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'NEW. EMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL s NEW BERN. NORTH CAROLINA. February 2 1915 BERN r r ,1 . V 1 1 - TRIES TO TALK V' . SHIP PURCHASE : '..BILLTO DEATH O - Senator Snibot Holds The Record - For Long j6 ; , 1 . Winded Speech REGUIagAB FEST AIL Night Long The Sen- . ate Sat and Listened To The Harrangue Washington, Jan, 30 Daw a found ' . the. Senate 8 till in session today with Republicans waging a desperate bat- tie a gainst, time to prevent passage of the administration's ship purchase bill which , the Democrats bad de creed should be 'voted upon before . amy other business was transacted. The session had begun at 11 o'clock - yesterday jnorning. .Half a score of - heavy-eyed .-senators were on the floor throughout the . night. After the battle of the early hours when the majority invoked procedure whieh 'their opponents charged swept aside "the rules, to dispose of the tangled parliamentary situation raised by the Republicans, Senator Smoot began a speech that continued all night. , The Bill Forwarded The bill had been forwarded to - that point where failure of .the op position to occupy every minute of time would mean a roll call on the adoption of the caucus, draft as a substitute fof the original measure. Nothing remained for the Republi cans but to attempt to talk the bill to death either with the . adjourn ment of congress on March 4 or with the collapse '-of, the Democratic de termination to force it through. Senator Ash urst, first on the roll ' . . tall, spent the night asleep on a sofa , in the Senate ohamber. Should the Republicans falter and lose' the floor -, . .. long ' enough for the clerk to call v Senator Ashurst's name and for him ' ;.. to answer hnothef roilnd in the bat , .'.tie would have been won for the ' s majority and. he -did pot propose to i Occasionally, Senator . Braoot xf??:', talked) Democratic senators question ' ' ;d him. ; Fof hours,, however, they sat in silence Once all the demo ' crate except Senator 'Simmons had left the chamber. Ho hastened to ' the door of the cloak room and his words were audible in the almost empty galleries: ' "Somebody had better stay out here," he said. "I'm the only demo y erat on the floor." A group of Democrats hastened to their seats, . As daylight filtered into the chamber-neither side showed signs, Oi weakening, and none would predict, when the contest would end, "Some" Talker At 9 o'clock Senator Smoot had finished his eleventh hour of contin uous apeaking and was declining of crs of Republican arrivals for a rest. , Between sentences he took a break ' fast of milk. ' "'"" In the'vice-president's chair sat Senator Hollis watching for the op portunity to drop the gavel and or der "a roll call, but down in the chamber 'bew' Republican sentinels began arriving," freBh and keen.' At the same time fresh forces of Demo-, crats came on to replace those who ' " .' had fought through the" night. Thus the contest became again one between men fresh in mind and body. Senator Oliver, acting as the Repub .' lican I whip. T declared he , had two -' weeks': continuous talking material within call. '.' '" ' ' ''-I. Things began to freshen up on the - floor and the galleries as the oontest . took on new vigor with the begin--." ning of a new day, . but 8enator Smoot, showing no signs of fatigue, - . continued telling the Democrats that " permanent and not a temporary pol icy for upbuilding the merchant ma .' v rine was needed. ... S.- ' ' ... ENGLISH AIR CRAFT ARE LOST - London, Jan. SO Berlin wire-less- advices state that of aeven English aeroplanes which - have bombarded Ostend and Zeebrug ge, three failed to return. It was aald that three machines were surrounded by German air craft and chased Into this open eav'- '. " ' -' ,',' :'; ' The above-dispatch may' Indi cate a new British air. raid on tho Brlglan coast towns. The last Brltlah air raid reported In that direction occurred at Zee brui'Je on January 22.' Two Brltnh aviators took part and It was said their bombs damaged a submarine and killed or wound td the trfwi of ths guns mounted on the Mnl, The German report mt Ik raM m J t fjanieii was GERMANS SEEM: :. TO HAVE BEST OF BIG BATTLE Five Hundred Dead French men Found in Ar gonne Forest TURKS DEFEATED British Aeroplanes Drop Bombs On the City of Ostend London, Jan. SO.