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NEW BERN, N. C, TUESDAY 19, 1914 FIRSx SECTION
f5 MURDERER
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TWELVE YEARS
kilted Negro la Edgecombe County
In 1902.
WENT TO PAMLICO COUNT Y
Traced By Letter Written By
HI Wife Arretted
Yesterday. -;
Teie vrnrs ago Abram Pavies, a
notoriously bad negro, shot and killed
another negro near Maclesfield in Ed
gecombe county and succeeded in
making his escape at that time although
the authorities of that county made
every attempt to locate anit place him
under arrest.
The police, and county official in
every county in the Stale were fur
nished with a description of (he fugi
tive and for several years the authori
ties kept a strict watch for him but
finally came to the conclusion that he
cither had been killed or had gone to
some northern state and this watch
was relaxed.
Yesterday M. W. Hayes, a special
deputy from Edgecombe county went
to Bayboro and placed under arrest
a negro who has boon known as Samuel
Hiiics and when confronted with in
criminating evidence "Hines" acknow
ledged that he was Abram Davies and
that be had committed murder.
According to the story told by the
man, he and his wife went lo Pamlico
cointy after he had committed the
murder aud there he assumed the name
of Hincs and began farming. For
several years they never relaxed their
vigilance, always being on the lookout
for the officers aud in readiness to make
their jet away within a short time.
Finally they thought that the affair
had been forgotten and his wife- began
to write letters to relatives in Edgecom
be co, nty and it was in this way that
the authorities there discovered their
v hereabouts and steps were taken at
once to arrest the fugitive.
Special Deputy. Haynes willpass-
through New Bern this morning with
his prisoner, carrying him back to
Maclesfield where he will be placed on
trial at the next term of Superior
Cou rt.
TELLS EMPLOYES THERE THAT
HE INTENDS TO BREAK UP
LAWLESSNESS.
(Special to the Journal)
KINSTON, May 14 After a visit
of Sheriff A. W. Taylor of l.enoir coun
ty to the timber camps near the line
between that and Duplin counties, 35
negro timber cutters and teamsters
quit work, is the repoij that conies
from Pink Hill today. Alone the
Sheriff went to thr hamlets of sharks
where several hundred blacks reside
and made four arrests, drove the
vanzants out and declared thai he
had come to "pacify" the district
"I am going to break up lawlessness
here; either that, or I will break some
body up," he declared. "Two murders
and a probable fatal shooting have
occurred here as a result of gambling
and drinking in the past twelve months.
It seems hat the resident officers are
unable to cope with the situation,
but I will
As the result of the latest near riot
among the blacks, eight are in the
county jail here. "Bullie" Tafi is
probably fatally shct and Rufus Telle,
who did the shooting, is suffering with
two severe knife wounds inflicted by
Taft before he was shot. He will re
cover. The vitality of Taft is remark
able. '
The bullet which struck him clip
ped off a shoulder bone and imbed-
ed in the left lung, and yet today,
his life slowly flickering out, he sits
in a chair in the corridor of the jail
and calmly smokes. The physician
who located the bullet has not told
him .that within a week he will die.
Taft disarmed the man who shot him
and -if tiffed him after the fatal ball
had Struck, him. The men who left
' were; some of them good laborers,
dissatisfied with conditions, and oth
ers law-breakers who fear the sher
iff's activity will catt.w them to be
taken into custody. Some of those
probably will return.
MRS. ; ELIZA ANN CASEY DIED
YESTERDAY
Mrs. Elica Ann Casey died at her
home. No. 117 Craven street, y ester
day morning at. 8 o'clock, in th eighty
, ninth year of hat lift. The funeral
. wilt bt conducted from the horn this
. morning at 11 o'clock by Rev. W. A.
Cade pastor of Riverside Methodist
: church, and th Interment will be made
. I Cedar Oroya cemetery. ,
AMERICANS ARE
TO CONTROL TABS
PICO OIL WELLS
Carranzav Agrees To Permit 8och
Action.
MEDIATORS ON THE WAY.
Federals Slaughter Womea
Children Near Par
deon. And
(Special to the Journal)
WASHINGTON, May 14 A state
m?nt issued from the White House
tonight was to the effect that Carranza
had agreed to permit civil represen
tatives of the United States to assume
charge of the American oil properties
at Tampico.
