- T - TOEKLX new-;- bern: 1 semi- RNA A NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA, JANUARY 5 1915 JQU I.' m i m i Italy Says Some&infl : m Regard to U. S. Intimates That She oe special musical selection by Mr. Would Like to Stand by America in any . Action she takes. v Rome, Jan. 2. The Tribuna eom " menting on the American note to the British, government says; "America,' the Scandinavian coun tries and Italy are united by an in informal understanding whioh might , become formal if the abuses continue. . They only desire to see their commerce protected and demand that interna . tional rules, instead of arbitrary bcl . ligerents reign over the seas, "The American note, or similar views from other neutrals, must not be taken as an expression of irritation at the injury tp their commeroe by the application of international rights' The government has ordered the police to watch foreigners and to' make spocial investigations of their doings. Many have been invited to leave the cduntry and it is stated some will be expelled if they do not take the nint. The government's action, it is stated, is due to reports of espionage. s . - NO REAL WANT, London, Jan 2. While some of the German prisoners appear gloomy and critioise their leaders, this is no fair .indication of the sentiments of their fighting quality," So say a British official eye wit ness at the front in a dispatch dated December 31, adding.: , "Neither the pinch of a real want nor the-lack of men and material of - war has yet been felt by the Germans nor has the consciousness of defeat been brought home to them, ' f tf"They boliove that Russia has suffered decisive defeat; that Eng- Padgett and the male quartet.. At the evening service there will be a selection by the male quartett and a duet by Mrs. Smith and Mr. Pad gett. Cordial invitation it extended to the public. .Any who are interested in Sunday school work and haven't other-engagements at the 0:45 o'clock hour and all who have not been at tending Sunday school are extended a special invitation to come to the sunaay school DEPOSITIONS IN THE HIANK CASE Will . Be Taken Some Time During Next Few Days. Atlsnta, Jan. 2 Depositions from spectators, deputy sheriff?, newspaper men and court officials who-were pres ent when Leo Frank was tried will be taken soon before Judge New man in the United States District Court, according to hews received from Washington. The purpose of the despositions will be to indicate whether the jury was intimidated by the alleged mob spirit and they are said to have been or dered by the United States Supreme Court to determine by accuracy of testimony submitted by attorneys for Frank. This testimony to the effect that the hostile crowds tended to intimidate the jury and might have caused a verdiot of guilty to be returned. It was offered before Judge Newman in the habeas corpus proceedings. Offioials in the office of - Attorney General . Warren Qrice heard the news front Washington and are await ing official notification to-take' the land is . deeorimfc-a-nda ABSCONDED WITH ' RAILROAD'S CASH George Myrover Stole $1,- 500 Apprehended In New York New York, Jan, 2. Requisition papers for George Myrover, twenty six years of age and of Fayetteville, N. C, wanted in Tampa, Fla., for the theft of $1,500, reached this city today. These papers were the last to be signed by Governor Glynn and they were turned over at once to detec tive Joseph Jester of the Florida poKoe force .who left at once for that State with his prisoner. Myrover was employed in the fi nancial department of the Seaboard Air Line Railway Company at Tampa and on November 17 disappeared It was supposed that he had commit' ted suicide but it was later learned that he wandered about the country spending money. On Christmas Eve the young man reached this city and begged detec tives Van Teisten and DeVaney for something to eat. They took him to a nearby restaurant and there he told them who he was and what he had done and he was arrested. My rover said that he had rather be in prison in Florida than at large in New York freezing to death. WILL ASSIST THE COUNTY FARMERS They Are To Be Shown How To Give The Hog Cholera Serum hausted and. ready to make peace They are conscious, however, that the war will last much longer than at first expected.'' SUMMARY OF WAR. r The Russian war office announ ces another defeat has been inflicted upon the-Austrian forces in Galicia, whose advance from tho Carpathians reoently was checked with serious consequences' to thorn i It is asserted ' that fortified 'Austrian positions near . Gorlice" - were .destroyed and that . 