- (Special Cable to the Central News) The Ger. m ns have annihilated a French regiment.' according to a Berlin report which says that' in a sharp Bdht In Argonne forest, approx mately five hundred French were counted on the field, and that seven hundred and forty-five men, twelve machine., duns and ten other iuns were captured. The French Colonials are also reported to have Buffered heavy losses in the ' fighting' north of Nieuport, Belgium. Another attack in force by the Germans near La Basse was repulsed by the British, according to French official . advice which also adds that the Kaiser's troops suffered heavy losses. Severe ar tillery duels took place along the line in Belgium and France. TURKS MEET DEFEAT London, Jan, SO The Turkish army which invaded Pericia has met with defeat, according to the Russian general staff of the Cau casus. The Turks are said to have retired towards' Tablz, leav ing hundreds of dead on the fields. The repulse of the Turks south of Batum is also noted in the dis patches, BOMBS ON OSTEND London, Jan. 30 Bombs- were dropped on Ostend and Zebrugge by seven British aeroplanes, ac cording to Berlin reports which declare that three of the invad ing craft were driven out to sea where they dropped into thewater when their fuel gave 'PufcJ;.I fe . London, Jan. 30 Advices reach ing here from Petrograd say that the Kaiser's forces are slowly closing in on Interburg in east Prussia and also' in the southeast. Tilsit is practically surrounded and ' the Russians now threaten the left flank of the German line extending., from , Pillkallen Las dehen. PMlkallen Is said to be already lit the nossession of the Russians. News Ed. Gibbs and Virgil Wynn, ool ored, were given a preliminary' be fore Justice of the Peace Walter Fulford yesterday morning on a warrant charging tnom wun am ing and "abetting in the robbery of the store of Garfield Jones, color ed, a week or more ago. Probable cause was found against thorn and they were bound over to Superior Court under bonds of one hundred dollars each which they were unable to give and were committed to the jail. , '': - . The Farmers Union of . Jones county will hod a meeting at Tren ton tomorrow, and matters of great importance to the farmers of that section . will ' be discussed, among which is a plan- to get the farmers to decrease their cotton acreage this year. This will no doubt prove of much interest, as will other matters that 'will be discussed and it is ex pected that a large crowd will be in attendance., , : -'-.-", . The opening of the " Maryland Tailoring , Company's local ; branch held yesterday' was very successful and well, attended. This oompony is located at : 120 , Middle street. The , building has . been , remodeled, ptato glass windows have been put in and- the store room is furnished with thrco quarter oak fixtures. Samuel MoLenoove. proprietor of the Mary land Tailoring Company, of Balti-i more, Md., conducted the opening. Harry Smith will be managor of the, local branch. ; "' G. S. Holland of Monroe county, Georgia, arrived in the city last night to take into custody John Davis, col ored, who is wanted In that county for murder and who was captured here several days ago by - Chief of Police Lupton and Captain A., L, Bryan. Mr. Holland will return to Georgia today taking his prisoner with him. ' ; There la a large lemon on dis play la Bradham's Broad Street drug store with a card bearing tho follow: Local ing fnsrriptlon: "For the best drup iWo In the South from tho but mnn H f?r!lii" pnwl dnyi pCp Mr, WOiJAWSDEM THE SECREMRY Bryan Tells N. C. Legisla ture That JIe Is Jn-Favor Of the Women Being Giv en the Vote-Explains His 'Efforts To Secure - Peace For the World and Advo cated the Initiative and Referendum Raleigh, N. C, January 30. Speak ing vigorously before the North Caro lina Oeneral Assembly this afternoon, the HonWilliaro J. Bryan, Secretary of State, Void the members of the as sembly and the erowdedTbbbies and galleries of bis ideas for world peace, advocated the initiative and referen dum', as the fundamental principle of Democracy,' and then advocated the reeall - of all officers and voiced his sentiments for woman suffrage. As suming probably that this State al ready had a State-wide primary law, the speaker made no reference to that question. : The address was similar to that de livered before the General Assembly of Pennsylvania a few years ago, ex cept that woman suffrage was add ed to his program. Mr. Bryan ex plained that he never discussed an is sue until he reached it and when tho .question of equal suffrage came up- in his State last fall he decided how he stood without- reference to- a conven tion or a group of friends. He told the legislators that woman -suffrage waff surely coming. After the address was concluded, shortly before 2 o'ccloft. Senator Mc Leod moved that a recess of ten min utes be taken so that the ladies in the Hall might shake Mr. Bryans hand. There was a general response. Sec retray Bryan, spoke in the forenoon at the social' service conference. He advocated child labor legislation, tem perance, education and conservation of health. ' The legislature did practically noth ing today. ' ; :. Bradham received this lemon, with another which