This announcement has relieved the
fears of the American oil well owners
who thotght that they were in danger
of being set on fire by bit rsting shells.
It is believed that the Constitution
alists must be represented when the
mediators meet next Monday at Nia
gara Falls in a settlement of the Mexican
situation and to be effected through
general election under the supervision
of the commission appointed by the
m ediators.
Mediators at Key West
iSpceial to the Journal)
HAVANA, May 14. The Mexican
mediation delegates today embarked
for Key West. Aug-istine Rodriguez
estimated that the delegates had been
empowered to consider the elimination
of Hu?rta and all ot' er iuestions in
volved in the Mexican situation with
the exception of the constitutionalists
status.
Mexicans Killed
(Special to the Journal)
VERA CRUZ. May 1. It is re
ported here that the Federals today
killed the wife and three small children
of C.onrales Atlas, an ardent suppor
ter of the Madero faction and that
they killed Maria Hernandez, daugh
ter of a wealthy Mexican.
. - s. Battle Impending
Special to the Journal)
PARDEON, COAHULILA, May 14
- A ibg battlcis impending at Saltillo.
The constitutionalists have advanced
a gi unl of ten thousand and are har
rying the Federal outpost.i. General
Villa tonight shipped artillery to the
front. Twenty-two thousand men re
massed here and will begin forward
inarch tomorrow. The garrison at
Saltillo is estimated at twelve thousand
men and these are strongly e.itrean-
ched.
AND KILLS NEGRO
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HAD ATTACKED HIM WITH A
SHOVEL NEAR KNIGHT
DALE. lQ
(Special to the Journal
RALEIGH, May 14 News reached
th? city today that one of the guards
at convict camp No. 2, near Knight
dale, had shot and killed a convict
this morning. The report was that the
convict struck at the guard with a
shovel as the latter was showing him
about some work, when the guard
dodged and avoided the blow, when
the convict hit at him again, the guard
this time shooting him with fatal re
sults. County Road Supervisor Wiggs and
Coroner Separk left as soon as possible
for the Kene of the killinB; The SUP"
crvisor of Camp No. 2 is A. F. Newso.m.
The convict was Henry Rhoads,
colored, who was sent from Raleigh
for four months. He had been ser
ving a month or two and had done
practically no work. The guard Is
John Marshall. The coroner, after
viewing the body and hearing the
evidence, considered it was not nec
essary to put the guard under arrest.
Barges Pass Through
The Panama Canal
BIG WATER-WAY NOW IN READ
INESS FOR MARINE TRAF
FIC OF ANY KIND
(Special to the Journal)
WASHINGTON, May U.-A re
port reiMilng this city tonight was to
the effect that barge traffic through
the Panama Canal had already begun
This water-way is now ready to
permit marine traffic at any time nec
e sary.
FLOWER MART AND BASKET
SALS POSTPONED
Owing to the (act that , inclement
weather ; prevailed, the. flower mart
and basket talc which was to have been
held . by the City Beautiful ; Club,
was postponed. The date on which
this tale will be held iU bt announced
later, ;. .-,
Strikers' Tent City, Ludlow, Colo.,
And View After Fire Swept It
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ONE of the worst labor disturbances In the history of the country has set
the state of Colorado in a turmoil At Trinidad and other points cop
per miners rose against the operators because nonunion men were Riven
work, and many lives have been lost Finally the United States troos
were ordered on the scene by President
settlement, and It is claimed that the
Illustration shows the tent city at Ludlow destroyed by the blize ami a view
f the desolated section after the conflagration was stopped. Many women and
children were suffocated in the fire.
Huertas End
Almost
The "0886 General Whose Actions
Have Caused So Much Trouble Is Now
Facing The Final Act Of His Career
(Special to the Journal)
VERA CRUZ, Msy 14. Three Mex
ican gunboats, crowded with federal
soldiers who escaped from Tampico
yesterday when the constitutionalists
took the last stronghold of Huerta on
the eastern seaboard of Mexico, rode
anchor today under the protection of
Rear Admiral Mayn't squadron of
American warships off Tampico. It
is probable that among the officers on
the Mexican warships is the comman
der whose refusal to comply with Ad
BE ft PASSENGER
Registers For Flight In The Aero
plane.
