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WASHINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA. TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SEPTEMBER 13, 1918. ~ NO~35
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The
(o Make lo
cation of B*nks
TRAIL OF DIRECTORS
? ? -W
rnFH>l?(WKS TO V161T EACH OF
THE VARIOUS DIMTRHTs AND
HEE WHl AS EXAMINATION'
CAN T DISCOVER AND REPORT
THE TRUE CONDITION OF A
BANK. > .
Washington. 8ept. 1J.?Almost
?very case of n national bank fail
ure alnce I have been comptroller,"
said ^Lawrence O. Murray, comptrol
ler of the currency today,utne In
solvency could have been averted
had the natlcAll bank examiner de
termined tba true condition and re
ported hla finding* In Urn* for me
to force a correction In tba admin
istration of the bqak'e affairs.
The comptroller also la going on
the trail of national bank directors.
Hs It going to find out at Aral
whether the directors of national
banks faithfully discharging their
duties and If they are not ^ la go
in# to find means to apply a rem
edy.
"In Tier of the fact that the ex
cusea offered In practically every
caae a failure waa unable to exact
ly determine the tr^a condition of
the bank," said Mr. Murray, "that
the officer* and directors would not
correct the conditions brought to!
their attention by him, or any onei
of another dozen reasons. I propose'
to go Into each of the various dis
tricts for tUe purpose of aacertaln
lng at first hand why ^n^sxaminer
Is unble to discover snd report the
true condition of a bank. In this
work I will be accompanied and as
sisted by Oscar I,. Telling, former
ly national bank examiner and now
chief of the dlv talon of reports In
*the comptrollers' offlda."
"The comptroller desires to ascer
tain." says a statement aent to every
bank examiner from Mr. Marray'a
oAce today, "why some examiners
are capable of correcting, while they
are In the bank, all the conditions
subject ^o criticism, when other ex
smlners are either unable or un
willing to accomplish like reaulta
and only report their criticisms to
the comptroller's office notwith
standing the fact that nov their
specific Instructions are to call to
the attention of the board of direc
tors all unsatisfactory or hazard
ous conditions with a view to having
proper correctlona mado by the
board during the progreaa of the ex
amination.
Many of the examiners stats In
their reports of examinations for
warded to the comptrollers' office
that It Is hardship not only on the
examiner, but upon many of the
members of the directory of county
bsnks to ask the various boards to
meet with the examlifer during
the progress or st the close of sn
examination.
"The comptroller is of the opin
ion that a board of directors which
will not or cannot meet with a rep
resentative of the government tor a
short time twice each year to go
over In detail the conditions which
he finds and reports to It Is com
posed of members who are not do
ing thslr duty In any sense of th#
word, and It to now proposed to find
out whether or not the hardship
complained of by the examiners real
ly exists or If the varloua directors
of natlonul banks do not adequately
supervise their trust
Good Road.
The county convicts are certainly
doing good work on the road be
tween Washington and Choeowlnlty.
When completed It will be a vast
Improvement over Its former condi
tion.
Beaufort county to fast getting lta
public roads in % condition that to
pralaworthy.
w Barl
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for
Dl With Fever.
The many friends o( Mr. M. E.
Watson, the manager of the Palace
Barber 8bop will regret to learn
at he la confined to hts bed auf
Ing from fever. His friends wish
him a -speedy recover.
COLD IS STOLES
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Bullion to the Vilne of $57,#00
Disappears
LEAD WAS SUBSTITUTED
IT WAS IN TRANSIT ON THR
STEAMSHIP HUMBOLDT FROM
FAIRBANKS, ALASKA, TO HE
ATTlt ? THE AUTHORITIES
HAT* NO C7LUF. I"' \ ' >1
Seattle, WW*., Sept. 12 ?Gold
bullion valued at $57,500, part of a
consignment of 1170.000 from t&b
Washington-Alaska Bank of Fair
banks. to the Dexter-Horton Nation
al Bank of Seattle, on the steamship
Humboldt was stolen In transit.
Lead was substituted In the strong
box that contained It.
Discovery of the theft was made
toda y.
