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FOUNDED 1876 NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 26, 1922 PRICE. FIVE CENTS I r t i i i i 1 i i ! p t lllWll La H nitl I n l n fe M iiiN lpf t!iU U U ryUUiTuuu o uulinLlL u U tit u ULiVj liLvu ULyiiil y ',,:'. i . - . . . - " i' I I El "jr.- i r f i - aitjax OilLlOR Occurred in New York City Over Christmas -Scores or ' in Hospitals. TWO OR DEAD WERE WOMEN, IT IS REPORTED One Person Has Been Placed Under Arrest on Charge of Having Sold . Liquor. NEW ORK, Dec. 26, (By Associat-. d Press.) Eight .deaths were attri buted today to drinking, poisonous li quor on Christmas. A score or more victims were confined to hospitals.' Of tje eight persons who died, two were women. A Brooklyn women has been arrested on, the charge' of having sold I. JIM LIT LLiv " i - -'Prohibition',-Director - Yellowby. wboee aides succeeded in keeping the w i,te i;rr'ri-afi'ifcf ""Ttfi-an ' tto usual, declared that While the dry navy was busy in i holding rum-runners outside tv.o thpf.-rr'wln limit., -land rum-run ners succeeded in an old ruse, sraug- pHnr linnnr 5nto the city under thou- nands of Christmas trees. C5 r - This liquor, however, 'apparently was reserved fdr-home consumption, little of it being found in the white light cabarets. ,, - , .. ' : Two Deaths and An'Jnden diary Fire Occurred Over Christmas Holidays. RALEIGH, Dec..5 26. Two killings and an alleged incendiafy-burning of a home took place in and near Ral eigh Sunday and yesterday. - o V Manchester v Debman- i 8rye'ar-oid negro boy, tried to aid hisf father put a negro out of his store. He-recevied a load of bird-shot-in the breast and died instantly.' Joe Stephenson's is in Wake .county Jail charged with . the boy's, murder. -. . . The' eecond slaying occurred - Sun . day-afternoon -at- Caraleigh village near here when' John McNally shot and killed Joseph Upchurch, follow ing an argument over a game of dice, according to ' the ' police., McNally is under arrest "under a charge of hiur der. : James Berry, v,a . farmer, living '.in Cary - township, reported to county authorities -Jthat ; someone , set fire to his home Christmas night. The house was- completely destroyed. No arrests have been made, - ' MEANEST MAN ROBS SALVATION ARMY 'V GREENSBORO; ' N. C, Dec. 26. (By,. Associated'. Fcess) Another '"meanest man" has been discavered. Ho burglarized the , Salvation Army home here Christmas night, making away' with.' J 2 09 - in cash and two watches. . i.v . .-. . cnnisniAS bay EIGHT DEATHS iiUOLlDHKlKinG nnin i lUlO KJD KILLINGS lEUMU PASSED OFF VERY QUIETLY Christmas passed -, quietly in New ' passed Bern and without special incident. -. Special Christmas-, services were held at practically : all the churches and these, for the most part, were all attended. ' , -v.. , , Residents spent the morning in dis ' tributing .gifts 'to their friends and inaking. visits, i Children were out on the streets at an early hour, exhibitr ing theirtoys, which ranged all the way .from "miniature , sedans to tiny doll-babies. : ' - ; ' r " There was very -little disorder and there -were no-signs -of drunk'eness on -the streets, 1 - ;. - : County Wlan; Slam: heeling ' Running High Smallest Church in World, Accomodates Congregation of-Three People .... .. . .. . J - 3 1 : i - ' " fife' IH? f ' II'- s'Swte sJiS This unique chapel iss -located ".high up mong the Kentucky Hills and is so small v that only - three persons can worship there at one time." vjt '-was built by Monks who formally lived in the neighborhood and only one of their number survived. He is shown in sthe photo abbve standing outside the small church. x ' , - . VICTIM OF ASSAILANT GAVE LATTER'S NAME v , -(By Associated v Press. ) ( . ' ! ROGKY M OUlsTT, DecV"26Much indignation is said to ihavef; been,", expressen and - feeling is running high in the Woods Store 5 section of Halifax and Franklin counties over the assault and, murder ?f George W. Wilder, age 23, which occurred Saturday night. According to the report, Mr. Wil der "was found Sunday morning, unconscious, his face horri bly battered and with a fractured skull. He was taken to a hospital here for .further attention in the hope of saving his life. But his condition was such lhat he died at 7:30 o'clock this morning. It is understood that.'he regained consciousness for a brief time and gave to the authorities the name of his assailant, a negro,, living in the Woods Store section. ' The motive for ' the crime, according to the officers, is believed to be that of robbery, and his assailant is said to have rem,oved $27 and a' -watch from his pockets. ICew Shipment of Cars j A new .shipment of Reo cars has just been unloaded by the Willis Mo tor 'Company. The shipment consists of coupes, sedans and sport-phaetons. The machines now are on display at the Willis Motor Company's place on South Front street. 