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SEMI-IvEEKLY; jl v . : 4 y V i, V NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA, DECEMBER 21 1914 ii These Will Be Fought Between The Czar's Forces ; And Austro-German . Death List . From German Bombard ment Is IncreasedSeven-Ships: Sunk. PETROGRAD, Dec. 19. Fierce battles are developing the Carpathian mountains between the Russians and Austro-Germans. A new grouping of Russian forces is being effected which pressages. an offensive of import ance. The Russians in the south, traversing the Carpath- ian mountains, found small detachments of Austrian , troops frozen to death, evidently where they had camped .LONDON, "Dec. .19 The sunk off the Yorkshire-Durham ; coasts by German mines after the bombardment brought up to seven. The last two victims were British mine destroyers sent there to rid the waters of mines by the admiralty. ' ' SHOOTING UP OF CIVILIAN ... . ; . STIRS UP THE BELGIANS . AMSTERDAM, Dec. 19 A man named Privis and " whose home was at Westcapple, Belgium, was shot by the Germans -today ' near. Putte, the Belgian-Dutch border. - Privis fell dead across the Dutch frontier. " A search showed his. papers to be in perfect order The Germans suspected him of carrying letters - from -Bel gium into Holland. The citizens of Netherlands are iri . dignant over? the unpardonable killing of a civilian non ; combattant. " - . , ! -. ' " - FOMR CONSUL -:: - rALLSJQ DSATII Captain Charles " L. Adams Meets His Fate In -' r" Lynchburg, Va. s Lynchburg, Va., Dec. 19. Cap , tain Charles L, .Adams, former Amer ican consul at Cadia, Spain, was in stantly killed here today, x-; Captain Adams in some way fell through the shaft of an .elevator in i one of the down town business houses. -;. He was unconscious -when picked up and died a few hours later. 7 FATAL WRECK ON : . . . GEORGIA ROAD .'Special Plunges Down Hun- dred Foot Embank- ' " ment. Two Die AtlanU, Ga., Dec. 19.-rTwo fire men wore killed this afternoon when a Western and Atlantio special train from Memphis to Atlanta plunged down a hundred foot' embankment at ' Emerson, Ga. u-'.-' v' .'.: V; ' . 'V'r Five passenger cars were .over turned anda score or more of tho pass engers wore seriously injured. ' It is expected that the injuries of some may ; prove fatal, .r.,:-'.:. . .i .: ' , n " HABEAS CORPUS . DENIED FRANK Once Again Condemened Slayer Loses' Out V In Court Atlanta, Ga., Dec. W.--In the Uni ted States District Court this after noon, Fodoral Judgo Newman de nied an application of the counsel fur Loo M. Frank for Writ of habeas corpus wliprnby the prisoner would bo freed for tho time being. An appeal will be taken and Frank's rxeoutiun will be indefinitely stay ed. LOST TWELVE MILLION llili Amount Dropped Iy MoriJnii auil Company. J. P. rtoti, I). of J. P. ti'lv r.-. !!. e. 1!).-Tli Imnk- .r t 1 y ..1 f f I' rielt . ! 1 1 i i a i . r7P MS (Central News Cable) on the northern slope .of 'total number of' vessels last Wednesday, was today BRIDGE CLUB 1 L.IIILm.1 Mrs. R. Du Val. Jones Was the Hostess Yesterday Afternoon The Weekly Bridge Club were beautifully - entertained r at the at tractive home of Mrs.. Robert DuVal Jones on Saturday afternoons Car rying out a scheme of Christmas,. mgr gestions, the decorations of red carna tions, poinsettas with glossy ever greens and ferns made the rooms most attractive. " At the card tables tho places were designated by bright little red bas kets filled with bon bona and cappped with the ' Smiling face -of old Santa Claus. - After an enjoyable game of bridge' the guests were served a de licious salad course. Those attending this delightful perty were: Mrs, ' Robert Nixon. Miss Janet - Hollister, Mrs. Charles R. Thomas, Mrs, Fran cis 8tringor -Duffy, Mrs. W. P. Bur- rusMrs .Owen Guion,' Miss Mollie Heath, Mrs. John Tull nollister, Mrs. 'Hairy Marks," Mrs. J. K. Hiollowell and Mrs.-Larry I. Mooto. RATE INCREASE IS SATISFACTORY New York Financiers Feel A Little More Op tomistic Now York, Dec. 19.