NEW BERN SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL
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NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA AUG. 34 1915
THREE RUSSIAN AND ONE GERMAN
SHIPS GO DOWN IN GULF OF TICA;
TWO GERMAN SHIPS WENT ASHORE
Teutons Trie.1 To Get
Supplies To Forces
On West Side of the
Gulf and Fierce Naval
n .1 p in H. H. Gardiner. a Virginian, bet-
DaiUe COSUeS. All ter known as the "Human Fly" and
U....L I -a U.. ( who is advertising Satanet, a aoft
TCSSeiS LrUSl TfClC OI Urinw. rav a rmther srectacular
Small Tvno fraiir exhibition in climbing in this city
"u a ;kv. yi v tt. ,,00,, when he scaled
WPfP PrnhMhlv SftVMi. the walls of the Elk's Temple.
Owinnr tn the fact that rain had
fallen during the afternoon Mr. Oar
i.t . it. . ii l-
Berlin. Aug. tl.-Thre R,. dmer was not aoie w maKe ms cumo
.i.n warship, and on. German I" spectacular as would otherwise
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shin, all small vessels, have been 1 n ce wvr
sunk in a battle in the gulf of
THE HUMAN FLY" BRIDGETON FOLKS
GIVES EXHIBITION SEE SATANET CLIMB
Tirfa. Official announcement
to this effect were made today.
Two other German warships were
put out of commission off the
English coast One ran ashore
and the other was damaged by
rfwn fire.
The Russian vessels which were
bunk were the gunboats Sivutch
and Koreets and a torpedo boat.
The German 'hlps sunk and put
out of commission were all gun
boats. The damaged German vessel
was escorted to port. The Si
vutch and Koreets were sister
ships of 875 tons displacement.
They were 218 feet long, 36 feet
beam and eight feet de p. They
were armed with two 4.7 Inch
guns and four 3 inch guns Their
normal complement was 140 men
each.
For nearly a fortnight a power
ful German squadron was engaged
In an attempt to force an entrance
into the gulf of Tiga for the pur
- ose of assisting the German
army which occupied the West
ern coast of the gulf.
ed the hundreds who watched the
performance and the climber was
roundly applauded.
Next Tuesday afternoon at 4:45
he will again olimb the Elks building
and) unless rain interferes) this olimb
will be much more spectacular than
the one of yesterday.
Come Over to New Bern to
See Him Scale the Elks
Temple
COSTS BUT LITTLE
TO BE IMMUNIZED
Manv North Carolinians
Take Precaution Against
, Typhoid
WIFE UNFAITHFUL;
HUBBY SHOOTS HER
"."MSnaas
At a cost of just M.2 cents each,
26,537 North Carolinians have been
immunized in the antityphoid cam
paign. The Board of Health issues
a bulletin in which it gives the fol
lowing summary of the campaign:
"The final figures for the anti-typhoid
campaign recently conducted
in five counties of the state show that
26,537 people took three complete
treatments at a total cost of $3,761.
37 to the counties, ot 14.2 cents per
person immunized. Northampton
lead in point low per capita cost
They immunized 8,480 people at a
Bridgeton, Aug. 21. All of Bridge
ton turned out Saturday evening
to witness the dare-devil climb of
Mr. H. H. Gardiner, who ii adver
tising that popular drink "Satanet."
For a while it looked like the rain
would cause great disappointment
to a throng of people from far and
near, but after a delay of thirty min
utes or more the anticipations of
all were satisfied and Satanet, as
Mr. Gardiner is sometimes called,
appeared on the scene and demon
strated a wonderful amount of self
confidence to say the least of it. Self
confidence is one ofjthe essentiasl of
success in almost all undertakings
and though it is foolishness! in
some instances, yet the lesson that
we can get from this performance
is on that line. If not for the con
fidence this man has in his ability
as a climber it would be impossible
for him to accomplish what he did
on this occasion) but possessing the
essential factor in this act it was com'
paratively easy for him. Many of
our daily undertakings would be as
easy if we were impelled by the same
degree of confidence as this man de
monstrated. Now, don t get it in
you head that confidence is all you
need to be able to scale the Elk
Temple as he did and try it yourself
or there will be a funeral in town
Try something simpler to start with
please.
