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■ IE '•'.',' . -■" ■'■■■■' ■ •' .'-'■-■■'. .. m >n ie m ;n ra-store lother Well. ler-bt? It and lay tha o. its Hall PkMU )WS srket WJ). SBY, ■in*, to 10*1 -date. A diseases, res, tll- Ices wlth- 9, hospi' less. Of-opposlte iboro, N. [. and 3. ie 2«J. R i.. Inc. THE -* r -•-■■'-*■ -»- - - ■ « * . ■ ■ • PUBLISHED EVERY MONDif AND THURSDAY ■Jkj '«• ESTAB*i^*ST^ l«« GREENSBORO. N. C. MCND4YJWANUARY 8, 1917. VOL. 96—MO. 3 OFFER FOR THE COURT HOUSE STATE NORMAL ASKS $125,000 OM BID RECEIVED—SIX SITES OKI FRED FOR IXH'ATIOX OF NEW BUILDIXO. At an adjourned meeting of the »oard of county commissioners to-day, called for the purpose of receiv-ing bids on the court house property and offers of sites for a new court House, one offer was made for the purchase of the property now occu- ,i,.j by the court house and a half dozen sites were proposed. The sin- Sle bid on the property came from •he Jefferson Standard Life Insur-ance Company and was for $150,000. •liis being the figure at which the •ompany contracted to buy the prop-iriy two or three years ago. inasmuch as the property, if sold, will be put up at public auction, it is !Oi improbable that there may be •liter bidders and that a higher price i.han $150,000 may be offered. Tie following sites were offered for the new court house: Through Mr. It. R. King, Mr. I'easar Cone offered the lot at the southeast intersection of WestWash-ington and South Greene streets, with a frontage of 160 feet on Wash-mgton and 260 feet on Greene, with streets on three sides, for $15,000. The ('aidwell property, on the southeast corner of West Market and Ashe streets, with a frontage of 150 feei on West Market and 150 feet on Ashe, together with an adjoining lot on South Ashe 74 by 150 feet, was offered for $51,500. The Irving Park Company offered i he old Gilmer home place, on the corner of North Elm and Church streets, fronting 260 feet on North Elm and 125 on Church, but named no price. It was stated that the property could be had at a satisfac-tory price. J. C. Bishop made an offer of his nome place on Nortli Elm street, ft-lth a frontage of 210 feet, at $150 a foot. Col. James T. Morehead stated to the board that he would sell his property on the corner of Sycamore and Greene streets, but intimated ;!iat it would be at a higher figure than he offered it before. His prev-ious offer was to sell for $37,500. The llagan property, bound by Summit avenue. Church street and Walnut street, was offered for $55,- OO'i. It the entire property should not be desired, it was stated that a lot fronting 325 feet on Summit ave-nue and 300 feet on Church street .vould he sold for $30,000. FOB MAIXTEXAXCE ALONE. EX-LARGEMEXTS TO BE ASKED FOR LiATER. Raleigh. Jan. 6.—The trustees of .the Greensboro State Normal Col-lege, in session here yesterday de-cided to ask the legislature for $125,000 for maintenance. The amount to be asked for enlargement ■will be agreed upon later. There is pressing need for enlargement of the dining hall, dormitory, class ,"ooni and larger auditorium. The enrollment, the largest in the history of the college is 740. There have been 7,000 students in the in-stitution and more than 1,000 have graduated and 95 per cent of them have done service as teachers. The work of tire college, the directors in-sist, has directly influenced the ele-vation of education in every section of the state. The alumni have asked that the. •name of the college be changed to Mclver College. Others suggest North Carolina State College. The directors have not yet decided to ask for any change and want to hear from the people on the subject. CUBA WITHDRAWS HER SUIT CUBAN MINISTER TO GIVE OUT STATEMENT AFTER CONFER-ENCE WITH LAXSIXG. THIXK LATE BOND EFFORT THE LAST. WILSON NOTE IS HUE ALL POSSIBLE RESPECT. London. Jan. 7.—G. N. Barnes, minister of pensions, in a speech in. London today said President Wil-vm's suggestion that the belligerents Hate their terms for peace was en- ■itled to all possible respect. The American people, the minister add-ed, on ihe whole wanted to be on friendly terms with England and therefore "we ought to cultivate 'IIHI friendship." "The president," Mr. Barnes said, "should be assured that this country is not out to smash Germany or any-body or anything except military •owcr and pride." Declaring that President Wilson should be left under no misappre-lension as io the objects of the en- '.ente allies. Mr. Barnes said that what was wanted before the allies sou Id enter into negotiations was she "clearing out of the Germans from Belgium and the territory of small peoples, reparation to these peoples for all the wrong done and subscribing by Germany to a lo'-ument of peaee which would be lacked up by the international moral •ones of the whole world." Regarding Germany's peace offer, Mr. Barnes said: 'We cannot make terms with a »'ild beast and the answer given by '•'<■ allies is the only possible answer. W» all want peace but the best way ■" attain it is to banish peace from ">r minds until we have attained the 'ltjerts we set out to secure in the Washington, Jan. 7.