North Carolina Newspapers

No. 70 NEW BERN. N. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1912-FIRST SECTION 35th YEAR 10 1 IliUILE AGANST CHOLERA Baltimore Physician Will Hurry L to Turkish Camps if Given . Free Hand.' IS. WAITING ON, CABLEGRAM . Work In Philippines Regarded as '' I Fitting Dr.. A, W. Sellards , -. ' ' For Emergency. . v j . i Baltimore, Nov. 29. Dr. Andrew ; watson aeuaraa, assistant resident , physician of Johns Hopkins Hospital mil ; flfl Alithnrifv nn Aaiatf. fhnlm --. ........ has informed the American Red Cross that he is ready to leave for Turkey to . aid in the battle against cholera, pro- - vided that he will not be hampered ia his work after reaching Constantinople. , That the stricken ' thousands of the ( Balkan and Turkish armies are in need of 'cholera experts is demonstrated by . .k. hnual. ....1 1. . I. I Red Cross. Whether Dr. Sellards will ; leave for Constantinople will depend upon cablegram to be received from Ambassador Rockhili ia a day or two. .' All arrangements have been made for a quick passage. - At a meeting of the medical coru- ? . .L A f T"l I r I I I in Washington several days ago the names of several American physisians . ware discussed. : Dr. Sellards' name was ; placed - before the committee by Dr. -' Richard Pearson "Strong, a graduate of '- Johns Hopkins Medical School and now 'chief of1 the biological laboratory . of- he United .States Army. He is , recognized as one of the world's fore ' most authorities on tropical diseases. ' He was formerly resident physician at Hopkins, resigning in 1899 to accept ' a commission in the Ilhifpil tarpu ...mj i w. iiiumui in. ci iiv mua nrill ; to the' Philippines," where cholera was epidemic, and placed in charge of the Army Patholigcal Laboratory at Ma r in 1 1 s Inm mnn.ha Int.. h& mnA uah. nila. Dr. Sellards was his assistant. . Knowing what Dr. Sellards did with cholera in the Philippines, Dr. Strong considered him the most competent" physician outside the army for the work ' in Turkey, and he was selected.' Miss Mabel Bard man, secretary of X thaAmerican Red Cross, cmui imi tated. vita Dr.- Winferd H. Smith, ' superintendent of Johns Hopkins Hosi- - pital, asking if Dr. Sellards could be soared for the work in Turkev. She ' was told that it could be done. Dr. Sellards when informed of the action of the American Red Cross re- I'livu iiui . nuuni gv iv.iucu .uv :. serious obstacles would be placed the way of his method of work. -- While engaged in eradicating cholera , from certain Philippine districts Dr. ' Sellards received special commendation J; from the -United States Army. He . . made a special study of the disease, and his pamphlets have been widely read in this and other countries. In going to the cholera camps in '. Turkey Dr. Sellards says he is only doing his duty as a physician. nuan r.r via mmi in rr n n.nu.iAfi nn RELICS FROM LOST MINER. 'Chicago. Cal., Nov. 28.In 1863 . William' Eastman, a placer miner of ' Trinity county, was drowned in the ; Trinity river and no trace of his body ' was eve found. Yesterday .nearly . SO year after Eastman's death, a dredger brought up several gold nuggets which Eastman is known to have had ,in hi pocket, a gold piece identified ! as his and several silver coins, two of . which were 13 1-2-cent pieces, common :' in those days. Two dimes were dated - 1827 and two quarters bore nearly the .same dates. No trace of the s.eleton has been found. IT Why should Mr. Bryan want any i foreign post that would take him off the lecture circuit. . . CARBON A TB OF LIMB t - ,MT0 1 Highly Soluble Forms A C. L. SPENCER -DEALER IN- Way, Corn, Oats, AND ALL KINDS OF FEED. RF.F.n A AND f.:-!I Orders Given Lower HiddU Street, JOHNSON BACKS PERKINS WiU Fight Move Of Radicals To Oust Financier A Leader. Washington, Nov.-30. Gov. Hiram Johnson, of California, ' who ran for Vice-President oh the Bull Moose tic ket, will vigorously oppose the mone ment of the radical Progressives to oust George W.' Perkins, the New York financier, from his position of influence in the Progressive party. filt was learned today that Governor Johnson has' written a letter in which he defends Perkins and says he will use his influence to block the plans of the radicals. The indications are that Perkins will be a storm centre at theaneeting of the Progressive leaders at Chicago Decem ber 10 and II. Those who oppose Perkins are the men of the college pro fessor type, who are sincere in their political beliefs. Those who seek to block the aati-Perkins movement are the practical men in politics, who know