North Carolina Newspapers

Ht dr K NEW BERN SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL IEW BERN. NORTH CAROUNA UG. 27 1915 MINNESOTA GOVERNOR HANDS OUT FEW SHOTS Tells Chief Eiecnthrei of Other States That They Need To Have More Efficiency and Economy- - Advocates Some Needed Re forms. ANOTHER CHALONER CASE COMES UP i Experts Needed to Decide As to "Who's Loony Now" Boston, Mm., Aug. 25. Governor Winfield 8. Hammond of Minnesota, who addressed the Governor's Con ference here today on "Efficiency and Economy in State Government," said that one reason for the present lack of efficiency was that, in effect, most states have several governors instead of one. Enumerating the various state commissions and boards which have come into being as a part of the executive department of a State administration, he said: "All this has resulted in giving the State not one governor but a number of governors, one of whom is elected, the others appointed by various boards and commissions. The gov ernor of ((he State bears about the same relationship to many of these boards as he bears to the courts, and it is fundamental that the executive and the judicial departments shall be independent of each, other. If a judge resigns, the governor may ap point his sucossor, so if one of these ' members should resign, the governor could appoint his successor, but he has about as much to do with the policies and the work of these boards as he has with the hearing and determina tion of cases of law. "There is little or no co-ordination between these various bodies. In spectors, examiners, investigators and employes of these various governing bodies, busy in the performance of tneir aunes, arc traveling over the State, some times several of them descending at the same time upon a little hamlet of two or three hun dred inhabitants, where all examina tions and investigations for all of the State department s could be done by an able-bodied msjlfiialf a day. Salaries and traveling' expenses are continually increasing, while in po litical campaigns the cry for econo my goes merrily on. "In Minnesota for some time there has been a feeling that there should be a thorough reorganization of these various offices, that 1 they should be included in the executive department, and should be under the control and direction of the exeoutive himself or department officer selected by him. My predecessor in office appointed a commission of thirty citizens, of t h State, known as the "Efficiency au. Economy Commissioner." They were asked to make a study of our sys tem of State government and to sug gest ohanges, if needed, to make that government an efficient one and an economical one. "The members of this body made a report to the last legislature and presented a proposed bill for enact ment into law. " 'Students in political sci nee are all agreed that exeoutive work should be dono by individuals and not by boards. The average citizen has oome to the same conclusion. The board system tends to delay and inefficiency. It dissipates responsi bility. No one knows exactly who is the blame if work is badly done. Boards are necessary for legislative and judicial work. They are useful to give advice. They are not suited to administrative taske. Moreover, under the board system, the gover not has little control over the ad ministration. The Board members usually governor appoints only a mi nority. Each board is a government by itself.' "Thee can be no objection to the establishment of boards and commis sions. The advice and assistance of men picked from the citizenry of the commonwealth for their intel ligence, .ability, and worth, , cannot but bo of groat benefit to public offi cials and to the Slate itself, but their duties ought to be advisory and not executive." The plan proposed in Minnesota was to consolidate all of these offices and divisions of government in five or six department i, each with a di rector appointed by the governor and responsible to him for the con duot of his department, but it met defeat in the legislature. Richmond, Aug. 25 John Arm strong Chaloner, of Merry Mills, who enjoys the unique ditinetion of being sane in Virginia and insane i nJ New York, will doubtless be interest ed in the case of E. H. Pass, which bears some resemblance to his own. Pass, who is a young man of good extraction is being held in jail hen for the authorities at Raleigh, N. C, where he escaped from an asylum for the insane a week or so ago, ac cording to his own admission. Like Chaloner, who spent several years in Bloomingdale asylum in New York before effecting his escape and coming to Virginia, Pass claims that his relatives had him confined at Raleigh in order to get possession of his property. Also like Chaloner, heclaims to bear some resemblance to the great Napoleon, but he goes the master on Merry Mills one better with the claim HENRY CLAY PIERCE. - Oil Msf i Kttmti rf Aiding ! Mexican ReSWkTk hw JAMES LAST BEHIND THE BARS t Was Taken In Custody Yes terday By TJ. S. Deputy Marshal C. H. Ange COULDNTffiT BAIL Charged