M EVERY FARMER
teg
in
, THE WEATHER
VXSETTId2l TONIGHT AXI
SATUHDAY. KAIX AXI)
should sign up in the Co
operative Marketing cam
paign for cotton and to
bacco. It means better
WARMER TOXIGHT '
prices.
FOUNDED, 1876
TEN PAGES TODAY
NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 23, 1921
PRICE; FIVE CENTS
I " "" ' - i m "J "rora "3
last UvJcdl 11 u L
LEAVING ENTERED'
Toler; Boys And Garney Gilbert Are r Also Be
ing Held in Connection With Burglary of ;
. .''- Several Houses
THEY, DENY HAVING ENTERED HOMES
Youths AdrriitvThey) Entered Places of Busi
ness But 'Claim They Know Nothing of
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x ; - -. ' '- ' . i- y . .j - - : . i . .
the Other Burglaries
' " In, the arrest last night of three youn'g white , men,' local
-police officials - are " inclined to believe that ' they have a clue,
to the identity .of the menwho have'been 'breaking into ; a
number , of, houses in this city within the past several days.
: The , men . arrested are , Braxton - and Garrett Toler, fwins,
age 20, and Garney Gilbert, age 17. They admitted- breaking
into ithe business houses of Sam .Lipman and Joe Gaskins
and also state that ' they enteredseveral places in the Elks
building. They "deny, however, of having - any 'connection
with' the ourglaryof seven residences.5
The police .have befert suspicious of
the three youne men , for some time
anu wnen me poys were arrested, last
nighta confssion of 'the store 'thefts
was' forthcoming in quiclt order. With
i'efrenre to . the - house-breakings,
however, the youths were silenti They
fcaid they knew nothing . about .he
burglaries and 'swore 'that ' they had
nothing to.; do with any of them. -
' Gh-eri HeavUij Tomorrow
In the meantime, the boys-.are be
ins, held, awaiting a hearing before
they mayor tomorrow.- The police are.
put" scouting for evidence t that will
tend to indicate that thethree were
responsible ' for the burglaries.
Three, or four inmates of the hpmes
which -were l obbed had : a fleeing
glimpse- of the burglars and - they
will be called upon to identify the
Tplers and Gilbert. : i - .
The two Tolera have been in trouble
before. Some time ago they were sent
away because of thefts which they
are alleged to have perpetrated in this
City. . ' , 1 .
SLANG BRINGS MANY -
s NEW WORDS IN ENGLISH
CLEVELAND, O., Dec. 23. French
filang is of a higher quality than Eng
lish slang, vwhich has1 been improved
but little since its invention accords
ing- to Dr.' Clarence4 Stratton, .direc
tor of English Jn the Cleveland pub
lic schools. The French slang .is more
suggestive and more piotiiresque: it
is clevei- whie English slag often is
hot Dr. Stratton said. .
VTake the case of George .Ruth,
the world's champion- home-run hitter,-
for. instance,"' the director con
tinued, "To call him Babe and then
to translate Babe into " Bambino
there's nothing clever in that. But
the man who first called, a left
handed - pitcher a southpaw had. a
real . idea. Likewise to say a pitcher
has a': glass arm is clever-and A.
scrlptiye. . , , , -
-."Has . somebody ; handed you a
h;mon? That's an ancient bit bf
sdang. Likewise, to find yourself in
an awful pickle. Probably both ex
pressions originated because of the
sour quality' of lemons and pickles.
, They are expressive and suggestive. 1
The boy who first called a girl a
peach also had a real idea, j
; "One of two things always happens
to slang. It is discarded quickly or
it is Incorporated itno the language
three or four generations later. . -v
i "Slang originates in a desire for
emphasis. Seeking emphasis we resort
loV figurative language. And figura
tive language at. its best, becomes a
Slgur.e-of speech," ..'( ; '
7vjDr.; Stratton said he is not an ad
vocate of slang. - A . constant; use of
:: is "-the" resort:. of the man . or worn
an ; t6o lazy to . seek out the proper
wo-ds. , s
aiVNlCIPAL . TREE IS BEIXG
- ' GRELVTLY ADMIRED BY ALL
--Thousands of people have admir
ed New- Bern's .municipal Christmas
tree since it was erected near the
Intersection of Broad - and MIcldle
atreets .nd Ynany declare that it is
the . jprettiest-. of . the several trees
t that- have been erected here In nu
"mrous -years. , ' ,
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OF BUS
fESS
.Here Recently
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OBSERVE CHRISTMAS
ABOARD ALL VESSELS
' (By Associated Press). . . ,
NEW YORK, fec. 23-Santa
Claus-today had reserved passage. on
ships-the world 'over. , ' "' '
-. The -old -gentleman'- with white
whiskers and red rainment, who con
ventionally ... is pictured -dropping
down chimneys ashore, is just as nible
descending the smoke-stacks afloat.