the value of money and organization in politics as well as in business. lt is said that the radical' Progres sives believe Mr. Perkins, with his Wall street'associations, does not fit into the Progressive movement and that therefore he should be shorn of his power of influence in the third party." Senator Joesph M. Dixon, chairman of the Progressive National Committee today issued the following: "The Chicago conference will con sider ways and means for conducting the Progressive propaganda during the next four years. In this discussion Colonel Roosevelt will take part simply as onef the leaders of the movement. "Sq far as I am aware, there are no differences among the leaders of the party, - 'which could-justify the state ment that Mr. Pinchot or Mr. Garfield is seeking to oust Mr. Perkins from leadership. Someof the papers have been very bitter, but the fact should be kept in mind that no special atti tude has been taken by any one man prominent in the movement which would justifiy the assumption of dis agreement. " $3 A MINUTE Costs That to Live in New York, Says Prlncesa. New York. Nov. 28. That a proper estimate of the cost of living in New York would be 13 a minute rather than the $3 a week which some of the "back to nature" faddists declare pos sible was the declaration of the Prin cess Colleredo Mannsfeld, returning to her home in Austria on the Mauretania today. , li like the American men ,as well as this city" said the princess "they are so intellectual and so vivacious. You may be sure that it will not be long before I am back again." The princess when she arrived here some weeks ago said she intended to thave some dentistry done. She said that she had read one could live on $3 a week here. And she admitted on sailing that her views on cost had changed greatly. . - "But La La" she saidfwith a remil niscent smile and sigh, "it was wel worth it." . The princess created a sensation by smoking a cigarette in the hotel cor ridor a few days ago for which she was rebuked by the manager. ; t& "But then he didn't know anything baout it," she said, "so why should I worry." An American sewing machine com pany has opened eight schools in China, in which the natives are taugty to embroider with silk by machinery. Occasionally a candidate fails to dis cover which side of the lencehe is on until he falls off.' WINS THE HONORS. FROM Burned or Oxide of Lime by $75.00 per acre in a sixteen year test, and proved beyond question that it is a superior fertilizing ingrediant Brown' C C03 by analitical test heads the list of fertilizing lime. For full Information write at' once to mm com u:i co. New Bern, N. C. Bran, Hominy, IIIU1I GKALiU uukh me.au ED RYE. ' "BRICK FOR SALE Careful Attention. New Dcrrj, N. C. WANT THE TAFT ORDER REVOKED Democrats Want a Chance For Ap ' polntment to Fourth Class Postofflces. ASK WILSON TO INTERVENE President Elect Will be Urged To Upaet Action of Presl dent Taft; With the election of a Democrat to the Presidency, hopes were awakened in the -minds of a great many people that the countless positions in the postal service that had been filled jby Republicans so long would become open to other people. Very little special training is required in attending to the duties of these offices (those most thought of in this con nection arc fourth class postoffices) and in every village and hamlet the feeling prevailed that without hurting the service there could be a change in the offices and the enumeration that they yield be placed in new hands just as a matter of fair play. But a short while before the electiou President Taft signed an order placing all fourth class offices under the civil service, which means that the occu pants cannot be removed except for cause. President-elect Wilson, when he goes into office, can revoke the order of the present chief executive and strong pressure will undoubtedly be brought to bear on him to Bet him to do so. He will also face a sentiment of some considerable strength in favor of letting things be, the argument for this course being that he cannot afford to interfere with the movement for civil service reform which was launched by the last Democratic President, Grover Cleve land, and which, many think is the best thing for thej public service. p In regard to the agitation of the mat ter now going on, the Washington correspondent of the Raleigh News and Observer sends that paper the following: The executive order of President Taft, issued October 15, placing 36,000 fourth class postmasters, most of them Republicans, appointed in his adminis tration, under