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Weekly Journal M-fT-4 r. iiiMl eemss complete i fcpjm by the Central Kews a Preas Assoatattoa ud in to this, fall? covers Easter t speeial eorrespontV TuWlil-thMi sail matter. ' miiAY. APRIL 2. Judge Carter has been cleared of the charges of immorality and it t veil that he should. Just y.-qo itkirl op the charge is a matter of dowbt but it is assured that t he hatch iag of the scheme was not done in Xer Bern or by New Bernisns. Wtule w rejoice with the judge on i mini of the fact that this fell tat, we still stick to our original opinion that he acted in an eratie manner in conducting a part of his eoart in Craven county and that he needs ta be severely reprimanded for his manner here. Judge Carter doubt less wishes sincerely that he had ne'er consented to come to this eity to preside over Superior Court and it would have been better for all con cerned had he not. There are just as true gentlemen here as in uny other part of the State and it i no more than natural that they resent hemic treated as common criminals. While no arrosts have been made, it is understood that the mm who robbed the Southern Express Com pany's liquor depot a few nights :igo are. white men. This is to be regret ted, especially as it is said that they am prominently connected and this means that their innocent families wilt suffer. However, white or colored, the ease will probaly be turned over to the government and this means that the offenders will he vigorously pro secuted. New Bern yesterday was just as pleasant a place as Palm Beach or any of the other famous resorts, again bearing out our contention that when it comes down to a question of weather, we have it in large bunches and varieties. The voters of this city are endowed with enough intelligence to enable them to vote a ticket without hav ing it marked by some unknown person. It is a slam on a man's intelligence for some ft-How to go1 around handing him out a ticket on which some particular candidate has hasp designated as the one for whom he should vote. The Demo crats ot this city know whom they want in office and are going to send them there. The last dramatic production of the season visited New Bern last night, and, as on a previous occasion when the very best attraction in years rislted the city, the audience was smell. " 'Seven Keys to Baldpnte." seen at the Masonic last night, was at' excellent show, we'd acted and de served the support of the theatre goers, btlt this it did not get. It looks very much as though the legitimate drama in this section has soft of gone "on the hum" and it would not be a very great surprise to us if next season did not see an even smaller number of these shows. TWO MEN ARE GRANTED PARDONS Willis Herbert and F. H. Scott Given Their Liberty Raleigh, April 2 - Governor Craig today announced two pardons, Willis Herbert, of Sorry county, serving for murder in the second and V. H. Bcott, of North- easjBty, serving one year for la pardoning. Herbert. Governor Crajgjaays the defendant was stand- and abetting bis oom- bat did not commit any other- east of rioleaee. "He seems to have had as ojaarrel and no malice against Js deesaeed, the Governor says. "Ha has been in prison more than SBSSMh yean and pardon is recom mended by Judge .Tint ice who tried A t Qaatt ha says the defendant a aansll amount of money I faet aseessity and tempt ead evidently meant to pay it He did wt deny his guilt." wnis anssd by Judge the ease Wm MAN COTTON MARKET (By O. W. Taylor aad Horn) 8 Me S 7-6e 9 leV Lot fsradsn . .... e to 7e ft. J. LAJ1P WBPmG CO. "fit, so K- Uad Manager WL I Onapler dit Aft. Keporter SEAMEN AFTER nmipm da V in I Deck Officers Say Their Wages Are Far Too Small Sew Tor, March 3 Ev steam ship company operating out of New York had under eoasidera'io today a request for aa increase of safea for deok officers. The N ptune a soeituon of master and mates which submitted the request stipilated tha; ihe lexircd changes should In- made before May 1. Robert H. Gowau, secietary of the association, said: "We are asking that the lines give masters $200 a month: ch ef officers $12o; second officers $100 third of- fleers and all other deck oncers $90. At present some masters receive only $130 a month, whUe the general scab for chief officers is $90 a month, for second officers $70 and third of fleers $00 NO ARRESTS YET IN THE ROBBERY OF EXPRESS OFFICE Several of the Thieves Have Left the CityOthers Still Here CASE STATU QUO Polxe Have Taken No Fur ther Action So Far as Is Known No arrests have been made ii connection with the thett ot anon! two hundred dollars wort I. of whis kev from the branch office of tht Southern Express