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TO BUILD NE1C0URT HOUSE
THE C^M'SOT TO HAVE MODERN
TEMPM5 OK JUSTICE—MAY
SELL PRESENT SITE.
Bv a resolution adopted at their
monthly meeting Monday the county
commissioaew went on record as
1 gring determined to build a new
court house as early as practicalble.
_,hjg decision was reached by a unan-us
vote of the board, but further
civing formal and official no-the
inious
than ?
t\ct of their purpose, the commis-s
took no action in the matter
than to invite bids on the
sioners
[arthe
pre.-en court house property and
Ihe offer of available sites for the
oew building.
HO FURTHER MOVE FOR PEACE
WASHINGTON AWAITS ENTENTE
REPLY TO WILSON'S NOTE
ASKING DISCUSSION.
board 'will meet Monday
moraing at 10 o'clock to receive
tl,eSe bids, which are to be tentative
nalv, for the sale, if made at all. will
be a; public auction. The idea in
asking tor bias is t0 arrive at some
Si,rt of a conclusion as to what the
prop<'rtv may be expected to bring.
.\„ matter how attractive a price
may be offered, the commissioners
niil not entertain any proposition
looking to a sale until they ascertain
where they can purchase a new site
at the right figure. All of which
means that the members of the
board will take their time in work-ing
out the best business proposition
possible.
Chairman Boren informs The Pa-triot
that the board has not consid-ered
the style of building to be erect-ed
or its cost and will not do so un-til
the matter of the site shall be
determined. Mr. Boren added that,
so far as he was informed, no mem-ber
of the board had made up his
mind whether the county should
build on the present site or seek a
new location.
The Resolution.
The formal resolution adopted by
the commissioners declaring their
purpose to build a new court house
follows:
"Whereas, the board has deter-mined,
to erect and equip a court
house building for the use of the
county: and whereas, it wishes to
determine definitely the location of
the same; and whereas, it wishes to
consider all feasible propositions for
the sale to the county of a suitable
location for such building, and also
wishes to consider any and all prop-ositions
which may be made for the
purchase of the present site from the
county.
"Resolved that a meeting of the
board be held on the 8th day of Jan-uary,
1917, at 10 o'clock A. It., at
which all persons who wish to sub-mil
such propositions are invited to
be present and file their propositions
in writing to the board for its con-sideration.
The board has not de-termined
what course is wise fo.r it
to pursue and asks for these propo-sitions
to guide it.
"All propositions for the purchase
of the present site must be made as
tentative ones only, as the board
-ivfrs notice that the sale, if made,
will be at public outcry at the court
'louse door hereafter."
Would Hi-injj Good Price.
The property on which the present
•ouri house stands is considered the
Hi-si valuable piece of real estate in
'■■>'■ county, and should it be sold, it
-"'•■s without saying that it would
•MiiiL- a good price. Two or three
'■"ars ago the Jefferson Standard
Life Insurance Company offered the
•onnty $150,000 for the property,
but at that time a clouded title
"loi-ked a sale. Since then the title
>■«* been cleared and the county has
'"•'•onie owner in fee simple of the
"rip of land on the west side of the
"' ; nat was claimed by the Cald-
"'• heirs. It is believed that a bet-ter
price will be offered now than
vas offered by the insurance com-
■'" '-v. The lot fronts 292 .feet on
North Elm and 125 feet on West
Market street.
Vital Statistics Registrars.
"'•fore adjourning the board pass-
''1 on the usual quota of monthly
bills against the county and consid-
•'"'•'l a number of routine matters.
Wtal statistics registrars for the
'ownships and towns of the county
*'ere appointed as follows, most of
''"■m being reappointments:
Bruce, J. F. Medearis; Cedar
•Irore, L. A. Walker; Clay, Lewis
'ones; Deep River, J. W. Ingram;
Pentress, Mrs. A. M. Neelley; Friend-ship,
Dr. A. T. Millis; Gilmer, J. M.
Wendrix; Greene, Walter G. Causey;
High Point, W. M. Tucker; James-
HELD OH CONSPIRACY CHARGE
JUAN T. BURNS. CHARGED WITH
SHIPPING ARMS INTO MEXICO
—VIOLATION OF EMBARGO.
Washington, Jan. 3.—Coincident
with the receipt here today of con-fidential
advices giving the broad
outlines of the'entente reply to Pres-ident
Wilson's note proposing a dis-cussion
of peace terms. Col. E. M.
