North Carolina Newspapers

NBw:BBRif semi-weekly - : ' ' NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA. MARCH 16 1915 JOIIKNM, fit ' t y V "FES In an Interesting Inter- view He DeclaresThati He and His CrewHave By No Means Given I- ning -Their "Raiding r ' j titmi Ci -i! career ana nui oian Inf Again As Soon As Ship Is Ready to Sail Newport News, March ll Cap tain Max Thierichens, commander of the German converted cruiser Prinz Bitel Fredrich; merchant raider for the fatherland in the Atlantic and Pacific, oceans and destroyer bf an AmerisnA ship, today broke his seal of idtehof since he reached anchorage in ail American port. The , German commander, who brought-! his ship and prize orews to this portj last Wednesday, said he had been tte busy to talk for publication until Bfcjr and he consented to say a few wolriis. "I was never interviewed," the cap tain said, smilingly, as he sat in his cabin of the Friedrich in dry dock. "Does it hurt much?" The commander was asked if his his toric raid of the seas was over. "Fest weiter," he exclaimed in German, meaning as he explained, "We haven't given it up by a long way." The offi oer emphasized his statement with a lam of lis fist on the coffee table and continued: "We had luck and we shall have more, I hope." Luck of Prinz Eitel "As you know," Commander Thier ichens continued, "we cruised for days without seeing a thing off C hile. Our eoal was almost gone': w We were really in a bad way. Then one day we sight- dia sailing ship flying no flag. : squad '( went ' aboard and demanded that she show her colors. . pgfdnut ted thklTshe was the rWnptrlbn Jean." : - "When we read, the signal wig-wag ged back by ouf boarding 'erew. it-was as if it tcast pigeon were to fly into the mouth of a starving man. "French ship Jean," came the message, 'loaded with best Cardiff coal. "But that wasn't all. There was a heavy sea running and we didn't dare come alongside without risking smash' ing both hulls. So I gave orders that we sail her to the nearest place I found an ideal place called Easter' Is land on an atlas. Our crew took her over but later I offered the French a chance to sail their own ship under our orders with pay aiiti ' they ac cepted. , " - "But this was too slow1 for us, so we put back a chain and towed her. When we were under way again we sighted another ship. We made her out as the English' boat Kildalton and took after her' with our tow line' jerking along behind. We soon finished her and then proceeded, till we reached Easter Is land with our prire. We landed and when we found there was no particular danger we rested arid quitely coaled. It was like feeding a hungry: man. Depended On Rain for Water The captain explained that before he landed the crews pf the Jean and the Kildalton he ascertained that an Englishman's yacht was in the harbor and that word could easily be taken for their relief . . v: ' Next to coal the greatest need the Kite! felt in her long journey, the oonv mander said, was water. . Not only for drinking, he explained, but for wash ! ing. Because of the water shortage he ' said: , - ' - :' "- . ' v""The Eitel anchored! in the rain belt near Pernambuoo and spread all sail not perpendioular but flat-and wait ' ed and in forty-eight hours the rains descended and the tanks wore filled." The washing problem he said was .' followed by famine and in this emer 1 genoy, lirck favored them again when, sprigs of wheat growing from a box in ,his cabin window. .', "You can't imagine what that lit- , tie growing green meant to us, " said, after a moment's meditation. "Even in the cities you can at least look into a florist's shop. But through ' these months on the sea, we yearned ' for it. 80 when we reached Easter Island we filled baskets with earth an then competition began. ' All wo had to plant were beans and peas and we . found that they would not grow. We ' were just about ready to give up ever seeing our window gardens green when ... there came a wheat ship, " We planted . some of it and you see it Is growing." Easter Island was a bright page In the JEitol Freidrich's history .and a V strange little Christmas tree at the captain's elbow, still bearing its gold and candlos, was a relic the officer said, from the last Christ mm eelehra , tion. On the stand was the souvenir of a more recent feast, tie' cetehra- WEITER" SAYS THE CAPTAIN OF THE GERMAN SHIP PRINZ EITEL 7-1 1 '-. -v - - " ft- The above illustratiori shdws troops occupied the Mexican capital immediately after General are well equipped for the warfare CLEAN-UP WEE NEARAT HAND New Bern Is to Be Made Spotless Everybody Asked to Aid (Contributed) Have you made your plans for the cleanup week? Are you inter ested' jn making New