With Operating an Illicit Still and Selling Whiskey PRETTY SURE THAT VIRGINIAN IS DEAD that he is a great grandson of the Body of Richmond DoctOr Said to Have Been Found "Little Corporal," as the famous Prenoh Emperor was familiarly known by his soldiers. "My grandfather" said Pass, "came over to this country after Napoleon's Richmond. Aue. 25 Doubt has downfall in company with Marshall Leen Spelled of . the loss of Dr. J. S iNey ana seuiea in v, m. yivo young porto Rican student BUI INey is generally ueneveu to .,,.. , ... . . have been shot as a traitor after Wa- f the Medlcal Colle .of .Vir8inia who was acting as ship's doctor on the horse-laden steamer Armenian, which was sunk by a German sub marine torpedo off the English coast June 30th. Death Established His death is established by the facts set forth in a letter to Mr. J. R. Mc- Cauley, secretary of the Medical Col- Meanwhile he was of Virginia, written by Mr. H. B. Holmes, agent for the shipping firm of Furness, Withy & Co., at terloo," interposed tho newspaper man. "Sure," agreed Pass, "that is very true. However, supposition is not al ways a fact. Ney was a Mason, as you may know, and that saved him from the ignominious doath which most people believe was his fate. An other man, or a dummy perhaps, was shot in his place hurrying to take ship for this coun try Those are the real facts." - . I XT i XT Pass was formerly a drummer for wewpnri, i KJ To Vrlr limiafl A fw vears ne leuor siaies . L. a.aa m,ir. the mad and We are tms morning i n roceipi oi iT. . V.- , Ifavtha mmiiniinn from the own- toin the army, soon arterwara ne i . ., AiAA ers oi me steamer Armenian, nmuiug r,. ....j..... .. . . j :u: ... He was arrested here Suaday night us a "inner ucwh-ioiuk 1,. icinitv of the First. Police found on some omer ooaies wnicu 9t,inn oriA when nnestioned readilv have washed ashore at Cornwall, pre- admitted that he had taken French sumaoiy irom mis reamer, i f tho RW1, nsvhim hv saw- tne description oi tne property given ing his way out of a steel-barred cell, whioh has been found on one of the m t.n. i, in MoeksvU o. N. C. ooaies, it is eviueuu m it wo,- tm, Prominent members of the Masonic remains or ur. vivo, i ne description with Justine Cniteh- given is as toiiows: field yesterday asking that Pass, who wnite man, oressea in a oiue a Knight. Terrlir. bo allowed to serRe 8U11. sinpeu mrM .. , 1 u ii li lrth urners Prnnertv cold c r. -1 rs a anorTcnl IV was in IU1I " -ci . t . ' . 7 j - t . possession of his faculties, but Crutch- nu . J eigii uoius, leatuwr puiw, uuawu medical outfit, fountain pen, camera pocketbook containing letters and photos "They further add that one of tho photos has boen identified by the master of the steamer as being that of Dr. Vivo 'The property described above had not been turned over to tho owners Washington, Aug. 25 Hope that at the ti me their letter was written, the United Fruit steamer Marowijine, but they state that same will be with a crew of 65 and 28 passengers, handed over to them by the Board of may be saved, was revived today Trade, and w have written request- when the co?it guard service receiv- ing them to sond same to us by the ed a radiogram from the cutter Mi- flist steamer sailing after the articles ami, stating that a steamer was re- come into thur possession, as his re ported aground off the coast of Flor-1 atives will no doubt be anxious to re- ida. The Miami was going to the sover same rescue. Tne Marowijine, nine aays overdue, it is feared, sunk in the Gulf storm. Jim Arnold, white, alleged block ader and maker of "monkey rum" and other spirituous liquors, is now in Craven county jail. It will be re membered that Arnold, who has been living on Hog Island just above New Bern, made quite a spectacular es cape from -police, county officers and revenue men when they ran up on him at Glenburnie Park after he is alleged to have delivered seven gal lons of "booze" to two (young men of this city. Arnold at that time swam more than a mle to reach his home and late in tie afternoon was arrested by Sheriff Lane and later released on bond. '. Yesterday morning U. 8. Deputy Marshal Ange saw Arnold peacefully perambulating around the streets. and, believing that the government had a pretty strong ease against him, at once took him into custody and as he could not give bond for his ap pearance at the next term of Federal Court, placed him behind tho bars for safe keeping. Moonshinind Increases United States Deputy Collector M. Tull, who looks after the rev enue collections in this district for Uncle Sam, is responsible for the statement that moonshining in East ern North Carolina is rapidly in creasing and states that he believes the Grier law is responsible for this state of affairs. Deputy Collector Tull states that the new quart law makes it pretty hard for the old topers to get the desired nuantitv of sDiritoUS frumenti and that they are paying1 all sorts of priees for the juice of tho corn. This has caused those aho are in olinod to manufacture iarhiskey to take a shot at being