TO
TAKE
PHOTOGRAPHS
Will Carry Along Camera During
Her Trip In The
Clouds
Mrs. Bayard Wooten, of theWootlcn
Moulton Studio, has registered Iter
name with the management of the
Home-Coming Celebration to take a
flight in the Wright passenger aero
plane, during the Home-Coming Cele
bration. Mrs. WoMen will carry with her a
camera and take pictures of the won-
deful vitw to be seen only from an aero
plane or balloon.
Mrs. Wooten is well kaown through
out this section of the State. She
made a national reputation as a high
class photographer. She is on the board
of the Federation of Women Photo
graphers, an organization that U na
tional in scope. In the May issue of
Wilson's Magazine, the official organ
of the above Federation, she has con
tributed five photographs and two ar
ticles. This magazine is considered
the most techinlcal photographic mag
azine published in America.'
The following have registered their
names with the ma nag mi nt of the
Home-Coming Celebration) - R, C.
Minnlch, Mrs. Bayard Wooten and
Roy Tayk r. ., '
, Who Will be pex? j he'J fomcjCornlng
MR BAYARD
WOQTTEN WILL
Press Association.
Wilson. Kire swept the union miners
state militia started the flames. Th
Is Now
A Certainty
miral Mayo' demand for a salute to the
stars and stripes precipitated the Am
erican occupation ol era Ceru.
With the fall ol Tampico the line
of advance of the constitutional for
ces toward the soi.th lies from coast lo
coast and embrace-- more than half
of the republic. Observers here be
lieve the latest constitutionalist vii -tory
forms one ot t he closing scenes
of the Huerta dictatorship. The
believe his downfall i a question of
only weeks and perhaps only of days.
at New Hern has not only attracted
Stale wide interest but letters are
coming in from all over the country
for informal ion.
Attention is again called t.' the fact
that all leading merchants are giving
away absolutely fr e admission tickets
to the (air grounds. Don't fail to ask
for your tickets.
PREVENTED IT CARS
COACHES CRASH AT SPRING
FIELD WITH TERRIFIC IMPA
CT, NO ONE INJURED.
(Special to the Journal.)
SPRINCril-l.D, Mass., May 14.
Ste.-I tars were a factor in preventing
a serious wreck on the New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad this
morning when the local express from
New York, due in Springfield at 10:25
o'clock, was derailed on a sharp curve
joining the New York Central tracks
on which New Haven trains enter the
local station.
The locomotive and three car cleared
the crossover, but two steel coaches in
the middle of the tain jumped the track.
The second steel coach struck the first
with terricfic impart hut not a pajsi n
ger was injured. Had the first derailed
car been of wooden construction loss of
life might have resulted. Traffic to
New York was blocked for four hours.
MISSIONARY SOCIETY TO MEET
( TODAY
The Social and Literary Meeting of
the Woman's Missionary ' Society of
wCentenary church will be held at th
home of Mrs. S, H, Scott on Friday
tftcrnoop at f'r)orf,
Charles
Leads The Race In
The Third District
Incomplete Returns Show ihat He Is The Winner -George
E. Hood 01 Goldsboro A Close Second-C, L
Abernethy Is The Solicitor. C. D. Bradham Select
ed As County Commissi ner From The Eighth
Township.
All cr C 1m- I liinl ( 'om;rcr.i.iii '1
li(rii t piiiu.uir- urn- - :-nl.tv hrl :
to lion'in.ilt' .i i amliil.ih- 1 r i'iiv--111
t lie I'll I li c 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 lie ::..i:m 'mi
of a v.li ih'i w.i- in'.: -n ..Mir i:i
t ni -n CiM.iii i i i -i !. i i in i Ik-
O'l.nty nlturi u.i 'i j i rr.-.