The stofen gold weighed 250
pounds when It left Falrbsnka on a
Yukon river steamer for Dawson
and White Horse the gold was con
tained in toree wooden boxes and
was in the care of? the Alaska Pa
cifllc Express Company. When the
boxes were opened ?y Canadian eas
terns officers at Dawson the golden
bars were found to be as stated in
the express company's papers.
The boxes were opened again at
the United States assay office In
Seattle on Friday and the theft was
discovered.
It is supposed thst the gold was
stolen on the Yukou steamer
between Dawson and White Horse,
or on the steamer Humboldt "be
tween Sksgway and Seattle. The
Hold was in the pursur's cabin.
Defectives working on the case
say they have no due.
The robbery was much like the
one of four years ago when $69,000
consigned to Seattle by the Wash
ington-Alaska Bank o? Fairbanks
over the Yukon river 8kagway route
was stolen from a wooden strong
box, lead being substituted.
I The theft was committed by Bob
by Miller, night s^tchmaa on a Tan
ana river steamer which was carry
ing the gold from Fairbanks to the
Yukon steamer that was to convey
It to White Horse.
Miller concealed the gold in his
state room got it back to Fairbanks
and secreted It sit well that after
his arrest on suspicion the own
ers of the bullion were glad to make
terms with him.
He was promised a short prison
sentence if he returned the gold
and he produced 950,000 alleging
that the other $10,000 had been
atolen from him. IH
A Remarkable Woman.
In Yadkin county I met with a re
markable woman, who was born In
1810, and on June 30th last, cele
brated her one hundredth anniver
sary.
She Is still in possession of her
mental facilities and can converse
Intelligently about things that hap
pened 90 years ago. She "is in good
health, able to go about the place
and enjoy her meals, but alaast to
tally blind.
She is the mother of nine chil
dren four of whom are still living.
She has lived to see 182 children,
grandchildren, great grandchildren,
and great-great-grandchildren. Her
husband died December 9, after they
had lived together 62 years.?Rev.
C. F. Whltlock in Wilmington tftsr. i
i The two story brick store on Mar
j str*?t being constructed by Mr.
I. T I.cwis, Is nearlng completion.
It adds much to the appearance of
that part of the city.
It will be occupied by the Union
Grocery Company. They expect to
run a first class family grocery and
cafe.
Basket Picnic.
A basket picnic will be given at
the county home aext Thursday by
the ladles of the city. All who will
take baskets are cordially invited.^
It is. to be hoped that a large num
ber will respond and help make the
occasion a pleasant one for the In
mates In whose honor the picnic la
to be given.
?Jew Fall Fabrics
'A.
? We are receiving daily great lots of NEW FALL
"3, and can ataow you some striking novelties in
rOOd*.
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NINE WERE KILLEO
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5 ?fj#'*1--' '"?*%;<? "
And M?ny Injured by Accident
in Old Erie Tunnel
A NUNBER ARE BUSSING
w:?:hw<.i\<; 8HOlLl>KK OF
ROCf^URASHBS DOWN l-PON
LAUOREKH at WORK WITH
lfPfi T >1. ( IU 8HIKO HU M TO
l>MATH AM) BURVINO GREAT
New York: Sept. It.?At least nine
laborers ware killed'outright yester
day and tea others Injured, one of
them cirttcally and all of them se
riously, In the collapse of an over
hanging shoulder of roclc from above
the western mouth of the old Brie
tunnel under Bergenhlll, connecting
thje Erie terminal In Jersey City
with its westward dlvisloni.
Hie collapse was directly beneath
the ?&ge of the Hudson boulevard,
where that (point runs along the in
ner line of bergenhlll and though
the.'Jtttual slip was out of sight of
the holiday crowds, thousands lin
ed the boulevard al lthe afternoon,
peering down at?the work of remov
'i v- v.
Of the known dead four are Amer
icans.
Of the known injured, the only
one in immediate danger, is John
James, an American, 30 years old.
For several years the Erie has been
working at the gigantic task of carv
ing an open cut for its passenger
trains through the solid rook of
Bergenhlll. which is some spots is
300 feet high.
