NEW BERN SEM WEEKLY JOURNAL- NEW BERN..NORTH CAROLINA. February 26 1915 .,1 - if ADVOCATES OF THE STOCK LAW LEAVE FOR CAPITAL CITY Delegation From Craven County Departed At 4 O'clock This Morn: ing For Raleigh Ap pear Before Legisla ture This Afternoon At 4 o'clock this mornlnd a committee from the Chamber of Commerce composed of J. B. Made. L. G. Daniels. C E. Foy, G. T. Richardson, J. D. Williams. M. D. Lane, W. F. Aberly, W. C. WUlett. George N. Ives. J. E. Daurfherty, O. H. Wetherington, and George . Green left for Rnleijih where this afternoon they will appear before the LeifU ture and present a resolution which was unanimously endorsed by the Chamber of Commerce and which erndoscs the establish ments of the stock law territory in North Carolina and the elim ination of "the free ran tie. WARD TELEGRAPHS Senators Ward and Thompson and Representative Whltford had been asked to arrange a date for the committee to appear before the Legislature and yesterday Sen ator Ward telegraphed that this afternoon had been set for the purpose. HAVE MUCH DATA In addition to presenting this resolution the committee ijoes to Raleigh well primed with infor mation and data which will favor the law and they will urge that ome suitable law be enacted so as to give Craven county a chance to rid Itself of the cattle tick. - CANDIDATES THROW HATS IN THE KING Aspirants for City Offices Are Making Announce ments - Now that the date r of ',ilie city primary has been set, tin; candidates are losing no ti mo in throwing their hats iit the rinff. Policeman". W. II. uritnn who is af-uin after the olhce of chief of police, put in his announce ment several days ago' and in thi; issue of the Journal will he found the cards of Mayor A. II. Bangret, Chief of Police C. Ij up ton and Policeman Fred F. Howe. Mayor Bangert seeks rc-eleetion'.-as does Chief of Police Lupton, while Policeman Rowe is after. the office of chief of the police fdroe. - The con tost for this office will probably be warmer than for any of the others as there are now three candidates in the' field and it is rumored that there are others about ready to get "in the fviwim." As for the Alderm.en it is said that each member of the Board,, will be a candidate for re-election and that in so me of the wards there will b opposition. From -all indications the . contest appears as though it will be one of the quietest ever waged. U. S. WON 'T MEDDLE WITH THE MEXICANS This -Country Not to Inter fere In Affairs Down "-; There Washington, .D. C Fcv. 24 From several of. the '..European embassies here inquiries (are' being directed to the State Department' regarding con ditions "in Mexioo. and 'the piesrnt purposes of the ynitedr.tate.,; . ' The respoDsesso far indicate that . the Washington government does not contemplate any , .departure from its i policy of non-interference in Mexico. .: The State Department has listened sympathetically to the complaint of mistreatment of foreigners, including priests, by Carranza forces, but it has . not felt justified in going further than instructing Consul Silliman to point out to Carranza and General Obre gon the impropriety and Unwisdom .- of thoir ' action, and it lias informed inquiring powers that nothing more Jm to- be dono.;v y-.;-,J"7j-ii, : TO LEGISLATE CHILD'S JUDGE . OUT OF HIS J01T y - Denver, Fen. 23-The Hepublican caucus of the Colorado 1 1 ohm ol Rep resentatives has agreed upon a Lilt to abolish the Juvenile Court of Denver, ; thus autqmatlcally putting J iidjce flf" OtjUf Plllop, " . .. V A NOTED MAN jF .' -SV-.- . 1 f ywk ' ipw i j , J v J v; : - a Sir Sydney Charles Buxton has been selected to sucpeed Lord Gladstone as governor general of South Africa, and Is likely to be raised to the peerage before aking his new position. He has been a member of parlia ment for many years and has held the places of postmaster general, president of the board of trade and under secretary for the colonies. NO TRACE YET OF ...E NELMS SISTERS Their Brother Returns to Atlanta From Trip In the West Altautn, Feb. 24 Marshall Nelms, hack in Atlanta from San Antonio, Texas, where for months he has led he hunt for trae oMiis missing sisters Kloise Nelms Dennis and Beatrice Nelms, today expressed the belief that I ones, the Portlant lawyer, and Mrs. I ones, will be brought to Atlanta jeforo the end of summer to answer harges in