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NEW ;BEkN SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL r i: ' NEW BERN. NORTH CAROLINA. JANUARY 15 1915 German Near Two of This Variety of War Craft Slip Up On Coast ofj Dover. But Are Dis covered and Slip Away London Fears Raid B; Zeppelins ". ' London, Jan. 13 (Central News Cable) Two German submarines were sighted off Dover early rthis morning. The shore batteries opened fire and they disappeared. A dispatch to ' the - evening news from Dover declares that two "unterseeboote" were sunk" by shells from shore batteries. It is im possible, however, to obtain any official "details of the at- tempted attack.; The ap pearance of the two. submar ines in the channel are con sidered significant in view of the presence of Zeppelins and airships over the chan nel during he last two years. That a squadron of Zeppel ins was sighted last night is persistently 'rumored; --;vv " ip':-': .-- Germans Desert.' -'. Paris, Jan. 13. Eleven thousand German soldiers deserted from the garrison at Bruges during December according to a dispatch received here today by "Matin." Kings Grants Audience. , London, Jan. , 13. King , George today granted an audience to the Roumanian minister at Buckingham palace. No statement of the result of the audience was given out. ' "';'"' Heavy Losses. Copenhagen, Jan. 13. The latest l'as(taUy list tonoHbjMhw Germans bring the total of k.l!.-i! fnd 'wouiid- ed prisoners from the Prussian forooa to 840,843. ." It is considered sigui flcant that the Alsatian militiamen all fighting in the armies of Poland and the eastern theatre of war, as indicating that they are evidently . not. to be trusted to carry on the fight in the west where they would be op posed to the French. England Appeals. London, Jan. . 13. An appeal to the women of Great Britain to send their husbands and sons to join the army appeared in all the nowspapers today. It is one of the recruiting advertisements by the War Office which has been using newspapers freoly in efforts to procure men that Kitchener wants.-. - Russians Active. Vienna, Jan. 13. The efforts of the , Russians to force a passage over the . Nida river have been repulsed with very heavy losses. AH day yesterday the Russians' tried to got pontoons -across, but failed. Austrian artillery mounted at strategic points raked the Russian eolumns, inflicting enormous , losses. The Austrian artillery oom, 't pelled the Russians to evacuate Me irhof, from where they retreated across open country, In the Carpa- thians the weather is hampering ope , rations. , The. Austrians have gained . "ground in the valley of the Upper UngJrom where the Russians have retreated to the neighborhood of the Ueck -Pass. .'. . .v. : j-v b- v -y? r' - French Drive Wedge"'-, Paris, .Jam 13. The French oast and wost ofRheitns are attempting to drive a wedge into the' German lines. , On the heights of the Mouse both sides have attempted forward movements, but. with little success. . In the region of St. Mihiel tho French are maintaining thoir positions but . are unable to gain new positions. - Typhoid has broken out In the Ger . man ranks and tho number of oases - is increasing. ' , ; V . Fierce Battle. . ' Paris, Jan. 13. The movement against upper Alsace which was started to test the Gorman power of resistance, has developed Into one of the most, fiercely fought, battles of the campaign in tho west, with the fighting about Cernay as the orux of the battle. The possession of the heights south of Cernay which is "now hold by the Germans, would give the French batteries the com mand of tho valley of the 111 river and the Railroad and cnablo them to om'upy it. .'..