The cut was opened for travel no|
long ago. but there still remains)
the task of hewing a common portal
tor the old tunnel and the new cut
out of the ledge where they will
meet west of the boulevard. It
was there that the fall came to
day.
A wall of rock from four to ten
fleet thick still separates the two
sets of tracks, and eight sets t>f
drills' were pounding away at it to
?ay. ?
- Their jsr loosened a strip of rock
and from this wall forty feet wide
and twenty feet high.
It. peeled off like wall papier and
toppled, crashing into the spot
where the gang was tearing down
brick work at the mouth of the old
ItunBal. *
Instantly they were burled under
a mass of debrla and hidden in the
clouds of dust.
It Is known that, there were more
men in the gang than have yet been
taken out or are acocunted for, but
as many of them were seen running
Into the mouth of the tunnel, it Is
supposed they escaped.
A buge mass of debris must still
be sifted through before the full
truth is known.
LIST OF LETTERS
Remaining uncalled for in this of
fice for the week ending, September
10th, 1910;
Gentlemen: Azlm, R; Ayers, Mr.
R. D.; Brown. Peter; Blount. Mr?
Burden; Berry;. Mr. Dave; Fleming.
Dr. W. L.: Gregory, Mr. Ella; *Srtf
fin, Mr. John; Glppson, Mr. John;
Harris. Mr. Charles; Hardy, Mr.
Samuel; Illegible; James. Eugene;
Kelly. Thomas J.; Latham, John Ed;
Miles ft Co., W. A.; Payne, Capt B;
Thompson, Mr. Frank: Tulen, J. W.
Williams, Rev. O. W; White. Mr.
E. D.
Ladies: Dougherty, M/s. William;
Dudley, Mrs. W. A.; Fleming. Miss
Macceaal; Gibbs, Miss Ida; Hugglns.
Mary E; Hyraan. Miss Olivia; Haw
kins. Miss Lena, (Sfc Hardy, Mrs.
Mamie, Lucas, Miss Emma E.
Constitution of Two New States to
be Druwfl.
Beverly, Mass., Sept. 10.?When
the proper time cornea President
Taft will hare something to eay
about the constitutions of Arizona
and New Mexico, the naw states,
Which his lnalatence haa made full
membera of the union.
Advice was recently given by Col
onel Roosevelt to the people of the
United States to leave a loophole foi
amendment of their constitutions.
Whether President Taft agreea with
this sentiment is not known. He
had doubted a- policy of wise silence
regardtng the deelaratlona of the
former president
It ean be said poeltlvly, however
that, ss the law authorizing Arizona
and* New Mexico to prepare for state
hood give* the president at veto on
the constitutions which they adopt
he will brine all of hit legal Judge
ment and experience to beat- In se
curing for the new state# forms' of
government which they wQl' not be
ashamed of a generation hence. '
A au thinks Mi ttabbomuM la
119th YEAR
Th* I niver.lt, N Smr Fairly start
ed.
The University o{ North Carolina
to now fairly started on the H?th
rear of Its service to the people of
the state with an enrollment wliicb
bids fair, in spite of the raising of
entrance requirements for tho ac
ademic schools, to equal or surpass
last year's figures. 881 The *sn
ior class which numbers 105 Is be
lieved to be the largest pver regis
tered at a southern Institution The
sophomore and Junior clussea are
about normal.
As yfet no statistics hare been com
plied of these two classes. In a re-'
cent speech delivered before the
state association pf county super
intendents assembled In Chapel
Hill, President Venable partly out
lined this administrative^ ?plana for
the coming year. '?i,
Realizing that tJhe college was
crowded to the limit of the capacity
of the equipment provided by the
state, he planned to have the Insti
tution grow in point of "efficiency
and instead of expanding In numbers
he desired a small "l09Ptng-off," as
he put It, In the number who regis
tered last year. With thla end in
view, the faculty had made the re
qulretrjent* for entrance Into the ac
ademic school SO per cent higher
with the hope of bringing down the
academic registration some 50 or 60
Just as the Inauguration of an en
trance requirement for two yeara ac
ademic work had cut the medical
school from 116 to .60.