Dlicious Grapes
Dr. B. B. Smith was made the ap
preciative reciprocant of an elegant
basket of beautiful and delivious
grapes from White Crest Farm Sat
urday evening, and with it was the
following note. "We appreciate your
I letters in the, Journal and feel like
1SS0URI ALSO
HARD HIT BY g.
RECENT STJfNB
Damage to Property
Crops Amounts to
Several Million
TO JOURNAL SUBSCRIBERS !
If your subscription is due please
mail us check or money order at
once as it takes money to publish
9V
newspaper.
E. J. LAND PRINTING COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
New Bern, N. C.
MANY
Number of
Known to
Killed
.
HOMELESS
"JilS
Hay Hi
g one sud-
iches
.JMaaWv
YOUNG ADVENTURER
nat nf Q ft nont.fi a niA.p Pumhorland
'J was" next wUh"i)844 at 12.9 cents j they are doing a great good for Bridge-
a piette Wake immunized 9,156 at ton. We wish we had more business
15.7 cents a piece while Buncombe men in Bridgeton like you. I will
immunized 2,955 at 18.3 cents and call for you Monday and if you care
Henderson 2,093 at 212.9 cents. to go, I will be glad to drive you over
"It ha been estimated that had our farm," signed, yours truly, Adol
thise 26,537 people paid the usual ph Nunn. Tho writer wishes to say
piioe of 50 cents per dose of $1.50 that he appreciates the fruit and has
oomplete treatment, it would I enjoyed it very much, but tne great-
have cost them $39,800, whereas by J est of all is his appreciation for the
contained in
untrue to him. Tncy uvea togetner
in Atlanta until several weeks ago.
She came to her mother here and he
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iouoweu ir. iuOJ imvi w- , - 00 ,. I u: ju nnmwimtlnt r,air me vet. we arc
eethe the second time for about ,,0 In or efrorts to he hateful
lnv warn' "K - I '"-rap-
Columbus, Aug. 21.LanCy Ran-
dall, a railroad man, formerly of At-an-tii.
this afternoon fired two shots
at- his wife, Lillian Echolds Randall,
the shots taking effec in the arm and
breast) Causing slight flesh wounds,
then turned tho revolver to his own
breast and fired a third shot through Pr
ii... t r v.i i,..,.i hav
vne uyp v , .. tnhtjn the m ethod adjpled the counties sav-1 very kind expression contained
JSS lr:tTlZ ed over $36,000. the note. It is gratifying indeed
"The total loss of tvnhoid fever I "eel that we can be helpful to ur
s". vcd to thesj five counties on ao-1 town and the entire community, and
count of the anti-typhoid treatment I though I do not feel worthy of the
Norman Small Reaches Nor
Folk After Thrilling
Experiences
of brown eyes that look straight at fwnmi finiinri
you when he talks. He says he HAM UK rlNVIrN
i- l. t V,; ...If tl,.l, 1, o n,o- I w . u . I saw
chinist trade until he gets back into
the navy., , .
Anybody, says small, with a little
money to spend can but a general's
job in the Mexican army.
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Oases ttHUt unilluatlllK a uic aeiTrni auu uiwi ..... v, ...... ........ ... .
be worth $1,700 and the cost of a
three Weeks and
again separated.
This morning Lillian RcndaD came
back home' to her mother aftef''s,pend
ing a few days in Alabama, and Ran
dall followed her home and asked
where she was. After saying but a
few words to her he opened fire and
when she fell on the front porch, lie
th third shot into his breast, y81
A 1 1 i.ii.l i mr Tvhmiiniftna sti.lpd tllnt it mitfht
JlV.u.iuiu j ... ....... .
li impossible for him to recover, but
say that her wounds are not serious.
case of typhoid at $200, shows a sav
ing of MlS.OOO."
Jamas Gussom, a oolored con
vict, who escaped from the ohain
gang some time ago was placed under
arrest by Captain A. L. Bryan Fri
day afternoon and will be returned
to the roads to oomplete his sentence.
TOBACCO BRINGS
MUCH MONEY HERE
Local Merchants Report
Doing a Good Busi
ness Last Week
London, Aug. 21 The British
Foreign Office, in declarSatf cot
ton absolute contraband ,f war.
"While the circumstance:
have Justified that the
local conditions and American in
terests likely to be affected arc
more favorable for such. ster
than they were a year arfo.