—Attorney General Bickett gave out the follow-ing statement for the counsel for North Carolina in the case of the re-public of Cuba: "We were furnished yesterday by the solicitor general of the United States with a copy of a communica-tion by the minister of the republic of Cuba to the secretary of the state, advising the secretary of state that the president of the republic of Cuba had very promptly on January 4 re-voked the decree authorizing the suit against the state of North Caro-lina and requesting that the attorney general of the United States present the decree of revocation to the Su-preme court of the United States and take the necessary course to have the action against North Carolina dis-missed. "We were informed that in this matter the facts of the litigation had not been properly presented to the president of the republic of Cuba at the time the decree authorizing the suit had been issued; and that when the minister of the republic of Cuba to our government was informed by the introduction in the senate of the United States by Senator Overman of this resolution, of the character of the bonds involved in the suit, steps were very promptly taken to have the decree revoked and the action dismissed. We had come to Wash-ington prepared to argue the motion on January 8, brief having been filed in the Supreme court on January 1. "Thus another effort to harass the state of North Carolina with the col-lection of the fraudulent special tax bonds has come to naught, and we believe this is the last effort that will be made. The brief was made a part of the Congressional Record by Senator Overman. This action of the republic of Cuba is in accord with the course pursued by the. great states of New York, Rhode Island, Michigan, Missouri and Nevada, each of whom declined to accept dona-tions of these bonds. This action of Cuba simply adds another chapter in the history of" the complete vindica-tion of the position of North Caro-lina in regard to these bonds. "After the jnost careful and pa-tient investigation we reached the clear and decided conviction that these bonds can never be collected by any holder of them in any court of this country." Washington, Jan. 5.—The repub-lic of Cuba will withdraw its sup-port of the petition in the Supreme court to sue for payment of the old North Carolina repudiated bonds. Senator Overman was assured of that by tne minister of Cuba today. Cuba has instructed its representa-tive here that the decree authorizing the action against North Carolina will be recalled. Dr. Carlos Manuel De Cespedes, the Cuban minister, conferred with Secretary of State Lansing this af-ternoon and will give out a state-nen; explaining Cuba's position to-morrow. Senator Overman will withdraw his resolution asking the state de-partment to ascertain from what source Cuba obtained the bonds. It was this resolution that brought Cuba to a realization that she had been imposed upon by New York speculators. The Cuban minister here read what was said by senators in the ss.nate Tuesday regarding the bonds and cabled his government. Last night he received instructions to see the secretary of state and stop the suit, as far as it is possible to do so, at ence. A New York attorney. It is under-stood, went to Cuba and gave the North Carolina bonds to a charita >!.' Institution, which asked the repub-lic to sue for payment, and got him-self rppointed by Cuba to bring the suit There is some doubt here as to what will happen when the case is called by the Supreme court Mondav, the day set for North Carolina to suite her case, and opposition to the suit. The statement of the Cuban government, as made by Dr. Cesped-es tomorrow, will be used by Senator JOBS™ POLITICAL PLUMS XO ICS IX FARM LOAX APPOIXTMEXTS DE-CLARES BOARD. Bickett in the Supreme Wasflhgton, Jan. 7—Organization of the Jfrelve federal land banks has been Jpiertaken, the farm loan board Jinounced tonight, with a de-lermtfrltion to eliminate politics en-tirely.' w the selection of the men who alfe to set up and operate the new lnfeitutions." The board's state-ment, fjpplaining that pressure is be-ing espied for the appointment of men oft.party influence, particularly Democrats, says: "It pay be stated without qualifl-cationfthat these jobs will not be handef out as political plums. The only cpJisid era lion which will be taken Spto account is that of merit, efficieBy and ability. There is no divisiofi of opinion among the mem-bers ojf the board as to this princi-ple." 1 Fory^each bank the board is to name Mve directors, from whom a president, secretary-treasurer and vice president will be chosen as man-agingrofficers. In addition, there will fan for each bank a registrar, to act as; fldicuary agent of the govern-ment. The board announces that in mak-ing these appointments every effort will be made to get men whose fit-ness will commend them not only to farmers who must borrow money, but to investors who must look upon farm loan bonds as safe and prime securities if they are to buy them and accept a low rate of tnierest. Secretary McAdoo made public to-night a letter he has addressed to the governors of all states, urging that they recommend to their re-spective legislatures the enactment of laws to make farm loan bonds le-gal Investments for trust funds and savins* banks, where such laws are necessary. Mr. McAdoo also has BELIEVES IN 20-CEHT COTTON ALABAMA COXGRESSMAX SAYS PROSPECTS FOR CROP THIS YEAR ARE GLOOMY. RUSHING ILOGAL. MEASURES MORE THAN BOO MUST BE PASS-ED BY BOTH HOUSES AT OXCE. Overman In the senate and Attorney wrrtJik'toHhe various farm loan or- General court. The final effect of the action of Cuba will be to stop the suit. The game of the repudiated bond ped-dlers of New York has been punc-t ired Overman Delighted. Senator Overman is delighted over tiie result of his resolution. "I am sure that Cuba would not have become a party to any such procedure had she known what and who was behind the tender of the bonds." said he. "The debate In the senate on my resolution will serve to inform the Latin-American gov-ernments that an effort is being made to collect all repudiated bonds of Nortli Carolina and other South-ern states on neighboring republics. I think the effect will be widespread and of much good. "My information is that Cuban government officials are indignant over the attempt of American repu-diated bond traffickers to impose on their republic. "The Cuban minister has notified me that he has been instructed to say that the action of Cuba authoriz-ing the bringing of the bond suit will be rescinded. The bonds were do-nated to a charitable institution by the repudiated bond committee of New York. Cuba was misled into bringing the suit. "I want it to go out to all the world that those old North Carolina bonds were repudiated and ought not to be accepted by other states or countries." ganlzations of each state, pointing out the desirability of co-operation by them with the governors in any measures adopted looking to the en-actment of such legislation. DOUGLAS DISCOVERS A SUBSTITUTE FOR LEATHER. Head Man Drives Horse. Quakertown, Pa.. Jan. 6.