foiu out and a number of stills are believed to be in operation. Revenue officers, however, are do ing all within their power to break up tho illicit distilling and blind tiger business and are meeting with considerable success. field thought it best to hold him pend ing further inquiry. THE MAROWIJINE MAY NOT BE LOST fUlPH W. MOSS. Cngrmn Wto Hd Committor on Agrtcultur. f iH YOUTHFUL SLAYER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE William Jennings Brown Tries to Take His Own Life CRAVEN CITIZENS NURSE TRIED TO URGE CAUTION IN i POISON INFANT BUILDING ROADS Said to Have fGiveathe Little One Concen- Think Care Should Be Ex- trated Lye ercised in Selection of Material WILL COST MUCH Board of Commissioners Ex timate $100,000 Will Be Necessary u. s. PROPOSES TO PROTECT HAITIEN CITIZENS Washington, Aug. 25 That the United States has proposed the es tablishment of a Haitien protector ate was today confirmed by Lansing. A reply has not been received, The plan must be passed upon by the United States Senate before the ar rangement can be completed. Mr. Lansing said the proposal was "en tirely friendly." He said the plan does not contemplate the taking over of the naval base at Mole St. Nicholas. IN NEED OF AID; SMOKES HAVANAS Blind Beggar Puffs at Cost ly "Smoke" While Col lecting "Jits" Winchester, Va., Aug. 25 William Jennings Bryan Brown, the boy who confessed to killing his father, John W. Brown, of Nain, Frederick county, on August 9, was prevented from committing suicide in jail here this week by Walter Banks, a negro who was in jail charged with shooting and killing Peter Meyer at Middle town. miiks saw young Brown draw a large pocket knife, apparently with the intention of stabbi ng himself. The negro called the sheriff and told him what he had seen. Brown denied having a knife, but the officers took the bedtick from his bed into the yard, ripped it open and found concealed a long and flat two bladed knife.1- One blade was- oyer four inches long and hearly an inch wide. Tho other had been filed into the form of a dagger. Brown had the knife concealed under his garter when soarched Sat urday night. He is reported to have threatened suicide ,if arrested. That Brown and his father had been at daggers point since Mrs. Brown was ordered away from home recently, is known. It liecamo known yesterday that the father was re turning from his woods after hewing timber on the morning of August 9, when he was shot. The son, it is alleged, was hid near where ho had dug a shallow grave. As the father approachod the boy stepped out and fired one bullet from a riflo. Brown, according to the son's con fession, threw up his arms, exclaim ing: "Oh, have mercy on me." The boy fired again, the bullet entering the father's heart. It was reported last night that officers expect to arrest others as accomplices of young Brown. VIRGINIA TOBACCO MAN COMES HERE Colon '1 George S. Hughes, repre senting the John E. Hugl.es Tobacco Company of Danville, Va., arrived in the city yesterday and will spend the remainder of the season pur ohasinar ! weed on the looal market Colonel lfghes is one of the beat known tobacconists in Virginia and THE TEUTONS MAY TAKE BIELOSTOK Indications Are That They Will Occupy It Petrograd, Aug. 25. A frank ad mission that Vilna and Bielostok will shortly fall to thsf Germans, severing la? Petrograd-Poland Railroad, was the local warehousemen feel that they b h'K h oSlM at th are fortunate in getting him to come to this city for the season. 1 WIVES IN It YEARS COUNTERFEIT SUSPECT AR RETTED AT MOBILE war office. He said Russia would still have enough railroads to withdraw the troops from the conquered zone, and he did not believe Pctrograd is in danger of capture, He said the war office is cheered by the increased production of war mu nitions. Philadelphia. Pa.. Aub. 25 Since eriin, Aug. Macwnsen sol he arrived in this country from "Br hve Pt"d the Hill of Kop R.U.U tn vr. mm. fUm.l HmviH. vtov, on the southwestern front near That Ie the Record Ravldoff of Sam The action taken by the Craven county Board of Commissioners at a special meeting held Tuesday at which it was decided to build more than twenty miles of road in this county at a cost of more than a hun dred thousand dollars, has caused many of the citizens to sit up and take notice and to make some in quiries. The material which the commis sioners now have in view for thiss road building consists of Cape Fear gravel which will be covered with a coating of Tarvia. The cost of build ing roads with any such material will be pretty heavy and in addition to this there is no certainty that the roads, after being constructed, will give satisfactory wear. A road has recently been construct ed of this material near this oity and it is far from being what it should be. A number of persons have been ask ed to give an opinion on the action taken by the Board, which was not unanimous, and they have declared that there should be an investigation made of the materials that are con templated being used and if these do not prove to be satisfactory, some other material should be employed. Citizens of Craven county are anx ious to have every road in the county put in the very best of condition but these who have the interests of the county at heart are of the opinion that it is useless for the county to spend thousands of dollars in build ing roads which will necessarily have to be rebuilt again within a year or two and which will necessitate an annual outlay to keep them in first class oondition. The money for the proposed improvement of the roads has not yet been secured and it is .