House, 'the president's friend and ad-viser,
arrived at the White House.
The colonel's last visit was followed
by the dispatch of the president's
note.
At the same time press dispatches
from London told of a speech by
Count Julius Andrassy, former pre-mier
of Hungary, stating that the
central powers had given or would
give President Wilson a statement
of their peace terms and that the
entente allies could obtain them
from him. ,
Officials at the White House and
the state department would not dis-cuss
these developments, further
than to say definitely that no further
move on the part of the American
government would be determined
until the entente reply was received.
It was not disclosed whether the
administration considers that the
unfavorable action of the entente
has left the way open far the confi-dential
exchange of terms between
the opposing groups of nations.
Both in German and entente cir-cles
pessimism over the outlook was
expressed. The president, however,
was understood to think that the
moves already made will be helpful
ultimately, regardless of the imme-diate
consequences.
Preliminary information received
here indicates that the entente note
will pay more attention to the pres-ident's
suggestion that means be
found for preserving peace in the
future than did the reply of the cen-tral
powers, -w*ich- • suggested the-postponement
of this question until
after the present war.
Col. House has kept in very close
touch with all developments in the
situation, and is considered by the
administration to have a complete
knowledge of the many cross cur-rents
operating for and against
peace in the several nations at war.
It generally is expected that after
receipt of the reply of the entente
allies. President Wilson will com-municate
again with both sides.
If the terms of the central powers
already have been made known to
President Wilson, it is believed they
came through Ambassador Gerard at
Berlin. The German embassy had no
information on the subject late to-night.
Several days ago it was stated
authoritatively that Germany was
ready, should it be necessary to keep
the road to ipeace open* to make
known confidentially the terms of
the central powers to the president.
It also was indicated that Germany
further might permit the terms to
be transmitted in confidence to the
entente allies.
PERSHING T0_ BE RE-GALLED
AMBASSADOR H. P. FLETCHER
IS ABOUT TO START FOR
MEXICO CITY.
Reply May State Peace Terms.
London, Jan. 3.—Reuter's Tele-gram
Company tonight published
the following concerning the reply of
the entente allies to President Wil-son's
recent note suggesting that the
belligerents state their terms of
peace.
"The document is still undergo-ing
slight modification of the draft
and Will not be published until a day
or two after it is in the hands of the
president.
"The note will be more positive
than the reply to Germany and is ex-pected
to indicate in more precise
fashion the only preliminaries upon
which the allies are prepared to neg-otiate.
In again going over the
ground of the responsibility for the
war it is likely that the allies will
emphasize the only possible terms
for peace, thus contrasting sharply
the German note, which purposely
was of a negative character."
New York, Jan. 3.—The arrest
here today by federal officers of Juan
T. Burns, consul general at New
York for the de facto government of
Mexico, disclosed an alleged conspir-acy
in which five Mexicans, includ-ing
Burns, are charged in three in-dictments
with shipping arms into
Mexico in violation of President Wil-son's
embargo proclamation of Oc-tober,
1915, and with evasion of
customs regulations.
According to Assistant United
States District Attorney John C.
Knox, federal agents first became
acquainted with the alleged plot last
November when a packing case ship-ped
from New York and manifested
as containing "building material"
fell on the dock at Vera Cruz and
broke open revealing cartridges as
its contents. Investigation by fed-eral
agents disclosed that the box
had been forwarded from this port
by a firm known as the Adic Com-pany,
composed of Louis Gotting and
Wenceslao Mont. The manifest was
signed by John Gelpi, who proved to
be Jose de LaPaz, an employe of the
firm.
Further investigation revealed,
according to Mr. Knox, that other
shipments of cartridges had been
made from New York under the
guise of various kinds of 'machinery.
Some of these shipments, he said,
were sent to Galveston, Tex., in care
of R. Mier.
Three weeks ago Gotting, Mont
and de LaPaz were placed under ar-rest
here by federal agents, and
Mier, identified as Reuben Mier, was
arrested at Houston, Tex., and
brought to New York.
The implication of Consul General
Burns came, Mr. Knox said, when in-vestigations
revealed that the money
to pay for ammunition had come
from'him. One of the counts in the
indictments mentions in this connec-tion
the advancing by Burns by_$5,-
200. A considerable quantity of the
ammunition found here and at Gal-veston
is held as evidence.