Bern spotless- tiv4y Thursday March 18th. fyjQjv put off your cleaning until the last day, for that day may be very cold or rainy and too disagree able for out door work, but begin arly in the week and see that your yards and lawns present a spi'o-and-span appearance by Thursday. Then you will tie sure or caving you The City Beautiful Club wishes to present a beautifully clean city to he hundreds of visitors who will be within our portals on Maich 2ord and in order to do this we ask that every one do a part by having then own premises in peifect order. And then when we get clean, let us keep clean or the health of our town dur ing the bummer months, when most of us have to remain at home, all depends on cleanliness now. day, which occurred yesterday in this port. It was an elaborately framed poem, which the commander smilingly explained was the present of the hori- commi8sioried offioer, "Gesangverein.' Later, as the commander went on deck.'the proud author was personally congratulated with a warm hand shake. Not a Men Lost Hanging on the wall in the cap tain's cabin was the shell of a tropi cal fish and lying on the table were photographs which the captain proud ly displayed as his "farthest south" record. They showed two great ice bergs and. a wide gray icefield. "We went far south of the Horn, the officer explained, "for it was af ter the battles on the coast and we were afraid of the straits. Then we were up in the tropics, shooting sharks." "Despite the changes of weather and the hazards of the cruise," the commander added, as the interview olosed, "we have not lost a single life and the erew we have today is the same to a man as that which left Taring Tau many months ago and ready to take another chance.". ROBBERY CASE YET A MYSTERY Rooky Mount, March 13. As an aftermath of the remarkable evidence upon , the part of the', 12 year-old negro boy, 1 Will Hollowell,. whose arrival here last Wednesday morning with too much money excited the sus picion of Vhe police and caused the ar rest of James Rouse, alias Robertson, alias Turner, Arthur Haywood and Nat Stanton, following the declara tion upon the part of the negro boy that the four: had blown the safe of the West Durham postoffloe on Fri day night of last week.' r V t These negroes were tried yesterday before U. 8. Commissioner Boykin, in Wilson; and were released front the charge, after one of the most remark able investigations by the Federal offi cers, extending over three days, and during which time they traveled sovoral hundred miles in thci efforts to establish the truthfulnens of the TYPE OF ZAPATA TROOPS Sr. ws i.iL r troops of the Mexican General which they are practising. SIMMONS TALKS TO CECIL jPRING-RICE He and Greensboro Man In Conference With Brit ish Ambassador Washington, D. C. March 13 Senator Simmons made an en gagement with Ambassador Spring Rice of the British Kmhassy to call today with James 10. Latham of Greensboro and discuss the cotton sutuation on the seas. Mr. Latham is a heavy exporter, and has some goods in transit now. lie and Senator Simmons will go over the situation with the Ambassador. E. W. Rosenthal, a big shipper of South Carolina, will be with Messrs. Sim mons and 1 atham. Mr. Simmons conferred with Her man Metz of New York about the OuttoOk for aff pafrir movemftat in d'yestuffs. The chances for gelling dyestuffs from (irrmany are slight, and getting worse. There is no en couragement in that direction. Mr. Simmons called on Ambassador Jusserand. the French representative here, and asked him if he could have (Jaron William von Wolfe of Greens boro released from a French prison, where he was cast just after the w:ir started. Von Wolfe went to France from this country for James E. Latham. Being a German h picked up and jailed. It is not likely that Von Wolfe will be released un til the war is over. The funeral service over the body of Miss Emma Greenabaum, who died at Fairview Sanatorium Friday night, will be conducted from the home this morning at 8:30 o'clock, Rev. B. F. Huske, rector of Christ Episcopal church, officiating. The body will bo carried to Wilmington for interment- Miss L. A. Dickens, who has been at Bradham's Broad street drug store for the past week giving de monstrations of a line of toilet arti cles manufactured by the United Drug Company, will leave this morn ing for Washington, N. C, where she will demonstrate this attractive line. Miss Dickens was well pleased with the' accomplishments of the demon stration, and stated that the business she done here was far more than she had expected. - The weather forecast, for New Bern and vicinity is fair today with gentle (o moderate northeast winds NO TIME LIKE Morning's : the time when the "dew's -on