3,000 prisoners were captured. The Russian " statement says, however, that the victory was won olnv after a hard battle and that fighting still continues, indicating that the Austria- ns are still" oapable of offering deter- ... mined resistance. ' J :-, In Poland the German attac . ap ; parently has shifted to the southward. The Russian statomeht mentions figh ; ting of particualr intensity at Rawa, y" which is thirty miles south of Sooha . " awe, , the recent . center - of "German v activity.' German attacks there as in the east Prussia and the region of . . s Mlawa, : in . Poland - near the ' east . Prussian border, are said to have been repulsed. r-v-- - .. Austrian warships have bombarded "Belgrade,- the Servian capital from '. which the . Austrians were driven shortly after, they had occupied it . Some damage to property was caused .y by the bpmbardment, but so far as i, is known no lives were lost. According to a report current in . : Paris, the .lost" British battleship Formidable was sunk off Portsmouth, v England's chief naval base. The de ... etraotion of the Formidable is be lieved to have- boon the jwork of a German submarine " , the cty. but he is said to have been informed of' the Supreme Court's wishes in the matter. Despositions already havebesn talc en to determine this point, but when tlio cose went to Washington it- was deemed nacessary to take them again. DRAMATIC SEQUEL TO TENN. MURDER Woman On Death Bed - Tells Of Her Father's Crime. Knoxville, Tenn. Jan. .2. Believ ing that she was on her death bed, Mrs. -Millard - Sei vers of Anderson county, Tenn.. today told that her father, Samuel Harrell, had killed Jacob Seivers and his wife and son, Millard Seivers, her.' husband, on March 31, 1914. . . ; Harrell was immediately placed under arrest ' and it it reported that he has confessed. It had been thought that Millard Seivers had killed his parents aud then committed sui cide. PAST YEAR Yi GOOD M IN IN THIS SECTION fnistic i No Pessimistic Evident Id siai New-Ber Mood Is Around FEDERAL ARMOR PLATE FACTORY REPORT SOON Committee Appointed To Make Investigation Have Done So. Prof. J. W. Sears, Farm Demon stretor for Craven county and whose headquarters are at the Farm Life School at Vancebdro, has planned to give demonstrations of the serum treatment for the cure of hog cholera at different points in the county dur ing the next few weeks. The points at whioh the demon strations are to be held and the dates have not been fully decided upon at the .present time but will be made known later. .- In the meantime Prof '"BSPMiiTiSai 'theollowing circular letter to the farmers of the county: PROGRESS JS MADE 1 - i.'1 : Building Activity f and Road Building Wasj.Very Noticeable! . While the past twelvemonths have not been all that New! Bern would have desired them to m, thin period has been far from -peipg as big a failure as some of Stle pessimists would have it seem..' innee January 1, 1914 there has probably been more building activity ' witbm the limits of the city and its suburb than during any similar period. during the past five or six years; Mctuey has not been so very "tight" .and there is a general feeling of"optirriism all over the county. .'f " Among the most prominent of the building activities' during the past twelve months has beedVthe erection of an addition to the public schools of the eity, costing twenty thousand dollars, improvementsto the City Hall costing five thousand dollars or more, the erection of the new home of the Peoples Bank posting many thousand .dollars, the building erected on Middle street by $j Marks and Son,' the beginning oftho erection of St. Luke's hospital.r In addition to this there have beeapn unusually large number of residences erected. These have cost from $fjbo to $15,000 each. There have , alsqj been many repairs and additions ynado which are not mentioned. ' I There have been road iifaprD vements galore, both in the city and in all parts of the county and this is o material benefit to theleounty as a whole. . .. ' -f As the amount of busiess transao ted during the period oflflwelve mon ths, it can conscientiously be said that it was gratifying.; TM bankers ; of the city clwM that the fear ha Men FIVE HUNDRED -MET DEATH ON THE FORMIDABLE This Number Have Not Been Accounted For By Admiralty. MYSTERY CASE ' STILL BAFFLING MO. POLICE