-Expressions of satisfaction over' the increase yes terday givon. tho ; railroads in the freight rates granted eastern carriers by the Interstate Commerce Com mission, were heard today through out the financial district. , -, ' v : Ovornight consideration of the de cision, placed the findings of the com mission in much brighter light for those who felt disappointed yester day, when they learned that the full five per cent increase asked tor had not boon granted. , ' TO ERECT TREE. Tomorrow the City Beautiful Club, who are to put up and superintend the ceremonies attending the Muni cipal C'lirititnms tree, will have tho tree eroded and will begin the work of dneorating it. Tho work of erceting tho tree is In cimrfvi of Mrs. D. 8. I'oncdon, chair mim of tho City Beautiful Club, Mrs C'lyto Kly On Tn. 1 . 1': ' f- ! mid Jti'i Jann : t' o Plewnrt. tr. n ' r mi: I n; A War Map Showing Scene of IE&V'gv '' f If IISSIA 3V-s-"vTv jl AUSTRIA ""Nv. 5 v ( I h u hge ah v v 1 1 -ggakir- I k - , . . , 1 i,--. i TriP-ahnvp man shrtws tn rtvflnta(yp Snrl irl rnmnflff form. V. .,c4- .frtU l?,?rar, - TVirt rrr-of mnfli UlW V A w W UbUV Wa r VV M WVM VV Wa e. A A4V 4 VUV has grown to such enormous I vitally interested in the daily v;iip tnis map out ana save COMMITTEEMEN: : STUDYING BILL House Naval Committee Looking Into the Ap- propriations Washington, - Deo. 10. With the completion of public hearings . house naval committeemen today 'began an informal study of this year's appro priation -bill; analyzing testimony and comparing it with estimates and recommendations of the navy depart ment. The committee hopes to re port the bill to the house before the holiday recess. Representative Roberts has sub mitted to the committee a statement, based on communication from Sec retary Daniels, comparing the annual recommendations - of the ' general board of the navy with what Con gress actually granted during the years 1913-1914. ' Tho " statement shows the general board recommend ed 38 battleships, 1 armored cruiser, protected cruisers and . 2 battle cruisers.- Congress authorized -17 battleships,- 2 armored cruisers and no protected cruisers or battle crui sers. Other important recommen dations made by the board . were 111 destroyers of whioh , Congress authorized 62;' 34 scout cruisers, of whioh Congress allowed '3, and 30 submarines, which Congress inoreas- edto55. ; " 7 r'p -r. N. C. FIRM WINS IN U. S. COURT High': Point -. Company Is Awarded Damages In Suit Washington, D. CT. Deo. 19.- The Standard Mirror Company of High Point, Ni C, and Fred Ecker, were awarded five thousand eight hundred and twenty three dollars reparation from the Pennslyvania and Lake Shore Railroad Companies', to day by the Interstate Commerce Commission, . , . ' This amount of damage was award ed as overcharges in rates On window glass shipped from Toledo, O., and lioynoldsvillo, Pa., to High Toint, N. C. . ' ' . - . Claypoolo James, of Wilson, N. C, was a visitor to Now Bern ycslorday. m:w r.rr.N cotton market. i C. 1!'. Tin' or it, Europe's Troubles importance that everyone is proceedings tton thefront." ior iuture raer,encei The marine' tikfttc was very light yesterday, there ''being- only', a few It has been rumored that W. C. White, of Vanoeboro' has purchased the farm of Enoch Wadsworth, which is located on the Xeuse road about four miles from New Born, but the deeds have not been reoordedjin thee office of the Register of deeds. jf The only case disposed of at Po lice ' CountJlyestoiday af tnrnoon, was one inwhich Jim O'Neal, white was charged with being disorderly. A verdict of guilty was rendered and the defendant was taxed with the cost. C. E. Taylor, manager of the Rail road Lunch room whioh is located in the Union Passenger Station build ing, Has made a great many improve ments jnhis place during the past few months. A few days ago he to talled a glass partition bctweenthe lunch room and the waiting room, to take the place of the wire screen. There will be a special meeting of the Music Club in the club rooms Monday -afternoon at four o'clock. the object of. which is to practice Christmas carols to be "sung around the Municipal Christmas tree. All members are urged to attend and carry books 'containing familiar ca rols. ;- ' ... .' , :' .. Probably rain, with fresh east winds is the weather foreoast for New Bern and vioinity today. The Daughters of The Confederacy will moot at the home of Mrs. J. T. Hollister- Monday afternoon at three o'clock, at which meeting prepara tions will be made for the Loe-Jack- son Memorial whioh will bo held on the ninteenth of January.' '" Miss - Grace Shrlver, of Balti more, Aid., who has been bead milli ner for tho firm of 8. Coplon and Son for the past season, left last evening for her home.