Company Tuesday nigh , although some sensational facts' have been disclosed. It was reported yestetday that one of the parties involved in the robbery confessed Thursday night to being implicated and exp ained his reasons for taking part. It was stated on good authority, that two of the parties confessed to friends Thursday nigh , with tears streaming down their cheeks, and declared thai a man employed to look after this depart ment, unfastened the door and told them to go in and help t iemselves This they did, and today they are at some place, unknown to the local authorities, a fugitive fro n justice. It is also stated that this man left the city, but others implicated art still in town. Thursday morning a negro told Poliieman A. A. Ipock things which gave him a clew as to the whereabouts of the stolen goods, and he succeeded in locating it. He at once reported the affair to Mayor Bangert and Chief of Police C. Lupton. A war rant was sworn out under ihe search and seizure act, placed in Ihe hands of Policeman Ipock. who searched the third floor of the building located at 122 Craven street, and found about a cart load of whiskey and beer. This was locked up in a ce at police headquarters. 1 lie case mav be turned over to the Federal aut horities. STEAMER FIRE HAD QUEER ORIGIN Blaze Was Probably Started In Several Cases of Textiles Havre. April 2. Expert chemists investigating the cause of the flro aboard the steamship La Touraine now expresR the belief that was not the result of an explosion, but origi nated in three large cases of textiles stored in the baggage hold. The in vestigation has disclosed, the experts assert, that the flames could not have been caused by spontaneous coin fcustion, but that the contents of 'Ihe boxes must have been set on Are. Pieeee of textiles similar to those plaeed aboard the Touraine have been subjected to high tempera turcs without combustion talcing place. How or when the blaze start ejd the chemists are unable t y explain, (or they hav found no traces of an incendiary device. It is pointed out that if the fire had started in the hold proper, in stead of the one in which the bag gage was stored, it would have been extremely difficult to prevent de struction of the ship in view of the highly inflamahle nature of the car- Examining Magistrate Hanard is conducting his inquiry as rapidiy as possible. He will examine all pas sfenger and crew members he can raach. Ma has asked the police to tareh certain houses. Raymond Swoboda, under N arrest on a charge of hcutg responsible for the firs, has not yet been transfer red to Havre, but is expected to ar rive Saturday. He will be interro gated immediately by Magistrate Baoard. The prisoner's real iden tity remains uncertain, although it is said to have bean learned positive ly that he was born in California. His trunk and other property, safe. ed in Paris,, hare been brought here, but will be opened only in ths pm aaee of the prisoner. GREENVILLE'S NEW P. 0. THROWN OPEN Impressive Servicesy Atten ded Opening of the Building - - Greenville, April 4- Ex rvir ded icating the now Federal postoffic building were held in the Pitt county court house he at II o'clock today. Former Postmaster R. C. Flanagan presided. The iavooauou was said by Rev. C M. Book. The audienee. in cluding school children, sang "Am erica." The presentation address was made by Capt C. A McAllister, representing the Treasury Depart ment, and the aeeuptanee was by the Mayor. J. B. James. The students of the East Carolina Teachers' Training School rendered a song. Hon. John H. Small, the Congressman from the First District, spoke on "The Real Signiticance of This Building." Col. Harry Skinner made an address, usv- ng as his subie?t, "Reminiscences of Postmasters an! Postoffiees in Green ville.' Postma-ler D J Mfhichard made a few remarks then the program was closed with a song by the Green ville high school students. "The Old North State." CHIEF TELLS WHY NO ARRESTS MADE "We Haven't the Evidence" He Tells A Journal Reporter Since the finding of the whiskey stolen from the office of the Scuthern Express Company early Wednesday morning in a room on Craven street which was rented by severa 1 young men, thcie has been considerable speculation as to why no arrests have been made. George W. Meredith, who claims to have nrst worked up the case, stated on Thutsday that he had the names of nine men implicated in the robbery. It became generally noised around yesterday that three of the thieves bad left the citv on Thursday night and that the others were still here. Chief C. Lupton was called on the telephone last night and ask d why no arrests have been made The Chief replied that they had no de