) In ("ra-n tiH.i.u kriMcr i-l I ' .1
jS. H. Iiiwlrr, t'uninii Waltir Y,n-i.i,
j Clerk of the Cohrl . I. I i.i'n;u ,
I Sheriff R. H. l.ane ami I'rci- n r,
H. li. Hi;rt had no oppoMi inn aii'l -r-j
erred pr.ietieally the fiill vote. ll.-n
iwa.- a niiHi'l for chairman and in-
eoi!ipK-te ieti:rn I.im nilil lead iIiom
inleii-Mid to heliee that C. I . lirad
hani, John I )auhert y, V.. .id ort h,
C. J. Heath and M. 1 ). 1 am . had re-
Icrised the largest miinlier ol me.
I'.x-Sheriff Uiddle from tlii.- tonliii
see ii red a iiiuiilier of vole Inn noi
enough to set ere ietory.
l-or the House, ( . V. Kieliard-on
of )oer had over I). Y. (.'oppae ot
aim-loro anil C. A. W'hillord of knr I
a large majorit .
Ret urns from m ai ls' every sirlion
of the judicial dMriet, -how that
Aliernethy leads s'liriior by a
large majority oer .uiin of ( raver,
Warren of Jones, and Raw Is of Pam
lico. Thomas Leads.
While t he ret urns from ,i
the Third District were not
given last night, they wer
make the friendn of Hon.
II pails o
acctiratelv
si.ch as to
t ha lies K
l'homas believe that he had won a
victory over the other candidates.
In .New Hern (where Kx-J adgel ,i:ion's
supporters claimed a majority of nine
ty per cent) the vole was as follows:
First Ward
Thomas, .57- (iuion, f'.
Second Ward
Thomas, 15o --Cmion, I .So.
Third Ward
Thomas, XI (iuion, 85.
Fourth Ward
Thomas, 70 (iuion, (iS.
Hern Precinct
Thomas, 8 (iuion, 5S.
From this it can be seen that Mr.
l'homas threw a surprise into those
who were predicting his overwhelming
lefeat in the city.
Practically the same condition pre
vailed all over the cotinty. At Dover
the vote was as follows:
Thomas, 5 first choice.
Hood 57, first choice.
('iiion 12, first choice.
Wallace 2, first choice.
Kaison - 52, first choice.
White 1, first choice.
At Fort Barnwell the following was
the first choice. vote:
"Thomas 45
Hood -4.
( iuion 17.
I'aison 5.
Wallace - (I.
White - 0.
Several other precincts were heard
from and the first choice votes cast
these give Thomas the lead, with
iuion following second and Hood
third.
From Carteret County
While Carteret county, naturally,
voted a minority, first choice votes for
its own candidate, Charles Wallace
Mr. Thomas received a large nunilcr
of first choice votes and a much greater
number os second choice votes. He
was followed by Hood and Guion
Kaison receiving a comparatively small
number of votes in that' section.
Pamlico County
Pamlico County, according to n-
Dorts. seemed to favor Mr. Thomas
and Mr. Hood, giving the former the
largest number, of first choice votes
M r. Guioti also, polled number of
votes in that touhtyth?imajority of
these being. fur thirde choice. It
generally conceded that Mr. Thomas
will lead all of the other candidates
in that county by a large majority,
. Onslow County
No official returns of the count
made in Onslow county were received
In fitw Bern but several telephone
mjssaiei front JacksonYillo iq bi
R. THiomas
I " r n.i 1, stated that Thomas in thai
loini', would p-i er. e a large majoritv.
Duplin County
In l'Mplin coiiht. Congresman -ai--"'ii
s Inane, he received a in.tjorilv
ot the InM ciHiice otes ill a niimlier of
ihe precincis It is likely that he
will divide the county with I aisoii.
Pender County
I lie iollowing tel. 'grain receiscd liy
I'a Jo' iiial last night from Pender
co. hows how that county went:
"..r. 1 hnna made a clean .weep in
Pender county. Ninety per cent of
the hr--t choice otes went to him.
Kery precinct gave him the lirsl
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Joins County
Retrrns from Jones county i mlicalc
that the vote is considerably divided
amoun all candid. urs with Mr. Thomas
and W hile in the lead. At Maysv ille
I Sioinas received a large first choi e
vole.
Sampson County
Nothing was heard from Sampson
couiltv, but Mr. Thomas fs expertinir
' secure a number of votes there,
th first and second choice.