-:.r:ii ;. i t- i . tv - t- very prooauie loat ine coara Wl hear from several of the citizens be fore the matter is definitely acted upon. Norfolk, Va., Aug. 35 Ida Butt, colored, was arrest day moening by Detective W. H. Kert upon a warrant sworn out by W J. Mason. 7 34 Redgate avenue, charging her with the attempted mur der of Mr. Mason's nfteen-rear-old child, Cora Elirabeth. It is charged that the colored woman, who has been employed as a servant in Mr. Mason's home for eight or ten months, gave the child concentrated lye with the inten tion of killing her. Attracted by screams of the child Monday afternoon, Mrs. Mason rush ed to the dining room. The colored woman had the child i n her arms try ing to soothe it. Dr. W. L. Harris was summoned. After an examination he stated that the child had swallowed concentrated lye. The little one's mouth and throat was badly burned by the poison, and its suffering was intense. A physieian and a trained nurse were i n attendance upon the suf fering child all yesterday. It is thought that she will eventually recover, although her conditions is critical. Mr. Mason said yesterday afternoon that his wife had had occasion to rep rimand the colored woman a few daye ago, and that the servant was subse quently sullen. It is his opinion that the negro woman, harboring revenge agai net her mistress, undertook to kill the child. The colored woman declared thatthe child had secured the lye in the kitch en and swallowed it. This statement according to Mrs Mason, hardly seems plausible in view of the fact that there was no trace of lye on thti child's hands. The case will be tried in Police Court this morning. ARE CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING GIRL Mars Hill Young Men EXPRESS AGENT VERY OPTIMISTIC John T. White Says That Business Is Picking Up Rapidly A beggar, whether a professional or one who is really in noea of help is seldom indulging in the lux uries of Jive but occasionally this oc curs, add one of those oases took place at the union passenger station yesterday morning when a white man, who is supposed to be blind, was standing under the shed playing a banjo, two tunes for a niokel, and at the same time was smoking a cigar, whioh apparently was of a very good brand. It is not an un usual occuranoe to see a beggar smoking but usually his paraphaeralia consists of a corn cob pipe and a sack of cheap tobacco, instead of high grade cigars, such as a twenty-five dollars per woek wage earner cannot afford. The public should be care ful in donating to strangers who wear colored glasses and claim" to be blind for if their financial standing enables th m to bum up money in five oent oigtn, they are not worthy of the nicle that they get. TIRED OF LIVING SISTERS SUICIDE Pet Doe and Cat Went With Their Mistresses Over Great Divide Mobile, Aug. 80. John Poules, a Greek, believed by secret service men to be an expert counterfeiter, was ar rested today at bis room, in which was found a number of bogus silver dol lars and a quantity of metal, plaster of parte and charcoal, said to be nm terials used In the manufacture of bad money. Poules was held in f 1,000 bond The city U said to be flooded with the. NUpl9lpU P0ni, off, thirty-three, has married seven Brest-Li tovsk. i i a i i l vnmAn a n whnm ura known Ln I vwmwm "pruj, mv I be living, according to police here. t0 th Voseische Zeltung. It Ravidoff is lodged today I n a City Hall """" f""15 cell mnrfin a haarinr at which fnur I "pon oi a secret meeting or tne nn- of the womsn will appear again I nc "ommmee or me itustian i him. Pi' ounr- The Russian it uid to have con- A wman submarine torpedoed ducted his matrimonial oamnahm in 1 "unK auwriary IMWOW four cities. Beside his four wives " " of nna, wa icoay an horn tkm nnlln RmvtJnff hu nn nOlinccd n flMh nf tkn nHUa nf Ioar Vnrk Ttwrtoa, N. J., and 8cranon, Pa. F - mu,,& ' niht tot Washington, Aug. 25 Penniless, hungry and without friends, Mary and Maude E. Burrows, Risters, took the "easiest way out" of their trou bles. Their bodies eere found by wlice early today in bed in their tittle home here. Clasped in oacli othrs arms, th.y turned on tSc ,ts and lay down Ij iw4t d in. The bed on which taoj 1 .v most the last bit of furniture in tit house, the rest having been sacrificed to stave off starvation. A note ad dressed to the police stated that sick ness and poverty had led to tho doub ble suicide. There Is little left for us to live for," it read. "We want to be buried by tho