North?., Wimu. V;
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SEPTEMBER. 3. P15 s?S-J
London. Sept. ?._T?. Bawlin
fortree. of Oroduo seema to b? -tar
1? It. fall To<l., trm, haad
anarter. ?t Berlin ?m-ono^d tkai
til. Oatar fort. imd bee. taken.
Only artillery eafacmant* and
kamb ochtiic ut reporter m'rn A< <
&*?? to Fraaaa: ' ?? :
*?2" "" ""rt. fna.
that rntc. and England Mud'
mij to tMtot iMk br-?w^uB*
Olpert military .tratortu^ to th.
hMdnaarUrs of Qraod Oak* Nlch
?u?. - .. y
Tka Oarman admiralty. prompted
*7 ?m report ot a Drituk dnlal
reiterate. lu declaration tkat .
?mall Brttleh crui.er and a Britirt
torpedo boat war? sank by a Oar
*aa torpedo koat aotlll. off the
***** eoaat oa A.fMt if. Ti.
waJaar ia ptatad to be of th. Aaron
oieee. VmmIi of thla ciaaa displace
?>IH tCU. ' ;-J- ,1\V "? - ??"
British .nbmarlnea bar? torpedo
a4 tear Tvrktah traaaporta. Word of
tMa.faat of BrlUeh aada
M?. thraagk PuU tad.r
. Tha MM* ?e*me, ?
Sk?b?95,
tatept 90dal report, from Petro
^i^lU TO tb? Eu|lu lucccii
la OaUeU and record tka capture
of am tkan T.?.o prlonm ,0?,.
maa ?part. hare ladlcatad that the
Teutonic advance Ma koaa rc.umed
" * r*?oa after a temporary
cr ?? ? > M*
JleoMf claim, "by th. Tarklak war
once of Ttatoriea ar?r tka Hard.
..lie. expeditionary fore wKh
heary low, to th. latt.r bam kM
followed by k Brttl.li ofllelal .tat.
?aet?reporting t h. capture of ..
important tactical point In the Ana
farta radon and lata, aloag th'
treat ooenpJad ky tv An.trailan.
FARMER WAS
TOO CAUTIOUS
(Br Baatara' Preaa) |
Wow Bara, Sap?.' t.?A ?ood oa.
J* wfclok ConiraMman Oeor?. B.
Hood. coBiraanaaa from tkU. tk
third, dl.trlot. play. a pullar role,
fx Solna tka round, down thin w?y
Acoordtnc to tko htary a. It la St
tog told, Coocrvmaaa Mood a few
?.oka a?o received a ?nm
a constituent down la Oprtate t
county, ..king tkat he tend along
a paakag. of a coruin rarl.ty of
"X ?"? ?fUk tke comraaraen are
allows to MDd ont In tk-lr tU
ttot- Th. lenlal congrenm.n
promptly placed the ..ad la on. of
tta -frank^K eurelop? fnrnl.r.d
ky the ?or.rnm.nt for tkl. pnrpoee
kad forward .d tkem Th. seed ?r
rt?ad slrlght bat tk. raelpl.nt ...
ayaUSad ky aa Inert ptlon .p?.r
l?t ta tk. rtsht hand camae of th.
.avMepa wklob atated that that.
*" ' ot "" pf'.ta
rm Thinking that M, meaat that
tka penalty ru for th. prw.t. uu
t^Trt^TSLr^Lt
etat.meat that he couldn't ,M ,
nalaoe he be allowed to do m
**'?**? Th' *>*? ?? Mo
heep/ha? etnee
W4* is Tcan of 11?
It It hadn't bean for William
Taylor; of- Btannton. Va., who wu
i lotil run or this afternoon. t tie
>dds Ua that President Woodro?
Wilson would nerer baVa had t h?
honor of being at tka lA^at thta
idtloa's affaire today.
Mr. T.ylor. who la a trareillng
nan, was bora and ralMd In thi
?ame community with Preeldent
Wllaon. Ha narrated a number of
ntereMtsg narrattron yesterday of
41? own and ?*r Wilson's boyhood.
