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THE PAPER WITH THE BIG CIRCULATION- -WAN I ED 25,000 SUBSCRIBERS IN THE NINTH AND I ENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS The Aurora - Highlander THE SQUARE DEAL PAPER OUR FIRST DUTY LS TO THE HOME FOR PROTECTION AND PROSPERITY IN THE SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS SHELBY, N. C, SATURDAY, ' JANUARY 13. 1917. VOL. XLII HO 2 PRICE. $1 l0 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE RIVER AND HARBOR! PROHIBITION SEEMS OFFICIALS DENY GOOO RELATIONS BILL FIXED BY HOUSE : SDRE FOR CAPITAL RESPONSIBILITY EXISTS WITH U. S. N. C. ELECTORS CAST BALLOT MISSED A THRILL Ai'Ti; '. e n a f o r c i o . e r AGREEMENT ON APPROPRIATIONS IS REACHED BY HOUSE COM M ITT E E I $38,000,000 ARE CARRIED Virginia Will Receive $438,434; Norh Carolina's Part is $709,775; anu South Carolina Will Get $355,000 as Her Share. Washington Final agreement on thi annual rlverr anil harbrm appro p, laticn bill was i earned by t in- house committee. Th measure carries $L!V 155,339, of which something over $10. 000,000 is fc" new projects l.ih! the remainder for continuing or maintain ing existing projects. Chairman Sparkman will report the bill at once with the hope of having it taken up as soon as the pending poBtoffice bill is disposed of. An ad verse minority report will be made by Representative Freer of Wisconsin The bill carries $438.4:14 for Vir ginia, of which $311,434 Is tor now projects; and $355,000 for South Caro lina, of whirh $120,000 Is for new pro Jects. These figures do not include $1,000,000 for the improvement of the Inland waterway between Norfolk and Beaufort Inlet; and $3,000 for the maintenance of the Inland waterway between Savannah and Beaufort. S. C. The new projects i.re as follows: Virginia Norfolk harbor $270,000, Tangier Channel $16,434, Pagan River $25,000. ' North Carolina Shallow Bag (Man- '4-teo) Bay $28,000. Beaufort harbor $15, 900, Scuppernong River $31,800, North- '"last River $26,375, Newbegun Creek nooo, hdougbfare Bay $6,200.' 'n cajouna'nwrttiBion naruur "vree' River $56,000 ,. luuuitiMic are . - irginia---Mattaponi River- $2,000 ' -.Pamunkey: River $3,000, Rappahan ,"tnock River $10,000, Hanzmond River $6,000, James River $56,000, Appomat ' tox River $50,000. - - '.North Carolina 'Shallow Bag (Man teo) $500, Cape Lookout harbor of refuge $425,000, Beaufort harbor $4, 500, Beaufort Inlet $14,000, Morehead City harbor $2,000,. Roanoke River $2, 500, Scuppernong River $3,500, Pamli co and Tar Rivers $4,500, Contentnea Creek $1,000, Neuse River $2,000, Trent River, $4,000, Waterway from Pamlico Sound to Beaufort Inlet $15. 000, Northeast River $3,000, Black " River $2,000, Cape Fear River at and below Wilmington $115,000. South Carolina WInyah Bay $150, 000, Charleston harbor $50,000. Great Pee Dee River $5,000, Congaree River $30,000. NEW CRISIS HAS ARISEN IN POLITICS OF RUSSIA. New Premier, Prince Golltzine, a Strong Reactionary, Makes Signi ficant Statement Petrograd, via London The politi cal, situation during the last two months, for which the word "crisis" seems entirely inadequate, has taken a new turn with the resignation of Alevander Trepoff from the Premier ship and of Count Ignatieft, Minister of Public Instruction, and the appoint ment of a new Premier. The official announcement of this change, which has fallen upon the country, continu ously excited and emotionally exhaust ed by the drama of swift changes and vlimaxes, hardly created the effect which would have been natural under other circumstances. This time, the tide has suddenly shifted and Is running strongly In the reverse direction. Prince Golltzine, who succeeds Trepoff, Is a member of the extreme conservative group, who always manifested the strongest re actionary, principles and as a member ot the Imperial . Council has always shown little sympathy