4 , in new berf In the colored section, a big dance started at midnight Sunday morning, and cantinued , until daybreak. " There was . another dance last night Both dances were orderly. Santa Claus didn't overlook' the tented colony and many Christmas gifts were received by those living in ... the temporary homes. , In the afternoon everybody who had an automobile went out to en joy the beautiful, afternoon. Many cars from out of town also were here. The Country Club golf links were well at tended during the afternoon. EXPECT LARGE CROWD SHRINE CEREMONIAL Shriners of Sudan Temple will be gin assembling in New Bern tomor row evening for the annual midwinter ceremonial 'which is to be held here on Thursday of this week.- , : It is believed that the attendance will be excellent. The list of candi dates is unusually large for "a winter ceremonial, and this, in itself, is an attraction that ia bound to ih-ing a large number of Shriners here to see that the initiation ceremonies are Jproperly carried out. The" progranf call3, for a business session at 10 o'clock in the morning, followed by the parade through the streets of the city. The ceremonial will take place at tli Burin ei- ware house beginnins? at 2:30 o'clock. An oyster roast al.so will be given the Shriners and .candidates. At !) o'clock there will take place the usual Shrine ball at the Banner warehouse. J Local ' business houses are request ed to decorate Tor rne ceremonial in order that the visitors may see that their attendance here ia appreciated- INVESTIGATE IBEBJHK-BE i r nnr nn k i u n Through Investigation i3 to Be .Vj. Made Into Band Which Kidnapped Five Men. IDENTITY OF SOME SAID TO BE KNOWN Killing in Ohio Leads tor New Activity in Effort to Creek Liquor . Law Violations. BASTOP, La., Dec. 26. (By Asso ciated Press) That the state will be able to- eiablish through an cye-witr nos the identity-of -several members of the masked mob which, last August Kidnaped five Mer Rouge .residents, including Vatt Daniels and . Thomas Richarda, . whose decapitated bodies were taken -Trom a neir-by lgfke last week, was the etatnent'toflrfy of in5-1 vestigato'rs ' who; -bave b"een working on the cast fpr eevoral months. , The identification ,witl be made, the secret service men said, through tes timony at the,, open hearings,'1 ordered by .Governor John M. Parker?to con vene, here January 5. They declared that a farmer told them he wifneesed the seizure and spiriting away of the quint et and recognized some of .'the abductors when they lifted their hoods to drink water. . . v The . farmer, according to informa tion - the investigators declfire; they have in hand, was, held up by the band on' the Mer Rouge-Bastrop high way the night of the kidnapping and commanded to go to a near-by.; ranch and get a bucket' of water' for the band. Ie obeyed and when he return ed he was directed to take a seat on a log. He, is said to have . declared that he . recognized several mmbera of the band when they raised their masks' to drink from buckets. The investigators declined to dis close the present whereabouts of the farmer, but it was intimated" that ho was somewhat in 'Mississippi under the protection of st government officer. LARGE PUBLIC DEBT FOR THE ARGENTINE BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 26. Argen tina's unconsolidated public debt now amounts to 809.574,218 pesos, : or roughtly $340,000,000, according to figures submitted by the Accountant, General's department to the new min ister of finance, Dr. Vegas, Tho soughff the information ; to prepare the budget of 1923. The figures are noted wth surprise by some newspapers, which refer to former statistics indicating that hte dbljt was some 184,000,000 pesos lesfi. It kppears from tho report that the 184,000,000 consists of debts not sub ject to any precise term of j-ayment, the remainder being represented b liobilities maturing at specific dates'. A bill for the authorization of an internal loan to consolidate