connection with the dis appearance of the sisters. Young Nelms came back to Atlanta n order to be with his mother, Mrs. John V. Nelms, while awaiting the final outcome of the present effort being made by the Innesses to get their caselel'orc the United States Supreme Court on an appeal from the Texas Court of Appeals in their fight to prevent extradition to Georgia. WILLIAM DOPY IS ABLE TO BE OUT Was Shot Through One of His Feet Few Days Ago After being confined at his home On Avenuo A. for about two weeks with a lame foot caused by a bullet pass-, ing through it", W. F. Dowdy is again able to be, on the streets greeting his friends. It was stated that the bullet that injured Mr. Dowdy's foot was fired from a revolver in the hands of Tom Sanders, colored, but he stated yes terday that tho shot was not fired by the negro''but by Constable John Russell, who was serving some claim and deli vory papers for him.- Mr. Dowdy is employed by the J. 8. Millar Furniture Company as collec tor, and had sold Sanders' wife some furniture which she refused to pay tor. He, had gottten out claim and delivery papers, for the furniture and had accompanied- Constable Rut- sell to serve them. Sanders refused to allow the goods to be taken from the house and said that he would kill the" man that put 'his hand on it. The officer attempted to arrest the negro, who resisted and In the scuffle the officer; accidentally., discharged his revolver with the above effeot! Sanders is wanted on a charge of resisting ,." an offiocr In ; the discharge of his duty, but at present his whereabouts are unknown. , ' United States- Deputy 'Marshal C. II. Ango, of Clarke, was In New Bora yesterday attending to business. Harris Lane, of Oriental, wan yMfor to tlie dty ' jrcstfrJuy. ' SAYS THE JUDGE WAS ' WiORAL" AT VARIOUS PLACES Clark Specifies Raleigh, Clinton and Other Points WOMEN IN THE CASE t 1 Names of Alleged Partici pants In the Affair Not Made Known Kateigh, Feb. 24. The resolution by Representative Clark of Bladen, calling for an investigation into the conduct of Judge Carter and Solici tor Abernethy, growing out of the contempt case at New Bern, was to day amended in the . House by Mr. Clark,: to specify the" places at Which the resolution alleges . Judge Carter has been guilty of "grossly unmoral conduct with women!' while holding courts.. Amends Resolution Clark stated, that 'at the hearing Monday by the committee the charge was made that the resolutions were not specific enough. ' He amended the res olutions to specify "immoral conduct with women" in Raleigh, Clinton, WiU mington and Lillington while holding courts, also at Panacea Springs and Virginia Beach. No dates or names of women are given. The amended resolution was refer red to the judiciary committee, which meets Thursday to consider further the question of favorable or unfavor able report as to whether the matter should be the subject of legislative in vestigation. - Jurf Mil Friday The Senate sent the Grier anti-jug bill from the House as a special order for Friday night, when it comes up under "without prejudice" report from the committee. EXTRA SESSION DURING THE FALL Probalbre Tftlnay Decide to Call Such Washington, D. C. Feb. 24 Presi dent Wilson is holding in abeyance his final decision on the question of an extra session until after the last grapple of his stalwart Senate Demo crats with the shipping bill, begin ning February 27. Three days will tell that story, and then the President will tell the country what he will do. There comes to me from a source usually as accurate as an official re port, a statement that the President plans to call his extra session about September 15 or October' 1. "The President's thought," says my informant, "is to give full time for the whole American people to realize thoroughly the urgent need of an American merchant marine. The Pres ident does not believe this war will be speedily concluded. And during the summer under his eloquent appeals and this daily- object lesson of the country's necessities he thinks there will come a 'national sentiment so strong as to sweep aside the captions and technical obstructions of the fili buster and to make a swift and easy passage for his ship bill to the statute books. "Moreover, the President would be glad to make a radical and "perma nent change- in the session of Con gress. :.C ' v' ' . "To summon Congress; by custom, during the first week of December and adjourn it about December 23 merely gives time' for appointing committees and putting the machin ery in motion foif leal work, begin ning the' first week in January. This leaves only about two months for the lawmakers to do the country's work bjr March '4,' and frequently results'in an extra .session, running far into a sultry summer. ' ' "This custom was born of the dom inating influence-of the old Southern planter statesman, who fixed the ses sions of Congress 'to suit, the exigen cies of harvesting their crops, v ; ','It hat been borne V In' upon the President by many Congressmen how inoonve1ft and disastrous this cus tom has te to be." . , ; "If it lasts," said Luarlea Adamson, of Georgia, chairman of the House interstate commerce Committee, (". of us can expect; to remain in Con res. " ; ;- . , "For six nu turners of extra sessions my Congressional duties have kept me from- meeting my constitutente, Something ought to be done to rem edy, this condition." " (,' NEW HERN COTTON MARKET, . v '.'..;.. . '.; -an . ,.,..." ..;.', : tBy-QV W.-Taylor and Bow) Middling ...:i;.i.'......OT.v t -M Btrlot Mlddllnf T l-U 'ir!r(i:t'i!i-riM orrosES stock law , J Editor Journal: W ith your progressive idea I am sure you will allow me tpae to express my views on the propdeed stock law, as they are prompted by reading the numerous roninsnW in favor of it. I Notwithstanding the fact. th4t I am a native of Maryland, and have been living in this eounty only twfelve years, I am; opposed to a stock taw. I am thoroughly familiar with,: tike conditions in stock law territory and no fence territory, and I eonstder the .advantages in the free raage ter ritory superior, to that in a ock law for tie average farmer. t,' The reason cattle are sold so cheap in Craven county , is either the kaftsher is making an enormous profit) : W the consumers are not financially able to pay what It is really orth. During the winter I fattened a Dumber of cattle, and made an effort ti sell them on the local market, but was offered only 4 1-2 cents per pdund, and out of that I would have hid to pay one dollar per head freight to New Bern. I shipped a eariort to Norfolk and sold them for 7 rents per pound which was one half cent per pound more than was paid, for cattle on the Norfolk market; that week , It is not the breed that is troubling us, it is the care they get, and Know ing how to market them. Mike law that will require all cattle to be sprayed or dipped once a freek and eradicate the tick, and wet have all the trouble in a nut shell. I Mr. Owen states some fa Is in regard to this proposition, b (t he gives only one side of it. Lt n ly be true that the- people of North. Caro lina are paying fO,l7o,UUU pel year for.. meat raised out of the Stat v, but it must be remembered that a great amount is shipped from this to -other States; and that raised in this State is not to be compared with thtt im ported from other places. If yi u will look at our increased wealth y u will be amazed, if the world onlyiinew of tho wondorful advantages iffered by Eastern North Carolina," tl peo ple would, flock to its borders . The people are able to keep the oattlo they have, stffun the tick out and iefrthe eat tie stay, and do not pass atock ttawrMf -Htet-fa- D. W. COPPAGE, Vancoboro, N. C Feb. 24. HARVARD MEN WIN TWO PRIZES Chicago, Feb. 24 Two prizes out of four were taken by Harvard men in a national essay competition endowed by Messrs. Hart Schaffner & Marx of this city. -First prize of one thousand dolars went to Donald Earl Dunbar for a paper entitled "A Comparative Study of the 'Welsh and American Tinplate Industries-" The other Harvard win ner -received three hundred dollars He was Richard S. Meriam. His topic was "The Webbs' Theory of Wages." Professor J. Lawrence Laughlin of Chicago University was chairman of the committee of college professors making the awards. Albert H. Leake of Ontario, Canada, captured the second prize of five hundred dollars, writing on "Agricultural Education." The fourth award, two hundred dol lars, went to Niles Carpenter, a student of Northwestern University of Chicago. His - paper discussed "A Comparison of the Financial Op erations of tho Oeneral Electric Com pany and the Westinghouse- Electric and Manufacturing Company during the Panio of 1907 and Period Pre- ceeding." 