He demands that, his- own particular
holiday be observed on sea as well as
on land. " , ; . . i - .
. P.ursers of almost every - passenger
liner that cleared this, port this week
put - in requisitions for. 'Christmas
trees,, mistoletoe , ahd .holly. Ship
Officers . were busy . planning- a . pro
gram of music for Christmas Eve and j
a bountiful feast for the following
day. . " .- , . ; , ..
Effort Is Being Made To Have
All the Members Present
Next Week
'.. Rotary 's "one-hundred- per cent at
tendance", meeting will take place on
Friday night of next week:
Secretary Albert T. Willis ,is ' in
forming every member of the club
that he : is expected to be on hand
.next, Friday night and to sacrifice all
other engagements. . ,
The club never has had a 100 per
cent meeting and it is hoped that this
record may be attained at the next
meeting. An interesting program of
entertainment is being, planned and
there also will be several important
business matters to come -up.
JURY SENDS mS "BOOZE"
BACK AS. CHRISTMAS GIFT
NEW YORK, Dec. 23.- It will be
r'Merry Christmas" in the home of
Giuseppe Catalano, for a jury in su
preme court rendered a verdict which
will result in Catalano receiving from
tne custodian of the police depart
ment enough wine, whiskey and bran
dy to tide the family through all pe
riods of illness that may possibly lie
ahead of it. -
On April 22, patrolman raided Ca
talano's cellar and took thetefrom
nine barrels of wine, a cask of whis
key and four bottles of brandy.
Taking the stand, Catajano ex
plained he had purchased the "booze"
before the days of federal prohibition
from a friend. :.-'"
The jury' decided in Catalano's fa
for and his barrels and bottles will be
returned to him. ,
bupt. K. S. Proctor, of the county
schools, will leave tonight for his
home at Davidson where he
spend the holidays, " '
will!
K0T11ST0
MEET FRIDAY
rove
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A
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Owhe
y
Abig - Buick - automobile - and four
men. tofok a suddan ' and t unexpected
dive off' the Neuse bridge at the draw
last ' night' shortly before midnight,
resulting ' in a narrow escape of all
four 'men from' drowning.. The car be
longed to Ulenn Dunn, of Aurora In
the machine with him was William
Zink, o'ntvof "th crew .'of "the vcutter.i
PataliffUV The oilier two men,,, who
were leaning on the- -draw-gate arid
who- were knocked eveboard are still
.unknown- .' '
Aside rom a fWi bruises none of
the foru .' were- injured in .the aci
dent. The car tas still. the bottom
of the -river this' afternoon, but ar
rangements were feeing made to get
it out.- . , .
.'.,' Driver Was Coiifusctl ', ; :
Aceordin'g to the report of the ac
cident, received :' by the Sun-Journal
this morning, , Mr J)unn. was driving
by- hinaelf from Aurora -to New
Bern. --As he struck the Neuse bridge
at the Bridgeton end,.: he. saw Zink
walking along and , offered him a
ride. Zink-accepted the offer.' The car
was not running at" an' excessive rate
of -speed-, it is said.t About,' fifty feet
frtim the drawbridge, . Zink ; called
Dunn's: attentipi to "the fact that, the
bridge-svas -open. Dunn became con
fused. He reached . for' his emergency
but pulled his' ffear-lever by mistake.
He stripped the gears Of his car; the
it El II EA
HAS iJOIIRI
Adjournment Is Taken As
Being Favorable 1 To Ratifi
. tion of the Treaty ,
LOHd6n. ' Dec. iZ. The Kail
Eireann's adjournment of further de
bate o nthe Irish peace treaty until
January 3, although coming as a sur
prise, here, was .considered, as favor
able to the chances for ratification.