BepaeJaily lntereetlm wu an ao
oont of how Mr. Wllaon. who waa
l .han about twelve years old. nar
-owly escaped drownlnc In a t ma) I
pond near Staunton. "* .|wj <?
"Woodrow and I ware of about
he same a?." ?id Mr. Taylor, and
we uied to #lay together a lot. He
waa alwaya a quiet kind of a hid and
t waa Just the oppMtte. He was
down at a small pond near the oai
Ihlrta of Staunton one day, trying
o catch some polly-wogs He hap
pened to leu a little too ter oyer
he hank and fell Into the water.
Another boy and myself wen firing
a kite near the pond, and we saw
Wood row's mla'hup. We let the kite
Lgo ad tan down to the pood as
fast M we ?bid. A board happen
ed torbe lying ?1om to the shore. We
grabbed It ani (honed oae end ot
It out to him, Re took hold, anil
? ? minute waa safe on shore
?*!SS?iJS?ye"oflf; W
?t didn't apparently disturb him
iduoh. He rescued hi?' hand- net out
of the pond and calmly went ou
catch!** polly-wogs. n
"Some of ui hide used to he kind
of rough with him at times. but he
waa such, a good-natured fellow
that we didn't bother him much. J)
don't bellere I eyer did see htm In
a fight, but lust th" Mae, when he
*s> being nacced by one or the
'?ys and the teasing went C littler
too tar, he would pat as end to It
Vtth a few word* that were might
ily determined It wadn't what he
said, that counted so much, It. mt
the manner In whieh ha aald It"
Mr. Taylor loft yesterday after
noon for Raleigh. ?
KINSTON NEWS
tor yeaterday'a t ... _ ?
pected that u eren lunr number
*Ul participate la the races
' r
m - - v ?? msM&m
? -m? i, tb? me."
jlderable amusement wSi fur
nished to Mine who happen*) to
t*w the- county Jail this a
catned by a pepnant which .
fro? on?'of the prison wlndo
of the inmate? had obtairf
peasant frum s^me unknown ?
and It flutterad-'yaliy lo the wi.o. rw
fas blue and In wjilt? l?t
jere, was (hi\1*jfthd. "Tljla la the
l?m. St .from the H*4?h>|
bartas OUT ta I^nMr County.
?13,
. (Bar Extern Preaa) *,c
fCinaton, N O, Sept. Rer V.
O. Bodal), of tke local Universalis
churob, baa reoelved two offers (?r
Ihe State *sup?rlnt?ndcncy or the
tlnlrenalUt charehes in Bonih Car
olina and Georgia. Both ottofsvkr?
nattering, bu; nr. Bodali h?a not
aanoonced a? ret whether tlier will
ba accepted ?? - ' r~
The races, which war? t? bare
been bald yesterday afternoon, hare
haaa poatponrfi iratll a?t) Thurs
There war fourteen entrlea'
LL EXECUTED 10:30 A. M.
Tirloaa mm ara m Hihfc ralaibl? trutaln? trem a^lun ot tka raca
Batrotr. V?. A bar?, N?i r work guardsmen aro. ihown constructing a pral
Below, toft to right, fcre: Major C on row. N Y. N. O.; Capt. H. C. Woodward
l FoQ and Lleot. Frederlok Wendel. all'if the United 8tat??'Army.
NEW BERN
{JOURNAL w
IS SOLD
REPORTED T?AT TWO P A PERU
IN THAT OUT HAVE
oon
PUBLISH 1 PAPER
Accord lug to a newe IMm which
Appeared In tke WIlHD TlmM lut
night, the New Bern Journal cad
the New Bera Sob haw consolidated
and in the future there will be only
one dally paper published In tkat
<3ii. The article In the Tim*
reads a. follow?:
The New Bern Journal has been
?old to the New Bera 8nn after a
few year* of difficult effort to maln
morolng paper la that Ure
community where the people be
11?*? la adTertlilnt and a city of
good else.