1 . This was the tenth annual contest held.' Essays were received up to June, 1," 1914, and the committee used the intervening time to make careful selection.- , HERES' THE FRIZE WINNER. ' , ' (By Pipe Dreamer) ' Here' another one on the" Ford. It waa handed to me yesterday,- during the still, calm, hours of the afternoon, and it listened good enough on first hearing to make me want to has it along. Take it for what it ia worth: Henry Ford, proprietor of. theTord factories, was showing a party through the big plant at Detroit, so the story goes. : One of his guests, after look ing at his watch, remarked that he had only nve minuwe to oaton a train, aiid must hurry outside and get a taxi to make the train. '. "Just wait a minute, and I'll have a ear built, and run you down to the train," remarked Mr. Ford. - ' The car was built,, the operation taking two minutes, and the party with Mr. Ford at the wheel, started for the depot. V r . Halfway to -the station the car topped, and an Investigation proved that the makers of the ear iff their extrem hurry, had negleotu t In stall a n engine, y " . Thi ear b4 ?uu half way. o U PfBI wff Ml rsuU!S!iOH( . . . liCLEARY'S LIBERTY AGAIN IN DANGER AFTER 4 ARRESTS Town Clerk Who Shot Son- In-Law May Go to Sing Sing A SENSATIONAL CASE Acquitted Once, He May Be Tried Again for Crime New York. Feb. 24. William V. Cleary. former Town Clerk of Haver straw. N Y., who killed his son-in-law, Eugene Newman, may go to Sing Sing . on charges arising out of the case, though a Rockland county jury acquitted him of murder. Dittrict Attorney Thomas H. Gagan of Rockland county said so this afternoon, after long questioning of four men arrested the preceding night. Que prisoner was Bernard J. Fox, a long-time political associate and close personal friend of Cleary, accused of perjury in his testimony at the trial. Another was Henry Hughes, barten der in the saloon formerly owned by Fox, but now the property of Harry's brother, Michael. The others arrested were William Seibold and Charles Ludwig. The last named three are charged with violation of the Sullivan law in connection with efforts to hide a pistol which, tho District Attorney believes, was the one with which young Xewman was killed. The specific ground for the perjury charge against Fox lies in his sworn statement at the trial that he did not know what became of the pistol with which Cleary - killed his son-in-law. Mystery surrounded the disappear ance and appearance of this weapon before tho trail. It was produced as mysteriously as it had vanished. Chief of Police Ford of Haverstraw, a close friend of Cleary, testified that the pistol was his; that he had gone that day to a picnic and left the weapon in a drawer of a desk in Cleary's office, where, presumably, the latter found it. 1 "Sever Saw It" Till Shootlnrf. Fox. testified he had never seen the pistol nnlil-Ttr-ww: Cleaty's, hand $. moment before the first shot x was fired. Reswore he did hot see it again and did no know what had become of it. Monday morning last, however, Mr. Gagan says, a friend carneto him and said he had heard that a pistol had passed from hand to hand among the four men now under arrest un til Fox finally got it. Mr. Gagan promptly sent, for the four men and examined them separately. Seibold, Ludwig and Hughes told him, he savs. that immediately after the ' hooting Fox gave a pistol to Seibold, with orders to take it to Fox's sa loon, that Seibold. met Ludwig, his brother-in-law, and passed it to him, and that Ludwig took it to the saloon and gave it to Hughes, who hid it a few days and then returned it to Fox. All four men said this pistol was a 32 calibre automatic pistol, where as the bullets that killed Newman came from a 38 calibre weapon. The pistol produced on the trial and iden tified by Chief Ford as his property is a 38, but the Districy Attorney is convinoed the two weapons are one and the same. Mr. Gagan makes no secret of the fact that his object in arresting the four men, who- were immediately ad mitted to . bail, is to get evidehoe against Cleray himself, who, while he cannot again be triod for murder, may be tried on a charge sufficiently serious to send him to prisonJ THERE'S NO CHANGE IN WOOTEN CASE Speaker of the House Rest ing Fairly Well Yesterday; Kaleigh, Feb. 