the news" and the awakening world's at its best; then it's eagerly sought, and inspires KEENER THOUGH1Y after mental fatigue's had a rest. It enjoys welcome entirely its own, from the head bf the family clean through, and fills a void in every home no other paper. can do. . Pater's first its col umns to scan, and when away to the city he speeds! the family circle, eachi in turn, the MORNING PAPER" reads.' No -distractions in the calm of the morn intrude with plagiey vexation and they read with zest, ' the news at its NOTE The MORiJING ( PAPER . is made up with care and discretion! There are no hurry-scurry methods, for rapid facilitation , in assembling news and ' advertisements. There is a fine balance and thoughtful care in diversity of display that promotes the interests of the ADVERTISER, and enhances the charm of the news-matter. mm 1( r 4 T-tnTrtinld Zapata in Mexico City, t These ObreHon evacuated it. Thev SWINDLER WORKS A SMOOTH GAME Sold Negroes of Wilmington A Concoction to Straight en Their Hair Wilmington, March 1.'!. At S3 a throw, Kink-No-More was received joyfully and with glad acclamation in some sections of the Darktown of Brooklyn several days back. The lotion, applied as per instruc tions on the bottle to kinky polls, caused the multidudinous kinks to unknnk to a startling and powpi fully soul-satisfying degree. The cot k screw effect was banished and the liberated wool kicked its heels in t he air gleefully. It wouldn't cea curl. Kink-No-More want. filled a lon felt The plausible straight-haired young negro who brought the boon to the populace went about, picking three bones from almost every bush. He had a veritable gold mine only, he tl,a not mslsl on Kom- .Y'K would do- )urt 80 il was cafh- Kink-No-Morc went like hot fish and eornbread. For three days the young man went merrily about the city, celling gallons of the stutT. On the third day. those who bought on he day woke ul wi,h a smil iu anticipation of the joy of standing before the miror and combing their new straight hair only to find that it was not straight any more! Kink-No-More should rightfully have been named Kink-Some-More. Careful and diligent search for the plausible young man was unavailing. The only traces of him were light pocketbooks, empty bottles and swift ly and compactly kinking wool. of the Pepsi Cola Company, returned yesterday from a business visit in the Western part of the State. At a "tacky party" given at Bridgeton on Friday night in the school house, L. W. Waters won the prize for the "tackiest" costume and Miss Kenneth Holton was awarded the cake for being the most popular young lady present. Quite a neat sum was realized from the sale of refresh ments. D. M. Stanton spent yzsterday at Pollooksville attending to business. T. J. Turner left yesterday for a business visit to Jacksonville. THE MORNING best, iiy quite relaxation.' A BUSY WEEK AT SOUTHPORT Superior Court Begins To morrow - Other , Activity ,Souili(' i . V ('.. March 13 Next week will a bit week" in South port. Si.pirli.r Viurt. with two mur der trial-. ;. carnival and other fea ture will rninliine to make things in teresting Ti c :nal of Jesse C. Walk er, who '-i riiurgfd with killing Sheriff Stank-ml m ar lu re six years ago. will l)e held Sentiment here is divided on the minis of the case. Another murder trial will le that of Henrv .lames, colored, who is in jail here charged with shooting Lisa Goodnirn at a party Thursday night near here. She died last night. He was committed to jail by 'Squire George McKeithsn. She is reported to have advanced on James with a frying pan, when he shot her through the breast. Sixty-five or 70 criminal case ere on the docket for trial. Judge M. H. Justice, of Kutherford ton, by an exchange with Judge Whedbcc. will preside. There is talk that Walker's attorneys will move to have his case transferred to New Hanover county. THE LATEST IMEWS OF THE WAR. London, March 14. The , French ministry of marine an- ' nounccs that the Dardanelles ' bombardment continued yes- ' terday, but leaves in doubt the amount of damage done. The statement refers to an at- tack on batteries on the Bay of Morto, at the entrance to the straits, and to mine sweep- inj operations in the first mine field. Previous official ' reports had indicated the ' ' forts at the entrance had been ' badly damaged, if not des- ' troyed and that one-third of ' the straits had been cleared ' of mines. 