"Moreover the dpvernment con
tempts the initiation of meas
ures to relieve as far as possible
any abnormal depression which
miitht temporarily disturb the
stock market" '
FRANCE JOINS IN
Paris.
Journal will tomorrow
an announcement by th
government declaring
a contraband of war.
times, to join in heart and hand in
ill matters tending to the better
ment of all affairs of public uplift.
Sinoerely yours,
B. B. SMITH.
Dnrg Store To Re-open
fifridgeton Drug Company will re
Norfolk, Aug. 21. Tanned to a
hardy, healthful brown, Norman Small
25 years old, and adventurer extra
ordinary, arrived in Norfolk yester
day via a straight freight line from
Mexico. Small, who was for a time
in the United States navy, hds been
Hervinsr for tho last three months
under command of General Felix
who is one of General Francisco Vil
la's right-hand men. His activities
have taken him through a large part
of the State of Chihuahua, which is
primarily Villa's country. He has
also served time in a Mexican jail
for ninninc over a Mexican boy. He
plans to re-enter the navy
SEVERAL MEN IN
LOCAL R. R. SHOPS
HOLY ROLLERS
KILLS HIMSELF
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sap--
Baptist Clergyman, Fearing
Loss of Prestige.
Shoots Self
Small Force Being Kept at
Work There This
Month
"I was running a jitney bus in El
ipenfor business in temporary quart- Paso," said Small, where one day 1
irs early in the week and will begin took a notion to go over tne border,
building a new store twenty five and the first thing 1 did was to run
'eet by fifty feet, two stories high down a boy. They put me in jail and
as soon as building material can be fined me, and I lost my jitney bus
olaced on the yard. Orders for some When they let me out a Mexican offi
of the material has gone forth and eer asked me if I wanted to join the
there will be no delay. The new store I army and I told him I didn t care
will be on the block between the Me- if I did. I am handy with machines,
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thodist church and Mr. Mortons so they put me wormng a maenme, m-evious to the
residence on B street. gun They gave me $100 a month,
Mr. King Purifoy has some of the Mexican."
nicest business lots in town in his Small said he did not know just how
Corning, Ark., Aug. 21. Rev. J
A. Ferguson, 45 years old, a Baptist
preacher, shot himself twice with a
rifle Friday morning, and died ten
minutes later.
A coroner's jury returned a verdict
of suicide.
Rev. Feraaison. it is thoueht, be-
While there are quite a number pf ; demented over the progress be-
people out of employment on accOujit h de b the "Holy Rollers," the
religious sect, which has sprung up
in this county in the last year. They
erected a tabernacle within a quarter
of a mie of his home, and have not
abated their meetings long enough
for the Baptists to hold their annual
camp meeting.
The Bantists have for several
years held their 'annual oonferenoes
in this community in connection with
a big revival under direction of Djr,
Ferguson, and it is thought that he
worried over losing his prestige. He
was well-to-do. owning a fine farm
in the best seotion of this county
He shot himself at 3 o'clock in the
moraine. His family wrested the
gun from him, when preparing
fire a third shot.
nt tha lonal Norfolk Southern
being closed, there are still a number
who have been retained to keep up
the running repairs and to do some
extensive repairs to the machinery.
i I There is being some work being done
on the yard and in the shops the ma
chinery and the large biolers are being
overhauled and put in number one
condition.
While the bulletin which was posted
at the shops stated that all depart
ments of the shops would be closed,
it is expected that they will start up
on the first of September, but it is
not known whether or not the hours
shutdown.
Auif. 21 The Offclalloharge as agent and also has somo of many battleshe got into because there ( DflCw U A I KKIIkN
rill tomorrow contain I his own and we are anxious to see were too many to count. In practi-. UU J J IIlvlIUUlUl
HOPEWELL CASE:
BADLY
That the opening last week of the
New Bern tobacco market caused
business conditions, locally, to bright
en up, was evidenced by the iryj reaeed
amount of bu lines that the mer
chants reported sinoo the opening
day.
One of the leading retail dealers
of notions and dry goods if responsi
ble for the statement that during the
past week hit sali almost doubled
those of the corresponding week list
year.
Yesterday aad last night the hear
last trading of the weak was done
and every store down in the business
seotion of the city was filled with
natrons during the afternoon and
evening.