—Home-ward- bound after delivering milk at 'ticiilandtown, Aaron Durn. aged 75, * farmer near California, died of •Poplexy on his wagon. His body *'as discovered when the horse ar-rived home, driven by his dead mas-ter. RESIGNATION OF LIEUT. HOWELL IS ACCEPTED. BnAtftt Camp Stewart, El Paso. Tex., Jan. 5.—The resignation of Second Lieu-tenant James M. Driver, company C, second regiment, has been accepted by the president. First Sergeant Maurice C. Waddell, company C, of Selma, has been recommended to succeed him. , . ■ Dr. W. C. Kluttz, native of Salis-bury, city physician of El Paso is dead of typhus. He was one of the leading physicians of the Southwest. The resignation of First Lieuten-ant Clarence Howell, compmany B, third regiment, was accepted today by the president. Eieutenant Howell quits the service for business rea-sons. His resignation leaves com-pany B with only one officer, Second Lieutenant William C. Colder. s XORTH CAROLINA MAKES HER BEST BOW TO CUBA. , Raleigh, Jan. 5.—The lower house tonight sent bouquets to Cuba upon the little republic's withdrawal of the bond suit and made its manners to President Menocal and Senator Overman. Governor Craig sent a special mes-sage relating to the withdrawal and the announcement was met with ap-plause. It came in the midst of a great rush of bills. The resolution of the house was offered by Representative Doughton who declared President Menocal dic-tated a decree of withdrawal upon information of the character of the 'bonds. This being voluntary, Gover-nor Doughton asked that we tender to our Bister republic our profound thanks for her patriotic action touch-ing upon a matter so Important to the interests of North Carolina. An expression ot admiration for New York, Jan. 5.—In a dispatch from Miami, Fla.. published in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle yesterday, ex- Governor W. L. Douglas, of Massa-chusetts, who is a manufacturer of shoes, was quoted as saying that he had discovered a "satisfactory sub-stitute for leather" out of which serviceable shoes could be made to retail at not more than. $3 a pair. Mr. Douglas emphasized the import-ance of this discovery by predicting still higher prices for leather and real suffering among • those who could not afford to pay the prices *e-manded for.footwear. Mr. Douglas refused to divulge the nature of his discovery, according to the Eagle's correspondent, but as-serted that experiments had left' no doubt of its value. Shoe manufacturers in Manhattan and Brooklyn shook' their heads doubtfully, however, when asked to comment on the dispatch. Washington, Jan. 5.—Represen-tative Heflin, of Alabama, addressed the house today on cotton. He told how cotton farming was being aban-doned in the boll weevil sections of the South 'and said that prospects for a cotton crop in 1917 are very gloomy. He said that the crop of 1916 was 750.000 bales short of the 1915 crop and that we had already exported up to this time 900,000 bales more than was exported to the same date last year. He said that the cotton mills of the United States consumed during the past year over 7,000,000 bales and that foreign spindles had con-sumed 7,000,000 bales of American cotton and that for the coming year 15,000,000 bales of American cot-ton would be required to supply the spindles here and abroad and that the crop of 1916 would be less than 11,500,000 bales, which will show the supply to be 3.500,000 short of the demand. •He declared that June of this year would find the smallest supply of cotton ever witnessed at that sea-son of the year in the United States. He predicted that cotton would bo back to 20 cents before that time. He said if the war in Europe ends' in the summer that cotton would sell for 30 cents and maybe more. He gave as his reason for this state-ment that Germany and Austria would want 1,000,000 bales as soon as the war was over and that the spinners of England, France and America would be in the market to see that the supply of cotton is not exhausted before they got their sup-ply, and high prices are bound to follow. He said wool is now selling for $1 a pound and that considering the high price of wool, 25-cent cotton is not an exorbitant price. He charged that certain cotton spinners in the United States and representatives of foreign spinners had entered into an agreement to divide out the territory of the South into counties and dis-tricts and that the agent or buyer of one concern would not bid for or buy any cotton in the territory of the other. He said that if the producers, merchants and bankers of the South would stand together and hold the remainder of the 1916 crop they would profit from $10 to $20 a bale on it. He declared that on account of the small supply of and increasing demand for cotton, that money in-vested in it is the best investment in the world. Raleigh, Jan. 6.