the operation of the civil service law, is being much dis cussed by the Southern congressmen who arrive in Washington from day to day. '' Growing out of numerous appeals that have reached these congressmen from their constituencies, a senti ment favoring the suspension of this order for a period after Wilson s in auguration has gained some ground. A prominent southern congressman declared today that the ' president s order "placing as it does this army of Republicans to the express ex clusion of Democrats permanently in office, without examination and with out regard to merit or efficiency, will make honest civil service a farce, and pwill prove the greatest set-back to its extension and progress within a gen eration." ' . ."..'' It is recalled in this connection that short lime before the close of Cleve land's adminstration the president issued an order placing railway mail clerks under the operation of the civil service law, and that within a week after his inauguration President Har rison suspended this order until the end of the following day by which the Republicans had largely dis placed Democrats in the service. Those congressmen who have harken ed to the complaints that have reach ed them from their districts suggest that the vway is open for Governor Wilson to suspend this last executive order and by so doing make it possible for Democrats to secure at least a fair representation in the postal service. Those who have been most impress ed by the demands of Democrats for share of the postal work declare that Taft's action in issuing this order on the eve. of election when the 're sult was not in doubt amounted to noth ing more than the pre-emption ' of 36,000 offices to Republicans for fife, and that it was in direct violation) of the spirit of the civil service laws. Some congressmen .however, - be lieve that the order relieves them of much unpleasant 'and perhaps cm barrassim responsibility in , the- dis position ' of iwtronagr. They say further that the suspension of the order soon after President-elect Wil son's inauguration would give the ad ministration a "black eye, in that it might htve the appearance of ,de notiQg a willingness to disturb the civil service. As soou as the North Carolina dele gation arrives a meeting will be call ed to pass upon the matter if asking Mr. Wilson to revoke the Taft order. Represntativa Doughton is of the opinion that unless the post office order is revoked the Democrats will be de feated four years hence. ; His people he says, are up in arms over the Taft order. "-.'.' - As you travel in the smoking car of life you will notice a lot f nien who merely chew stubs. Trinnonmir unmCiincMnnonc wihh IU UUdLiHL IIUhlL IULI MISSION WEEK Special Sermons by Ministers of 'City, .Te4ay Will Uaher It In. OBSERVANCE f LASTS 8 DAYS Conclude .' Not Sunday , Night , .M v With CrJ Mat Meeting -?Q--.i Centenary Church. . Home Mission !Week in New Bern will be ushered ' i,n today . with home mission sermour.tbe pastors of the several Protestant churches in the city, It was : for their convenience that New Bern is celebrating a week different from that set apart hy the Council of Women for.'Hotne Missions for ob servance by 2,500 towns and cities in the United States.' !Our ' Country's Debt to Christ;"! will be the general theme of the ministers in their' dis cussions today inaugurating home mis sion week. " The services during the week will be partly in the afternoon and partly in the evening, those in the afternoon being in charge of the ladies and those in the evening being for men as weU as women. The afternoon services will be on Monday, Tuesday and Sat urday; the evening Services oh Wednes day, Thursday arid Friday. The after noon services wilf'be held' in the lec ture room of the Presbyterian church and the evening' services at the First Baptist churchy A great mass meeting which will, be the concluding feature of the Week's celebration of the not able progress which has been made in the cause of Home Missions, will be held next Sunday night at Centenary Methodist church. At the ladies' meeting tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the Pres byterian church!. S. H. Scott will conduct the devotional exercises after which Miss' Amelia Williams ,Mrs, D, B. Wood, Mrs. L. M. Hendren, Mrs. Judge Bryan, Mrs. Youne and Miss Nina Banight will tell of the work done by their respective de nominations in behalf of the cause of Home Missions, The object of Home Mission Week, as launched by: the Home Missions CouncnrwfT6JrnpreBvery man and woman of every church of every