Three Women Now Impli cated In Poisoning Tragedy. i i iJtu ADVERSEFINDING Understood That They Will Not Favor It In Any Way. Washington. Jan. 2. The i-ougress-ional committee appointed to investi gate proposals for a federal armor plate factory is expected to make its report early next week. Senator Tillman is chairman. It is under stood that the committee will report adversely to the report at this ses ion, because- of the necessity for rig id congressional economy. Bi Measures. Washington, Jan.2 Only a lit lie more than two months of the pres ent session remained when congress reconvened and settled down to passage of the big supply meas ures and completion of the adminis tration program. While much of the work of the session yet remained to be accomplished, the leaders are as determined as ever to pass necessary legislation before March 4 to avoid an extra session. Interest centered today in the im migration bill. Indications were that the bill, together with the literacy test, would bo vetoed on before ad journment for tho day and passage of both was assured. Sponsors of the measure predicted that depspite strong indications that President Wilson would veto the bill if adopted in its present form it eould be passed in both houses over an execution dis approval. The American Farmer Washington, D. C, Jan 2. Re wards of a farmer are- measured in the products which his farm directly furnishes him rather than in dollars and cents, according to the Depart ment of Agriculture, which announces today some, of the results of an ihifes. SHIP TORPEDOED Survivors Say She Was Fired On By German Submarine. VICTIMJJVING Lorlys Elton Rogers Still Keluses to Tell His . Story. ' ' s REV. B. W. SPILLMAN AT 1ST. BAPTIST Three '.Services of . ' Impor . ; tance There To ,' day. " , . Three services -of great importance are those to be held today at the First Baptist church. Two of t he ablest leaders in Sunday school work among Southern Baptists will de liver addresses. ' t Dr. B. W.- Spillman, socretary of the Sunday school board of the South rn Baptist Convention will address th Sunday school at 0:45 a.: m. and will hIho speak at the regular morning aervicn at eleven o'clock. ' At 7::i(l p. n... Rev. K.'L. Middle- ton, Sunday school secret ray of the North Carolina Itaptist State Con vention will speak. Doth speakers are men i i !i messages. They are specialists in this work. At the nioiiini service there will A HEARTY RESPONSE : W t - x : '. j ; J ": - ' ' In the last lasue of the Semi Weekly Journal we ask-: ed our two thousand subscribe ere to help u by eendind In ; the money due for the Journal k as we are In need of it.' The . response wa all that could be desired and we Ut gratified and desire to thank those who have . paid up. ''. , ; The Journal, we believe, one of the .beat paper In ' North Carolina and w dealr ; to make It even better Sever ' al thousand dollars worth of new machinery has recently been Installed and with this : aid we are better equipped than ever before to publish . a paper that Is really worth while. . . The Journal management claims no special credit for what has been accomplished for we realise that It Is due, largVly, to loyal subscribers who have made such enter, prises possible. It is our de sire to make each Issue of tho paper better than the one be , fore and with your help wr will do this. Now, won't you sit right down and mall us a check ot t Money order for your subscr Iptlon? Do this and rest as sured that your remittance will be already appreciated and that It will aid In making the Journal THE M ST PA TER IN THE STATE, , -. --.J- - r - "My Dear Sir: I am sending posters announcing the date of the demonstration of hog Cholera serum treatment, that is to be given free at your school house. I trust that you will be in terested in this matter, and help us get the farmers and their wives and children out to 'this meeting. Dr. Jr. D Owen, of the U. S. Department of Agrioulture will be present to de liver an illustrated stereoptican lec ture on hog cholera, and how to era dicate the disease. It has been found that hog cholera can be prevented by Vaccination, same as we prevent small-pox by vaccination. In a I test conducted by the U. S. Depart ment last year ending June 30th, 1914 34,266 hogs were treated. . The num ber of hogs' that were well when treated were 27,266, of the number of hogs that were sick when treated 7, 040 number of hogs that died that were tick when treated was 2,057, or 89.21 