Jeff D
from Mon
spent the
friend,
turned last night
'ity. where he has
levaral days visiting
eOftfcnch
co, ton a-
his own and we are anxious to see were too many to count. In practi
him join. hands with tho people who ,. ally every battle, he said. General I TAlfE A
want to develop the town and have Felix'x forces wore defeated, and he 1A1Lu A vlUluL
his hearty co-operation along this decided, after several close calls with
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HUB. tie IS in a position w iw very uarranza DUUUIh, mai iiinrc wtjju uoir
!ul in this manner and we believe ter things than Mexican army life
NM11 offer inducements and make Accordingly, about the first of Au-
fcbssible to bring about a rapid gust Small left the Feljx foroes of
twth. Call on him and see what he his own volition, and, crossing the bor-
"to off or.
Petersburg, Va Aug,
was accomplished by the
gn grand jury at today's
as oould be learned by t
the jury room. No indictm
reported and adjournment fasj
at an early hour until 10 o'clock
day morning. The court did not go
into the trial of the misdemeanor
oases set for today, for what reason
oould not be learned, but it was an
nounced the trial of the oases would
be commenced at 10 o'oloek Tuesday
morning.
Before adjourning court Judge West
issued capiases for OB persons indicted
by tha grand jury at yesterday after
noon's session and Sheriff Bosssian
accompanied by deputies left for
Hopewell immediately to makefile ar
rests.
It now seems probable that tha
grand Jury will be in session ssvsral
day next week, as it is stated
I .it lie I COPS WORKED ALL DA Y.
der, oaught a Texas train north. While
he was passing through a Texas town,
riding atop a passenger oar, the vil
lage constable discovered him, and
! made him come down. Small explain
ed that he was broke, but the consta
ble said the law had to be satisfied and
Flint, Mich., Aug. 21. Police Capt. the ex-navy man went tb jail again.
Albert J. Suff and Patrolman Silas As soon as he got out he befan to do
IPOP, fa
Confiscated
Sewer.
Beer
Cn Board the "Pilgrim" He
Goes to Wrightsville
Beach
Mr. and Mrs. W. B, H. Blandford
left yesterday for Baltimore and
Washington whers tiny will spend
several days visiting frfends and relatives.
Several days ago "Boss' Hack-
burn, a well known New Bern mer
chant went to Beaufort where he
boarded the fish boat Pilgrim and
went down the coast as far South as
Wrightsville Beach. "Boss" return
ed to New Bern yesterday morning
and he gives a wonderful report of
his trip.
He told of seeing a school of fat
backs, which was one of the largest
ever seen off the coast of North Car
olina. It was miles and miles
length and hundreds of square miles
a net work
WON SLIT FOU 0 CLATS.
Attorney Sued Hubby Whose Wife
He Represented.
Best recently had the task of pouring i WOrk enough to get him something to
out the beer contained in eighty-two eat. He came into Norfolk via the S.
oases taken in raids on "blind pigs."! a. L.
The tak of carrying the oases from gmall has a good record, he says, in
the police liquor storage room into the United States navy. He has serv-
the engine room of the oity hall and led on the battleships Minnesota and th AUantio was
emptying the 1,068 pints of beer into Florida. He oontraoted tuberoulo-1 wjtn thta yty of the finny Mbts,
th ewer oooupiei the best part of a Uu Ust year and was forced to quit Tne Mnoa j, Bi0wly coming north,
day. 1 the navy, but his out-of-door exper- b(U tue ngBernien in this M et ion an-
Even if tl hardworking policemen enmn a Mexico have oured him t wn.it.inB- for them to iret hero be
bad wanted to refresh themselvae rf that, and he is in Norfolk to look fow lUrting to work, but are making
with a bow ot oeer ney oouia not Mnto the matter or getting a raguiar.p, to Wrightsville Beach and they
have ttona so out oi tne gooas my discharge rrom in navy so tnat ne ing rewarded by some of the
put into the sewer, fat it was all stale, may re-enter it without physical y-t oatohes that have ever been
atMMllUes standing against mm. b looai fl.hermen
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tw only reiairre AP Pa oroinor
In Philadelphia,
8mU U waaring a Mfftloap army
OutBt, and NIVrM 00 lUgfaf. Ht U
otllilMWliJlftir,!
having bam la storage for several
months wwtlr-'dUfloiial of the local
aasa wm W 11 was sif
Of ''drj"
wss't Mr
Detroit. Aug. 21. Attorney Frank
R. Martin sued John H. Kan for 0
cents, and won before Justice Mar-
sohnor. The fact that the costs and
time involved in the ease amounted
to several hundred times the 6 cents
did not detract from the Joy of vio-
tory.