1 The German movement in ' ..Northern . Pplaud is.develop- ' in rapidly, straining Russia's ' resources to prevent further ' penetration the Russian for- ' titled lines. Petrodrad reports ' ' officially, however, thatvthe ' German advance on Priasny- ' " ai., said by Berlin yesterday to ' ' have been pushed within 2 1-2 " miles of the city, had been checked. The Germans are brinjiiifi in new forces. The Turkish armies in ' Turkish Armenia, . aloud the Black Sea, and In Northwest- Black Sea, and Northwestern Persia have met further de- feats. In Armenia the Russians captured the entire Turkish battery, and in Persia the Turks adain were compelled to fall back. It is reported in Rome that - Austria has refused to discuss the cession of Trieste to Italy. Italy, it is said, has completed military preparations "for any eventuality." SOCIAL Mr. Nunn Entertain At "Whitecrest" in his attractive bungalow Mr. Adolph Nunn enter tained a few friends complimentary to his guest, Mr. J. Curtis Bagg on Friday evening. The merry party motored across Neuse river bridge and then for a distance of three miles before reaching the woodsy home of Mr. Xuuii, ami found awaiting them the most royal hospitality a genial host can offer. Upon entering the spacious living room a scene of un usual beauty attracted the eye. In an immense fireplace huge pine logs and lightwood shed forth both warmth and a soft mellow light whioh was the only illumination used. Glossy pine branches and pine burrs made the rooms most attractive in true a fresco style. . Here the guetts were served delicious fruit punoh and were then ushered into the din ing room whioh presented the same effective treatment of burning logs and pine trimmings. " An appetis ing salad course was served after which they, all. enjoyed .dancing by the. Victrola and . many; games until the evening was far spent. ' ' , LhA.. more delightful, affair, has not been enjoyed than on this occasion and the fortunate few were Mr. and Mrs, Dave Congdon, Mr. and Mrs. Jesso Claypoolo, Mis Laura Ives, Mr. Floet 8mallwood; Mr. William Howell, Miss Maud Stewnrt, Mr. Albert Marks, . Miss Jane Stewart, MImi Lou Mitchell Nixon m4 Mr, J i Pi Bagg.' . ;. ROPER'S BIG jPi TO RESUME WORK ON MONDAY A. M. The Local Plant to Be the Scene of Activity-Tomorrow BEEN CLOSED DOWN Local Officials of Company Talk In Optimistic Manner "Positively il will" war the reply of A. T. Gerrans, genera) superin tendent of the local plant of the John L. Koper Lumber Company, when asked by a Journal reporter if the plant here would start np to morrow as had been reported. Mr. Gerranc stated that nothing would prevent the starting up this time ex- ept that a power higher than man possesses, interferes. The local plant was closed several weeks ago with the exception of the plai'ing mill, which closed the first of March. During the month of February it was announced that the plant would start up the first of March, but for some riasons it did not, but instead the plauimj mill was closed, Dnring the following week it was an nounced that it would start up on the eighth, but this date passed and still no wbeels were turned, and it has formidable fighting machine iUU been a matter of much gossip as to lurking eff shore, hut had moved lit whethor or not it would start up on tie further out. The ship were lying the fifteenth as was reported, but this in such a position that it was nnposa positive answer in the affirmative by ble to identify them even with the Mr. Gerrans, will be very pleasing information to the several hundred people who have been out of employ- ment on account of the mill being closed down. The plants at Belhaven and Cora- peake, which were also shut down several weeks ago were put in opera- tion last Monday. ONE MAN DEAD; FIVE WOUNDED Pageland, S. C.IJMarch 13 One man was Killed and nve oner wounaea two probably fatally, in a shooting af- fair in the principal street of this place late today. The shooting occurred im mediately after the trial before a mag istrate of Arthur West for alleged vi de lation of a labor contract. The case was thrown out of court and the in terested factions, it is said, clashed in front of the magistrate's office. More than fifty shots were fired. J. W. Ar ant was killed and his brother, J. M. Arant, who was probably fatally wounded, later was removed to a hos- pital at Charlotte. Arthur West was shot several timos. his brother Shep- paid West, and John Robertson, also receiving serious injuries.ij The trouble is said to have arisen from an alleged breach of contraot on the part of Arthur West, who, it was charged, had unlawfully left the em- ploy of a sister of the Arant brother to work for J. D. Wallace. The sheriff of Chesterfield county arrived here to- night, but no airests have yet been made. TWO BILLS EFFECT NATIONAL GUARD One Allows County Com missioners to Give Them Aid Raleizb. N. C March 13Therel were onlv two bills nassed bv the re - oent lojslature that materially affect-1 City Jebaaint Agent W. B.' Chajjl ed the North