-,'. E. V. Ilrjsn, of llavitock, was a buHinctm viHitor to Jcw Bern yes terday. Miss Aniiin Wliilfhumt, of Iicnu fort, jiansi'U through New licru Inst night enroutw , lU'-lmiond lo epond leYfral moiitln vi'llipc l-r brother, Submarines The British The above is a DhotoeraDh of the deck and ficrhrinc equipment of the German said to nave been sunk a few weeks ago by the British. So many reports have been circulated in regard to the sinking of this cruiser that it is not certain what far has befallen her. - HARLOWE TOWN A BUSY PLACE That Section Waking Up and Is Forging Ahead Rapidly Harlowe Jan. 13 Rev. H. A. Humble, of Newport Circuit, filled his regular appoint ment at the Methodist church Sun day. Miss Lillian Bell, who is teaching the public school at Blades, spent Sunday at home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. D. F. Bell. Mr. K. L. Dickinson is visiting his parents at Core Creelk. Dr. M. W. Ball, of Newport, was in the . neighborhood Tuosday of this week. i , " If the "firing" of the old commis sioners of Newport township is to mean an improvement, we are very glad the County Commissioners took the action they; did, for the roads in our section are a reflection upon the former management, . For the past two years there has been more money spent on the public roads of Newport township,' than for t the '.. previou twenty,, yet, the improvements are hardly notioeablo and the roads and bridges are far from being what they should be; Let us hope the new com missioners will see to it, that the peo ples money is judioiouHly spent and made to go as far as possible,' the new oommsissioners are all democrats. C. F. D. Bell spent Sunday at home with his family. Tho' amount of cotton ginned in this; neighborhood this season, has already ; far 'exeoedod any previous year there having been more than GOO bales ginned. of this . betwen 400 and 500 bales were ginned by J. 8. Morton & Son. .. It is impossible at this time to tell how much the cotton acreage will be cut the coming year, it is not thought however, that it will be out to any extent. Gossip has it that a how Sunday school will be started at North Har lowe Aoademy next Sunday. This means a division in the old one, which is not any too large,, however, the North Harlowe people have too, far to go to attend the other school and they will be supported in their undertaking by a large number of people from between the two schools. , N. II. Taylor has just oompleted a new smoke house and lie has got a years supply of meat to go in It too, "what's the war to him?" Mr. C. K. Taylor of the New Bern Railroad Lunch Room, and family, are spending the week with Mrs. Taylors' parents. Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Conner, j While here Mr. Taylor has ptirchaned a number of hoc ,and is having them tMtd down for future use, which azures Llin of :liot! better and. cheaper meats, Seen Coast cruiser Karlsruhe which is MOREHEAD CITY, "" MAN ARRESTED Thomas Dudley Charged With Several Serious Crimes In the arrest yesterday at More head City of Thomas Dudley by U. S. Deputy Marshal Charles Ange, the local Federal authorities believe they have gotten hold of a case which will lead up to the breaking up of at least a part of violations of the Inter nal Revenue Law in that section. Dudley is charged not only with re tailing spirituous liquors without a government license but is also charg ed with the operation of an illicit distillery. After placing the man under ar rest Deputy Marshal Ange brought him to New Bern and carried him before U. 8. Commissioner C. B Hill for a preliminary hearing. The case was continued until tomorrow and in the meantime a bond in the sum of two hundred and fifty dol lars was required of the prisoner, He failed to give this and was com mitted to the county jail for safe keeping. COM. BRADHAM TO WASHINGTON Goes to Attend Meeting of the Naval Mflita - ' Board'. , C. D. Bradham, - Commander of the North Carolina NaVal Militia, left last night for Washington, D. C. where he will attend a meeting of the Naval Militia Board which is to be held in that city and of whiob he is a member.; While in Washing ton Commander Bradham will ball upon Secretary of the Navy, 'Jos- ephul Daniels, and confer with him In regards to an article sent the Ral eigh News and Observer by its Wash' ington correspondent in which parts of a report by Captain Williams ' of the U. 8. S. Rhode Island, on whioh the North Carolina Naval Mititi last summer cruised are given out. The grievance of the officers and men of the State Militia is that only parts of the report (the criticisms) was contained in the Washington's man's article and that this has done them a great Injustice and placed them before the public in a light whioh is most unfair. E. 8. Martin who has been In the city in' the interest of ths Rlrhaiond Taper Company left last night for a business vHt to Kinston. ' R. TV. Hnowden left M f.ir bmiucss Y'hjt (o IftYt''"'Ki THE DEMOCRATIC LEADERS THI SUFFRAGE DEAD At Least So Far Ajh.This Session of Congre is Concerned FIGHT NOTOVER Another Effort Will; Be Made In the. Sixty-" , Fourth . Congress :x - Washington; Jan. 13 Democratic leaders today considered tile woman suffrage issue dead so far a this ses sion of congress is concerned a the result of the failure of tbs.'