- During her stay in New Bern, Miss Shriver made many friends, who regret that '.the close of the season necessitates her leaving the olty. . . , A tfreat Improvement has been made to thV outward appearanoe of the handsome home of L, H. Cutler, Sr., at the oornor of Pollock and Han cock streets, by a coat of paint. In addition to the residenco -being paint ed all of the out houses and the fen ces have been given a coat of white paint. " ' ' Llcrnwe wre lHHed yesterday by Ki 'itiler of Deeds R. II. Fowler for tlin nmrrinun of the following couples: It. V,-. Dtdo, of Hertford ! ;... 1 A. C.MII.-r f ":v. v ' : : of Dun ....... i,:. Rnd Miss H. IT. n H 1 Min Ilnrn well rt CORRESPONDENTS WANTED. : la there a new letter fraa year ecttoto la each Uaaa ! the SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL? If there la set, there eheuM he. and we want eoaaeone la every tow a, village and hamlet la eastern North Carolina to act aa reporter In their particular neighborhood for the JOURNAL Let the world know what you and year frienda are dotal.' . There'a hnndreda of persona Intereated In your town and couaty, and they are anxloua to read new from your aoctlon.' Won't you help us an at the same time help your com- munlty by sending ua the news each week? If you can't . write a lond news letter, why write a short one, tell about the comings and doings of , Mr. Smith and the social rfiven by Mrs. Brown, or the new house that Tim Tompklna Is building1. All of that would be read with interest and your town would rfet the benefit. Don't wait for someone else to do this, but sit down rltfht now and mall ua a abort letter. Then when you come to Town, come around to the JOURNAL OFFICE, and make thle your headquarters, and tfet acquainted with the men . who make the paper. Let's work in unison to make the SEMI WEEKLY JOURNAL the very beat newspaper In the State. - GERMAN FORCES ARE DRAWING NEAR WARSAW Tremendous Plunges Put Them Only Sixteen Miles Away 1MYN0TENTER There Is Doubt As to Whether They Will Gain Polish Capital London, Dec. 19. (Central News Cable)- Tremendous plunges have carried the German drive to Kazun- polsld, sixteen miles Northwest of Warsaw. Whether General Von Hin denburg can push the Czar's troops Sink k tk ,PKh Mnit. AZnoA. noon their abilitv to overom tltal " nussian masses oemg ronea up in nis path. Germany A Peacemaker. Athens, Deo. 19.- Germany is mak- I ing an effort tp prevent a rupture be tween Greece and Turkey. The rela tions of the two countries haye been strained to the utmost as the result of : the. arres: restbf ihe navaf attache at 'the nf-aMtWolslaVt Greek The officer - has been sentenced to death as an alleged spy by the Turks. The German ambassador in. Constan- tinople has been ordered to prevent the execution of the Greek officer. Allies Make Gains. Vans, Ueo. 1. An omoial com munique says the Allies have gained a, mile. south of Lafeasse and advanc ed to Dixmude and Ypres in Fland ers. The Allies have captured the second line of trenches between Lys and Oise. Gains also have been made between Corency and Stlutren. Sev eral German trenches were taken to day in the regions of Matitiz and Li- hons. The Germans , took several French trenches north of Maricourt by hand grenades. . Train Destroyed. Amsterdam, Deo. 19. Advices reaching , here today declare a . Rus sian armored train carrying ammuni tion and food from Lemberg to the Carpathians has been blown up and destroyed. - 1.200,000 Men Lost. Geneva, Deo. 19. 8 wise and Ger man journals today published statis tics showing the German losses to date to be a million and two hundred thousand men. MORE COTTON SEED CRUSHED Number, of Tons. In Exceed That of - 1913 1914 , Washington, D. C. Doe. 19.Ot the 1914 crop of cotton seed crushed prior to December 1, there were 2,493,050 tons compared with 2,192,' 276 tons for 1913. '; Linters produced to Decembor 1 amounted to 342,607 bales, compar ed with 288,468 for 1913. , V - . Seed crushed and linters obtain od to December 1 by States follow Seed '.' Linters , States: Crushed - Obtained. Alabama. ..fc..12,987 . 