finite information as to who coin mited the robbery; that no one whom they knew of saw- the act committed and that if an arrest was made there could lie no conviction without a witness. Mr. Lupton slated that just as soon as there was evidence at hand that arrests would be made. In connection with this ease it is understood that the United States District Attorney for the State has been notified of it and queried as to whether the men who broke in the office are subject to prosecution under a Federal law. Just what view he will take of it is problematical. United States Deputy Marshal Ange was here yesterday making an investi gation and it is possible that the ar ests in the case may be made bv him. WELL KNOWN JONES COUNTY MAN DEAD John Monett Passes Away At His Home In Pollocksvillle Pollooksville, April 2. On April 1st at 11:30 a. in.. Mr. John Monett died at his home in this place, of a implication of diseases. He was buried on the 2nd in the Scott giaveyard at Oak Oroe. Mr. Mon ett was a native cf Atlanta, Logsn county, ill.' He was a veteran of the war between the Stateh. At the cl.ne of he war he married Miss Klizabeth DeWales of .his county, who died leaving oje or two sons, Later on he married Miss Francis Scott of On -low county who survives him. From this union is 4 ehildren left tc mourn this loss. Mrs. Charles Rhodes. Moxsi s. John snd Willie Mon ett of this place and Mrs. Mamie Taylor of Kinston, N. C. Mr. Mo ret t has lived in Jones county ever since the close of the war in 1N65. Was 76 years old. He has gone to join his comrades who are now tenting on the camp grounds of eternity where troubles and conlids are no more. SEED CORN FOR SALE Rich ardson's Prolific 8cd Corn. This Corn made at the rate of 10 bushels more to the acre than any other Prolific Corn grown the past season at the Farm Life School and refer you to County Demonstrator J. W. Sears, Vance- boro, N. C, as to its purity and yield. Price 2.fi0 per bushel. Cash with Older. (I. T. Richaid son, Bellair Farm, New Bern N C. Phone 1120-2. JOHNSON-W I I.I. A RD FIGHT ON THE LEVEL Havana. April 2 All reports de clare the Johnson-Willard fight will be on the level. Johnson is utterly confident of winning. He said today that Willard is strong enough, but he lacks skill. Betting is light. There is plenty of talk but little real money. The fight sUrts at 12 30, Havana time, which is 1 p. m.. extern time. The fight will go it full length re gardless of the condition of the men. J WILMINGTON GETS " GIRLISH PHENOM Twelve Years of Age She Performs Marvelous Feats Wiliaiagtea. April - Winifred St oner aged 12 ho speaks eight different languages and is as author and lecturer, of note, is sooa to be a resident of Wilmington. She is the daughter ot Dr. James Buchanan Stoner, of the United States Public Health Sendee, who has been trans ferred front the marine hospital st Pittsburg to the marine hospital here, and who is now spending a short time in New York before coining on to Wil mington. The New York paper have been de voting much space to the wonderful mental development of little Miss Sto ner which, her mother ays, is the re sult of natural education. Practically all of the New York papers, iu their issue of Tuesday, Mar, h sOth, carried interviews with Mr .Miner and her dory of the child's accomplishments. The following from one of them will be of interest: New York is just now entertaining a girl of twelve whose list of accom plishments includes these feats: Reads, writes and speaks eight lan guages. Has written French v erse, a suffrage book entitled "A Plea for Gallant Knights," and magazine and news paper short stories, having begun this work in her fifth vear. Taught a class in Esperanto at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh. Made the first translation of "Mo ther Goose" rhymes inlo Esperanto. Has memorized several of Cicerc's orations and parts of Horace, Livy, Callust and Caesar. Plays the piano. olin, guitar and n writings. x, drive an auto and play base- lifred Sackille daughter of Dr. mandolin. Illustrates her o Can swim, cook, r and box, ride a hor ball. Her name is VV Stoner, and she is tli James Cochanan Sti.net w ho has been surgeon at the United States marine hospital in Pittsburgh, but has been transferred to Wilmington, N. C, and the family is to stay in New York about a month before going to its new home. EARL COHEN IS BACK IN PRISON Escaped From "Pen" He Is Caught and Brought Back Raleigh, ApoL-2. N. W. Pou, who spoke last night to tho employees in the postoffice service, and city carriers also, left today for his home in Smithfield. Mr. Pou is one of the most delight ed men whose next election is to be made a fortune of the