By argreement between the cntendr
ing-factions,' the JJail members will
deliver no speeches touching on- the
traty during the ,-period of- adjurn-ment,-
nor participate at public meet
ings at which the treaty is discussed,
but it. is believed the Irish people will
get together and agitate for artifica
tion. -j ; v ' - , - "
Various agricultural and business
association and civic bodies in Ire
land are said to be planning meetings
to :. pass resolutions favoring the
treaty, andfl although it is recognized
that there will be some declaration
a'gainst acceptance, it ie believed the
targe majority will support the st.nd
of Arthur Griffith, Michael Collins
and their treaty advocates. The ad
journment period will thus be equi-volent-
to a popular referendum.
Some of the correspondents also
dwelt - : upon what they consider
Eamonn De Vajera's loss of prestige
as indicated by the vote for ad
journment, which he opposed.
WATTERSON'S BODY TO
BE PLACED IN VAULT
JACKSONVILLE, Dec. 23. 'Marse'
Henry Watterson, content with " the
fulness of his life, rested today from
his labors. With only -the members
of his immediate family present and
with the hour of the service unan
nounced, the- body of the xenerable
Kentucky journalist, who died here
yesterday, was placed in a vault to
remain 'until spring, when it will be
taken home to be given a final rout
ing place UrSide his mother and fath
er in Louisville.
COUPLE WEAVE MARRIED
HERE OX YESTERDAY
In the presence of a few friends
Mr. Edward McLawhorn and Miss
Annie Lee Jo'nes, of Ayden, were "mar
ried .at noon Vestcrday in the office
of the register of deeds by Mr. L. S.
Wood. They left on the afternoon
train for home.- The bride is the
daughter of Mrs. Mary Jones and -;
a very popular young woman. Mr.
McLawhorn is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Calvin McLawhorn, all of Ayden.
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Glenn
machine. -t-rashed into the railing of4
the bridge, bounced off, went througn
the gate 'and- dove into the river.
. . THE 1X.VOCKNT VICTIMS
As is usually the case, the well
known Innocent Bystander was pres
ent. The Innocent Bystander, is the
person who always gets it in the neck.
On this particular occasion there were
three of them. They were standing at
the draw,, leaning' against the -vgat,,
at peace with the world an.d mankin'd.
They had no warnin.s; of what , was
going to happen until th car hit the
gate 'and "Knocked two of them into
the'river. The othor.!jnanag,ed-''.to post-
pone his bath until, Saturday night.
nESCl'KJ) BY BOAT .
" The tug, Columbia.Nhappened to be
fifcar the. drjw and aidedthe four men
to get: out of the watdr. "Dunn and
Zink had a hard time extricating
themselves from the machine after it
leaped: into the river. The side cur
tainS of the car were up and they had
to unfasten t hem v.l.tetbre they could
free themselves. :. ' . -
. Zink, especially,; had a narrow es
cape, from drowning. He swallowed
quite a lot of water before he pould
'get out of the machine. When he fin
ally did manage H.o liberate himself,
his neckerchief got caught in the side
Of the ear and refused'16 be torn. He
was, on:,t,he point Of givmg up when,
by -a lucky twist, he succeeded in free
ing' himself and rose tp the top. '
SREPOHTEDON
; GHAHGESTREET
Robbers Stole Bicycle, Under
clothes, And Counterpane
From Back Porch
The latest of a long list of bur- ,
' hlarjes in Xew Bern occurred last
night wlicn thieves invaded the
premises of II. II. Glassy 18
Change stieet.' and took a bicycle,
a, iititerpane and a suit of nn
derelothes from the lack porch,
of , the ivsidence.
It is lKjlieved that the .robbers
also tried to enter the house hut
t hey were frustrated in their af
atempt. All of the windows and
doors had been securely loeked
and they could not effect an en
trance. - ' ,
Mr. Glass takes liis loss calmly.
He wisln-fe to infomi the thieves"
tliat they overlooked a, bicycle
piunp, which was also on the
IMiivh and as he can't use the
pump without the bicycle, he in- .
vites them to return and gt it.
Coal and Lumber "Business
Was Purchased Yesterday
By Hilton Hudnell
The Ellis coal and lumber yard has
been purchased by Hilton Hudnell,
according to announcement made yes
terday afternoon. Mr. Hudnell hsis ta
ken over the business ami will con
duct it on ho same basis as did the
forme;- owner.