for the pro gressive tendencies of the new re gime. The ostensible reason for his replacement ot Trepoff was the ap parent Inability of the latter to pre serve a strong, united Cabinet'. WOMAN EXECUTED BY VILLA SOLDIERS AT PARRAL. Juarez, Mexico. A telegram was re ceived here by Miss Maria Chavez from her brother, Guillermo Chavez, whlcr read : "Our mother was execut ed by Francisco Cilia's forces Jan. 4." The girl's mother was Mrs. Celsa Caballero, a widow, living In Parral. The telegram added that the yilla officers, thinking the widow was wealthy, demanded a forced loan and .upon being refused, they ordered the woman shot by filing squad. OILL TO ABOLISH SALOONS IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AFTER NOV. 1, 1917. PASSES SENATE 321 TO 55 Friend of Sheppard Bill Say it is Cer- tain to Get Majority When it is Brought Up in House. Party Lines Ahnh.heri Washington The Sheppard bill to ' abolish salo.iiis in the National Capi 1 tul after November 1. l'.17. was pass 1 ed by the senate and now goes Lo the house, where Hs friends claim It Is assured of passage The vole In the J senate was f.f. to :I2. While the measure prohibits the : sale of liquor in the District of olmn I hia. It permits unlimited importation i for personal use An amendment j whirh would have submitted the pro ' posal to a referendum of citizens of ' the District lout before passage by a tie vote. 43 to 43. The vote oi passage follows: Ayes : Democrats -Ashurst, Beckham, Bry an, Chamberlain, Chilton, Johnson, of South Dakota; Kern, Kirby. Lea. Mar tin, Myers, Overman, Pittman, Rands dell, Robinson, Shafroth, Sheppard, Shields, Simmons, Smith, of Georgia; Smith, of Maryland; Smith of South Carolina; Swanson, Thomas, Thomp son, Vardaman, Walsh, Williams 321. Republicans Borah. Brady, Clapp, Clark. Cummins, Curtis, Dillingham, Fall, Fernald. Galllger, Gronna, Jones, K- nyon, McCumber, Nelson, Norris, Oliver, Page, Polndexter, Sherman, Smith, of Michigan; Smoot, Sterling, Sutherland, Townsend, Watson, Works 27. Total, ayes, 55. t Democrats BankheiS, Culberson, - Hardwlck, oroussuru, Hitchcock, Hughes,-Hustings, James, Johnson, of Maine; Lee, Lewis, Martine, New lands, O'Gorman, Phelan, Pomerene, Reed, Saulsbury, Smith, of Arizona; Stone, Tillman, Underwood 22. Republicans Brandegee. Colt, Du pont, Harding, Llppitt, Lodge, Mc Lean, Penrose, Wadsworth, Weeks 10. Neither the vote on the referendum amendment nor that on the passage of the bill wtis on party lines. There were 26 Democrats and 17 Republi cans voting for the referendum and 22 Democrats and 21 Republicans voting against it. Most of the Republicans of the so-called Protiressive group vo ted against it. HARRY THAW INDICTED ON CHARGES OF KIDNAPPING Slayer of Stanford White Breaks Into Limelight Again Man Said to be His Bodyguard Also Held. New York. Harry K. Thaw, who was legally released 15 months ago from an asylum for the insane where he was sent after he killed Stanford White, was indicted here, charged with kidnapping Fred Gump, Jr., of Kansas City, Mo., a youth of 19, and assault ing him with a whip. With him was indicted on the kid napping charge a man described as George F. O'Brynes supposed to have been employed by Thaw as a body guard. Word was received that O'Byrnes had been arrested in Phila lelphla and'detectlvns were then look ing for Thaw. The complaint alleges Thaw enticed the youth to his rooms at a hotel here Christmas night and there beat him with two whips three different times until he bled and became almost un conscious. Testimony describing the whipping of young girls by Thaw made up some of the most sensational chapters In the numerous actions on the ques tion of Thaw's sanity after his acquit tal of the murder of White on the grounds of insanity and his commit ment to the Mattewan State Hospital for the Criminal Insane. Alienists for the state testified that whipping