The fact that aa many freshmen
have already registered as had reg
istered last year this time proves
that no normal restrictions made on
the part of the administration of tbp
college can remedy th* overcrowded
condition of the University
The help and the remedy must
come in the form oC an enlarged
(equipment made poaslble by an In
creased appropriation by the state
legislature.
The dew year sees several mem
bers of the faculty gone . because of
inability on the part of the aomin
isrtation to give the promotion and
increased salary iwecssaaq^^o Keep,
them here.
Among those who are gone are: i
Dr. Dolly of the medical school. Dr.
Mills of the department of chemis
try; Dr. Ruffln of the law school;
Mr. Eaton of the department of geol-'
ogy, and a few men of less import
ance.
The several vacancies in the fac
ulty which have been caused by
d'eath, resignation and granting of
leave of absence have been filled,
with a surccss on which the execu
tive committee of tho board of trus
tees and the administrative faculty j
may wjell congratulate themselves.
Dr. Bain takes the chair of Greek
made vacant by the death of. Dr. |
Alexander
Dr. Bain comes from the Univer
sity of South Carolina where he has
a high reputation a& a scholar and
teacher.
Professor Lucius Polk McGee
has taken up his work as dean of
the law school. He Succeeds Judrp I
J. C. McRae. who died last year. Dr.
Thomas Ruffln, resigned, is aucced
ed by Professor Mcintosh of the law
school of Trinity College.
Dr. A. 8. Wheeler, associate pro
fjessor of orgsnlc chemistry, Dr.
Henderson, of tho - department of
Mathematics, and Profesaor Toy of
the department of Germalc languag-1
ea. who are absent In Europe on
elave of absence, are succeeded by
Dr. Hall of Clemson College, Ouy
R. Clemens of the Harvard scientif
ic school and Dr. Viles of the Uni
versity of Ohio respectively.
Dr. Mims who has been studying
In Europe since his election in 190s.
has taken up his work as professor
of English Literature. IV. Royster
has been -promoted to the full profes
sorship of English Language. Pro
fessor Graham retains his position *b
Processor of English Literature and
head Of the department of English.
Professor Oraham'a work consists
mainly in courses In self-expression
As a dean of the college he has not
time to offer very many courses. Dr
Royester's speciality Is Philology.
Dr. Mlir.s is known best aa an in
spirational teacher of poetry. The
English department ia storng
flood Hair*.
Notwithstanding yesterday was
Monday and a bad time for the farm
era to get their tobacco to market
there waa orer two thousand pounds
sold et the Washington Tobacco
Warehoxxea.
Today there waa a nice aale be
ing orer alx thouaand pounds dla
?poeed of.
.The price* for both daya were
more than satisfactory *o the farm
er*
THE POSTAL BANKS
Are Great Value to People of
This Coua ry
LOCATED AT CAE1TAL
it has bek.n of untold bene
KIT TO THE NATION'S OF Et".
HOPE?All DETAILS TO BE
TKSTEI> IX BANK TO BE ES
TABLISHED IN WASHINGTON.
(Special to Dally News.)
Washington, Sept. 13.?8ome idea
of the great value thut the Postal
Savings Bank will be to the p.eoplt
of thla country may be gathered
from the experience of other na-,
Hons. Six European nations, in 1907 |
and 1908, had 26.000,000 deposi
tors In their 'postal banka. with de
poelts amounting to $l,641,000,wv..
England led with 10,000,000 Individ
ual depositor* who had 766,000.,000
on d'epoait, an average of $72 each.
Italy and France each had (>,000.000
depositor*, fcnd the average amount
on depoalt waa $58 In Italy, and $55
In France.
In Belgium there were 2,000,000
deposltora having an average of $64
leach. In Auatrla, 2,000,000 deposl
tora having $23 each, and In Rusafe
1,800,000 depoaltora with $45,000,
000 or $290 each to their credit. The
average savings bank account In thla
country Is over $400.
In New York State alone the 139
savings banks had, on July 1, 1909.
$1,444,974,860.61 on deposit ?
almoat aa much as all the postal
banka In the alx big countries of
Europe.