—The calendars in both the house and the senate are well up in having all bills that are speeding ahead of the constitutional amendments either through their readings, in both houses and in pro-cess of enrollment for ratification, or in'the case of roll-call bills, awaiting second or third reading in one or the other houses. All must be cleared from the legislative mill by Tuesday and duly ratified. There are more than 500 of them. Remarkably tew have been given unfavorable report or defeated on the floor. It is the opinion, however, that nearly half of the bills that have flooded the assem-bly and clogged the legislative ma-chinery as "emergency bills." could have waited consideration later as they are not really barred by the constitutional amendments. About the only statewide bill of-fered today came in the senate from Senator Allen, of Wayne, to provide for the indeterminate sentences for convicts in this state. Senator Pollock offered a resolu-tion to reimburse Judge W. M. Bond $200 expenses in investigating the lynching of Joe Black, in Lenoir. There was objection by Little, or Anson, to immediate pasage and it •went to committee. The senate heard Governor Craig's message on the withdrawal of the Cuban bonds and adopted the house resolution of thanks* and apprecia-tion for Cuban action and Senator Overman's service. Both, houses held morning and af-ternoon sessions, and the senate this afternoon consigned to the unfavor-able calendar the Washington coun-ty bill to change the county seat from Plymouth to Roper. Big dele-gations were here and had a com-mittee hearing before this action, which ends the affair, was taken. the "patriotic and successful services rendered the state of North Caro-lina" was given Senator Overman. After quoting from President Menocal's decree of withdrawal. Governor Craig says: "We are deep-ly gratified that the republic of Cuba has refused to participate or be a party to the methods that have been employed by the holders of these dis-honored bonds. We have had an abiding interest and fraternal feel-ing for the people of Cuba, and in the war for her emancipation, -our soldiers bore a conspicuous part. With pride and gratification we have watched the development of the is-land republic and rejoice now that she has generously and gladly re-moved all cause of any estrangement between us. "The state of North Carolina ac-knowledges with gratitude the high sense of duty of Senator Overman to her, and his valuable services in this situation fraught with anxiety and danger. The resolution and the dis-cussion by him in the United States senate and the subsequent with-drawal. of the action by the republic of Cuba haa given international pub-licity to the invalidity and the dis-h. o.n.or ot th.es-e bonds-.'' ^._f. EX-PRESIDEXT TAFT WARNS OF WASTE. Sharon, Pa., Jan. 6.—Prosperity-resulting from the European war has led to great private and public ex-travagance in the United States which will constitute one of the na-tion's most serious problems when the war ends, declared former Pres-ident" William Howard Taft, in an address here tonight on "After the War, What?" "A continuance of this extrava-gance for another year must form habits that will cause real suffering on the part of wage earners to re-duce their resistance to the reduc-tion of wages and will embitter the industrial controversies that are likely to arise." said Professor Taft. Public extravagance, he said, was indicated in the large appropriations for public buildings, roads and im-provement of rivers and harbors now being considered by Congress. The former president warned against un-dertaking projects which entail reg-ular appropriations for years to come, as, with a lessening of pros-perity following the war, will come an equal decrease in public revenues. ELEVEN SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE KILLED BY TORNADO. flood Prices Rise Fast. Washington, Jan. 6.—Food prices, advancing throughout the year, took a 4 per cent jump from October 15 to November 15. tables prepared to-day by the bureau of labor statistics show. Beef alone of all the staple foods grew cheaper. Ham, bacon, rice, coffee, and tea remained about the same. Potatoes made the greatest price gain, rising 21 per cent in 30 day*; eggs and flour went up 13 per cent; beans, 11 per cent; lard, 10 per cent; meal, 8 per cent. Muskogee, Okla.. Jan. 5.—Eleven school children were killed, four probably fatally hurt and eight ser-iously injured when a tornado wrecked the Vireton rural school house, known as the Lee-Beldwin school, near Blocker, Okla., today. The school building, a Baptist In-dian mission a quarter of a mile away, and four farm houses are in ruins and a half dozen other farm houses were lifted from their foun-dations by the storm, which swept a narrow path for a distance of six . miles. The storm struck first at Richville, seven miles southwest of Vireton. but did no further damage until within a quarter of a mile of the school building. Tearing up the valley for nearly a mile the storm "then ripped the school building from its foundation and hurled the children down the hillside and across the ravine, some of them being picked up 100 yards from the site of the building. Only two children of 28 in the building, escaped uninjured. THE BRITISH OCR BEST (THTOMER8. Washington, Jan. 6.—Purchases of nearly $2,000,000,000 made the United Kingdom by far the best cus-tomer ot the United States in 1916. An analysis published today by the bureau of foreign and domestic com-merce shows that no other nation bought so much by half, but still fell short of $1,000,000,000. Canada was third, with $600,000,000. Besides the central powers, the three neutral nations of northern Europe alone of all the world failed to receive more American goods than in 1915. American exports to Germany during the year were more than $1,000,000. Austria-Hungary took less than $100,000. Japan in 1916 took $94,000,000 of American goods, against $40,000,- 000 the year before; Cuba, $145.-" 000,000, against $83,000,000; Rus-sia, $144,000,000. against $37,00q,- 000; China, $29,000,000, against $19,000,000; South America. $197.- 000,000, against $129,000,000. Imports from South America dur-ing the year increased 50 per cent. Asia sold nearly twice as muoh to the United State* as in 1915. Bn-. rope showed some increase. 1 -1 .,: ...;:.,..■.. ^,.:,.,■ ■„"„•■:-,&^<&^AJ:JL*?. ■ Tit .1 naimti^-^— • -■" ---*-^-~ -- --:-*^-^- ^ *. *■ -^-
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Title | The Greensboro patriot [January 8, 1917] |
Date | 1917-01-08 |