28,508 Arkansas.-.....134,781 18,140 Florida 19,177 1.600 Goorgia-.........-..434,520 56,807 Loulsiana....i. 90,032 v 11,048 Mississippi. -....220,674 . 31,145 iiBgouri..... 13,947 . ' 1,800 North Carolina ,-..120,458 ' 14,519 Oklahoma... ..161,310 20,044 South Carolina. 101.310 20,944 Tennessee... 110,035 15,105 Texas 730,734 111,209 All other states 20,343 3,111 Onirics T. (Inn arrived Vihit 1 :H f." Mcnclifim, Jr., n t!m city ycit -r V. T. T! ' of Kin n! v GIRL ESCAPES VIA COAL CHUTE Young Cuban Miss Accuses Family of. Ill Treat ment Cudar Rapids, la., Dec. 19. A love affair which began in Cuba two years ago between Senorita Navidad Custin, eighteen, daughter of Joa quin Custin, a wealthy planter of Havana, and Frank Navarro, nine teen, son of a Havana lawyer, will culminate happily in their marriage in this city at an early date. Navarro left here last Thursday for New York after a meeting with Heron Custin, brother of the young woman, but it is returning, his finance says, and a marriage license has been issued. Miss Custin came here with her r . u j v T w' her father ftnd brother with attempt- sister Luise last summer. She charges !n'. Prevent her marriage. She accuses sooiety women here of trying to influence her, and says two doo tors were sent to her home to exam- he r mental condition. ' Fled to Chief of Police. She escaped from her sister's apart ment recently and took refuge in the home of the CbJet Of , Police. ; She f y iT1 ' says her brother- threatened to have men if she did not give up Navarro. "My father came to Cedar Rapids to see me," she said, "and afiked me if I had not forgotten Frank Na varro. I informed him that absence made my heart fonder. "I reminded him of his promise when I left Havanna that if I would come i to this city on a visit and did not forget my sweetheart I would be permitted to marry him. I begged my father to take me back to Ha vanna. He refused and informed me he had made the promise only to get me to come to Cedar Rapids. "Then I determined Frank should come and I managed to smuggle him a letter. I went to meet him at the station and there met Deteotive Mo Guire. He informed me, while my sister Luise and several society wo men of this city were talking with me and trying to persuade me to re turn to our apartments, that I would have to go to Police Headquarters. I was plaoed in an automobile, but in stead of being taken to PolW Head quarters I was taken to ou apart- ments, where my clothing was taken from me, my keys were hidden and was kept a prisoner. , How She Escaped. "I called up the Chief of Police and demanded protection, whioh he prom ised me, and in summer attire, I es caped from the room, climbed through the coal chute and went to the polios station, and have been under the ears of Chief Burgin since. : ' "When Mr. Navarro arrived he was met by my brother and Detective MoGuire. - My brother, instead of telling Mr- Navarro, that I had re turned to my apartments, said I bad left the oity. He and Frank went to New York.;:;-Vv"v.'. ,;W "V.'V "Detective MoGuire informed me that be was offered a large sum of money if he would prevent , the wedding, 4 I hope my father will forgive me, but if he does not it will be all the same.' I shall marry Frank and we shall return to Havana to live," ,- ' v :..