"We're going' to make some chan
ges", said Mr. Hudnell, when inter-
S viewed by a representative of he
Sun-Journal "and we hope, that these
changes will make for an improve
ment of service to our customers."
POWER CABLE ACCIDENT
CAUSES TRAFFIC TIE-UP
BOSTON". Dec. 2 3 Traffic was
stopped for two .hours today and
thousands of commuters and Christ
mas . shoppers were trapperd in
trains underground when a main
power cable in the Cambridge sub
way grounded and exploded.
Confusion ensued in the vicinity of
the explosion when volumes of smoke
poured through the tube.
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ELLIS YARD IS
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He And Otfier Members of
-L-..-' ,,- : . ;','
Board of Aldermen Held in
Contempt of Court
BAD .MUDDLE IN N. Y.
-FINANCES THE COUSE
Believed That Legal x Action
Ee Necessary To traight
' - ' en Out Tangle
1 (By Associated Press)
NEW. -TOR K,' Dec, 23. Mayor- Hy
'an and 6ther members of the bqard
of estimates of this city face a jail
sentence for contempt of c'oui'l Unless
.hey restore to the city budget not
ater than December 25 some 3,000,
00 alleged to. have been illegally dQ
lucted from the pension funds forpo
ice and civil service employees. The
ippelate division of the supreme court
as upheld the writ of mandamus is
sued by Supreme Court' Justice Mul
en, directing the restitution of the
legiected items. . '
, City Comptroller Craig had request
d a reduction of $10,000,000 in order
to have the budget comply with the
:onstitutional amendment that it
iiust not exceed 2 per cent of the as
sessed valuation of the city's real and
ersonal property. The reduction, the
3omptroller .asserted, should come
I'rom the appropriation allotted to the
ooard of education.
.Instead, the board of estimates d
lucted only $278,000 from the .regul
ar appropriation and failed to provide
or pension funds of $3,000,000 .made
mandatory by the state constitution."
City Comptroller Craig asserted leg
islative action would be necessary to
.straighten out the financial muddle.
BRITISH WARSHIPS ARE
ORDERED TO EGYPT
(By Associated Press).
MALTA, Dec. 23. Two British
warships have received orders to(
proceed to Egypt immediately. Other
uhits of tlie British Mediterranean"
fleet are under orders to leave at the
shortest notice. . .
JEAXXKTTK BEXIES THAT HE
IS GOIXti TO CAROLINA
KINSTOX, Dec. 22. In .an in
terview with John Jeannette of New
Bern and one of the most promis
ing football players . in the state,
yesterday while he ' was passing
through the city en route to his
tome- to spend the holidays, he
branded certain reports that he was
liable to enter the University of
North Carolina after Christmas,
Jeannette, who is a freshman at N.
C. State this year and played stellar
ball on the freshman eleven as half
back, was reported several days ago
as intending to enter the University
after Christmas.
A controversy arose over this ques
tion in Kaleigh, which elicted some
interest throughout the state, but no
definite word was obtained from Jean
nette as to wha't he intended doingl
Tie laughed yesterday afternoon at
the iuestion, "Are you going to Caro
lina after Christmas?", and made his
"no" emphatic. He stated that he was
going to return to N. C. State,, and
that the rumors to the contrary were
all bunk.
In this X. S. State is to be congratlij
laled, as Jeannette will be a wonder
ful addition to the varsity team this
next fool hall season.
Mr. Walter West letf last night for
Kichmond where he will spend the
holidays with relatives.
i Entire Second Floor of
.Residence-on New Street Was Gutted, By ,
. Fire Early
THE. FIRE GAINED
Second Story Was Ablaze When Doctor And ;
; a Family Were ' Awaken. Barely ; Man- ; ,
aed To Reach the First Floor f v
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Awakened from: their: sleep shQrtly-''-af tejJbSdlddlc
this morning by fire whitfh had ' crept" to-theVecb'rid 'fiyoj
of their Jiome and -which had almost reached their, beds,
Dr. E. C. Armstrong and family were forced td ee from .
the house, having only - time to seize a .little clothing;"' arid
managed to make, their escape from the' residence -with' their '
lives. ' - r . :
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The entire second floor of the house was gutted .the ,
fire floor was also damaged considerably ' and most of the
contents of the setqhd story were lost. Firemen.' and' neigh-
bors managed to get out most of the furriiture;bn ihe first v
floor, but much of this was damaged by water. - ;
The cause of .the fire is unknown.' Pr. .Armstrong
stated this morning that the house was fully', insured ' but"
that the insurance on the furniture would not coVer his loss.