24 "There' nothing new to report. He is just the same. Thai's what they said at Rex JIos putal this, morning, concerning - the, the condition of Speaker of the House Wooten, about whom there is much anxiety. ' On the whole, hi condition seems to be growing more hopeful. He is resting well and holding his own. On of the .visitors in the' city who were especially impressed by the most unucual ' rainbow ' which was teen hire yesterday was-J.'L. Kearny- of Perth Ambroy, N. J., who has for years been spending the winter in this delightful clime While not expressing himself in these terms, Mr. Kearny's effusivive admiration of the spectacle lead the writer to believe that up around Perth Ambroy or in fact up other place, they dlfln est aa'apportunltypf viewini; )ypb a pptK'tAvl" Wnw tn ona In It Ufa timsYv .".:. ... ,':y"'' ENGLAND WORRIED OVER THIS THREAT FOUR HUNDRED INDIANS KILLED Were Members of the Mut inous Crowd of Pintes Manila members regiment Fehruarv Fell 24 Four hundred of the mutinous Indian which revolted at Singapore 1.1. and seven German pris- ers who joined them when offered their freedom, have been killed, ac cording to reports brought here by passengers from Singapore. The mu tineers are said to have killed all their officers save the colonel, and then attacked civilians several of whom they killed. The revolt began Without warning Half the Fifth Light' Infantry of Ben fagese on their way to Egypt. .100 strong, suddenly attacked and sub dued the other half. After the of ficers had been killed and the houses of the civilians sacked, the loyal half of the regiment succeeded in reor ganizing and started to attack the mutineers. The loyal troops were joined by Europeans of all ages, and in the running fight which followed four-fifths of the revolters are said to have been killed. It is believed about one hundred remain in the country surrounding Singapore. Other reports from Singapore say there are rumors of unrest among the natives in Rangoon, Colombo and Java. FARMER MISSING; FRIENDS ALARMED Strange Disappearance Resident of the Gas tonia Section of Uastonia, Feb. 24. Charles S.' Stowe, a well-known farmer of this county, who lives on the Dallas-Spen-Cer. Mountain road, about four miles wiurflr vof " here , keen -jmseinf V from' his tome for the past week, having been last seen by his wife Wednesday. It is thought by those who are acquainted with him that he has gone to some nearby town and that he has not met with foul play. Mr. Stowe was in Gastonia last Wednesday and was seen on the streets by a number of people and those who talked with him at that time state there was nothing strange about his appoaranoe or actions, al though, it is stated, he walked to Gastonia that day while on the day previous he drove to town. Mrs. Stowe was in Gastonia yester- I day in search of her husband. She stated that Mr. Stowe had left home last Wednesday morning, the 17th, and since that time neither she, nor any of her family, had seen or heard of him. She states that she is unable to account for his sudden disappear ance unless it is due to the fact that his mind may be temporarily affect ed, caused by the death just recently of a, child. The child was a cripple andsince its death the father has been grieving considerably. It is not thought that his financial obligations would have caused him any grave concern, although he was involved to some extent. While in Gastonia last " Wednesday he stated to some that.' ha untended to go to Newton to get sonie money in order that he might liquidate any indebted ness against himself. It is not known here whether he carried out his plan. It is stated by a Gastonia merchant that ho remembers to have seen Mr. Stowe in Charlotte one day last week hut does not recall the day. Every effort is bing made to locate tbe missing man and his family and friends are expecting to And him at an early hour. ' Mr. Stowe is well- known and has been active in Re publican political circles in this coun ty. He has a wife and several child ren. tie-S we iatner oi xvir. rreu Stowe, leader of the band in Coburn's Minstrels which is now on a tout in the State of Georgia, it is thought, WALTERS ACCUSED AS KID NAPER. FREE ON ftAIL" y New Orleans, Feb. 24--William Walters, after a continuous Bght for two years against the charge of kid naping Bobie" Dunbar, of Qpelousas, La., today