per cent. We see by this and other evidences that it pays hand somely to vaccinate your hogs and prevent cholera We are now in the midst, assisted by Dr. Owen, of a Bounty wide campaign for the eradica tion of hog cholera. We need your assistance, co-operation and help in this work. .With the eradication of hog cholera growing hogs in Craven eouoty would be profitable busi ness." ' Yours truly, . ' ; Craven County Farm Bureau. iiwosi spite the fact that in ' September, 1913, one of the . most disastrous storms in the history of Eastern North Carolina swept over the en tire section and caused a loss of more than five million dollars. The ban kers know of what they speak and their word is a surety that conditions are good. There is no denial of the fact that the public is holding on a little tight- Ixindon. Jan. 2. - (Central News Cable) As far as can be learned, no more than one hundred and fifty men were rescued when the British battleship Formidable was sunk yes Aerday iu the English channel. Sur vivors landed at Brixham declare that the vessel was torpedoed fore and aft by a German submarine but the Admiralty believes that the ves sel struek a mine. Thirty-live offi cers were lost and the Admiralty publishes a list containing the name of Captain Arthur N. Loxley. Nine of this number were midshipmen. The vessel carried a complement of more than seven hundred. Germans Inactive. I'elrograd, (Via London) Jan, 2. comes. The average farmer receives little more money for his year's work than he would pay if he had hired himself out, tho investigation showed. The average value of the chief ne cessities of life food, fuel oil and shelter used each year by the farm family was $595.08. Of those neces. sities, estimated in money the por tion contributed directly by the farm er to their monev. This however, was Ul.ll, leaving necessities to is not on account of any depression, the value of $173.91 ro be purchased it is due more to the fact that they by the farmer have learned the lesson of thrift Of tho food consumed, 63 per cent and are not spending their easlj for was furnished by the farm, which va useless purposes. ried considerably in different sec The New Year bids fair to eclipse tions. It was greatest in North Caro- all others. Already preparations are una where farms supplied H2.6 per bwnir made for much buildinc and cent of the food consumed while the this will sooifWBin. There are to be average in New York was only 50.4 numerous improvements made to "In view of the present economic the roads of the city and county, crisis in the south this fact is re- a new park is to be thrown open to garded as of particular significance t.b nublic: Drobablv a now car line since it demonstrates the extent to will be put in operation, several new whioh with a proper system of agri enterprises are to be started and culture Southern farms can be made aji a whole the prospect now seems .self-sustaining, says the depart verv encouraging. menl 8 8lalemeni Uonsocration upon one casn crop Miss Bertha ToLson has returned cotton, has proved disastrous, and from a few days visit with friends agricultural authorities are now try at Beaufort. I ln8 ln every way to induce the peopli Dr. and Mrs. B. W. Spillman. of to adopt a system which will load to Kinston, are spending thee week-end conditions similar to those now pre in New Bern with Dr. and Mrs. vailing in this particular area of The letter in one part states that in many sections of the State - certain "gangs" of Democrats have resorted to desperate and dishonorable means, and urges this as a reason for concort- d action, by which may be secured payment -ot poll taxes- and legistra- tlous. ' A memorandum book has been sent to a large number of peop'e to assist them in a systematic cam' paign. .",- A royal good time was enjoyed yes terday at an oyster roast given by Mr and Mrs. F. M. Chadwick in honor of the house guests of Miss Kathleen Pittman, Misses Gertrude-and Carrie Wood and Mr. Robert Woods of Clifton Foage, Va. The neat little motor boat "Carl and Roderick" be longing to Mr. Chadwick took the party to Glenburnie Park where by a roaring oak fire the lusaioue bivalve were roasted and thoroughly enjoyed Those oomponing the party Ju ad dition to the above named guests of honor were Miss Julia Parker, Misses Ruby and Bessie Rawls, Miss Kath leen rittman and Mis Mabel Chad wick. Messrs Bynum Smith, Robert Pittman, Mark Hill, Werdie Gankins Jacob, Floyd asd William Chadwick haproned by Mr,' and Mrs, FJod Raymond Pollock. North Carolina. rnmu inactivity about Warsaw for some lime past is explained, accor ing to reports' reaching here, by the claim that they have employed their time in fortifying territory already taken up to the Bzura river and along the left bank of the Lower and Middle Vistula river. According to reliable information reaching here, Lodx, Lowicz, Skierniewiee and pPio trkowa are now as strongly fortified as Kalisz and l zenstochowa. 