Thla Is believed to Indicate that
the Postal Savings Bank in thiB
country will have a volume of busi
ness that will be tremendous. It
follows that the machlenery for the
handling of this business will of
neceaalty be complex. The central
office In Washington will soon re
quire a building of large stse and
many clerka to do the bookkeeping.
For the purpose of deciding on the
mapy details connected with ^put
ting the poatal banWng ay^tetn into
effect, a board of officiate Is nov
engaged in working out a compre
hensive plan, and It Is probable that
many and perhaps all, of the de
talla will be tested In a bank to be
established In Washington.
SEVERE LOSS
Mr. J. G. Mix on Lo?m Store and
Content* This Morning
Mr. J. G. Mixon lost his store
building and the contents by flre
at Banyan this morning. The flre
was first discovered about three
.o'clock and It la not known how It
originated.
The losa Is estimnted to be^three
thousand dollars with only a small
amount of insurance.
This Is quite a blow to Mr. Mix
on and he has the sympathy of all.
He Is a brother of Mr. E. R Mlxon
of this city:
Uwn Party.
The Phllathea Class of the Christ
ian church Sunday school will give
a lawn party on the greeu In front
of the Christian church this evening
for the benefit of the church.
Delicious and tempting refresh
menu will be served, and all who
attend can expect a most pleasant
evening.
It la to be hoped that a large
number will be present and thus
aid In a most worthy cause.
I? Mnch Admired.
The paving now going on at thfe
bridge on West Main street Is being i
much admired by the cltlsens. When
flnlahed It will be a credit to the
city.
To Erect Church.
The Free Will Baptists are now
making preparations to erect a house
of worship on their property on
Pearce street at an early date. This
denomination has been worahlpplng
In the Masonic Hall for some months
Their membership Is growing rapid
ly, so mnch so that a suitable charch
building has long ago been proven.
The structure will be wood.
?? ? Senatorial Convention
The Democratic Senatorial Con
vention for this district will meet
in the town of Belharen tomorrow
night for the purpose of nominating
two candidates for senator In the
next General Assembly.
The delegates from this county
will leave on the regular train to
FACE ACCUSATION
Former Owner of Hosiery Mill
is Indicted
FOR BURNING WAREHOUSE
MB. 1. P. tAUPEXTKK TO UK
TRIE!) IIKFORK \ I. v. KOK
AU>?CI) COMPLICITY IX
IURX1NG NEWTOX HOSIERY
MILL LAST FAM..
Newton, Sept. 12.?Tuesday of
this week the sensational charge of'
complicity in the burning of the
storage warehouse of the Newton
Hosiery Mills tho night of October
1, 1909 lodged against the then
owner of the mills. Mr. J. D. Car
renter, will be aired in a magistrates
oourt *od a very great deal of In
terest Is manifested in the outcome
of the trial.
The charges are made by the
State Insurance Department and
grow out of an alleged confession
said to hare been made by a young
white man, named John Rader, who
Urea near this place.
This confession states that Rader
fired the warehouse at the instiga
tion of the owner, who agrsed to pay
him a consideration. The ware
house and contents were damaged
and $6,600 insurance paid orer to
a Statesrllle creditor of the hosiery
mills.
8hortly after his confession Rsder
was arrested here upon his srrlral
from Charlotte, where he had been
llrlng. and in default of $ 1.000 bond
was placed In jail.
About two weeks ago the Insur
ance department caused a warrant
to be Issued for the Arrest of Mr
Carpenter, and Mr. Carpenter plac
ed himself In the custody of a mag
istrate upon learning of tho warrant
was released under bond of $1,000
and a hearing set for the 13th..
Public sentiment Is much divided
on the soundness of the charges
against Mr. Carpenter.
~ GOOD SHOW
The Attructlon ut the Gem Much
Rnjoyed by All
The Pour Musical Wood* in their
comedy novelty sketch entitled "The
Night Before Christmas' at the Gem
Theatre last night, was witnessed
by a packed house.
The ladies and children were sim
ply carried away and the menfolk,
too, were Interested. The electrical
effect added much to the attractive
ness of the act.