evange lical denomination in this country with the supreme importance of attacking modern social and religious problems through the established agencies of the church and to convince them that they have a distinct personal responsi bility in the performance of this stu pendous task. To bring home this responsibility to the church workers of New Bern will be the object of the observance of the week in this city. WOOD SCARCE AND HIGH Wagons From Country are Asking - Six Dollars Per Cord. People who use mill wood for heat ihg and cooking, puposei are finding it rather hard to secure it at the present time. The output of the mills is not a large as a few weeks ago and the men who make a business of hauling the wood have orders booked for many loads. The wet sawed slabs are selling from, fifty to sixty cents a load while dry wood is commanding a price of from sixty to seventy-five -cents per load. Several wagons with cord wood which had been brought in from the country were seen on the streets yester day but the owners wanted a price in the neighborhood of six dollars a cord for it and they found it hard to dispose of. , D. A. R. RUCUS PREDICTED Use of Confederate Flat In Dec- orations Cause of Trouble. Washington, Nov. 28. As a result of the. order given by Mrs. Matthew Scott, president -general of the Daugh ters v of the A merican Revolution, placing the Confederate fiag. on an equal footing with the Stars and Stripes in decorating Continental hail for the formal opening of the recent annual convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, a controversy is promised in the annual meeting of the Daughters of the - American Revolu tion next April, when Mrs. Scott will be asked to explain her action to the convention. ' A faction of the Daugheters of the American Revolujion, led by Mrs. Mary Lock wood of Washington, took vigor ous exception to the order given by Mrs. Scott placing the Condfecerate flag in Continental hall. .Atlhough the Confederate flags were permitted" to remain ia th hall, alongside the Stars and Stripes and the President's flag, the'fccling engendered by the action of Mrs. Scott is each that at the annual convention of - the ..Daughters of the American Revolution an cflort will be made to obtain the adoption of a reso lution prohibiting the placing of any flag on an equal footing with the Stars and Stripes in decorating Continental hall, no matter what the occasion. T lIUUIIHId H.ttlll FEDERAL PLUMS Congressmen Declaring In Favor of Turning Laat one of The "Rascals" Out. WHY REMOVALS ARE URGED Leaders Like Ollie James and Sena tor Burleson Favor A Clean Sweep. ' Washington, Nov. 29. The tempta tion to turn the next adminstration into a patronage producer is proving too strong for many of the Democratic leaders. One by one of the incoming members1 of the House and Senate are declaring in favor of the to-the-victor-belongs-the spoils system. They are talking the matter over among them selves and are readily convincing each other that the election of Wilson carried with it the right to fill Federal offices with men apolitical sympathy with the adminis tration. i; More than one of them even wants President Wilson to revoke the Execu tive order whereby all fourth-class postmasters were placed under the civil service. They desire to make a raid upon the 200,000 or more Republi can postmasters who are now enjoying a measure of security, despite political Changes. '-. Other Democratic leaders will seek tO: persuade the new President that it Kill be the part of wisdom if he calls for. the resignation of every higher Federal officeholder whose term may extend beyong March 4. These par tisans want Democrats to fill such places, urging two theories why such should be. 'The first theory in that the Demo-j cratM! party, hiving gained the confi dence Pf the country, should have its own administrative staff in Washington' and out of it if it U to maintain that confidence. The second is that the party is entitled to the fruits of victory, and that these fruits consist of Federal jobs for the faithful. And these contenders argue that the spirit of the civil service system will not be Violated when the fourth-class post masters, for instance, are again restored to pofitTc's. This division of placehold ers has never, it is pointed out, taken a civil service examination; they have shown no official fitness for their work and are now in the permanent service of the Government simply because the President, on the eve of his retirement, decided to continue a few hundred thousand Republicans in office. These