was a mania with Thaw." RESIGNATION OF RUSSIAN PREMIER IS TENDERED London. According to the Reuter correspondent at Petrograd both Pre mier Trepoff and Count Ignatieff, min ister of public Instruction, have re signed. Prince Qolttlzlne, a senator and member of the council of the em pire, has been appointed premier. Sen ator Kultchitsky has been appointed minister of public instruction. Mr. Neratoff, deputy foreign minister, has been appointed a member t the coun cil of the empire. LANSING AND TUMULTY MAD NO KNOA LEDGE OF PEACE NOTE BEFOREHAND PRES'T WILSON ENDORSES . Maie of Intimations and Heated Colo- quies Mark Session of Committee of Inquiry Lawson Fails to Substan- e ' tiate Stories. Washington Through a bewilder- lug n.H.e of Intimations and heated' . H -i is : t s which turned the killing n to an uproar, the House Hub's i'oiu- tulttee wrest led for ! i'liuii.a-. V I.awsnr out obtaining any tioii ',i suhantialr leak to Wall Sir, ; he President pi a. Karlii-r duting tl; irveral In of Ho;!. definite the stot el In ad e note ins with iii, with iiifin ma il's ot a 1,111' e of Jo- ph P Tumulty, Secretary to Pi lent Wilson, whose name was mentioned by Representative Wood In Ihe ru- ' mors be laid before the committee : last week, appeared to give an era- j phatir statement, endorsed by the President, that he had no knowledge of the peace note before it waa given lo the press lie also denied the re port repeated by Representative Wood that Mr. Tumulty and Bernard Barurh. a New York broker, had con ferred in a New York hotel a few days before the note was made public. j Mr. Tumulty denounced the action of Representative Wood in making I public charges based on a letter from j an unidentified man, and declared from the witness stand, looking Rep i resentative Wood In the face, that . he waa still awaiting the Congress man's apology. 't UUtDLVCMVAM DDnlll RITtHM t ... u, r Victory Is Most Sweeping Ever Won In Fight Against Liquor. Washington. In the most sweeping of all decisions upholding prohibition laws, the Supreme Court upheld as constitutional and valid the Webb Kenyon law prohibititg shipments of liquor from "wet" to "dry" states. It also sustained West Virginia's rece v amendment to her law prohibiting im portation In interstate- commerce of liquor for personal use. After having been vetoed by Pres ident Taft. who held it unconstitu tional, and having been re-passed by Congress over his veto, the law was sustained by the Supreme Court by a vote of 7 to 2. Leaders of the prohibition movement declare it is to their fight second only In Import ance io -the proposed constitutional amendment. Lawyers for liquor interests who heard the jdecislon admitted it upheld and applied the law "In its fullest sense." "BUFFALO BILL" FACES DEATH AS CALMLY A8 ON THE PLAINS. Denver, Col. Col. Wliliam F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) dying in Denver, faced death In the same manner that he has faced It many times on the -Ins of the West in conflicts that mane his name famous. The Colonel was warned of the ap proach ot the end oil lls life by Dr. J. H. East, lh;8 physician and friend. He had summoneff1 the physician to the home" of hie Bister, where he Is spending his last hours. When Doctor East walked Into his room, Colonel Cody said: "Sit down, doctor, there is some thing I want to ask you. I want you to answer me homlstly. What are my chances?" Doctor East turned to the scout: "There Is a time, Colonel." said he, "when every honest physician must commend his patient to a higher power." Colonel Cody's hitad sank. "How longT" he naked simply. "I can answer that," said the phy sician, "only by telling you yoar life is like the hour glass. The sand, is slipping gradually, slowly but soon the sand will all b gone. The end Is not far away." Colonel Cody turned to his slste, Mrs. May Decker: "May," said he. "let the Elks and