With tkjs suspension and afesorp.
lion of the Journal ?few Bern will
hare only one newspaper and that
one la the afternoon. -
The Journal in a food japer,
well edited and carried a food line
of adrortuini bat like many other
p'.sees in North Carolina found two
paper? difficult toHnalataln.
-/ *' '? 'I
RKCQVES WORD OF * .
\ DEATH OK HIS SIMl
?v
A telegram was rceelred last
alffht by Capt. W-t. Fiurow. aotl
ffylng him of the death of bis nieco.
Mr?. W. ?*. Burro?, of Ulddlaion.
H yd/ county, who djed ye?t?rd?y
?t Newport New? The ramalaa wilt
be brought to Washington this af
t?rnoon va tV Norfolk Southern
trt la4 and out be takrfs by. boat ?fc
Hyde oounfy, where tkb
?BKt
W1KPTOIIOS TO SUNT A IN.
I1 * *
At the lock) opreaa o#t? th?
oUiar day miril colored oltlien?
??l lln*d agato k*t mart* tint had
?beta khlpped In. (The rwcetp* of
<iu?n. Isn't conflnrd lo Ik* colored
cotnpofl#d the mtln Mr or me ?
population br any n?n? Wit (key
dlence ?n tht* occasion.) On? nt
IM party wa* trylac to dl*po?a o^
M? packa? w that It voaldn't h?
In etidenre wh?n ha went outeld*.
Ha ?a? k*rina som? trouble In do
lot thla. when one of the byetandara
?aid to him: e* y
"???' ear' hit la rer han'. ]
wouldn't k ear." ,
"I b'loota tar de ohoreh an I ip,
?ant er ran?* talk." ?<td kaAht
*aa tryin* to eoncel hi* evident
of Inlqnlty. .
The otkara lenahed uproarlomlr
lat the fallow- ?ho we* trying tc
?tow hie packa? out of tight dldn'
Talk * mil*. Maintaining M
rtandlni la the ehurch and k*?pln|
aow, Iftk mil ? HJlOHI B)lttM ti
Mkv . - ?..
? ...X. ?.. "V
p" ? _u, tfrr
12 M.?Rorfit*, the first tan
poitMt position to be t?kn by
the IuUmm from the AuMmh,
M\ a Tktlm to the siege tof
ItsHsa artillery yesterday. Bar
ij ywtwilaj morning the outer
forts qf tha city were demolish
ed. The Aostrtans Immediate
ly began evacuating- fierrral
by the Italians aad a large
quantity of ammoflldoiH and'
rues. This .marks the first real
Important victory that luu been
nsnby either side in the sooth
Ijondon. Sept, 3.?I tome Is
in a state of Jubilation today
as the result of the victory over
the Austrian*. Flags sre draft
ed from' all the public build
ings and *- general hc/Jday ap
DRAINAGE
MEETING AT
r BELHAVENl
of State AneorteMon. to be
pljwi~ia TtiM OHJ Next Month.
(Br Baa tern Preee)
Balhaven. 8ept. ?.?The North
Carollaa Stat? Drainage AaeoHatloA
la to mi In feelhareo this tall elth
er In October or November, the en
act .date hw not u ret been decided
upon. ^
Between tiro* and four hundred
deiagate^are effected to attend aM
the aaeofllatldk will be la Morton
two dare It not loafer. : At (be
tait ^acting of Ibo anaorlatlon which
wa> held In the town of Wltann taet
(all, an larltatlon' to meet On Bel
haven tble tall waa attended br
Meeere t, A. Wllklnaon, P. H
Johnton and O. W. Manual in be
half ot the Belbafen Hoard of Trad'
through Ita eecretarr. Mr. Frank
anrde*. 'Oae of the ufaeetlona
made toward. entertaining thla body
or men 1* a rlett ? Mattamvakeet
'Lake and-?be pumping alatlon.
(ART) or THAVM.
I deal re to tbaa* thoee who were
?a kln? u to fire ene tbelr eopport
la wlaatat the grafaaoli at Rue*
3r? ' V?r!*r tor..