was a great deal larger than the one on display, from Wal ter Bass, of Clearwater, Fla., and with them came this message: "Hope these will help decorate the best drug store in the South." Mr. Bass spends about a month hunting around Camp Bryan, in the lower part of Craven county, every fall and is well known in New Bern. J. A. Miller, who was elected as. supervisor of the county oonviot teapjp, to fill the Vacancy Caused by hf jfosignation of J. E. Provo, took (liafge of he convicts yesterday "at noon. J. E. Prpvo, will go to Eliza bath City today where tomorrow he Way, take charge of convict camps of (Pasquotank county. Hunter M. White, formerly with .vCoplon and Son as window de corator but late of Elizabeth City, has' returned to New Bern and ac cepted a position as window decora tor with J. G. Dunn & Company. Mrs. White accompanied her hus band to New Bern. United States Deputy Marshal C. HI Ange, of darks, was in New Pern yesterday on his way to Jack sonville, N. C, "where he went to summon J. H. Amann to appear as a witness for the Government in the case oi uniiea oiaies or America vs. George A. Card-well; " which is to be tried in New York City on the fifteenth day of February. Captain Joe Gaskllr , Was fined flvdollars and taxed with, the Cost by Mayor Bangert at j Police oo uijt yesterday afternoon, on a warrant charging him with disorderly conduct.' The charges in the case were for strik ing J. E. French In the mouth with his fist. The trouble originated over an account, and .' French said that Captain Gaskill walked, up behind him and bit him before he knew that he was mad. Captain Gaskill de nied tbisK but acknowledged hitting him. French, was not satisfied with the judgment rendered by the Mayor and asked for an appeal, "but ha was informed, that, as he was nothing more than witness he eould not appeal. v v ' ' ' ' -" ' M. EWhltshurst and Company, who for several years have conduct ed a stationry and' china store at sixty seven Pollock street, are to move from this plaoo to the Blachard build ing formerly occupied by the Ready Wear Garment Company. This build ing was partially destroyed by fire in the early part of last spring, but has been remodeled, and is now one of the most attractive store rooms in the city. Bayard Whitehurst, manager of the business slated terday that hp pxpeotd to b In i new nusrters iy nis nrinnty mi y'tbruftry, " ' ' i" WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN BODY OF NEGRO FOUND! IN RIVER Missing since Decftmber 30th, when he left the "place'at which he was boarding, No ' 52 ' West' street, Al- but who a few" months- previous to his disappearance had worked in New Bern, was found in Trent river near the Norfolk Southern Railway Company's dock yesterday morning and from all appearances, it had been there at least ten days or two weeks The body, which was badly decomposed, was brought to the sur face, presumably, by the wheel pro peller of the steamer S. J. Phillips, and was seen by several persons who notified the coroner, who, after view ing the corpse decided that an in quest was not necessary and turned it over to an undertaker. Just how Perry met his death ia unknown, but it is supposed that he was either knocked or fell from. Trent river bridge and his body floated down to the point at which it was found. Lovic Ireland, the woman with whom Perry boarded, was the last person so far as is known, to see him alive and that was on the evening of the date menioned. Perry originally came from North Harlowe and his mother, Martha Huskins resides there now. AUTO DASHED INTO JIE RIVER Bryan Wethenngton and Colored Man Have a . Narrow Escape How Bryan Wetherington and Charlie Sherman, a colored man, escaped being drowned yesterday afternoon when Mr. Wetherington's automobile dashed through the rail ings on the Neuse river bridge and plunged into the river, Is a mystery. Mr, Wethenngton lives in Craven county about five miles from Askin, and, ha with the negro were on their way to New Bern to attend to busi ness.-, Mr. Wethenngton knew that the 'stealing gear was in bad condi tion; when he left home but thought thai he eould make the trip to New Bern where he oould have it fixed Everything went well untit they had reached the middle of the bridgr, whioh is a little over a mile In length when some part ot the steering gear broke and. the ear dashed . through the railing on the upper side of the bridge. ' ' " . ' Mr. Wethorington stated that in going overboard the ear turned over and oapgbt both of. them under it, but bow they got out he oould not explain, ' but he : thinks that the windshield held the front part of the car high enough for them to crawl from undor It. Both the occupants received only slight injuries. Mr. Wethenngton had his back sprained, and the negro escaped with a bruis sd leg. ' Tha car has boen recovered N- ! 