Masons take charge of the funeral." Then the man who made history In the West when it was young began methodically to arrange his affairs. Villa and Force Flee, El Paso, Texas.Carranza forces now occupy Jlmenz, Santa Rosalie and Parral, while tllla and his stall have fled to the State ot Durango, over the branch railroad from Parral to El Aro. 0 H M A N Y IMPRESSES CORDIAL IV OF RELATIONS BETWEEN U S. AND GERMANY GERARD GUEST AT DINNER A encan Ambassador is Entertained at Dinner in Berlin and Likened to ,ht Dove of Peace That Was Sest Out From Noah s Ark H'-riin. via ( ayiille A la... i 1111 her ..f the leading personage-, of (lei 11: ;. 1. says the Overseas New An- i: were present at the dinner kiwi 1:1 '. .nor of James W tierard, the mrii in Ambassador lo (iennany h (he inern 1111 Association of Trade mni . "miner, e of Berlin The diner- were . 1 1 1 1 1 r 1 s s 1 1 1 by Ambassador (le.rar l bv Vi.e I'hamellor Selfferirh. by l-'oreigii Serrelan Zimmerman and by Arthur von ilwi.iner. the dire, tor of the DrutM he Hank. and mi all the speei lies the t ordial relai uuiships ex isting between the governments of he Pnited States and Germain were emphasized Ambassador (iirard, who was liken d by Diie.ior van Gwinner to the peace dovt of Noah's Ark," is quot ed by the Overseas News Agency as saying that "never since the begin ning ot the war have relations be tween Germany and the I 11 It 1 States been so cordial" and that he had "brought back an olive branch from President Wilson. Vice Chi-ncellor Helfferirh said lie was pleased to know that Ambassador Gerard had visited the United States "where he had an opportunity of de scribing the real state of affairs in Germany," and Foreign Minister Zim merman declared he "felt sure the friendly and trueaJTuture relations feteii fh&siMrtriesrW-uujittet&d by Mr. Gerard will!, continue." A telegram expressing the "sin eeresd wishes" of the association "in this crucial time" was sent to Pres ident Wilson, and another message j was forwarded to Emperor William. Doctor HeifTerich. In his speech as quoted by the Overseas News Au-enry. called attention lo the increase In commerce between Germany and the United States. CARRANZISTA SAYS EARLY ADJUSTMENT WILL BE HAD 'ersonal Representative of Mexico's First Chief is Confident of Eearly Settlement. New York Nicifero Zambrano. treasurer of the de facto government of Mexico recently sent to Washing ton by General Carranza as his person al representative, and who came here issued a statement in whirh he pre dicted an early settlement of ihe bur der difficulties. He based his belief, he declared, on the fart thai the Amer ican government is considering seri ously lifting at an early date, for the benefit of the Carranza government, j the embargo on the shipment of arms I into Mexico, the recall of den Per shing's expedition and the sending to Mexico of Ambassador .let. -her. Mr 7mhmnn said he had tailed on Secretary Lane ami Judge George I Gray of the American commission, with whom he discussed Ihe American situation, lie let it he understood also that he was received by President Wilson and Secretary of State Lans ing. As the result of his visit to Washington. Mr. Zanihrr.no said he had reported to General Carranza that prospects for an early adjustment of the existing diffi. cities are very bright. TAUSSIG ACCEPTS PLACE ON TARIFF COMMISSION Washington. Prof. Frank W. Taus sig of Harvard accepted a place on the tariff commission and probably will be made chairman. The other four mem bers will be announced later. Professor Taussig U a teacher of political economy and has written ex tensively on the tariff. It Is under Stood the administration had difficulty n persuading hln to accept. HONOLULU EXEMPTED FROM COAL EMBARGO Honolulu. That the British admir alty has exempted Honolulu from the recent coal shipment embargo was In 'dlcated when notification was Riven that the motorship City of Portland was on Its way here from Australia With 2000 tons of coal. Representa tions to he British government that British trans-Pacific shipping would suffer If the supply of bunknr coal here tailed, were believed to be responsible for its modification. I lie m Mil, Nor!. was !!.. W M .Pi-' 1 e thlr'y M-'Ml li I 1 1 II L' i loll' 1111' u ! tile)' ' ,1 1 1 U 1 1 M 1 riglp. lll.es-. gr.