Carolina National Guard ber, ion t'se advioe of Mayor Wood- One empowers t board of oommis- sioners of any county, to make eontri - butions to the maintenance of any mil? torv crganisation organised in the! county at the discretion of the board. The other spooifles that nothing In LaFranoa company lor a nooK ana the laws, governng the North Caro- kdder motor trneh, but stood b Kth lina National Qnvd, shall be oonstru- ontraet with, tbi aompany to. -, , ed as repealing sections 4914 and 4915 motor fire engine for S3,000 ' , M w of 1908, providing for contributing bid will be asked on ' the truck. v member of the North Carolina Nat- . Compet'.toT ebarged that l-;rO. ional Guard, who shall be exempt Herbert, a gent of the LaFranoe ebm trom jury outy as are active member pany, renoved from the aommittea of the guard.' Some judges had held, room eertain specifleatione aoeona during the past two years that this panying Jus bids, which prevented ; provision had been repealed by 'conr tkemfrom proscnUng their full arga truction placed on subsequent leg- ments.. He bid Jointly on the engine islative acts, r '. v nd truck and, a bis bid was the low- Thero was no change in the (nan - cial statue 'of the guard. The, regu - lar appropriation by the State fgr all National Guard purposes t jou.uw, and the : guard receive from . the Federal government 176,000. , ; ;v , 'Miss Caroline ClaypooW left last! NEW BERN COTTON MAmcilT evening for Kiniton for a short visit. t v' r:'y-:----K ' Jim Langley,' of Oriental,' passed through New Bern 'yesterday enroute homo front Durham where be attend ed a meeting of the Grand Csoip yf jthe Woo'Jrocn of the World, 1 - CRUISERS LURK : Or FTiCE CAPES iVfiF VIRGINIA Patiently They Are" Wait inf 'raVtbe German T cruiser SIGHTED FRIDAY ' They Light the Skys Wi1& Their Giant Search- lights v Newport New, Marsh- 13v Further videne that British ra sers are lurking off tne Virginia. ,sp was brought here today by membesn of tke erew of the British hone steam er Angle Patagonia which pot b port frp.JEngnd- They declared that five warships had been spoken within varying distances of the 9aan as they approached. ' - IW Searchlights . Virginia Beach, Vs., March lg, Flying signal to indicate their Iden tity twe big Warship appeared, eff Virginia Beaoh late yesterday after noon and took up positions a few miles outside of the three-mile Kmik Shortly after sunset the big fight ers began oeisg their powerful search--lights iUtuninating the aea nnfl.?$y at interval . throughout the earty part of the night. , Early risers this morning found Aha aid of powerful marine glasses. It is bolieved the erulsers are part of the British fleet which baa oett patrolling the Atlantio between Heli- fax and Bermuda and are tne aavanoe guard of a strong sea foroe that will be assemWed p tne ayies no. prevent the escape of w& German eonvertea cruiser Prinz Bitel Friedrioh now at the Newport News shipyard awaiting repairs. )i Crulsej On Capea The observer at Cape Henry re ported this morning that - an n known : warship he sighted hovering about twelve mile eff j the . Virginia idSedc-Jor. m ' ft - r.iA i : "tT- aoous a.-m. uuv,. - identity of the unknown ehip a, aha flew no signals and did not eommttni cate with shore. . MUCH FREIGHT IS . BFJNGOia While talking with a Journal , re porter last night, L. C. Seott. local , ' I m M xV . 'M 1 a A. . y I0 oousiHirm Rilwy CompayteJhat mora wan handled Friday, than bas been handled TBie local .yard toT ou During one day twenty-!, carload 8n throaghNew ,jE , ta to northera-inarket. fffU underetooa that tha freight traflV during the paat week ha beeal:- coedingly heavy all over tte-entire hundred sUMf. mUe of road " oentrw mviaion- . : vnis inarease is uuiDuim iwia; -to the fact that the farmer are -ben; ginning to sell their eotton .and hnf fertiliser for this . y ear. v Until 'last, week . very little guene had been liandled on the eentral dlvisiott'ef the Norfolk Southern, and it i ;' peoted that from now nntil the erope are planted there will ha a eonsidet able amount of thi elaaa of freight. -a ATLANTA RUTS MOTOR , Atlanta, Maroh liAfterreonf)f- - 1 enoes extending ovee ; threat dayi ward, A. 'W. Tnrhngef. bahalrnian . lof the Council Finanoe Committee land Qrahnm West, chief elerk to the Comptroller, today retraeted hla aa-;' leap tanoe of tha bid of the Amerieap ' lest, w suooessful. j Mayor W oodward , ejylamed tbat there was no question that he was lowest on in engine, out ue wuusun it the course of fairnBS to ask for new proposition on tno truefc. 1 ' (Uy G. W. Taylor and Sons) Middling 7 ' S'.rlct Mid .''.ing Good i": t :. S Low c ' i r i - f tlou Of t cpptaiu'i furly.flrlirtb- tttemenU of the Uttl nfgro, it . a t t