'Momar left lnt night fur r it Oriental, I - '. f.'r ' -"" '- BY OF STATE AGED NEGRESS i CLAIMS MONEY Says She is Relative of Col ored Miser Who Died At Wilmington Spartanburg, Jan. 30. Sallio Simp son, a war-time darkey, living on the farm of Miss Corrie Zinmerman, below Glenn Springs in this county, came to town to-day on her way to Wilmington, N. C, where she is going to establish the fact that she is a niece and the nearest living relative of a negro, Sam Merrick who died in that city a few days ago leaving a considerable estate, $4,285 of which was in silver dollars locked in a safe in his room. Sallio says Sam Mer rick was the name of an uncle of her's who was sold before the war ' from Laurens county to a gentlemen livintr in North Carolina near Wilmington. She says she can prove her relation ship and that she believes she is his nearest relative unless he has mar ried and this she thinks he never did, but lived alone. The Wilmington account of Sam Merrick's death, which the woman had seen in the newspapers, said the old man was found dead in his home and about his bed were many weapons he had cherished in his life time as a means of guarding his money. A search of his room revealed a safe securely locked, but when opened was found to contain his money and deeds to property owned by the old negro. The money was turned over to the court authorities. Sallie Simpson is a respected negro woman, and has been a resident on the Zimmerman farm for more than thirty-eight years. POSTAL COMPANY REDUCES ITS RATE The Postal Telegraph Company announces the following reduction in rates on- cablegrams to Cuba and the Hawaiian Islands: To Havana, Cuba, a deferred ser vice has been established, the rate on deferred messages delivered within 24 hours being eight cents per word and to other points In Cuba, twelve ceoU per Word. ' The regular rate to Havana is fifteen cents per word and to other points on . the island - twenty cents per word. .' . - To Honolulu-the rate has been reduced ten cents per. Word beyond San Francisco,' this reduction ap plying to cables handled via the Com mercial Pacific; cable.. ' .'' '; Thtv,, Postal Company, now an nounces that messages ran be accept ed for points In Germany to be Sent by wireless -from the high power station at Sayvillc, Long Island. The ott ot handling this floss of business is $1.05 per word, tho high rate being due to the cost of operating wireless at this dixtanc" and the rate is au thorised hy the t'nitod States govern ment. Messages ' must b . tj-rilten ia Herman or plain English. BILLY SUNDAY S VOICEGIVING OUT Leather Lunged Evangelist Is In Very Bad Shape Philadelphia, Jan. 30. Billy Sun day's voice is giving out under the strain of his efforts in his taber nacle, and his throat is in surb s condt ion that it is necessary to use surgical means to save his vocal cords. An operation will be per formed at Sunday's home here Feb. 9 by Dr. 11. Doehring of Pittsburgh, who has attended the evangelist dur ing his campaigns in other cities. Last Sunday after the evangelist had twice delivered his "hot cakes off the griddle" sermon, his voice com pletely broke down and Dr. A. Drew, his personal physician, urged an oper ation. Dr. Doehring was communi cated with. On Monday the evange list did practically no talking and under Dr. Drew's treatment his voice apparently rounded into shape. Sunday Calls Operation "Hair Cut." Dr. Doehring suggested treatment which could be resorted to stave off the need of an immediate operation. Yesterday symptoms of trouble again appeared, and after a talk with Dr.' Drew, the evangelist agreed to undergo treatment the former and Dr. Doehring might deem necessary, The doctors consulted by telegraph and tho date was set. "This is only a minor operation," said Dr. Drew tonight, "and Sunday may not miss a sermon. He would not reveal the precise nature of the operation. "My voice?" said Sunday to-night. "Well I don't think I could reach high C, but I'm there with the low Q in full volume. Don't worry about me. Op eration? Oh, bunk; nothing more than a hair cut." Society Miss Amanda Baxter To Become Bride of Douglass Creech The Journal acknowledges the re cepit of the following invitation which will be of interest all over the State: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph James Baxter request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Amanda to Mr. Douglass Creech on Wednesday morning, the seven teenth of February at half-after eight o'clock At Home New Bern, North Carolina No cards in the city. POSTMASTERS TO CUTJXPENSES Order to This Effect Was Sent Out to All Post masters Yesterday Washington. D. C. Jan. 30 Notice was today sent to postmas ter throughout the country re questlnd them to reduce their