The sketch is novel, well arrang
ed and acted in a way to ?lea*e and
amuse.
The Gem management Is to be
congratulated on securing this ad
ditional attraction this week. Noth
ing but praise Is heard on the
streets today for^the performance
last night.
The vaudeville will be on the
! boards again this evening.
Wedding Bella.
Madam Rumor has It that Wash
ington will have many marriages
among the young folk this fall and
winter. One citizen puts the num
ber at 80 and saya this Is the mtn
mum.
Novel Preaent.
Deputy Sheriff John Lucas was
the recipient of a novel present from
one of his admirers this morning.
The sheriff vrlzes it most highly.
In Port
The schooner Gold Mine, I*eroy
Pedr^k. captain, arrived In port yes
terday from Hyde county mlth
produce, etc.
Market.
Mr. W. C. Dudley has opened a
beef and meat stall to tto mirUet
house.
WISE ONE PUZZLED
Patterson's Withdrawal Creates
Peculiar Conditions
SOME NUTS TO
"II,1, <>Ul*|WnUEI> IX
I.MIKI'KXD
E.^^BMOIUTH ARK PLEUU
E!> TO HIM AXI> THK NOMINEE
IXK?Kjj TO THKM TO KEEP
FAITH.
Nasliville. Ten.. Sept 12.?Uover
no Pattersons 'withdrawal from the
gubernatorial race In Tennessee has
created a condition that has the
the politician guesting, what effect
his action will hav?.
Will the Democratic factions that
have tyjen sou bitterly arcayed
agaiust each other bury the hatchet
as the Governor urges them to do
with him eliminated and agree on a
candidate whom all ran support?
Will the convention of lndepend
enta called to meet here Wednes
day with a majority of Ita delegates
Instructed to endorse B. W. Hooper,
the Republican nominee for Govern
or, carry out these instructions, as
opposed to any Democrat who may
tp placed in the field In Patterson'a
stead?
Are Instructions bindlnfl on theso
delegates In view of these condi
tions?,
These are a few of the questions
confronting the leaders tonight and
from all indications none can an
swer with any degree of convic
tion.
It If* all problematical and hurried
calls for conferences and meetings
have been Issued.
Tomorroy and Tuesday will see
a series of gatherings here of lead
ars of various parties and factions
and developments are lookod for
ward to with absorbing Interest.
A meeting of the independent
Democratic state executive commit
tee Is set for Tuesday. Its members
will be confronted by a situation un
paralleled in the history of the
state. w
Their faction received the support
of the republicans In electing state
Judicial tickets August 4 and their
part of the agreement Is to give their
party support to the republican can
dldate for governor.
In an Interview at his home In
Newport last night Hooper practlral
ly said that he expected the Inde
pendents to carry out their agree
ment and that it was "hardly pos
sible to make new alignments at'this
date."
It Is known that the feeling of
many of the independents through
out the state is against Patterson
solely and many claim that It Is a
grave question whether the inde
pendent committee and the conven
tion can now hold the voters in Ili^e
for Hoo^>er If they so desired.. The
"regular" or Patterson Democrat^ j
Btate committee was railed to meet
here Thursday, the day followlnl&sl
the independent convention, but
day Chairman Robertson
the rail and the committee will ^
semble tomorroy in advance of the
convention.
Eliminated from the present cam
paign, Patterson's enemies claim his
relegation Is permanent.
Friend*, however, do not ronaider
he will stay In the back ground for
any length of time.
So much confusion existed in local
political circles today that no named
haVe been suggested in connection
with the matter of a Democratic can
didate for governor.
Jolly Time.
? The Washington Motor Club is to
rendexvous down Pamlico river this
week. They will go down In their
motor boats the afternoon of Thurs
day and return the next morning.
The fleet will be in charge of the
commodore, Dr. John C. Rodman.
All members are looking forward to
the occasion with much pleasure.
The fleet will be put through drills
while away.
WEDNESDAY SPECIAL.
Crepe Kimonas
Design
morrow only
Peraiaa Design, $2.M Values, To- QQg
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