W. * IWOOW,
M'W V, ST. iA
STILL FOUND;
OPERATORS
ARE MISSING
RAID WAS MADE BY U. 8. OFFI
CERS NEAR NEW BERN
LAST NIGHT.
5 BBLS. OF BEER
StUl Waa o? Salnnlied" Iron and
0md In Reraiu Ounite
wmr
(By Eastern Fress)
New Bern, Sept. I-?Revenue Of
ficer L M. Tuli and Deputy Gerard
Mitchell yesterday afternooj^captur
ed a 7 5-gallon still In the woods
about three mllos below Brldgeton.
The still was made of galvanised
Iron and was warm when the officers
discovered It, showing that It bad
been In recent operation. Five bar
rels of beer was also found by the
officers. No signs of the operators
were to be sedh.
The officers destroyed the - still
and the beer and this morning they
went out again to see whether they
eould fltfd any trace of the men who
operated the still.
BIG BR?AK *
OF TOBACCO
?9,000 Ponnda o? the Ploori of the
"Local VVtrHiMUM^ Today. Sold
For <?ood hicw.
The blffltnt break of the
wwon ?t the local toabcoo
wiirehoii?* occurred thin moru
in?. 031,000 pounds were on
the floor? of the three hnnee*.
Price? were excellent and the
f*rmerB were well pCeaned wttfi
the wOee. ^
Tobacco la coming to the ctty
In larger quantities datljr. It
la expected that the dailjr nalee
during next week will average
cloee to 100,000 pound?.
TOXIOHT?"WHO PAY?"
?WHEN JUSTICE SIJflKPH"
The third ?erles ot "Who Pays"
that ?eries ofg reat dramas tfcat the
New Theatre to ottering their pat
ran* every Friday, will be shown to
night In addition to throw other
reels ot voir Interesting pictures.
Vhe tttlg of the "Who Pays" ple
tur# tonight will be "When Jostles
Sloops" and promise* to *?? the most
Interesting one of th&e series )rot
thown. There Is a groat Isasoa In
every one of tbeee dramas that will
do every person in the city good
to SfO. / . " jj -v"' . V'- .:
favcv nuomta at h*
?\ *. k. ?wua. ;? W.
t-i-iu, t ? \ y \
k*
MADE FULL CONFESSION
BEFORE THE EXECUTION
* ' . -
B';/a Women and Whiskey for
^ riis Downfall. Three Shocks Re
quired to Put Out His Life.
. *
SPENT HOUR WITH MINISTER
(By Eastern Pros?)
Raleigh, 8ept. 8.?At 10:tO tbla
mornlBf, Charles E. Trail, convict
ed of tba murder of Sidney Swain,
an aged merchant of Charlotte, went
to hit death In the electric chair.
Three shock? were required before
life caaaed.
Trull made a complete confes
sion of ble guilt before the execu
tion took plaoe. He blamed women
ind whiskey for bis downfall. He
spent orer an hour with Rev. J.
W. Potter, the Methodist minister,
who baptised him Tuesday. There
were no sensational features In
connection with the execution.
The crime for which TruK paid
ihe extreme penalty was committed
)n the nlffht of May 1?, 1914. It
was on the morning after that the
body of Sidney Swain, a Charlotte
merchant, was found two blocks
%outh oT bis own store. The qld
man was then in a dying condition.
He was removed to a hospital in
Charlotte where ho died on the
morning of May 17, 1914. His head
lad been crushed by two blows from
sn iron pipe found near the body.
Between three and four o'clock
?>n the morning of May 17 Truill
and W. P. Barton were arrested at
a house in Charlotte by officers who
UNUSUALLY HIGH
TIDE YESTERDAY
River Rom R*p4<Hy Yesterday Af
ternoon. Declared to Have Been
Hlcbeet Tide of the Yew.