Editor(s) | Underwood, W.I. |
Subject headings | Greensboro (N.C.)--Newspapers |
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Place | Greensboro (N.C.) |
Description | The January 8, 1917, issue of The Greensboro Patriot, a newspaper published in Greensboro, N.C. by W.I. Underwood. |
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Full text | ■ IE '•'.',' . -■" ■'■■■■' ■ •' .'-'■-■■'. .. m >n ie m ;n ra-store lother Well. ler-bt? It and lay tha o. its Hall PkMU )WS srket WJ). SBY, ■in*, to 10*1 -date. A diseases, res, tll- Ices wlth- 9, hospi' less. Of-opposlte iboro, N. [. and 3. ie 2«J. R i.. Inc. THE -* r -•-■■'-*■ -»- - - ■ « * . ■ ■ • PUBLISHED EVERY MONDif AND THURSDAY ■Jkj '«• ESTAB*i^*ST^ l«« GREENSBORO. N. C. MCND4YJWANUARY 8, 1917. VOL. 96—MO. 3 OFFER FOR THE COURT HOUSE STATE NORMAL ASKS $125,000 OM BID RECEIVED—SIX SITES OKI FRED FOR IXH'ATIOX OF NEW BUILDIXO. At an adjourned meeting of the »oard of county commissioners to-day, called for the purpose of receiv-ing bids on the court house property and offers of sites for a new court House, one offer was made for the purchase of the property now occu- ,i,.j by the court house and a half dozen sites were proposed. The sin- Sle bid on the property came from •he Jefferson Standard Life Insur-ance Company and was for $150,000. •liis being the figure at which the •ompany contracted to buy the prop-iriy two or three years ago. inasmuch as the property, if sold, will be put up at public auction, it is !Oi improbable that there may be •liter bidders and that a higher price i.han $150,000 may be offered. Tie following sites were offered for the new court house: Through Mr. It. R. King, Mr. I'easar Cone offered the lot at the southeast intersection of WestWash-ington and South Greene streets, with a frontage of 160 feet on Wash-mgton and 260 feet on Greene, with streets on three sides, for $15,000. The ('aidwell property, on the southeast corner of West Market and Ashe streets, with a frontage of 150 feei on West Market and 150 feet on Ashe, together with an adjoining lot on South Ashe 74 by 150 feet, was offered for $51,500. The Irving Park Company offered i he old Gilmer home place, on the corner of North Elm and Church streets, fronting 260 feet on North Elm and 125 on Church, but named no price. It was stated that the property could be had at a satisfac-tory price. J. C. Bishop made an offer of his nome place on Nortli Elm street, ft-lth a frontage of 210 feet, at $150 a foot. Col. James T. Morehead stated to the board that he would sell his property on the corner of Sycamore and Greene streets, but intimated ;!iat it would be at a higher figure than he offered it before. His prev-ious offer was to sell for $37,500. The llagan property, bound by Summit avenue. Church street and Walnut street, was offered for $55,- OO'i. It the entire property should not be desired, it was stated that a lot fronting 325 feet on Summit ave-nue and 300 feet on Church street .vould he sold for $30,000. FOB MAIXTEXAXCE ALONE. EX-LARGEMEXTS TO BE ASKED FOR LiATER. Raleigh. Jan. 6.—The trustees of .the Greensboro State Normal Col-lege, in session here yesterday de-cided to ask the legislature for $125,000 for maintenance. The amount to be asked for enlargement ■will be agreed upon later. There is pressing need for enlargement of the dining hall, dormitory, class "ooni and larger auditorium. The enrollment, the largest in the history of the college is 740. There have been 7,000 students in the in-stitution and more than 1,000 have graduated and 95 per cent of them have done service as teachers. The work of tire college, the directors in-sist, has directly influenced the ele-vation of education in every section of the state. The alumni have asked that the. •name of the college be changed to Mclver College. Others suggest North Carolina State College. The directors have not yet decided to ask for any change and want to hear from the people on the subject. CUBA WITHDRAWS HER SUIT CUBAN MINISTER TO GIVE OUT STATEMENT AFTER CONFER-ENCE WITH LAXSIXG. THIXK LATE BOND EFFORT THE LAST. WILSON NOTE IS HUE ALL POSSIBLE RESPECT. London. Jan. 7.—G. N. Barnes, minister of pensions, in a speech in. London today said President Wil-vm's suggestion that the belligerents Hate their terms for peace was en- ■itled to all possible respect. The American people, the minister add-ed, on ihe whole wanted to be on friendly terms with England and therefore "we ought to cultivate 'IIHI friendship." "The president" Mr. Barnes said, "should be assured that this country is not out to smash Germany or any-body or anything except military •owcr and pride." Declaring that President Wilson should be left under no misappre-lension as io the objects of the en- '.ente allies. Mr. Barnes said that what was wanted before the allies sou Id enter into negotiations was she "clearing out of the Germans from Belgium and the territory of small peoples, reparation to these peoples for all the wrong done and subscribing by Germany to a lo'-ument of peaee which would be lacked up by the international moral •ones of the whole world." Regarding Germany's peace offer, Mr. Barnes said: 'We cannot make terms with a »'ild beast and the answer given by '•'<■ allies is the only possible answer. W» all want peace but the best way ■" attain it is to banish peace from ">r minds until we have attained the 'ltjerts we set out to secure in the Washington, Jan. 7.