1 ne Germans have attempted to make this territory as difficult to invade as is German soil Residents of West Poland reach ing retrograd, state Hundreds ot factories have been blown up by the Germans and that all available build ing material, especially bricks and metals, have been used in construc tion of the new fortifications, Re cent German 'attacks between Skier niewice and WarsaW-; haveitheit base said to;-,.be equipped with railroads, telegraphs and all necessary war accessories. Attacking Hungary. Vienna, Jan. 2. The main Russian attack is now directed towards Hun gary. The Russians have enormous forces which have driven their way through the passes of the Carpathi ans, advancing in four columns. There is grave fear in Vienna and Buda pest, although everything possible has been done to stop the Russian ad vance. It is expected that Germany will withdraw her troops from the Polish front to help in repelling the invasion of Hungary. Russians Lose. Petrograd, Jan. 2. It is admitted that the Russian losses in capturing passes in .the Carpathians were enor mous. Both armies have been rein forced in the Caucasus. The battle front now extends seventy miles. The Germans have erected,. 'earthworks and are. holding the island of Jany sbew. They were shelled and driven to the opposite shore of the island by Russian steamers on which heavy ar tillerv has been mounted. In Galioia the' Russians have carried the forti fications around the village oflMis- honka, where they captured ,3,000 prisoners and ten guns. The battle is still raging, the Russians using bayonets, hand grenades and armor ed motor cars. New York, Jan .2. In the roasas- . tic Bronx poisoning tragedy same to light today, a remarkable feature. It lies in the attitude toward Lorlys El ' ton Rogers, lawyer, of the three wo- .. men into whose lives he so importantly entered the first wife, who divorced him; the present wife, Mrs. Caroline Giddings Rogers, and the third woman who is now dying in Lebanott . Hospital because of her desperation and grief into which she was driven by her relations with Rogers. None of these women are hostile to him. Vacleod, he appears to still coat- ' . pellingly hold their affection and re gard. His first wife, who was Mjss v- Roquemont, sister of Hunter Rouqe- mont, Roger s law partner m Moat- gomery, Ala., has been twiee to the hospital on Thursday, afternooa t- and yesterday afternoonto see kiss' and comfort him and assure him she ' - is ready to give any service that may help him in his trouble. . . She' west also to the bedside of the young worn- an who is mortally ill and spoke . most tenderly to her... .- '. -Wife Said to Know of Alliance As for Mrs. Caroline Giddings ' Rogers, her brother, Prof. Franklin H. Giddings of Columbia University, says that while he would ' advise . against her ever resuming wifely -lations with Rogers, his sister is for giving the handsome Southerner of ro- v mantio aspect. If information frost other sources is correct she : has : known the existence of "Mrs. Ida Rogers" since the birth of the young . woman's first child, two and half -years afgo, butjin sbite of this know-. ; lodge, elung to Rogers. - i " S Tho ?Wctw-ofv-thfr- devotion "He Rogers of the wott&n who poisoned -hertJclf and two small children is heroic. The thought' that she is des-1-: perately ill? that only a miracle' of . science can save her from death she brushes aside, ind her one keea cause of distress is 'that her act has brougkt exposure upon Rogers.-"" r "I thought that by removing aiy -children and myself from the earth." she told Doctor William Great Hague, long her physician, "I would be helping him by faking a dreadful burden and responsibility from him; that all concerning' myself and our . little children would be forgotten; that I was doing the right and fine " thing by leaving him solely to the woman who had a 'legal and moral. right to him, But instead, I havs deepened his trouble; I have harmed instead of helped him.: I realise that I am, in all probability, going to die. Under the circumstances, I am glad of it." ' Is Miss Ida Soiife ' It has been settled to the satisfae- . tion of Coroner Healy that the real . name of the woman at the hospital is Miss, Ida Stuff on..