primary. He was a strong advocate of the primary a d declares himself pleased with the progress thnt if has made. He does not fear the "Favorite Son" element in politics and counts upon strength in every county of this metropoli tan district of North Carolina. Mr. Pou believes that prosperity is here and said last night that he was much pleased in New York recently to find men who feared Wilson and did not vote for him express opinions that he is a wise and safe man and that under such leadership the coun try will be safe. He expects to serve his eighth term without trouble. Cotten In Prison Though Karl Cotten, the thirty year man in tho State's prison was not brought through Raleigh, the prison officials learn that he has been landed from Kentucky into the prison at the State farm again. Cotten has escaped three times. Ho in one of the luokiest of the long sprinters but the most ill favored of those who make successful starts, He escaped in the late fall from the prison with four others, two of whom have come back. All weie long term ers. Cotten is serving thirty years for murder. It is the purpose of the warden and the tupaiintendont to give him extra watching this time Warden Sale Hi. Warden Thomaa P. Sale of the State's prison, is very ill at his room in the big building and has not left it for two and a half weeks. Physicians declared today that ho has improved but thoy are not able to encourage either the family or the public greatly. Mr. Sale has been in poor health the past year but has attended to all his duties until re cently. He has lucidly had no doctor outions during his break-down. Until his illness it was the purpose of many of his friends to enter him for the mayoralty against Mayor J. I. John son. Much Boor.e Received As preparations against an early dry spell, the city men of thirst made a record st the x prase offieei Wednes day and will have enough to tide them over the first fifteen days. Elmo Oill. a white tough, who ia as prominent in police circles as the police justice and the chief, had laid in 101 pints when he was expos ed. He has surrendered the booee and must fane trial. The "run" on tha express office was expected as a precedent to the half-gallon limit put open receipts and deliveries by the recent general assembly. It was tha biggest crowd that has yet re ceived Southern Express handouts. THIS TIME NEW BERN STRUCK BY WIND AND RAIN Storm Began Yesterday Af ternoon and Continued Through Night OTHER PLACES HIT Beaufort, Morehead City, and Norfolk Reported Wild Night W. dnesday it snowed, Thursday the weather was all that could be de sired and yesterday was fairly good, but yesterday afternoon and last night, oh my! The weather was. as one gentleman was heard to express it, "fierce." Early in the afternoon the advance guard of' a storm which originated down the coast, swept up and from then on there was a regular deluge of rain and high winds. So far as is known at this time, there was no damage done here, wrfh the exception of the blowing down of a fi w telephone poles, the breaking of wires and the smashing of a few windows but at other places the damage was greater Beaufort and Moreln ad City both reported a "wild" night with heavy rain and high wind. Oriental also was hit by the storm and reports from that place were equally as bad as those from Ctuterit county. Norfolk also was in the grip of the storm. The weather bureau at Washington gave warning of the storm and also declared th.U it would probablj continue lor twentv-four Hours or-t longi r. Water Rises At 15 o'clock this morning the water in Neuse and Trent rivers was way above the average level. The rain had ceased to fall but the wind was blowing at a high velocity and the water was slowly rising. However, it is probable thai it will do no dam- THE WAR IN BRK I ' Raids by two aviators of the Allies in the German pro- vince of Baden inflicted dam- ade In the cities of Mullheim and Nuenbcrfi. The destruc- tion of property In Mullheim is described as considerable, although slight damage was done in Nucnberrf. A decided extension in the range of operations ei German submarines is indicated in a Lisbon dispatch sayind the I '-28 had been operating off the coast ol Spain. The Brit- ish steamer South Point, which went down off Cope Fin- lsterre, is said to have been torpedoed by the li-28. It is more than V00 miles from Cape Finisterre io the ncar- est German subn:iirine base. The suggestion that Tur- key is on the point of suing for a separate peace with Rus- sia is repudiated by both the Turkish and Russian ambas- sudors at Rome. The former is quoted by a Rome news paper as saying there was no reason why Turkey should seek peace. The Russian