—Attorney General Bickett gave out the follow-ing statement for the counsel for North Carolina in the case of the re-public of Cuba: "We were furnished yesterday by the solicitor general of the United States with a copy of a communica-tion by the minister of the republic of Cuba to the secretary of the state, advising the secretary of state that the president of the republic of Cuba had very promptly on January 4 re-voked the decree authorizing the suit against the state of North Caro-lina and requesting that the attorney general of the United States present the decree of revocation to the Su-preme court of the United States and take the necessary course to have the action against North Carolina dis-missed. "We were informed that in this matter the facts of the litigation had not been properly presented to the president of the republic of Cuba at the time the decree authorizing the suit had been issued; and that when the minister of the republic of Cuba to our government was informed by the introduction in the senate of the United States by Senator Overman of this resolution, of the character of the bonds involved in the suit, steps were very promptly taken to have the decree revoked and the action dismissed. We had come to Wash-ington prepared to argue the motion on January 8, brief having been filed in the Supreme court on January 1. "Thus another effort to harass the state of North Carolina with the col-lection of the fraudulent special tax bonds has come to naught, and we believe this is the last effort that will be made. The brief was made a part of the Congressional Record by Senator Overman. This action of the republic of Cuba is in accord with the course pursued by the. great states of New York, Rhode Island, Michigan, Missouri and Nevada, each of whom declined to accept dona-tions of these bonds. This action of Cuba simply adds another chapter in the history of" the complete vindica-tion of the position of North Caro-lina in regard to these bonds. "After the jnost careful and pa-tient investigation we reached the clear and decided conviction that these bonds can never be collected by any holder of them in any court of this country." Washington, Jan. 5.—The repub-lic of Cuba will withdraw its sup-port of the petition in the Supreme court to sue for payment of the old North Carolina repudiated bonds. Senator Overman was assured of that by tne minister of Cuba today. Cuba has instructed its representa-tive here that the decree authorizing the action against North Carolina will be recalled. Dr. Carlos Manuel De Cespedes, the Cuban minister, conferred with Secretary of State Lansing this af-ternoon and will give out a state-nen; explaining Cuba's position to-morrow. Senator Overman will withdraw his resolution asking the state de-partment to ascertain from what source Cuba obtained the bonds. It was this resolution that brought Cuba to a realization that she had been imposed upon by New York speculators. The Cuban minister here read what was said by senators in the ss.nate Tuesday regarding the bonds and cabled his government. Last night he received instructions to see the secretary of state and stop the suit, as far as it is possible to do so, at ence. A New York attorney. It is under-stood, went to Cuba and gave the North Carolina bonds to a charita >!.' Institution, which asked the repub-lic to sue for payment, and got him-self rppointed by Cuba to bring the suit There is some doubt here as to what will happen when the case is called by the Supreme court Mondav, the day set for North Carolina to suite her case, and opposition to the suit. The statement of the Cuban government, as made by Dr. Cesped-es tomorrow, will be used by Senator JOBS™ POLITICAL PLUMS XO ICS IX FARM LOAX APPOIXTMEXTS DE-CLARES BOARD. Bickett in the Supreme Wasflhgton, Jan. 7—Organization of the Jfrelve federal land banks has been Jpiertaken, the farm loan board Jinounced tonight, with a de-lermtfrltion to eliminate politics en-tirely.' w the selection of the men who alfe to set up and operate the new lnfeitutions." The board's state-ment, fjpplaining that pressure is be-ing espied for the appointment of men oft.party influence, particularly Democrats, says: "It pay be stated without qualifl-cationfthat these jobs will not be handef out as political plums. The only cpJisid era lion which will be taken Spto account is that of merit, efficieBy and ability. There is no divisiofi of opinion among the mem-bers ojf the board as to this princi-ple." 1 Fory^each bank the board is to name Mve directors, from whom a president, secretary-treasurer and vice president will be chosen as man-agingrofficers. In addition, there will fan for each bank a registrar, to act as; fldicuary agent of the govern-ment. The board announces that in mak-ing these appointments every effort will be made to get men whose fit-ness will commend them not only to farmers who must borrow money, but to investors who must look upon farm loan bonds as safe and prime securities if they are to buy them and accept a low rate of tnierest. Secretary McAdoo made public to-night a letter he has addressed to the governors of all states, urging that they recommend to their re-spective legislatures the enactment of laws to make farm loan bonds le-gal Investments for trust funds and savins* banks, where such laws are necessary. Mr. McAdoo also has BELIEVES IN 20-CEHT COTTON ALABAMA COXGRESSMAX SAYS PROSPECTS FOR CROP THIS YEAR ARE GLOOMY. RUSHING ILOGAL. MEASURES MORE THAN BOO MUST BE PASS-ED BY BOTH HOUSES AT OXCE. Overman In the senate and Attorney wrrtJik'toHhe various farm loan or- General court. The final effect of the action of Cuba will be to stop the suit. The game of the repudiated bond ped-dlers of New York has been punc-t ired Overman Delighted. Senator Overman is delighted over tiie result of his resolution. "I am sure that Cuba would not have become a party to any such procedure had she known what and who was behind the tender of the bonds." said he. "The debate In the senate on my resolution will serve to inform the Latin-American gov-ernments that an effort is being made to collect all repudiated bonds of Nortli Carolina and other South-ern states on neighboring republics. I think the effect will be widespread and of much good. "My information is that Cuban government officials are indignant over the attempt of American repu-diated bond traffickers to impose on their republic. "The Cuban minister has notified me that he has been instructed to say that the action of Cuba authoriz-ing the bringing of the bond suit will be rescinded. The bonds were do-nated to a charitable institution by the repudiated bond committee of New York. Cuba was misled into bringing the suit. "I want it to go out to all the world that those old North Carolina bonds were repudiated and ought not to be accepted by other states or countries." ganlzations of each state, pointing out the desirability of co-operation by them with the governors in any measures adopted looking to the en-actment of such legislation. DOUGLAS DISCOVERS A SUBSTITUTE FOR LEATHER. Head Man Drives Horse. Quakertown, Pa.. Jan. 6.