Burns was arrested today as he
was leaving his apartment to go to
his office. He protested his innocence
and when arraigned before Federal
Judge Hand entered a plea of not
guilty. He was placed under a bond
of $10,000, which he furnished in
cash and was released.
Later at his office Burns said that
the arrest was a complete surprise
to him. "I am entirely innocent of
any wrong doing," he declared. "I
have not made any attempt to buy
arms here to be shipped to Mexico
and I cannot see how I can possibly
be connected with any such charge
as has been brought."
Asked if he knew the other men
arrested on the same charge and
with ■whom he is alleged to have
conspired, he replied: "I have met
them but only in an official way as
consul and have had no dealings
with them."
MURPHY SPEAKER OF HOUSE
GENERVL ASSEMBLY MET YES-TERDAY
IN REGULAR
SESSION.
Washington. Jan. 2.—When the
American members of the Mexican-
American joint commission had fin-ished
consideration today of General
Carranza's reply failing to comply
with jtheir demand that the protocol
providing for withdrawal of the
American troops from Mexico be
ratified, there were indications that
efforts to enter into an agreement
with S the de factp government
through the commission, would be
abandoned. For the first time an of-fieialfj
»dmission was made that Car-ranza.
had. refused to sign the pro-tocol.!
The commissioners said'they
expedtojd to draft their response to
Carranza tomorrow.
Thjifijfailure of the commission to
give to Mexican-American relations
a brighter aspect was offset some-what!$
y official intimations" that
HenrjgP. Fletcher, confirmed as am-
Qr to Mexico almost a year ago,
'Ut to start for his post,
.American interests now are
tilted by a clerk. The report
eral Pershing's expedition
uld be withdrawn regardless
za's attitude also gained
_ etus, and it was under-sioodVjhe
administration had this
mova/tinder very serious considera-tion,;.!
Mfi,Wletcher conferred with Pres-ident)
Wilson after today's cabinet
meetllK and later referred inquiries
as to frtiether he would go to Mexi-co
to {resident Wilson and Secretary
No statement was forth-om
the White House or the
rtment.
Baker said no plans for
withdrawal of the troops
considered. It is knojwn,
army ^tfficers are
tui ftete-.-JUMBli qarartgjl
contending that in their present po-sition
they cannot be effective to-ward
protecting the border; that
they are in a bad strategic position
and should be brought out and dis-tributed
along the border with plans
perfected for sending a force across
the line at some more desirable point
if the occasion should arise in the
future. •
Eliseo Arredondo, Mexican em-basador
designate, announced dur-ing
the day that he had been sum-moned
to Mexico to confer with Gen-eral
Carranza regarding the rela-tions
of the two nations. This was
construed in some quarters as indi-cating
a determination by Carranza
to withdraw his diplomatic represen-tative.
Mr. Arredondo stated, 'how-ever,
that he expected to- return
within a few weeks to resume his
duties. His family remains in Wash-ington.
Ramon P. Denegri, former consul
general of the Carranza government
in San Francisco, will act as charge
of the Mexican embassy temporarily.
The text of the protocol signed at
Atlantic City was made public by
the American commissioners tonight
for the first time.
STATE IAMTS INFORMATIOK
HOW WERE THE REPUDIATED
BONDS ACQUIRED BY
CUBA.
ONE TIME GOVERNOR
DIES IX NEW JERSEY.
Continued on Page Eight.
Giant Steamer Overdue, Concerned
Over Safety.
New York, Jan. 2.—Concern was
felt in marine insurance and ship-ping
circles today for the safety of
the White Star steamship Georgic,
one of the largest cargo-carriers in
the world which was due to arrive at
Liverpool December 19 but has not
been reported.
The Georgic sailed from Philadel-phia
on Decembers for Brest and
Liverpool with a cargo insured in
New York city tor .llt»i<M©0» , W
Raleigh, Jan. 2.—The unanimous
selection by the Democratic caucus
of the house tonight for speaker was
Walter Murphy, of Rowan. He was
without opposition for the reason
that both Page, of Moore, and Rob-erts,
of Buncombe, withdrew from
the race during the afternoon. Page
first announced his withdrawal, and
then Mr. Roberts, in the interest o'
unanimity in the party ranks and to
save the caucus a possibly long and
troublesome contest, also retired in
favor of Mr. Murphy.
Representatives Roberts, of Bun-combe;
Page, of Moore, and Stubbs,
of Martin, were sent as a special
committee to inform Murphy of his
nomination and escort him in.