the debt, in whole or in part, is being consid ered by the Ministry of Finance in lieu of seeking a foreign loan. R. H. Bowles, formerly with tho National Bank of New Berne, but now of Hickory, is spending a few days here visiting lr. and Mrs. R. R. Law ft I I LSI D TRAGEDY FOLLOWS FRIGHT OF YOUNG CHILD OVER BIO DOG A sad death occurred hi. New Bern yesterday when' the two-' year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Winstead, of Elm City, died t from strangulation as it was le ng rushed to a hospital here from Vanceboro. Snxall pie"es of imts, which the child was chew ing, were responsible for the death.' . Mr. and Mrs. Winstead and the child were visiting at the home Vanceboro. The youngster was partaking of nuts and candy he had found in his Christmas ' stocking; and was munching- on a. mouthful when a large bird-dog IG THE HL5 I TRYING TO GROW rrkon rcc it rri r i ..Moa treat. Can- Dec. 26.-Much enthusiasm was evoked, "at the fall meeting of the Pomoiogical and Fruit Growing Society of the Prov ince of Quebec by the announce ment of the -discovery -at. Abbots ford of a seedless and coTelefes va riety of the Fameuee apple. ' Professor 'F. C. Sears of te Am hjrst (Mans.) Horticultural col lege who was present, examined the fruit and pronounced it Fam euse in. every e-sential .detail. 'He said- if it could : be fceproduced .it would prove of great value. " Tht- seedless apple waff discover ed by accident and the exhibitor had no idea, how it vas developed. He believes, however, that thai the variety could be perpetuated by grafts.- - -' .. f Party off Local Sportsmen Sei Sail . for - Ocracoke on Duck ' ' - Hunting tTrfp.'; Determined ot establish a new hunt, ing record, Ave well known loci&l jnen accompanedv by . citizen of Golde boro, left here this morning: on "tht. yacht. Pilgrim, bound for Ocracokt where war will be . declared -,ajns; the 'mallard,- brant and duck." . The party plans to remain ajt Ocra coke unfil Saturday. It is composed of W. B. Blades, Paul Mengei; David Morns, G. C Royal, of Goldsboror Dr IV L. 'Daniels and John Haywood J once. Five hundred persns are expected to greet them' at the dock' upon theii return to get their share of the ducks, which the hunters are expected c slay. - : . . ' FORMER MAYOR OF MER ROUGE WANTED BALTIMORE, Dec. 26. (By Asso ciated Press) :1)t. B. M. McKoin, former mayor , of Mer Rouge, La., who is wanted by Xiouisiana authori ties for "inter gation concerning the Morehouse T :sh kidnappings, is at tcahed to th. Brady UroJogical Chnic at John Hopkins Hospital. He said today that he knew nothing about the kidnappings and could give the au thorities no information" concerning them., For this reason he added he had not' .yet made up his mind whether he would reiUrn to Louisiana or not. WIFE CLAIMS SHE SHOT HUSBAND IN DEFENSE NEW ORLEANS, La., Dec. 26. (By Associated Press). -As an after math to a Christmas party jn on,e of the (suburban carbarets, Fred J. Hanselman, age 30, was shot and killed this morning by his 22-year-old w if e who said, according to the . au- thorities, that she killed him in self defense after they had both struggled to get possession Kt a revolver which, the husband had placed under the pillow. After hearing her story the District Attorney released Mrs. Han eelman from custody. The woman de clared that her husband became in furiated ibecau.se she danced with a certain man and after they returned home, he struck her and the grapple for the revolver ensued. ' suddenly appeared and leaped llayfully at the child. He gasped in right and, in doing so, drew some of the nuts into his wind pile. A choking spell -ensued.. The child's parents managed to relieve the pain and he appeared to be all right again. After breakfast, however, the choking spell returned. Dr. Potts was summoned and, when advised of what had happened, placed the baby in an automobile and rushed t to a hospital In New Bent' The child died just as the auto mobile crossed ythe brtflge over the Neuse river. , - , 1 rnnn rcc a ddi l? i I IK- Li tLM B H B fl " PL . II II f1- 1 i! 11 W LEFT HERE DM hit lira ip Was Well Known in Craven County-Head Was Badly CrusKed and Death Was Instantaneous. CORONER'S INQUESTtHELD TODAY No Credence is Placed in Riimors of Four Play Reports Had It that He had Been Placed on the Tracks. Calvin Smith, age 55, of Cove City, was killed when he was struck by an Atlantic Coast Line train at 11 o'clock Sat- arday night, about two hundred yards from the outskirts of "lie city.. The man's head was crushed but his body other Arise was uninjured. Death was instantaneous.