&londell resolution to get the necessary two thirds vote in the Hons. Undismay ed, however, suffrage .teaderV declar ed today the fight was by Tko means over. It was thought -likely suffrage leaders in congress and out.. would begin immediately to realign their forces for another fight intthe 64th congress, which will meet' next Decem ber. ; . : Anti-Suffragists were oit today with statements on the result of yes terday's vote in the House asserting their expectations had , been fulfill ed. Mrs. Arthur M.- Dodjje, presi dent to Woman Suffrage, declared that the result meant that the suf frage movement,. "fostered? jfcy hyster-; leal women was on the'wMhe. Pointing to the vote i if,,. ,.f the resolution as being ur more than they had counted ok, suffrage leaders declared it was highly grati fying to them. The fact; that the resolution was voted upohithey con strued as a victory for thecause, de claring the question never eTore had been considered in the House. On the roll call 373 vots- were re corded 204 against the f resolution and 174 for it. Of thosefvotine for the "resolution 86 were - Democrats, 72 ' Republicans, 12 Proffressives', 3 Progressive Republicans and one In dependent. Those voting Against the resolution included -171 (Democrats and.32, Bpublibi.lJLx' Considering Bill Washington, Jan., 18 The House naval committee today resumed con sideration of the appropriations bil- with the hope of competing it dur ing the day. Committeemen predict ed that a bill would be reported, pro viding for two battleships, twelve to fifteen submarines in place of the "eight or more" proposed by Secre tary Daniels and .probably the re mainder of the program, including six destroyers, one gunboat and one oiler, with possibly slight increase of the smaller craft. Already the committee has includ ed in the bill provisions for a naval reserve, created the offices of admiral and vice-admiral for the Atlantic- Pacific and Asiatic fleets; created the office of bureau of operations to handle all war strategy; provided $1,000,000 for aviations increased the officers in the marine corps; abol ished the "plucking board" and made other notable changes from the usual normal supply bill. Carranza Indignant Washington, Jan. 13 Reports to the state department today said the Carranza governor of Vera Cruz was indignant because foreign oil com panies had appealed to General Car ranza for protection from drastio de crees issued by him. The governor claims the oil companies have aided the enemies of the Carranza govern ment and that some of their stock holders actually are in arms. ALDERMEN WILL HOLD A MEETING Will Tonight Consider Pur : ; chase of Another Fire 1 Engine . A meeting of the Board of Alder men has been called for this evening at eight o'olook to receive the report of ' the Fire . Department Committee relative to the purchase of another combination motor driven fire en gine.'- '. .1 ;,' '., : ."',.'-' ' " The . entire , membership of , the ,Atlatie Company is expected to attend this meeting, and ft petition signed by several hundred of the tax payers of the city, will be presented. This petition urges the purchase, of another engine similar to the one now In use. " ' "" ' : At the last meeting of the Board a petition was submitted to tbem by the Atlantio Company asking that a trick be purchased for their nse The matter Was referred to the Fire Department Committee to investi tute and their report H1 bo received ' U, . H0N.O.0I0BS0N TO DELIVER AN ADDRESS TONIGHT Will Speak Before Prohibi tionists in the State Capitol EVENT OF NOTE Anti-Saloonists From All .Over the Country Will Hear Him Raleigh, Jan. 13. Anti-Saloouists from. al over North Carolina were gathered in Raleigh today to aid in in