-... and III. 1 I ! I'll riKhts Ini I been b.i Then . aine W'.., brought with h::n the government 'i i.- l .hi .1. iro'A Wilson who ; ieii. we.1 .mil in .'in... rat 1. all ad ministered, and who. in -pur of peril 011s, danger fraugiii . t ise. has met the needs of the ..iiintry and has kept American honor untarnished, bright and glorious. "And yet," he declared, we are at peace with all the world and we alone of the great nations of the earth. , Our flag has written across it in let i ters of gold. Glory to God in ' the Highest, Peace on Karth. Good Will to Men.' " Hhe characterized President Wilson as the scholar, the master of the Eng lish language, written or spoken, the : most nerfect llvinc Interpreter of the I historial soul of democracy, and the greatest fighting man who has ap peared to fight he battles of, right eotisfiesifc afifl Sattftt ' ' "He has taught the world the high est lesson in what is true govern mental honor," he declared. The seconding motion was made by Felix E Alley. The electors prepared '.heir ballots; Thomas J. Gold and H C Carter. Jr.. counted, and the preside it announced the result. The same form fol'owHI for the vote on the vice-presidency, G. V. t'owper, making the nominating speech. T. T. Thome seconding. General Clements Says Farewell. Camp Stewart. El Paso. Texas -Major General Clements, commanding the seventh division, made his farewell vis it to regimental and brigade head onarters and at noon the flag was lowered in front of bis quarters for the lat lime with impressive ceremony. Music was furnished by the band of the Thirteenth Pennsylvania and speeches were made by General Clem ents and others. Private R. 1'. Gladden, Co D , Third regiment, was sentenced to Iwelve months in federal prison at For. Leav enworth. Kansas, for forgery and check flashing. He gave his residence at York. S. C, when he enlisted He cashed chec ks on various banks in El Paso for a total of two hundred and fifty dollars. The checks bore forged signatures of Capt. Iloddie and Lieut Dic kens of Co. D. NORTH CAROLINA BRIEFS. The Salisbury Equal Suffrage League has sent a letter to North Carolina senators and representa Uvea at Washington asking if their aid can he relied upon in regard to equal suffrage legislation. Demonstration in milk and soil test ing for farmers will form a new de parture in moonlight school instruc tion in Wake county. Walter Davis, well known and a prosperous young farmer of Pinkney. Wayne county, was killed this week while felling a tree In the forest on his plantation. The tenth annual convention of the N. C. State Optometric Society will meet in Raleigh January 23 and 24. Citizens of Gaston county will ask the General Assembly to change the Gaston-Cleveland county line again. The pupils In the public schools of Fayetteville are undergoing medical Inspection. The State Convention of the North Carolina Anti-Saloon League will be addressed by former Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan in the First Baptist church, at two o'clock in the afternoon of the first session Jan uary 15. The only other out of the state speakers will be Judge S. D. Weakley, of Alabama, who drew the bill which the Antl Saioon League is championing; S. J. Peters. Richmond, Vs., prohibition commissioner of that tat. oc v b to Rrpt ' Can ;d t : f j : ' cs M Qh! at W' , f be f Magnified Into i :. rs V 'th While "i j . m, o t 1 1 k 1 a - :, 11 . lion io liars ' t ; -ng w or-i w In 11 '. He may haw- uns ii.. infoi incd. , I ot .11 l.i i 1 1 III 1s- - Ill of$T..'HN',llC-l : : ' . en 11. i ' 1 ee a re I , 1 jury is nnsiiifi.i in hi, 1 "1..