same leader are convinced that if President Taft had been re-elected he would never have issued the order, which took four-fifths of the Federal patronage out of politics. The truth i, the President has recom mended just this thing to Congress in every annual message since he has been in the White House. He has even gone further and has proposed' that all Federal officials whose fitness is not predicated upon professional training, such as district attorneys, be placed under the civil service. This fact 'it loat sight of by the impatient Demo crats, however. They want the jobs, and will urge the new President to re store them to politics. s Senator-elect Ollie - James,, of Ken tucky, is one of the leading Democrats who has frankly said as much. Con gressman Albert Burleson, of Texas, has told friends that if he is named Postmaster-General he will ask for the immediate removal of every post master, large and small, who may have been appointed by a Republican Presi dent. There are reasons for believing .how ever that President Wilson will hesitate a long time before he plunges his ad ministration in to a patronage-grabbing scramble. . 4 ' - TSTANDPATISM DOOMED "Observer '.'Draws This Conclusion .." From Election Returns. EdVor Journal: The latest returns give the popular vote as follows: Wilson, 6,156,748; Roosevelt, 3,928,140; Tafl, 3:376,422; Debs, Chafin and Reimer about .1,000-, 000, making a grand total of a little over 14,000,000 votes. Wilson's vote is 42 per cent of the whole, or 1,247,814 less than Roosevelt 'and -Taft com bined, and 236,434 le than Bryan's vote in 1903, . The latter fact seems to indicate that Bryan is by far the strongest man in his party, . Mn New Jersey Wilson got 178,289; Roosevelt, 145,410; Taft, 88,835; other parties 20,100; giving Wilson but 41 per cent, of the vote in his own State. - The lessons of the election seem to be that stand-patism is doomed, that the Progressives are in the saddle, though not yet united under one party name or organization, that old party ties are trtaksning, and that a party must have yomething more than a name and a tradition to hold the support of its intelligent followers. ' MEN OF ALL NVITONS What Nationality Combines Beat Type of Manhood? . Chicago, Nov. 29. Katherine May Singleton, an English girl reired in Paris, accompanied by Mme. Elise Pu plessis, is living Ea,t on the last leg of a journey what till take her around the world. She is under commission from a French magazine to converse with men of all nations and 'find out what na tionality combines the best type of manhood. ,"My trip," said she, "grew out of a wide and heated discussion in the Frecnh papers on men of all nations and their manners. The trouble started over cables from New York complain ing of indignities suffered by American girls at the hands of Frenchmen." Here is her analysis: "Russian men are the most polished and accomplished, referring always to those of the ruling class the army and diplomatic corps. "Frenchmen are the most accomplish ed love makers and least desirable hus bands, referring to the upper class, but the middle class Frenchman is the safest marrying man on earth. "Englishmen are the most misunder stood of all mankind, clumsy lovemak ers, insolently insular in their prejudices, but sincere in their affections and hon est in their convictions. "American men are kaleidoscopic. combining many of the most fascina- ing qualities of the Russians and French, with the sincerity of the English, lack ing the brusquerie of the latter. "Germans are tryannical in domestic affairs, uncouth in love, splendid in ad ministrative capacity, polished in diplo macy, generous entertainers and stolid, unimaginative thinkers. "Hall your American men are really French, German, English or Irish. "Now, I haven't been in Ireland yet, but an instance occurs to me that illus trates just what 1 mean. On board the liner coining from lapan I met most facsinating man.