expenses wherever possible with out affectlnd the efficiency of the service. These notices were sent out by the postmaster general and an official statement says that de crease In revenues causing such to be done. Is due to tho war and not to Internal conditions. ' INTERESTING CASE Disposed ot Yesterday By 'Squire Fulcher - A civil action which proved of un usual interest was disposed of by Justice of the Peace Noah Fulcher, at the courthouse yesterday. '; The plaintiff in the case was Thom as lioiton ana aerenaanc was Nat Everington, ot New Bern, route one. Mr. Holton was suing the defendant for one hundred and twelve dollars which he claimed was due him in settlement. The' defendant claimed that he had settled his account with Mr. Holton, and this condition was substantiated by the verdict of the jury, that had boen selected lo pass on the ease.'. Ouiod and Ouion rep resented the plaintiff, and E. M Oreen and D. E. Henderson appeared for the defendant. .', NEW BERN COTTON MARKt I Dy Q. W. Taylor and Sn) Middling 7 fi-Sc Ru-lut Middling 7 7- LAST GUISE OF - REVENUE CUTTER AN EVENTFUL ONE ifi M m The Pamlico Came Into Port Yesterday For Supplies GONE EIGHT DAYS Searches For Victims Of The "Julia" Saves A ' Boat After being away from port mors . than a week, the revenue cutter Pam lieo. Captain Joynes in command, . steamed into port yesterday morning . to take on supplies. The Pamlico came into port on January 21 to bring to New Bern Mrs. W. B. Mur ray of Burlington, the only survivor . ' of the pleasure yacht "Julia" whioh went down in Pamlico sound off ' . Engelhard on January I5tb and who. -bad boarded the vessel at Engelhard. . Returns to Engelhard. On January 22 the ship returned ,, to the scene of the disaster and render- ed further aid in the search but failedto find any trace of Mrs. Murray's hus-. k band, Mrs. W. E. Porch of Beaufort or Gustavus P. Dodson of Norfolk Va., who went down with the vessel. It is the opinion of Captain Joynes that the bodies will never be found . and that if such does occur it will be by . the merest accident. He states that ever since the "Julia" went down . that the water has been very rough there and that this has . tended , to wash the bodies to some far distant -point. ( , No Trace of Bodies. The fact that for more than two , weeks searchers have daily dragged that section with nets, chains and almost every other conceivaable drag ging instrument and their efforts , have not been awarded with success, -bears out Captain Joynes in his be- f . lief. After leaving the scene ot .the j tragedy the Pamlico cruised around , . in the waters of Pamlico sound and its' tributaries, and succeeded; fa f T dering eoll8eraD assis'tanci to'fdisV v. " tressed shipping. V , Salved Boat. t 1 One of the toughest propositions- it tackled was the raising of the oil steamer owned by the Texas V Oil , Company and which sank in Albe-' - marie sound with ten thousand gallons of gasoline on board. , Some -of this gasoline was sved h4' tho majonty of it noatea away oar ine wntara of the sound. The shine how ever, was saved and taken tor' EK- . - abeth City to undergo, repairs. The Pamlico will leave . port v.tbis . . . . i r v.. morning for .Stonewall to raisf a , , boat which is reported punk in that 4 section. , t - ' SHE DIDN'T KNOW. ri Woman Notary Una ware She Was ' mot Hunt . , t .'. gThe fact that Mrs. Charlotte ti use yi of Cash Corner, Pamlico , county, had been acting in the capacity of a . notary publio up until last Wednes- day the time that her commission was recalled, was by no means due to a desire on her part to deceive any one. Mrs. Muse was highly recommended , and performed the duties of office in an efficient manner, and was not v aware of the fact that North Caro-' Una's laws did not allow women to 4 aot in the capacity of notaries. : This fact, however, does not allay ; the anxiety of a large number of per-, sons who have, important documents. , in their possession bearing the offi cial seal of .Mrs. Muse., -' It. is. said ; ; that each of these papers and docu ments are not legal and there is talk taking the matter np with the legislature, and have them take tome action upon it before they adjourn' When this will be done is a matter of peculation. ' ; ',-.. ,,..:" , t ' - . '. -'. m '- GUNMEN RAID; , B IfEW; YORK STORE With Prawn Revolvers They Enter and Loot Pawn , .. ; Shop - '. New York, lan. 10 Three men with drawn revolver raided the pawn shop of Adolph Stern today and escaped in an automobile. In leaving the thieves carried with them suit casts and hand bail filled with money and Jw elry. Stern told the police after U robbery that the amount of )( carried away by tli t -V-rs f , resented I.3.f 3 or . ) IleV. V. M, II v. I II-:-, o ! I: IB r
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