- . . I Smith was struck by the Coast Line train from Wilming ton, which was several hours late in arriving at ;New Bern. He was a railroad man and had been in the employ of the oper? Lumber Company fcr a number of year . He is " ur rjved'by two' daughters .and . a son v The , bodyoday:.Te!tcl it the Smaw undertaking parlors. It will be sent to Cove' City for interment : . x - -' 1 " ' 1 ' - How .the deceased happened to be on the tracks is un-tnown,- Wh en the train struck: him, the engineer brought it o a halt and an examination was s made. Smith was dead when the first persons arrived to drag him away from the bracks. ' , ' , - - - : ; c 'i.-.y. Reports were current on the streets today that the man Wd been knocked in the head and dragged on the tracks. No :redence is placed in these, however, as there is no evidence: :o support any such claims. Relatives of Smith, who Were In IckfAT Rom f Aflav . tail ilil' or f aw 4-Vk Otr m Via ltff n't' lave an enemy in the world. if PPM PL FOR ECHOIC CONFERENCE senate Leaders Today Are Discussing proposition Sum mitted by Borah. WASHINGTON,. Dec. 26. -(By As sociated Press) 'Senate republican leaders conferred today in an effort to agree on what changes they will seek in the proposal , of Senator Bprah, (r), Idaho, for an annual economic and disarmament confer ence. The proposal is emphasized in an amendment to the navy appropria tion bill which is to come before the senate tomorrow when it reassembles after the Christmas holidays. .A large part of the republican membership and a number of demo crats are understood to be . against the Borah amendmnt in its present form. The views of President Harding and other administration officials have been sought but senators who have talked wth them will" not dis close what opinions .. were expressed. Senator Lodge, (r), - Massachueettes, was said to oppose the amendment as it stands, although he and other ad ministration supporters, it , w as said, might be working to give in their sup port if it was limited n scope. Those who want to see the language of the proposal changed include Senator Curtis, Kansas, Assistant Republican Leader Smoot. Utah and Watson, In diana. '. Senator Smoot's view is that such a conference as proposed by Senator Borah would be impracticable. "Europe's chief aim, frankly an nounced, is cancellation of her debt to America," said Senator Smoot. "This the American people will never consent to.- The debt forgiveness ques tion would be the principal one Eu rope would desire to present. Its pre sentation fer consideration would be useless," Fiifiiesiiv vets endorse subsidy; p l ak California Organizations , Send Resolutions to U. Senators Johnson and Shortridge. WarhingtpK.- Dec. 26. Senators .Johnson and Shprtridge, of California today received resolutions irom two prominent California organizations, urging support of the ship 'subsidy bill. , One set of resolutions comes from the fifty-fifth" annual convention' of tha Farmers' and Fruit Growers' Associa tion and the other from C C, Thomas Post, No. 244 American Legion. . The Growers Association pointed out that Calif ornia agricultural in- terests are in' urgent need of Increas ed transportation facilities - in ordw to market their products 'overseas and ' thus take care of increased produc tion. Th belief is expressed that bet ter water transport will ' result In : lower rates, and that to gain more and improved water ; hauls Government : aid is necessary." ' :. .f;r- . . The appeal - of the ' "World War veterans for the subsidy bill is ' based on the need of an adequate American : merchant marine as an adjunct . to the navy. - - - ( The resolutions state: - - "Ship subsidy in its essentials ia nothing .more nor less than a prem- ium on a national insurance policy. We have the ships built and lying1 idle. If we profit at all by the lessons of the last war, we must see that any sum we pay in subsidy will be inslgni cant compared -with what we paid be cause we hid no ships in the past, and what we should be likely to iav under similar circumstances in the future." The resolutions were adopted only after a special committee of the post had conducted an investigation o the pending hill, ; - :.,
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