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No Instructions Received As
Yet by Delegates Relative
To U-boat Issues
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. Dec. 23 Failure
of the French delegation' to'receive
expected additional instructions as to
auxiliary 'naval craft' from its home
government promised' to lead "to- fur
ther discussion today of tho subma
rine question by the Washington con
ference in the single meeting likely
to break a pre-Ghristmas lull. -
The further instructions, awaited by
the French delegation, had not been
received up to noon and lit appeared
improbable to delegation members
that they-would come through in time
to be of use at the meeting of the full
naval committee, set for 3 o'clock.
Under a tentative understanding the
submarine discussions opened yester
day with a plea from the British dele
gation for abolition of submersibles,
.automatically are resumed in event of
.announcement by the French that
they had nothing to present.
While the various delegations pre
pared for the afternoon meeting, sug
gestions came from the Italian rep
resentatives through an authorized
spokesman that another conference be
arranged soon after the adjournment
of the present gathering to take up
further the question of auxiliary na
val craft.
BALDWIN WILL COACH
LEHIGH UNIVERSITY
RKTIILKHEM. IVt., Dec. 23. Jas.
Baldwin has been selected as resident
coach of football and baseball at Ie
high University for three years, ac
cording to announcement made at
the university today. He has been pro
fessor of physieial education and
coach at Rhode Island State, Univer
sity of Main and Trinity College, Dur
ham, N. C, where he is located ' at
present.
fied Todav
Their Handsome Brick
This Morning- W
HEADWAY RAPIDLY
' .'-.. Fire Spread Knpldly .. v
The fire started on the' first floor ;
of the house and crept to the eecopd
story, keeping - close -16 the, chimney. -There
it spread rapidly and When Dr.
Armstrong and his family jwere awak
ened, the entire floor was in flamea.
"It must have been , burning .for '
a good while ..before we Were awak- ,
ehed," said the -doctor ' this" morning,
"for the fumes of the blaze Mroke us '
up and my throat is still soreT front
having breathed in so .much -emoke.
We didn't have time to tfress. Each
of us managed to grab a few clothes
and these we put on Wlieo tve reached '
the porch. By the timo.thti ftlarmy
had been turned in "and people in th '
neighboroing houses . had discovered
the proximity of the fire. The firemen '
did splendid work, as did. also, those -
who helped to get out the furniture."
House Was a Handsome One ,
The Armstrong, residence,, located -on
New stret across from the Cen-' '
tenary- Methodist church, was one-' of
the most attractive in town. It; was
a two-story bripk structure and waB '
built about two years-ago, Costing in.
the neighborhood of $25,000. -Jt will
take considerable money .to tepair the '
house. The entire second floor will
have to be rebuUt and practically all
the wood -work on the ' ground floor .
will have to be torn down and re- ,
placed. ' The handsome -J hardwood .
floors in the home , were completely
ruined. " ; I'-'-f -' ;- .
Went Through Burnin House
, Rev. . Joseph A. Gallagher,, priest
of the local Catholic church, showed
considerable bravery last night , wlun
he went through the burning-house,
making sure that all members Of th
family hrfd left the residence. The
entire house was in flames -at the '
time, but he searched -ejrery,, ? room .
thoroughly. ' ' .
Will nave Home Rtfbulit 1
Dr. Armstrong said this morning:
that as soon as the fire Insurance' had
been adjusted satisfactorily, he in
tended to start work at once repairing-
the house, in the meantime hJ
and his family are Staying With TV.
W. Gaskins on Hancock stroet.. '; ' .
Sorvhifj t Ulvcrslde
No Sunday .-choo'l will be held at
he Riverside church': Sunday .morfi
ingr. The Christinas services will lH
hold Sunday morning at 1 1 q'Clook.
The public isc ordially invited' t6 at
tend. , ; - : .'.. "
Only eight months, since June and,
some of the young couples are' nearly1
out of debt. y ; f :''- '-t '