An unusually high tide In the
Pamlico yesterday afternoon, was
watched with a certain degree of
worry by thoae merchants vhoie
places*of business are located, on
the Immediate n^aterfront. It Is
declared to have been the higheat
tide of the year. The water ram?
within a few inches of, the lop of
the dock at the fbdt w Market St.
This morning the tld-i was ron
alderably Iow:r, a".bough the water
is atlll.bif.her. than :t launder nor
mal condl*.l6ns>....
BI LLET RIDDLED BODIES OF
KIDNAPED AMERICANS FOUND
Brownsville, Tex., Sept. 3.?The
bullet riddled bodle? of two Amer
lean? who were kidnaped early to
day by Mexican bandits II mllea
north of hare, were found in the
bed of a dried lake.
They were Earl Donation, a
farmar, and an engineer named
Smith, engaged In concrete con
struction work on an Irrigation
canal.
The Mexican band to which was
ascribed the burning of a railroad
treetle north of here last night, to
day waa held reeponelble for the
kidnaping of Donaldson and Smith
and a third American, and the burn
i Ing of a pumping station. The third
American kidnaped, a contractor
named Dodeon, managed to escape.
GIVE JUDGMENT
THIS AFTERNOON
Trial Held
r Wlftfcills J
UM* To*y,
Robert Henderson, charged wltl
entering the garage of Foreman 1
AUtgoftd. waa given a hearing yaa
terday before Recorder Vaughan
Evidence In tke caae waa anbmttte4
ment until thla afternoon
Henderson % inder g ?1*0 bone
but Mbt procure a bond)
man. |* kM kHi W?Bt
Jail, t*- ? \* i .
v * *
overheard a conversation between
the two In which Trull urged Bar
ton to leave town with him, saying
that nothing could he found out a
gainst them, as they had been to
gether all night. Trull had on bis
person 9407.60 In cash and Barton
had 110.66 In cash.
At the trial Barton became a
witness for the Stat? and It was his
testimony that convicted the young
man of murder with robbery as In
centive. Appeal to the Supreme.
Court resulted In an afflmred ver
dict.
Governor Cralg twice reprieved
Trull; first to hear the arguments of
his attorneys for a commutation of
the sentence; and second, for the
ezamlnatlo not Trull by a sanity
commission.
After a sitting in Raleigh and one
In Charlotte, the commission de
termined that while Trull may be
a moral pervert he is not Insane.
As a last resort Governor Craig
was appealed to by attorneys and by
the mother of the condemned man.
But Governor Cralg, with all the de
tails of the case before him, craw no
reason for a change In the sentence
and the decree of Judge Shaw upon,
verdict of the jury was carried out
today. ^
CONVENTION ~n
OF DISCIPLES
Htiit? Convention to be Held TTvl?
Year nt P&ntego.
Preparations are being made for
the 8tate convention of Disciple# of
Christ, which is to be held In Pan
t< go next month. Between 600 and
1.0QO delegates are expected to be
in ajjtendance.
J*ev. R. V. Hope, pastor of the
lorai Disciple church. Ktated this
me n -g that the coming conven
tion v.r>uld undoubtedly be the best
nttei-.l^d and the' most successful
ly Las ever been held. . A,n\faiber
of\ prominent speakers -will be
preeent. ... . j X
M? '
NEGRO ASSAULTS WHITE BOY;
HE WAR REFUSED CIGARETTE
Wilson, Sept. 3.?Because Tinker
Holland, a white boy, nine years of
age, would not give him a cigarette
Tony Deans, a negro, assaulted him
with a brick, and Injured the boy
seriously. The lick was on the boy's
head and at first a fractured skull
was feared, but the boy is resting
this afternoon and it is thought htf
will recover. The negro assailant
wan placed in jail.
ftHirft AT 8BA HAVE BEEN
WARNED Vf TROPICA I, STORM
Washington. Sept. *3.?A tropical
storm now In the vicinity of the Isle
of Pines, Is Increasing In nteneity
as It moves northwest toward the
Gulf of Mexico, the weather bureau
announced last night. South At
lantic and gulf ports were warned,
and wireless station? notified ships