Wayne County
No definite informal ion was received
Ironi Wavnc county, but incomplete
turns show that Hood leads with
Thomas second.
Interest in the Congressional race
ill over the district was at fever heat.
Hundreds of calls from Onslow, Car-
lent, ram I ico, anil ones county,
nine into the Journal oliice last night
e two telephones were kept busy
iinswering the questions of those per-
ous in the cilv who are interested in
c fight.
Before night and in fact all during
the day the constituents ot the various
indidates were hard at work and th;
vote polled here was large. It seemed
lo be the general concensus of opinion
that Mr. Thomas would lead in the
ist net and bets ol this etlect were
frVcly made during the day.
The exact result of the primary will
not be known tor several days but
the Journal feels safe in assuring its
aders that Mr. Thomas leads all over
the district with Mr. Hood a close
Thomas L Watson
Again In Trouble
:il.RGED WITH SENDING OB
SCENE MATTER THROUGH
THE MAILS
(Special to the Journal)
ACl'STA, GA., May 15. Thomas E.
Watson, former Populist candidate
or the presidency was indicted here
oday for sending obscene matter throu
gh the United Slates mails.
This is not the first time that such
charge has been brought against
Mr. Watson.
FIXTURES FOR NEW BERN DRUG
STORE ARRIVE
Socm of the fixtures and stock for
the new drug store, which will be lo
cated in the Fairview Hospital build
ing, have arrived, and the work of the
installation of the fixtures wilt begin
at an early date. 1 his company,
which was incorporated a few weeks
ago will be equipped with the most
up-to-date-fixtures.
THE STEAMER SHAW OFF FOR
BALTIMORE.
The steamer L. B. Shaw, left yes
terday for Baltimore with a cargo of
lumber. After discharging this cargo,
she will take on a cargo of merchandise,
leaving there the twentieth. . ' ,
J, V, Rawls of Bayboro, was, t visit
t , to tho city yesterday, ';
Hon. C. R. Thomas
Makes A Statement
SAYS HE FEELS CONFIDENT
THAT HE HAS RECEIVED
NOMINATION
Hon. Cbarles R. Thomas, when seen
last night a Journal Reporter at
his office on South Front Street, seemed
much pleased with the result of the
primary and during the course of his
conversation with the Journal nun
said:
"My advices and early returns
j from all over the Third District in
dicate my nomination. I feel confi
dent later returns will confirm this
f statement. 1 have made almost a
! clean sweep of first choice votes in
Pender count , .
"Faisons' county Duplin is giving
me majorities in many precincts. It
1 ooks like I would carry or divide this
county with Kaison.
"I have carried Onslow, Pamlico
and Craven which will give me amaj
ority. When my first and second
choice votes in Carteret and Jones,
and strength in Sampson are added
to the votes in Pender Onslow, Craven
Pamlico and Duplin, I feel confident
of the nomination."
F-ach and everyone of Mr. Thomas'
friends feel that he has been nominated
for the office and already have con
gratulations begun to pour in upon him
CHARLES
H. STRICKLAND
DEAD
IS
Charles H. Strickland died in the
forty second year of his life at his home
at 218 South Front street yesterday.
The funeral will be conducteed from
the residence this afternoon at 5 o'clock
by the Rev. W. B. Everett, pastor of
the Free Will Baptist church. The
interment will be made in Cedar Grove
Cem etery.
SUTTON IS RELEASED.
Mexicans Tried to Make Newspapef
Man Confess He Wat a Spy. .
(Special to the Journal.)
VERA CRUZ, May 16. A. J. Sutton
a Washington newspaper photographer, -
has been' released by the Federals after
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three days' imprisonment at Cordoba, .
during which time he was subjected to a
severe cross-examination to make him
confess he was a spy. He is on the way
here on a refugee train. . . ' . '
The release of Sutton, who was first
taken into custody with other news
paper men in Mexico City on May 9,
was effected by agents of the British.'
consulate here, who induced Sutton to
promise that he would leave the coun
try Immediately, i ', ,
Forty American and 80 Mexican refu
gees who reached here from the capital
today reported that condition" t'r
virtually were unchangvl.
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