side of our relatives in Kook Creek Park." Their pet dog and cat joined tho sisters in death, the .bodies of the animals being found near the foot of the bed. "Business is picking up," was a remark made to a Journal reporter yesterday by John T. White, local agent for the Southern Express Com pany. Mr. White stated that the volume of his business,' in all lines, has and is increasing, but the most noticeable increase has been in the fish department. Mr. White stated that he is having good shipments of fish from New Bern, and nearby points evfry day, and last Saturday, in addition to having all the available space in tho regular express car fill ed up with inhabitants of the "briny deep", he had an extra coach attach ed to the West bound train, which leaves New Bern at 8:30 in the morn ing, and this was also well filled. He is of the opinion that it will be nec essary that he bring an extra coach into service Saturday of this week in order to be able to handle the increas ed amount that he is expecting to be shipped. a business gejdsboro There were a number of Ne Berniaas, also a Urge crowd of peo ple from the surrounding country who went to Norfolk yesterday on an excursion train operated from New Bern. The train wa composed of a baggage ear and four ooechea, the Utter being weU filled with peasen ger. This wa an excellent oppor tunity for people of thin section to visit this Virginia city, and the fare was very reasonable and this pro babiy aeeounte for the part paV- NEWMANS OFF for im m H. H. Gardiner, who climbed the Klk's temple Tuesday afternoon, left yesterday morning for Washington and 'Oreenville where he gave an exhibition yesterday and today he will climb buildings in Wilson and Rooky Mount. Saturday he will be la Wilmington, N. C, from whioh place he will go to Columbus, Ohio and other points in the Northwest. Judge and Mrs. O. H. Ouion and daughter Miss Lida Guion, and Mrs. Charles Duffy left yesterday morning for a trip through the New EngUnd Btates. They were joined in Wash ington, N. C, by Miss Lida Rodman and will continue the trip by rail to Baltimore, Md., and from there the trip will be made in Judge Quion's automobile which has been sent there for this purpose. The party will be gone for about ten days and the mem bers are anticipating a very pleasant trip. Ashevillei Aug. 25. Charged with assault on Marie Powers, a 16-year-old girl of this city, Glenn and Ewell West of Weaverville and "Cub" Sprinkles of Mars Hill, yesterday were arraigned in the court of Mag istrate B. L. Lyda who continued their case until tomorrow morning and released them under bond of $500. The warrant for the arrest of the three men was sworn out by Miss Powers who charges that they took her and Mrs. Bertie Rice for an automobile ride last Friday night. Several miles out of Asheville, she alleges, following certain statements made by the men she was threatened as she attempted to leave the car with the remark that she intended to walk home. She sprang from the au tomobile, she cUims, and was run ning from the mototists when they overtook her and were attempting to foroe her to re-enter the machine when Dr. W. M. Fresh and Carl Wea ver of Weaverville passed in another automobile. They took the young woman to a station on the interur ban line between Asheville and Wea verville and she was brought back to the oity on one of the cars. Ar riving hero she swore out a war rant for the arrest of the three men. although it was not served until yes terday. Each of the defendants fur nished bail and neither gave out any statement in connection with the case. ! ' i The weekly weather forecast for the South Atlantio ' and East Gulf States, effective Tuesday August the wenty-fourth is as follows: Gener- liy fair weather, with seasonable temperatures, is indicated for this week, although occasional ': thunder showers may occur over the Southern portion of the dist riots. - The concert given last night at the foot of Pollock street by the Peo ples Concert Band was a source of much real pleasure to the large num her pf pcopto who attended 4t. Theee concerts are given each Wednesday evening and the people are taking aa vantage or tne opportunity of hearing some real good music. NEGRO BEATS WOMAN W. F. Dowdy left yesterday raorn- lag for TUit to Norfolk, Va, 4 n riii 1 a.i n. r.. iiionani ich yemerrtay mora &C for a vteH to Norfok, Va, Unknown Black Attacks Eva Gar rett at Pembroke A negro whose name could not be learned last night, late yesterday entered the home of Eva Garrett, supposed to be a woman of ill fame, at Pembroke and beat her almost to death. Tho police were notified of the affair and made search for the negro but found-1 hat he had left the eity on a freight train. The police at Washington were notified to be on the lookout for the negro and Ute last night Chief of Polio C. Lupton received a telephone message from the chief at that place stating that they had the man under arrest. One of the local ofloers will today HMM Washington t bring he negro back to New. Bern. Y 1 I 1 Df.no do i xi