Murphy was given an ovation. He
said he appreciated deeply the honor
and trust, and that he had no pet
legislation to get through, but want-ed
to serve the legislature as best he
cnuld. There would be business of
.■treat importance, and he expected
the support and -co-operation of the
members, the proper dispatch of
business, and that he would preside
impartially and fairly. He would be
progressive enough, but sufficiently
reactionary not to rush ahead of the
times.
Mr. Murphy's nomination was by
R. A. Doughton, of Alleghany, who
told of his past legislative service
covering six sessions and the speak-ersnip
of the 1914 extra session, and
of rlie exceptional qualifications
For principal clerk, Alex. Lassiter
and Frank Hackett tied, with 47
votes each on the first ballot, Lassi-ter
won on the second, 52 to 41.
Other officers of the house nominat-ed
were:
Engrossing clerk, O. P. Shell,
;ean|_ jit. arms. J. H.
MorlngrWake; read!ffi?*Veik-r^W*".'
Dillinger, Gastoi:
H. P. Grier, of Irotiell, was made
p°rmanent chairman of the house
caucus, and J. E. Pefrani, of Dur-ham,
secretary, to serve throughout
the legislature;
The senate " caucus chose F. C.
Harding, of Pitt, president pro tem;
R. O. Self, principal clerk; David
Gastor, Cumberland, sergeant at
arms; J. W. Alexander, Clay, assis-tant
sergeant at arms; C. C. Brough-ton,
reading clerk; T. W. I'ughes,
Beaufort, engrossing clerk.
Senator McNider, of Hertford, was
made permanent ohairman of the
senate caucus, and Elmer Long, of
Alamance, secretary.
R. E. Little, of Anson, warned the
senators against permitting a flood
of local bills to be dumped on the
legislature in anticipation of the
constitutional amendments.
The Republican caucus agreed on
J. N. McCrary, of Davidson, for mi-nority
leader in the house. He will
be given a complimentary nomina-tion
for speaker.
Verona, N. J., Jan. 2.—Gen. Ed-ward
Lewis Hayes, a cousin of Pres-ident
Rutherford B. Hayes, and at
one time governor of North Caro-lina,
died at his home here today.
He was 97 years old last Friday. At
a celebration in honor of the event
he insisted on cutting the birthday
cake himself and seemed better than
for some months. That night, how-ever,
he suffered an attack of ndi-gestion
and grew steadily worse.
General Hayes was a prominent
Republican and was a delegate to
the convention which nominated
Abraham Lincoln for the presidency.
He served throughout the Civil war,
entering the service as a major in
tiie one hundredth Ohio volunteers.
He was promoted to colonel of that
regimen c and later became a briga-dier-
general. He took part in 30
battles, although he was a prisoner
in Libby prison for 11 months. Dur-ing
the reconstruction period he was
governor of North Carolina for about
nine months.
After the war General Hayes en-tered
the commission business in
New York city but retired about
eight years ago because of failing
health. He is survived by one daugh-ter,
Mrs. Elixabeth Graves, of Glea
Rirlge, N. J. one granddaughter and
one grMt-tTUddaofhtqr, ^ ._ r_
TOM LAWSON FAILS
TO PRODUCE EVIDENCE.
Washington, Jan. 2.—Two con-ferences
today between Thomas W.
Lawson and Representative Henry,
chairman of the house tules commit-tee,
resulted in an announcement by
Mr. Henry that the Boston financier
had been unable to furnish any
names or other definite information
about the alleged "leak" in advance
of President Wilson's peace note,
and that so far as he was concerned
the matter would be dropped.
"Certainly no sensible person,"
said Mr. Henry's statement, "would
ask me to trouble the committee
with a meeting to chase a mirage.
And I must say that so far as this
matter between Mr. Lawson and my-self
is concerned, it is ended.
"In a thorough conference the al-leged
leak has been discussed by Mr.
Lawson and myself. I have asked
him tor the names of those thought
to be responsible for the so-called
leak between the state department
and Wall street. He cannot give me
a single name. He cannot even give
me the names of those charged by
him with cleaning up sixty millions
of dollars in connection with the
ieak and'is not able to famish me
the name of even one of the sus-
Washington, Jan. 2.—The suit
Cuba is trying to bring against North
Carolina to recover over two million
dollars of repudiated bonds attracted
attention in two places today. Sen-ator
Overman asked the senate's con-sideration
of a resolution directing
the secretary of state to ascertain
how Cuba came in possession of the
bonds, and the clerk of the Supreme
court received the state's brief from
Attorney General Bickett. J. S. Man-ning,
Cameron Morrison and W. W.