- - ' '. SELF DENIAL WEEK ENJOYABLE PARTY Presbyterians Asked ., to One Luxury Forerfo Given In Honor Of Miss Lulu Dis osway New York, Jan.-2 Presbyterian Last evening a crowd of young folks throughout the country have boen gathered at the nome or Mrs rarmns asked to- denv themselves at least n Riverside in honor of Miss bum Ui- one luxury during the week beginning osway who is at homo for the holiday tomorrow and to contribute the ATter participating in many garnet amounts thus nved towards a fund and musio they were invited in the of $430,000 which is needed to pay dining room by the graciou Hostess, nbiimb 4 1.U. . The reouest for Mrs. rarkin. There they were seawu tba observance of "itolf-denial week" to a table laden with cream and cake w Wn sent out bv the Rev. Dr. and all kind of fruit, nuts, and can- Maitland Alexander of PitUburg, die. The Ama color green ana rea moderator of the Presbyterian Gen- were oarried out through the entire era! Assembly. It" is itated by the house. After spending a pieascnt eve- bead of the' church organization ning they departed ror tneir nome and mission boards that because of amid muoh merriment voting Mr, the war and general business de pre- Parkin a most hospitable hostess. Inn tli ore la not a church bodv that I . ' , has not suffered and nearly all-have Mrs. Richardson, of Salisbury, dosed V.w vear with a debt. The C, i spending several day in the Presbyterian boards, have fallen be- city visiting her,. istir Mrs, 8. M. hind to the extent of $430,000. - Brtnson.T AUTO SHOW OPENS New Yrk the Skene of Mi Dis play ' New York, Jatt 2 Fifty thousand square feet of floor space sre required to accomodate tho enhi'oits ' at the fifteenth annual National Automo bile Show, which opened at the Grand Central Palace today for -a week's engagement. Everything pertaining to the" motor industry, from tne smallest bolt to the finished, up-to date.handsomely modeled touring car, has found a place in the big exhibi tion thi year,' Tho show is given over almost wholly to "Made in Amenoa car.? More than 100 completed car of different types and makos are in cluded in the display and in addition there I shown a wide variety of ac cessories.' The big building has been magnificently decorated for the oc casion. . ' '''' '' ' "'" ' A CASE FOR SOLOMON Two Women Claim A little Child : As Their Own . Hillsboro. 111..' Jan. 2 -A story of miraculous "burning bueh" was brought to light in court here today, when Mrs. Helen Watson was ar- rainged as a defendant in m (Oil brought by Mrs. Minnie Mamv que to recover possession of a 3 months old baby which botn elaun as their own, ' Mr. Watson, who is 53 year old, claim that the child wa born to her under a bush on toe roadside ou Sept. 10, while he was hastening home in anticipation of the stork. Mr. Martinique claims that the child was born to her in a hospital at Litchfield on Sept. 3, sad that a week later Mrs. Watson bor rowed the child with a plea that she wanted it for a friend for a few day Mis Lucy Iladlcy left yesterday Mr. A. Oettinger, of Greensboro, mornlns- for her home in Rocky ha returnod homi aftrr spenduiR Mount after (pending evoral day the holiday in the city guest ef (n New Bern a euest of Mis Mary Mr. andMr. M. M. Mark Turner tty. C. T. Rogers, of Richland s, f.. t. ft tw.K. .J v,f,.iir uln New Bern yesterday ... ... ... nM.. - ti.i.: w"r n...,i- u v,.w Tim f, Md., U spending the we.k-end with i ... r. ,!.. friends In New Bern on her way home rt .i,, I from VHit la trwwU x Pullui, da Mrs. C Y. Flowers of Columbia, N. C, passed -through New Bern last night enroute lo Alliance to visit relatives, .". ' C. L. Stevens, of Southport, has returned home after spending t'-s holiday in' th city visiting fri-u-U. Herbert Thornton, of V ' ton, D. C, i spending a few in NeW Bern visiting friend an 1 lative. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Taylor 1 Cecil, of Pan J,1Bft Co! spending a f-w d-iys in V, n 1 W. B. Fosque, of Polloiksville, wss a visitor to New B.-rn yi1erdny. Mrs. Fred Richardson and eliildn n i i , T .. . 1 I returned evening iioin eunniu, N- C, where they spi-nt the liolidnv - of Kiilieitor and thy at tlni Giit-t--W. l' Lome to V. C. 1,. IPOOMF mm

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