—Home-ward- bound after delivering milk at 'ticiilandtown, Aaron Durn. aged 75, * farmer near California, died of •Poplexy on his wagon. His body *'as discovered when the horse ar-rived home, driven by his dead mas-ter. RESIGNATION OF LIEUT. HOWELL IS ACCEPTED. BnAtftt Camp Stewart, El Paso. Tex., Jan. 5.—The resignation of Second Lieu-tenant James M. Driver, company C, second regiment, has been accepted by the president. First Sergeant Maurice C. Waddell, company C, of Selma, has been recommended to succeed him. , . ■ Dr. W. C. Kluttz, native of Salis-bury, city physician of El Paso is dead of typhus. He was one of the leading physicians of the Southwest. The resignation of First Lieuten-ant Clarence Howell, compmany B, third regiment, was accepted today by the president. Eieutenant Howell quits the service for business rea-sons. His resignation leaves com-pany B with only one officer, Second Lieutenant William C. Colder. s XORTH CAROLINA MAKES HER BEST BOW TO CUBA. , Raleigh, Jan. 5.—The lower house tonight sent bouquets to Cuba upon the little republic's withdrawal of the bond suit and made its manners to President Menocal and Senator Overman. Governor Craig sent a special mes-sage relating to the withdrawal and the announcement was met with ap-plause. It came in the midst of a great rush of bills. The resolution of the house was offered by Representative Doughton who declared President Menocal dic-tated a decree of withdrawal upon information of the character of the 'bonds. This being voluntary, Gover-nor Doughton asked that we tender to our Bister republic our profound thanks for her patriotic action touch-ing upon a matter so Important to the interests of North Carolina. An expression ot admiration for New York, Jan. 5.—In a dispatch from Miami, Fla.. published in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle yesterday, ex- Governor W. L. Douglas, of Massa-chusetts, who is a manufacturer of shoes, was quoted as saying that he had discovered a "satisfactory sub-stitute for leather" out of which serviceable shoes could be made to retail at not more than. $3 a pair. Mr. Douglas emphasized the import-ance of this discovery by predicting still higher prices for leather and real suffering among • those who could not afford to pay the prices *e-manded for.footwear. Mr. Douglas refused to divulge the nature of his discovery, according to the Eagle's correspondent, but as-serted that experiments had left' no doubt of its value. Shoe manufacturers in Manhattan and Brooklyn shook' their heads doubtfully, however, when asked to comment on the dispatch. Washington, Jan. 5.—Represen-tative Heflin, of Alabama, addressed the house today on cotton. He told how cotton farming was being aban-doned in the boll weevil sections of the South 'and said that prospects for a cotton crop in 1917 are very gloomy. He said that the crop of 1916 was 750.000 bales short of the 1915 crop and that we had already exported up to this time 900,000 bales more than was exported to the same date last year. He said that the cotton mills of the United States consumed during the past year over 7,000,000 bales and that foreign spindles had con-sumed 7,000,000 bales of American cotton and that for the coming year 15,000,000 bales of American cot-ton would be required to supply the spindles here and abroad and that the crop of 1916 would be less than 11,500,000 bales, which will show the supply to be 3.500,000 short of the demand. •He declared that June of this year would find the smallest supply of cotton ever witnessed at that sea-son of the year in the United States. He predicted that cotton would bo back to 20 cents before that time. He said if the war in Europe ends' in the summer that cotton would sell for 30 cents and maybe more. He gave as his reason for this state-ment that Germany and Austria would want 1,000,000 bales as soon as the war was over and that the spinners of England, France and America would be in the market to see that the supply of cotton is not exhausted before they got their sup-ply, and high prices are bound to follow. He said wool is now selling for $1 a pound and that considering the high price of wool, 25-cent cotton is not an exorbitant price. He charged that certain cotton spinners in the United States and representatives of foreign spinners had entered into an agreement to divide out the territory of the South into counties and dis-tricts and that the agent or buyer of one concern would not bid for or buy any cotton in the territory of the other. He said that if the producers, merchants and bankers of the South would stand together and hold the remainder of the 1916 crop they would profit from $10 to $20 a bale on it. He declared that on account of the small supply of and increasing demand for cotton, that money in-vested in it is the best investment in the world. Raleigh, Jan. 6.