-H him 11 still I In. 11 that the e I II II I . M H I I MM! ell !'.' ll!lle,.,j for a as well be charged I,' II 1 1 In,. ' 1 i I nil. I '-r.- w 11s . li le.I V A s is a hil.it. . ni' in b. iii'i ot day books unh a ly j INN. INNI I N Ml ..,s, h, aS ( $1'UU.. ,MM And how much greater en- i"n.iii it iiiiii I,;"i' alToldeil Mr. 'o.r. (aluas a s,,,-niii ami censorious loan with a In. i:el to somebody's dis i re In bandy i to say. "1 have been In formed that ten billion dollars was the actual figure " "Mankind,' said Doctor Johnson, "love to propagale a wonder." Man is a romancing animal, and Mr. Gore Is not exempt (to iuote i be doctor again) from that "anfrartuosity of t lie human intellect " He has imagination. All it needed Was the hashish of sulh ciently seiisniioiial misinformation to builii on. The JIO.OOU.UHI yarn was Interesting But what an Arablun Nights fabric of spun glass unci rooou shine be might have reared If "in formed" that $HUKJt.0Ht.00() was the amount actually spent by that com mittee ! ' . iktesArl"j JHdca..: Secretary McAdoo estimates the or dinary expenditure of the United States government in the fiscal year which will begin next July at not less than $l.J7S.(t()o.0O0. An Increase of $JL'ti.iKK.(HK) over Uie expenditures of the present fiscal year is expected, uml by comparison with the fiscal year which ended with Inst June the in crease is calculated at the enormous sum of Jii.VUKHUMK). The high cost of government, it Is plum, outruns all other changes in the expenses of the American people, since It Is to be multiplied by two, lacking n small fraction. In Hvo years, and there is no corresponding expansion of the national income. A deficit of $-82.-(MKI.(KH) in the next fiscal year is ex pected by the treasury department, un less large additional revenues shall lie provided. Manifestly the country cannot go on long at that rate. If it did it would encounter grave financial difficulties. The way out will doubtless be found in the piling up of new taxes, a situa tion never, we believe, suggested, much less foretold, by special pleaders for the administration In the recent presi dential campaign. Republicans Beaten by Mistakes. "It's useless to indulge In post mor tems." observed former Secretary of the Interior Wulter Fisher In Chicago, at Washington. "We know that the Democrats won a victory. In my Judg ment the principal cause of the Demo cratic triumph was the belief among ti great many people that the president kept the nation out of war. I do not believe he did, but that does not mat ter. The voters of Kansas did, and so did the voters of some other states. "As for the future, I am sure that the Republicans are In n position of vantage. I believe that two years from now the Republicans will elect a ma jority of the congress, and fonr years hence we shall doubtless have a Re publican president. That we lost in the recent campaign was due to numer ous conditions. In my opinion, the Re publicans would have been victorious had Mr. Hitchcock conducted the cam paign. Many mistakes were made, but it Is now too late to review them. We were beaten, and that's an end to It." $38,000,000 Mostly "Pork." A bill appropriating $38,000,000 for federal buildings to be scattered here and there throughout the country Is now before congress. Secretary McAdoo In his annual re port says congress In the last twenty years has appropriated $18d,000,000 for public buildings, and of this vast sum the larger part has been spent In small places where "neither the gov ernment business nor the convenience of the people Justified their construc tion." - o v:c The present bill la said to be a repe tition ot this kind of extraTagancev "' "7
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