- He was an American, he said, the agent of an American locomotive concern, lie was big, straight, blue-eyed, athletic and freckled. "But his name was peculiar. It be gan with an U and alter the ( came an apostrophe. I shall not tell you any more . It might embarrass him. He was Irish." TO CUT COST OF LIVING Form Club to Reduce Expenses For Christmas Dinners. Pittsburg, Nov. 28. Belicveingthat a great reduction can be made in the cost of living before Christmas, an application will be made in a feew days for a charter for the Pittsburgh Consumer's Co-operative Buying As sociation by a number of men and women who met today to sign an ap lication for authority to organize uch a company. The formation of this company will be the first practical step taken here by the combined market clubs in their effort to bring down the cost of the necessities of Iffe by dealing direct with the farmer and then retailing direct to the consumer. HAIL ALSO FELL. Among the business visitors in the city yesterday was J. T. Powell who lives nearjBayboro in Pamlico county. Mr. Powell stated that the fall of snow in that section, early Thurdsay wasat least two inches deep and that much of it still remained on the ground. He said that preceding the snow was a heavy fall of hail, which had the effect of hardening the snow. It was the first snowfall in Pamlico in twelve years, Mr. Powell said. A breach of promise suit is bad, but the same girl as a wife might have been worse. 'wmm:- ; Ly MtsfaVV !. fcev TOLSON LUMBER & T1F(L CO FOR EVERYTHING )ffice and Factory 129 O.Front St New Bern N, C We call your attention to our complete line of . Farm Implements : The John Deere Low Down Manure Spreader needs . no introduction All you need is to see it. .Our line of Seed Drills, "Ontario," "Buckeye" and "Pennsylvania," never fail to make friends,. Our line of Stalk Cuttcra consisting of the John Deere" "Avery," JICASE and "bouthbend" from which to make your selection can't fail to please you, and then Our Trices are made to suit YOU. Your orders will be .carefully at attended to. Phone 33. J. C. vhny c Cr. U.PnlCKlIL KOBE LIE Evolves Bold Method of Getting Vindication Upon Which He Is Bent. WANTS TO PROVE WILL VALID Will Try ro Have it Admitted In Court as Authen . tic Document . New York, Nov, 30 Unafraid of the outcome, Albert T. Patrick ":, has evolved a bold method of getting the vindication upon which be is bent. In conference with his lawyer, Wil liam M. K. Olcott, the lawyer just oardoned after nearly twelve years, for the murder of William March Rice, his millionaire client, outlined his eager purpose to try to have the second Rice will the " Patrick will, as it is called admitted in court as an authentic document. Patrick solemnly : assured his law yer that the Patrick will was not forged and that he was willing to stake his liberty, only freshly regained, upon his word. Mr. Olcott warned his client that if he should fail he would be in danger of going back to prison. ' Patricks conviction on the murder charge was based on the belief that he had forged the will, under which Rice was supposed to have bequeathed 8200,000 for a William Marsh Rice institute, in Texas, leaving practically ; all the reaminder of the $10,000,000 estate to Patrick, who was named as the sole legatee. Handwriting experts declared at the hearing in the Surrogate's court in 1900, that the signature of Rice, writ ten four times in the document, had been forged beyond a doubt. Patrick, it is expected, will have to depend upon David L. Short, a clerk in his former law office, and Maurice Myers, an attorney who aided him in his practice, to bolster up his con tention that the Rice will was not forged. Short and Myers were indict ed for forirery after Patrick's arrest hut the indictments aeainst " the'rh were dismissed two years ago.'. Short is now in business in Philadelphia, and Myers is a practicing attorney in this city. They were witnesses to the Rice will. " " ' " ''"' i. .- FUNERAL FO.R HIS LEG, Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 28. Cart Sam ple, whose leg. was recently ampu tated, purchased a handsome coffin today, made out a death certificate, employed an undertaker and had the leg buried with proper obsequies in the family lot in Greenwood Cemeterv. FOSCUE WEEKS Maysvllle Man Wedded at Stella on Thanksgiving Day. (Special to the Journal) Maysvitle Nov. 29. Miss Beatrice C. Weeks of Stella and Mr. E. M. Foa cuc of Maysville were married at one o'clock Thanksgiving day at the resi dence of the bride's sister, Mrs. Charles Barker of Stella. It had been planned to have the wedding in the Methodist church of Stella and it had been hand somely decorated for the occasion, but owing to the inclemency of the weat her, it wa s decided to soleminize the event at a private home. ' V v Rev. J. T. Stanford of Maysville was the officiating minister. ' Miss . Lena McGinn of New Bern was maid of honor while the groom was attendei by L. T. Gillette of Maysville as be it man. -'"... ' ' '' After the wedding was over an ela borate dinner was partaken of by the wedding party and the guests and Mr. and Mr. Foscue left for Maysville where they will reside. Build? ;THN SEE