was ; released from the Orleans Parish prison on bail of $500. Walters still insists the boy now in the care of the Dunbars, is Bruce An derson, son of Julia Anderson, former ly of Barnesville, K C, and not Bob bie Dunbar. ;y'-j. Walters release on bail,, it is bet Keved, epds the case against him, Walters was found guilty, hut the Stats Supremo Court held the tUtuta UUOudKtitU'tloutil ami MlUrtHdeJ ttie ewe,,..;; v ""; Germany's Declared In- tr tention of Making Submarine Raid on the 1 1 1 English Channel Caiu- " b es Britons to HaVe Grave Fears London, Feb. 24 The British -inet in Mssipn to decide what aetiea ' to t.ka tk rr event Oermaa subsrar ine raids in the English Cajr.; The government is expeeted to maki vT-; : ' tbe detail public tonight v" . lt is rumored that an embargo will ,''- . A be laid on all food shipment to Ger;-'r many. It is also rumored that rtfr,"--; British navy is about to embark n "'' an important movement. Official AnMuacemeot Vienna, Feb. 24 Following Usr-,-many, the Austrian government hs"" officially .announced that it will im- mediately confiscate all private tofikk isl -va Karl ov otnrn ana wheat distribute it equally among the varr-J 6us provinces. tii Troops, who previously . a-is tured a strong Russian fortified pa;--' sition south of the Dneister river to- ' "y day repelled a series of desperate Russian counter attack. More than 550 prisoners were taken. Troops Ordered Up Berlin. Feb. 24 Fresh Husswn regiments are coming to the rapport , .v:' " of the rushed armies defeated Jn:; y the attempts to resume the offensive-. ' ::'i-r Twelve hundred Russian prisoner . - y - have been taken as the result 'of -at- -S'i'.. tacks upon position east of Prassen-.. W -yaz. The Russian advance westwardT: from Greedno has been checked. The T , : Russian crossed the river Bohra.'-.V';--...y.- o.u; i nla.. W .w.' V !- driven back with heavy losses., yin '. the Vosges region the German have advanced -their lines to near SuLsern fif: and Muhlbaoh and taken more than ' five hundred prisoners. Germany Plans . Berlin; Feb. 24 Germany plans t UV .CWVp. 1 v .v - " T VI-'..'" r , jtorjtLhacVuseit- UiMCiJBjp ed territory. The German wardy',W movement will halt when Warsaw jSyg g ' V captured. :y;,.y ' ', '. Steamer Sunk y ''.y-Vv! : London, Feb. 24 The ' BritishfV&CS steamer Qakley was sunk in the cban v t nel off Folkestone today, The ere-irvJ-was landed at Dover. Admh-tyS'-i.ffKyy reports .did not State whether, the .1'. vessel -was sunk by a mm; or by f':Xp:'j submarine. She was en rout ...wy', '-.-'- Boulogne i from West 'Hartte-pwgtf -U?. '& : London, Feb. 24 Another Bntish , v ; . steamv name unknown,; was Wtptwiffi doed and sunk off Ramsgate today ' -: by a German submajrHBef. ;;t.yy:yt. INE WEATHER - ' ARODnu hAVELOCK That Section Is: Getting All . - That's Coming toIt rsy -v in This Linei Havei'ook, Fob. 24 We are having ';, som,e fine, weather now. The famers y y re very busy planting potatoen. ivA:J"':- ' Mr. J..G. Godwin spent yesterday;?'. - in New 3ern. . i'y.yjtyy. Miss Bertha Bell visited in New V Bern Saturday. - . " ": Miss Sallie Ruseell spent a few days in forehead last week. ' "'.IjV Mr. Clyde Godwin was a welcome . visitor at Mr. Mundmer's Saturday night.;yyi;y::-"-'',':;y''";;;y Mr. Ford Bryan was the guest nf Miss Rena Hill Sunday night, W :y ' Mr. C, . Wynne was a ealler t, i 1 y- Mr. J: F. Godwin's Saturday night..;, y Mr- Fred Bryan was the guest of -, ; Miss Bettie. Muhdine Sunday.4 ' yv , ' Mrsl .W." i J. Wynne and little , y daughter Lila, spent a few days last') '"y week in Riverdale visiting relatives. v , Mr; ' M." -F. Russell ' spent lt . . week In New Bern. - ftO T- 1 f Miss KosaUe Wynne spent Tu Uy '- ' " night with Mies Zipplett Armstrong. ""'' Miss Lovie MoCam of Newport, 1 pent -a few days with Miss Rena . Godwin last week. : y .' f ' , Mr.' Murry McCain was In our ; town Sunday. ," v'"y " ' Messrs. Clyde Godwin and Fred Bryan,' and Misses Essie and Buttie " M undine were the guests of.Miss Kens Hill Sunday; night. i f : y ' " Quite a number of our young peo ple enjoyed the candy pulling at Mr. Mundine's Saturday night. We are glad to see our little town growing. : We have welcomed four new families recently. . ' Mr. and Mr- John 8. J"almr r 1urn-l Inst evfitihig fiom (' N, C wUf-rs r, 1'. r ! In U-' I" itf I'' n ( ?i' .if'''' MINT