—The calendars in both the house and the senate are well up in having all bills that are speeding ahead of the constitutional amendments either through their readings, in both houses and in pro-cess of enrollment for ratification, or in'the case of roll-call bills, awaiting second or third reading in one or the other houses. All must be cleared from the legislative mill by Tuesday and duly ratified. There are more than 500 of them. Remarkably tew have been given unfavorable report or defeated on the floor. It is the opinion, however, that nearly half of the bills that have flooded the assem-bly and clogged the legislative ma-chinery as "emergency bills." could have waited consideration later as they are not really barred by the constitutional amendments. About the only statewide bill of-fered today came in the senate from Senator Allen, of Wayne, to provide for the indeterminate sentences for convicts in this state. Senator Pollock offered a resolu-tion to reimburse Judge W. M. Bond $200 expenses in investigating the lynching of Joe Black, in Lenoir. There was objection by Little, or Anson, to immediate pasage and it •went to committee. The senate heard Governor Craig's message on the withdrawal of the Cuban bonds and adopted the house resolution of thanks* and apprecia-tion for Cuban action and Senator Overman's service. Both, houses held morning and af-ternoon sessions, and the senate this afternoon consigned to the unfavor-able calendar the Washington coun-ty bill to change the county seat from Plymouth to Roper. Big dele-gations were here and had a com-mittee hearing before this action, which ends the affair, was taken. the "patriotic and successful services rendered the state of North Caro-lina" was given Senator Overman. After quoting from President Menocal's decree of withdrawal. Governor Craig says: "We are deep-ly gratified that the republic of Cuba has refused to participate or be a party to the methods that have been employed by the holders of these dis-honored bonds. We have had an abiding interest and fraternal feel-ing for the people of Cuba, and in the war for her emancipation, -our soldiers bore a conspicuous part. With pride and gratification we have watched the development of the is-land republic and rejoice now that she has generously and gladly re-moved all cause of any estrangement between us. "The state of North Carolina ac-knowledges with gratitude the high sense of duty of Senator Overman to her, and his valuable services in this situation fraught with anxiety and danger. The resolution and the dis-cussion by him in the United States senate and the subsequent with-drawal. of the action by the republic of Cuba haa given international pub-licity to the invalidity and the dis-h. o.n.or ot th.es-e bonds-.'' ^._f. EX-PRESIDEXT TAFT WARNS OF WASTE. Sharon, Pa., Jan. 6.—Prosperity-resulting from the European war has led to great private and public ex-travagance in the United States which will constitute one of the na-tion's most serious problems when the war ends, declared former Pres-ident" William Howard Taft, in an address here tonight on "After the War, What?" "A continuance of this extrava-gance for another year must form habits that will cause real suffering on the part of wage earners to re-duce their resistance to the reduc-tion of wages and will embitter the industrial controversies that are likely to arise." said Professor Taft. Public extravagance, he said, was indicated in the large appropriations for public buildings, roads and im-provement of rivers and harbors now being considered by Congress. The former president warned against un-dertaking projects which entail reg-ular appropriations for years to come, as, with a lessening of pros-perity following the war, will come an equal decrease in public revenues. ELEVEN SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE KILLED BY TORNADO. flood Prices Rise Fast. Washington, Jan. 6.—Food prices, advancing throughout the year, took a 4 per cent jump from October 15 to November 15. tables prepared to-day by the bureau of labor statistics show. Beef alone of all the staple foods grew cheaper. Ham, bacon, rice, coffee, and tea remained about the same. Potatoes made the greatest price gain, rising 21 per cent in 30 day*; eggs and flour went up 13 per cent; beans, 11 per cent; lard, 10 per cent; meal, 8 per cent. Muskogee, Okla.. Jan. 5.—Eleven school children were killed, four probably fatally hurt and eight ser-iously injured when a tornado wrecked the Vireton rural school house, known as the Lee-Beldwin school, near Blocker, Okla., today. The school building, a Baptist In-dian mission a quarter of a mile away, and four farm houses are in ruins and a half dozen other farm houses were lifted from their foun-dations by the storm, which swept a narrow path for a distance of six . miles. The storm struck first at Richville, seven miles southwest of Vireton. but did no further damage until within a quarter of a mile of the school building. Tearing up the valley for nearly a mile the storm "then ripped the school building from its foundation and hurled the children down the hillside and across the ravine, some of them being picked up 100 yards from the site of the building. Only two children of 28 in the building, escaped uninjured. THE BRITISH OCR BEST (THTOMER8. Washington, Jan. 6.—Purchases of nearly $2,000,000,000 made the United Kingdom by far the best cus-tomer ot the United States in 1916. An analysis published today by the bureau of foreign and domestic com-merce shows that no other nation bought so much by half, but still fell short of $1,000,000,000. Canada was third, with $600,000,000. Besides the central powers, the three neutral nations of northern Europe alone of all the world failed to receive more American goods than in 1915. American exports to Germany during the year were more than $1,000,000. Austria-Hungary took less than $100,000. Japan in 1916 took $94,000,000 of American goods, against $40,000,- 000 the year before; Cuba, $145.-" 000,000, against $83,000,000; Rus-sia, $144,000,000. against $37,00q,- 000; China, $29,000,000, against $19,000,000; South America. $197.- 000,000, against $129,000,000. Imports from South America dur-ing the year increased 50 per cent. 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