mapping out a program to make the prohibition laws in this state more effective and the meeting, the first session of which was held this after noon promises to be one of the most enthusiastic ever held. The session this evening was op ened with devotional exercises pro sided over by Rev. B. P. Smith of .Kinston. This was followed bv the financial -report rendered by Revi R. L. Davis, the secretary of the1 North -Carolina Anti-Saloon League and this proved of particular inter est. The chief event of the evening was the address of Rev. A. J. Barton, D. D., of Waco Texas. Taking as his subject, "National Prohibition," Rev. Barton who is an eloquent and forceful speaker, made an address which will never be forgotten by those .who heard him. Hitting the whiskey interests a solar plexus blow, he ad vanced the causes of prohibition and urged that North Carolina-take steps to prevent the shipment of whiskey into the State. The chief event of tomorrow will be the address in the evening bv Hon. R. P. Hobson,. Preceding the address will be a banquet given in honor of the members of the general assembly by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union at the Y. M. C. A. and this will doubtless be largely attended. The following is the com plete program for the day; Thursday Momintf . ff:3Q to ' 9 5-IeVotional Service -Rev. J.A.'-H6ayldtf4ii 9:45 to 10:0-rAddresst The Sdtt- day School in this Reform--John A. Oates, Fayetteville. 10:05 to 10:30 The Needful Leg islation and How to Secure It W. H. Witherspoon, Laurinburg. 10:30 to 10:50 General Discus sion. 10:50 to 11:10 The Report of the Superintendent. 11:10 to 11:30 Address Dr, H. Alexander, Mecklenburg county, Q President of North Carolina Farmer's Union. 11:30 to ll:45-The Outlook for National Prohibition Rev. A. J. Bar ton, D. D., Waco Texas, Member of the Legislative Committee, Anti-Sa loon League of America. 11:45 to 12:00 Enrollment and Collection. 12:00 Report of the Committee on Resolutions. Miscellaneous Business. Thursday Afternoon. 2:3f to 2:45 Devotional Service Rev. J. H. Weaver, D. D., Greens boro. 2:45 to 3:00 Report of the Com mittee on Nominations. 3:00 to 3:30 Address Dr. W. L. Poteat, Wake Forest. 3:30 to 4:00 Address Dr. F. N. Parker, Trinity College. 4:00 to 4:15 Report of the As sistant Superintendent. 4:15 to 4:30 Report of the Com mittee on Finance and Audit. 4:30 Enrollment. Unfinished Business. Miscellaneous Business. Thursday Evening. 7:30 to 7:45 Devotional Services. 7:45 to 8:15 Address A Voice From Virginia Rev. George W. Mo Daniels, Richmond, Va. 8:15-Addre8S Hon. Richmond Pearson Hobson of Alabama. NEGRO UNDER - SERIOUS CHARGE Cleveland Hilliard, of Clarks . Is In A Dire Di v lemma ; . . Cleveland Hilliara, oolored, was arrested at his home near Clarks yesterday on a warrant charging him with an assault on Mary . Ricks, also oolored, with intent to eommit rape, and brought to New Bern and placed in the County jail, where he will remain until the witnesses can be summoned for - the preliminary hearing. John Ricks, father of the victim who is only eight years of age, came to New Bern Monday and swore out a warrant before Justice of the Peact S, R. Street. The warrant was placed In the hands of the sheriff, who once dispatched a deputy to Clark where he succeeded in making th srrext yesterday morning. He will .probably bo given heming today f ... f " . y V'i " k s 1 fi f) A , i IV ) liii K A k?1- '" S. M. BRINSON TO MAKE ADDRESS Will Speak Before People of New Hanover Next Week Superintendent S. M. Brinson, of public instruction for Craven county' has accepted an invitation extended him by the Cape Fear Camp of the 'Confederate Veterans and the Cape Feap; Chapter ot, the 'Daughters of tBei;on7eaeraoy,":t Wnmingtonf V C, to deliver an address at the" cele- bration of Lee's birthday, on January the nineteenth. The following clipping is from Monday's issue of the Wilmington Star: S. M. Brinson, Esq., a well known attorney of New Bern, has been se cured to deliver the address at the celebration of Lee's birthday on January 19th under the auspices of the Cape Fear Camp of Confederate Veterans and the Cape Fear Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy. Mr. Brinson has been for many years county