themselves and a larger number without than within would , have been utter ruin to the school men V advocating centralization. The history is interesting. When the Democrats met two years ago and prayed all night over this vexa tious school issue, the proponents of popular election for county boards yielded to the plea that the Demo cratic party had never said in its platform what its desire is. The .in surgents were urged to defer to the Supreme Court of Demacracy and they did. They went home to be nagged at another year and the con vention met. That body did not even -squint at the school question and , Marse Henry Page and others were good and mad at it. The party has since said nothing to indicate its desire to change to tae popular style of choosing .men. Dur- ing the campaign it met much at tacking but the Republicans were confronted with their party quarrels ; and with Senator Butler, who, like the poor, is always with them. The Republican attack upon the Joyner system failed utterly and chiefly be- ' cause it foolishly predicted the as sault upon "partisanship," political partisanship, the one thing for which ; Joyner could not be criticised. He had always advocated non-partisan school boards. But the Democrats who have coe here pledged to the overthrow of the -present system are an alarming lot. . They looked formidable two years ago. They now appear positively bloodthirsty. There is no longer doubt , that the Democrats in the House fa- , vorable to popular election are ini fthe majority and of course they hae the united Republican strength. They ; will not caucus, will not be bound : and cannot longer. . .f L i ADVOCATES WILL SEE PRESIDENT ,;v' Wealthy New York Women T Make Journey to Washington Today. E ON HUNGER STRIKE ' NEW YORK, "Jan.. 24. Wealthy birth control advocates are- preparimg , to storm the White House and Govee nor Whitman of New York. While Mrs.' Ethel Byfne is 6n a hunger' strike at : Blackswell , Island, , del-" gate's from the Margaret Sanger IV?- . fence Committee will hasten to PreV- udent Wilson and Governor Wniuna ana urge tne repeat oi tne mw "; convicted her., .' . . " , This was decided today at a meet ing at the home of Mrs. W. L. Graves. Six women volunteered to start ea . a pilgrimage to Albany on Friday, ladened with arguments to convince the governor that the law must be repealed. Another will, be on the way tomorrow to see President Wilson. All things are possible, except for W a girl to lie about her age when she has a twin brother, r ' ' BIRTH COM V