Martin sighed with satisfaction as
h jingled six pennies which Kan
took from his pooket with great re
luctance I
Several months ago Martin was
i ta ned by Kane s wife to repre
sent her in a suit for divoro against
her husband. Soma time later Kane,
among other divers thing, said to
Mr.rtint "You are a our; yea have
ruined my home."
Martin started rait for
and tho Jury awarded him 0
Kant refused to pay. Martin
Hit-tad JuitlM wuH Mtlra, ft4 tit to
St. Louis, Aug. 21. The bodies ef
ten negroes, victims of the flood
nave reen reooverea
streams. There is cont
age. Tho nostlv Riverside Drive
bridge is wrecked, cut tin
urb's transportation
city proper. Nine ii
reported.
Six persons are
More than a thousand :
homeless, the loss ao
lion dollars in St. Louis
rounding region, exclu
territory, where the
ly great. Troops are hot
ness for flood duty.
Million Dollar Damage
St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 21, An off
shoot of the stbrm which swept Texas
earlier in the week, yesterday did
damage estimated at several million
dollars to crops and other property,
seriously impared transportation aad
wire facilities and endangered thou
sand of lives in Illinois, Arkansas,
and Missouri. Six persons are miss
ing and thousands are homeless.
St. Louis, its suburbs and neigh
boring Illinois towns suffered moat
from flood. The unprecedented down
pour seven to nine inches in twenty-four
hours oonverted brooklets
into raging torrents which tore away
bridges, levees, dams, acmes and
everything ib their paths.
At East Alton, 111., a 300-foot sec- .
tion of the new levee gave way and
a wall of water from the Wood Hfft
rushed toward the towns of rVoo
river, Ben Bow, and East Alto
two horsemen raced a hundred y
ahead of the on-coming
ing gun; xvuu ror jwur i
In loss than an hour the three
town were covered with tan feet af
water, but not a soul had lingered.
Two trains a Chicago and Alton
from Kansas City and a Bag Fotrrtt
from St. Louis v
between two brans
gave shelter fdr tha g
who had been r
upper windows of flooded hoaies. the
water began to recede somewhat to
day. Washouts and landslides ware
reported all along the Missouri Pa
cific, Iron Mountain aad St. Louie
and San Francisco systems. A dona ,
cities spent the night in total dark
ness.
In St. Louis fifty awn toiled aH
night to divert newly-made sfreaius
which had begun to undermine the
water-works and threatened to break:
. i... v: n,.nw.r( :i-l, I
water supply. This morning
Missouri Naval Reserves aad
First Regiment of the Missouri Na
tional Guard joined in the
work. !
The crews of stalled
near tne western ouy
structed a huge raft of
and carried a score of fa
reach of the water.
Springfield, Mo.,
damage to the
would exceed 05O0,fJ
to corn is estimated
real estate men believe.
to St. Louis building
000,000; and two
tores in East Alton
000 damage when the
levee broke.
L Defcoto, Mo., re)
on the Iron Mounted!
mm?, a three h
rhe same (ysft
miles nortnoiwe
village of Blackwoll
feet of water.
Scores of small tot
large cities were
as wires ware dftwn
either suspended
tourinit to avoid high
The river Dos Pore.
during twenty-four hoar from a'
foot stream to a mile wide :
gan to fall at midnight.
Inn creeks begin to recede Way, bat
with their deeline
rose aad official
flood stage on
and Missouri today.'
raaaaaaaawewww- Naun jbhh
to
l- J. tic,
00: van
will reach 01.-
suffered 0a6a
Wooos river
1 ' tm.
-mio,-aai.JHfcJJniil.
andaumnU
train of weTw'w-
water.
which fliftv
Other HWM'
predkAloes.wage Bar
both the HiMeeipff
employee af jtf
the co lored !
Mked thtavJEH
A
hospital for
Ooldsboro, peaked
last sight earoute fraam
with
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