am- bassador is said to have de- dared his government never would conclude a peace sep- arately from Great Brltian and France. . The fighting In the Carpa- thians is described in Berlin ' dlspatchea as unusually bif- ter. The Russians, pushing through deep snow, are per- slsting in their efforts to dis- lodge the Auatrians from the " passes and heights but are aaid to have accomplished little in the way of definite successes. The Russian war office, however, says substan tlal resulta have been achlev- ed, in the campaign in North ern Poland an Important victory la claimed over the Germane, who are said to have retreated haatily in one sec- Hon of tb front west of the Niemen river.. BIG LUMBER MILL TO RESUME WORK Next Monday Morning Sees Resumption of Op erations Kiiuton, April 2 Rutleditc eVCo.'s lumber mill hero will start up' afrein Monday after suxpcnuion since early in last September. Fifty men will be put to work in the plant and thirty in the timber wood. Mr. O. M Rutlcdge said this morn ins; that the mill would run mi full time for several months to naw nlout a million feet of log out during the winder snd take (i take ear oi sees no immr. b ini provenieni ders. He men! in been little settled Mat hrotlgl first ot ia a hard knock a ber induatry. Fanners Attention ! ! WE ARE STILL SELLING GOODS TO FARMERS AT FARMERS UNION PRICES FarrisNassef C. L. SPENCER Hy, Grain, Fditufft, Etc. New Bern, N. C. THE DAILY JOURNAL $4 PER KM We Have to extend aur Great First af tht Year Sale far aaathjg: 15 days. If you have aat baught, now is the time ta ve money. Ju?t call and let as A. B. Middle St. To Our Out-of-Town Customers You are cordially inrittd quarters when in tha city thing usually carried by a us your order we will give mail it to you on the first Brad ham Drug Co. The Recall Stare Cor. Middle & Pollock GERMAN SHIP PRINZ EITEL LOSES CHANCE TO MAKE A "Wild" Night Affords Excellent Opportunity For German Sea Raider to Put to Sea But Late Report Showed She Had Failed to Do This Took On Supplies Yesterday. Norfolk. Va., (10 p. m.) Ap- ril 2. The "wild" night for which the Captain of the Prlnz Eitel Fredrlch is be- lieved to have been waiting in order that he may slip out by the Allied vessels off the Virginia Capes, has arrived and many are of the opinion that he will make the dash. However, a message from Newport News at 9:10 states that the vessel has not left that port. Newport 'News, Va., April 2. The German converted cruiser Prinz Eitel Frederich began taking on pro visions here today under supervision of the United States Government. Commander Thierichenn, uuptain of the merchant raider, it in understood, asked permission under neutrality regulations for supplies sufficient for a fifteen days' voyage. Only a small portion of the ships' stores, it is taid, would bo taken on today, the bulk of the provisions to be loaded Saturday and Sunday. That the time limit granted the Eitel to remain in this port does not expire before Tuesday is a report generally credited here, but the port New Bern BiiiAtog & Trust Co. IN ADDITION TO OUR Banking and Savings Departments THIS COMPANY IS Fully Equipped to Serve the Public in Any Trust Capacity CAPITAL $100,000 4 Per Cmt. Interest P Decided shew yea the goads af SUGAR New Ben, M e to make rar and whan in nae4 sat flint class dram stare it prampt attoatfeU MM autgatng Pareal Peat. Cw. Bread Jr. MUM AN ESCAPE still is filled with Rnthh merchant ships which leave' daily. After Tues day the German commander would have twenty-four hours in which to leave waters of American jurisdiction. If in that interim the merchant ship of an enemy should leave, the Eitel would be held twenty-four hours more, but after that she must be given an opportunity to depart or be in terned. It is possible therefore that the climax to the Eitel Frediich In cident may not come before Thurs day. Close scrutiny still is being kept on the German ship by American military forces and the battleship. Alabama stands guard in Hampton Roads. Re ports current here some time ago that German warships may have escaped from European waters to come to the relief of tho Eitel seems to have no definite basis, but were revived today by the report from Madrid that the Hamburg-American steamer Mace donia had evaded British cruisers and was making for South American waters with supplies said to be- in tended for German' warships. Allied warships reported off the Vir ginia (apes today were the Suffolk, Berwick, Comma and a Preach vessel unknown. Marine men say they are lying ou both sides of the channel about ten miles off by day and four i miles by night. avings and Time Deposits year
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