Kitchin, of counsel for the state.
Consideration of the resolution to-day
was blocked by Senator Gal-
Hnger, who said he did not oppose it,
but wanted it to come up in regular
order. It will be considered tomor-row.
A short debate occurred In
which Senator Sutherland declared
North Carolina ought not to pay
these bonds and Senator Cummins
said Cuba should- not have taken
them.
The resolution wants the secretary
of state to find out "under what cir-cumstances
the republic of Cuba ac-quired
these bonds, and from whom
it acquired them, and for what pur-pose
it holds 'them, and what price
if any, it paid for said bonds, and
if the republic of Cuba has moved
to institute suit against the state of
North Carolina in behalf of itself, or
In behalf of others, who now own
said bonds, and to communicate said
information to the senate of the
United States."
Senator Sutherland said it was un-usual
for the senate to take up a
matter distinctly judicial.
"All the state of North Carolina
wants is information," said Senator
Overman. "I think it is due to Cuba
herself. I am satisfied Cuba would
like to know what was the object
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formation which satisfies Cuba that
the object of these people is to es-tablish
certain bonds that the states
have repudiated I am satisfied Cuba
itself would withdraw this case."
Senator Cummins suggested it
would be more proper for the sec-retary
of state to take up with Cuba
the propriety of seeking to sue one
of the states. "I do not know," he
said, "of any provision in the con-stitution
that gives a foreign coun-try
the right to sue a state in the
Supreme court or in any other trib-unal.
I think it would be distinctly
an affront to our country to make
any suoh proposition."
He said if Germany should try to
sue a state or the United States in
the Supreme court for violation of
neutrality it would be a matter for
settlement between the state depart-ment
and Germany.
THE SOUTHERN BUYS
ANOTHER RAILROAD.
A FARM IX>AN BANK
FOR GUILFORI) COUNTY.
Mr. E. H. Anderson, county agent,
announces that a farmers' meeting
Will be held in Greensboro next
Tuesday, January 9, at 10 A. M., for
the purpose of organizing a Farm
Loan Association.
The federal farm loan act was
created entirely for the benefit of
farmers to help them secure cheaper
money. Perhaps you have studied
this proposition somewhat and are
interested to secure a loan for mak-ing
some improvement on your
farm, and if so, it will be to your
interest to attend this meeting and
help to organize a Farm Loan As-sociation,
and thus be benefited.
A visiting speaker will be present
at the meeting who thoroughly un-derstands
the organizing of a Farm
Loan Association and Hs workings,
so if there are any points relative to
this proposition that you do not
thoroughly understand, come and
ask questions. There should be a
good attendance of interested farm-ers.
The meeting will be held at the
rooms of the Chamber of Commerce.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 2.—The- acqui-sition
of the New Orleans and North-western
railroad by the Southern
Railway Company, reports of which
have been current since the recent
announcement that J. P. Morgan fc
Co., had purchased the Englislt hold-ings
in the Northeastern, was con-firmed
here la; today in a statement
issued by Pre: lent Fairfax Harri-son,
of the Southern, and made pub-lic
by Vice President H. W. Miller.
The New Orleans and Northwest-ern
operates from Meridian, Miss.,
to New Orleans and is 202 miles in
length. Its purchase will giye the
Southern system entrance into New
Orleans over its own direct lines as
well as, direct connection with the
extensive terminals of the New Or-leans
Terminal Company, of which
the Southern is sole owner.
The purchase price was not men-tioned
in President Harrison's state-mpnt,
but at the time of the Morgan
Company purchase, the English hold-ings
acquired were announced as
valued at $12,000,000.
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Roach-Stanley.
Mr. Lee Roach, of Summerfleld,
and Miss Annie Stanley, of Friend-ship
township, were married in this
city Monday afternoon, the ceremony
being performed by Justice of the
Peace CoUiaa at hi* office. ,,
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100 Business Men Bark Cotton Hold-ing
Move.
Selma, Ala., Jan. 2.—One hundred
business men of the South, under the
direction of C. W. Cooper. R. H.
A^ee and W. C. Agee, of this city,
have organized to urge cotton grow-ers
to hold their staple for 20 cents
a pound, it was announced bere to-day.
An extensive campaign among cot-ton
growers is planned. *
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