superintendent of education in his native county. He is a prom inent member of the order of the Royal Arcanum, being a Past Grand Regent and at the present time Su preme Quide of the Supreme Council. In his letter of acceptance, written to Mrs. J. O. Kenan, president of the Cape Fear Chapter of the Daughters the Confederacy, Mr. Brinson states that he Was especially pleased to accept the invitation because his father saw his first service in the Confederate army at Fort Fisher. Announcement of his acceptance of the invitation recently extended him was made yesterday by Adjutant L. Leon. . TWO MET FATE DURING STORM Fierce Gale Lashed the En tire Atlantic Sea-V ; 4 board New York, Jan. 13. A sixty-mile gale whirling up the Florida coast lashed the northern Atlantio coast all night. At least two are dead and many are injured. - , ' ' Incoming steamers report severe battles with the storm and mountain ous seas. The Italian freighter Oce ana is aground off the statue of Liber ty. .Two hundred moving picture spectators here were thrown into a panio as a section of a big derrick snapped off in the gale, and crushed the roof of an adjoining building. Sev eral were injured. , , . ' Two FatalUtlee Philadelphia, Jan. 13. As a result of the worst rain and wind storm in years, two were killed and many in jured in Pennsylvania. The Schuyt. kill rlvor Is rising td the flood stage- C. D. Bradham left last night for Washington, D. C, to attend a meet ing of the Naval Militia Board. II. G. Tolson left yesterday morn ing for business visit to Morchesd City. t V. W. Dauglierty of Cove was a busine visitor to N'v yet:rdsv, City r- - CSXE3 DISEASED MEAT ; , WON! BE SOLD At Least One Carcass Will Not Be Served on Local Tables At least one diseased animal thai-' was shipped to New Bern and but the timely intervention of a man who ' is interested in the welfare of the' ' public would have probably be being ;s served on the table in a number of homes this morning, has been dis pos&JF iJnilsueh manner' thaf local V meat consumers need have no fear : of being poisoned by eating thereof.'' The meat in question was a .calf r.'l"?b was sold to the Coast Line ' Meat Market of this qity by B. F.' Green and Company vijf Trenton," Jones county, and for some time been -so ill with a disease known as. "hoi-y low tail," that it had' hardly been' able to walk around. I Isaac Cohn, proprietor of the market wa in Tren,-K ' ton and saw the calf beTore the pur- . chase was made and h claims' that ' the owners told him that it had been hurt and that he did not know it was sick, else he would not have' bought it. He also claims to bear out his contention that he paid the ' full market price. The calf was but- chered and sent to New Bern on board of a vessel owned by Captain N. W.f , Jones. t' , . , In the meantime a eitizen of Tren- -ton called up the local officials and informed them of the fact that a diseased calf had ' been killed and sent here to be disposed .of and upon the arrival of the boat the meat was ordered held up. Further investi- ; gation was made of. the matter and this ended in an order that the car cass be taken and disposed of where it could do no damage and where there would be no probability of any human being getting hold of it. ' This incident has shown the au thorities the danger of allowing un inspected meat to be sold on the local market and hereafter' they will keep a strict watch oa all beef sold here and will see that any violation of the law is" vigorously prosecut ed, 7-;. --v-i-"'- f- SUBWAY OFFICERS FACING JM Will Have to Undergo Grilling Exam-, ; t ination . New Yor, Jan. 13. Officers and directors of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company today faced grand jury action ' on the verdict Of the coroner's jury, returned late yester day, accusing thom of culpable negli gence in connection with a wreck on the Sixth Avenue elevated -line in which two persons were killed, Coun sel for the company announced tl.M. ball $5,000 each would be fur nished by a surety company. No nr- rests were made. The men thus accused sro Tl dure P. Klionta, president of tlm c panyj Frank lledley, seer, and Annm t I'.' !: 1 Vaiub'ibi , Ih n l'i i h.. -.r 1 I). I Uin (--. ? , I 1 i: 1 .!. 4 ! LI