-:'',' We itilPfind here and there a newspaper which talks as If tho writers believe that one half of the world could be at war without the other1 half of the world not paying a part of the price. What appears most strange to us is that at the same time in one part of the world every body is trying to kill each and in another part of the same world everybody is loving each other and giving presents to each other. Srymour Bryant, colored, v flood one dollar snd taxed nilti t - 1 '""it by Justice of the Po-,, 5'. I to I '! re'-t yeatnrdav on a varrs ' ' $95,000 LEFT TO . - ORPHANAGE OF . THEjBAPIlSTS Late Noah Bigs Gives Them Amount In His - Will:,. -; : r HANDSOME GIFT In Death, As In Life, Thought of Doing Good He Scotland Neck, Pec. 19. The lut '. will of the Uv Noah Biggs, just pro bated, is in many respeots one of the most complete documents of its kind ever recorded in Halifax county. His sympathy for the worthy poor permeated the entire document, and the bulk of his great success is be queathed to benevolent objects.' The largest beneficiary of the wiU is the Thomas ville Baptist. Orphan age, which he helped to establish, , and in which his whole life was wrap ped up. The orphanage receives the splendid sum of $95,000. The Inter est on $75,000 of this amount is to be paid to his family as long as they live, and then go to the orphanage to be used in helping to eduoate the worthy boys and girls who go out from that institution and desire a college education. It is stipulated that a minimum rate of interest is to be charged on such loans and that the personal note of the borrower is to be taken without further security . After providing amply for his' im mediate family, he contributed to Meredith College $20,000, the In terest on which is to go to certain friends for life and then to be used . by said college in assisting worthy girls in securing an education. .' ' Wake Forest College is to receive w,w w m m wramioi of worthy young men who ftre oth $5,000 to be used in the education erwise unable to supply the means. It is. also stipulated here that the borrower is to be charged a small rate of interest and his personal seourity." , Helps State Conventions. ; Sv Baptist State Convention ia given $15,000, the interest on $10,- 000 of the same is to be used in' Mumn? aesmute points building churches at destitute points. turn, md to pay preachers for ser vices at these destitute points. In teres t on $2,500 to be used for min isterial education. - - The Scotland Neck Baptist church, of which Mr. Biggs was a member for forty years, and whioh fc ed as treasurer for thirty-nine years, ' is given $2,500 to be used fa bnyinsr-' Sunday school : supplies and ; - the equipment of a library. ."He also gave to the church $5,000 to be need ' . in defraying the running expenses after a five year period, the interest only to be used. .. For five years the " interest oil this sum is to be used in defraying the expenses of several of -his intimate friends on their Annual vacation. In this number axe in cluded three of bis former pastors and his pastor at the time of his i death. " - t ' n '. Wanted Church. ' Less than sixty day, ago Mr. Biggs ' remarked to his pastor that - the time had come for new churoh building in Scotland Neok and that he desired to contribute $5,000 for He said he lntendod that purpose. to incorporate this in his will,: , but ' his illness came so unexpectedly and being stricken so very seriously from -the very beginning, he failed to , make this provision in bis will. It' was evident that in his last hours he desired to make some statement or express some wish, but was un ' able to do so, and it is thought by those nearest to him that this eon tribution to a new churoh building ' : was what he wanted to say. , : . s : The Sealed Letter. On January 29, 1904, Mr. Biggs gave to Mr. Frank P. Shields s seal ed letter with the. following written upon the envolope; ; "Noah Biggs to be returned to him when called for, in .ease of death to be opened by Frank P. Shields," In this let ter he named his pall-bearers and directed that a simple funeral ser vioe bo eonduoted over bis body.. All those named in the letter are still living save one, the late W. A. Dunn, and all were presont of the living save two, one of whom it was im possible for him to reach here, while the other could not be reached in time for blm to come. In this issue of the Journal the lesditig merchant of the tiling the peop!. ,f wond gain which tlnl!iave to city ure ' 1 1 the holidays. Oi,'.y a few i to bo exact, reiouiu 1 C mm dny and dir g t!.: to . eroiu nr;,.'M nrn t, ev-ry i :.' 1 in f -r. . r- V.w Mn i'lrpcr of Fi - 1 (. V,. T-.l. r . f Al; 1 . ! mi nod Mm y.vsv r-rn, ir him v.-iUi u r -'-: u' t en & o ' Tmim TTTTnm
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