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V 1 " " Ci. 'A. " ' V- , . 1 - 5 1 - NEW BERN. ;N.X.. FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 13. 1912 THIRTY-FIRST YEAR . .'NUMBER 219 ; ' .V?S": - - 4:" t 3-( CI ' V ,'"' -7 ' ', r-j r-r- DECEIVES OVER 100 BARRELS OE WHISKEY 43 Barrels In Warehouse Now:: Consigned To' Geo. Seajs. SELD FDR NEXT TERM OF , UNITED STATES COURT Case, Against Him Worked Up By Special Of ficer Merritt. One of the most important srrests ior violation of the internal revenue laws in this city in some time was made i- when George Seals) alias J. H. Smith, - wis takrn in rustodv vesterdav after- t noon bv several revenue officers on a warrant charging him with doing a wholesale and retail liquor business in New Bern without a government license. Seals had been arrested first by the local authorities and was taken before the Mayor for examination. The city failed to make the case strong enough and the defendant was released. He was immediately arrested by the reve . sue officers and carried before United 'States Commissioner Charles B. Hill for a preliminary hearing. The case wis of unusual importance and a large number of witnesses were on hand, The" agent at the Norfolk Soithr-rn freight depot stated that "nr last June Seals had received more than-one hundred barrels of whiskey and at the present time there were forty-three barrels in the warehouse -consigned to him. Other winesses testified that, they fiad bought whiskey from him at different times fduring the past few months.1 After heraing the evidence in the case Commissioner Hill found probable cause and held the defendant for the next term of Federal court under a bond of four hundred dollars. He, failed to secure bail in this amount and was committed to the county jail. This' case was worked up by Special U. S. Revenue Officer K. W. Merritt of Raleigh. The whiskey now in the freight warehouse consigned to the defendant has been detained and will reamin there until the local govern wjent officers hear from headquarters. 'Seals was first placed under arrest more than a week ago by the local officers and at that time two barrels containing one hundred half pints each were confiscated. This whiskey is' now being held at the City Hall and will be disposed of under orders from Mayor McCarthy. r TO FORTIFY CHESAPEAKE BAY Appropriation Expected At Present Session of Congress. Washington, Dec. 12. Brig. -Gen. W. f fyfiixby, chief of the army engineers, .appeared !efore the fortifications sub committee of the House Appropriations ' Committee and urged the construction i ' - .of a powerful seacoast fortification at kOV. mouth of the Chesapeake Bay ao ' i that Baltimore, Washington, Norfolk, ' ' . "and-other Chesapeake bay cities can- ir V Jbe safely protected from a hostile fleet. t The amount of money desired front ' this Congress is $150,000 with which to ' purchase; land at Cape Henry lor the " v.; location of the fortress. The fortress, ' completed, would cost in the neighboor ' . fcood of $,000.000 or $3,000,000. . tt is believed that the initial appro- ' jiriation will be allowed at this Congress. f 'Congressmen EL E. Holland, of the Nor- ",7x o!k district," who . ha been devoting fiis time to this measure, has assurances . ' that it wilk ' ' .. -. PROGRAM AT THE ATHENS : Pictures as. follows:, v -.s , The Spirit of -the i JRangeThis ' itagraph Is full of the spirit of romance and life of the West;" Touches of beauty : throughout, make it irresistible, , "The Invited Guest" A splendid French " comedy. ;'Path Weekly" -Many Interesting pictures are shown in this ."Weekly..,;. Marshall,. , Pric6 .and Marshall, ' A comedy talking, sing ing and dancing trio appear again to iy, matinee and night. , - Tonight will , be "Amateur Night" mnA we are expecting a packed house. Strmeral have entered the contest, and " -te will be "something doing" cer in. You.don't want to miss it. ' IN SIX MONTHS WROTE THREATS Government Holds Men Charged With Writing Wilson. .Newark, N. J., Dee.U. Sullen and without counsel, the three so-called moiHitaineers arrested at Dover, N. J. last night charged witn writing threat ing letters to Woodrow Wilson, are locked up as Federal prisoners here today awaiting a preliminary examina tion on Monday. Two of the mare brothers, Peter and Jacob Dunn .4 and 6 years old, respec tively. The other is Seeley Davenport, 4 years old. According to the Post office inspectors who made the arrest, Peter accuses his brother Jacob having done the writing. Words written by Jacob at; the dic tation of the inspectors are said to have tallied in peculiarities a,nd misspelling with the letters sent to the President elect. These letters were mailed, apparently, at an out-of-the-way rural free delivery box in front of a deserted house, and the inpsectors say thjv have evider.cce that Jacob Dunn bought from a mail carrier paper identical with that on which the Wilson letters were written. When arraigned before a Commission er lait night, all the prisoners protested utter ignorance of the letters. BLAIR ARRAIGNED Trial for Murder of Geo. G. Thomp son Set for Monday. Greensboro, N. C, Dec. I. Wil liam Finlay Blair was arraigned in the State court hereyesterday and his trial for the murder of Southern Rail way division freight agent, George G. Thompson, set for Monday. The pris oner entered a plea of not guilty. Blair was chief clerk under Thoqipson apd on Uctober vtn was dismissed trom the service after failure to explain a 10-day absence. After receiving notice of his dismissal, Blair called Thomp son to his home by telephone and or dering the servants to close the house, prepared to personally receive his guest. A few minutes after Thompson entered five shots were heard, each taking, effect and Thompson's death being almost instantaneous. There were no witnesses and from the eight attorneys retained by the defense not suggestion as to the character of Blair's defense has leen dropped. Blair came in for an inheritance of Sj.5,000 a few days before the tragedy. George G. Thompson was a brother of T. S. B. Thompson, who died in Richmond last night. W. H. WALLINGFORD DIES. A telegram received here yesterday morning byf relative told f the death earlier in the day at Des Moines, Iowa, of W. H. Wallingford. Mrs. Wallingford was formerly Miss Annie Green, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Green of this city, LEASES BARBER SHOP. Ames Henry, a well known colored barber,' has leased the Temple Barber shop and yesterday it was again opened to. the public. "The shop is located in Lt very convenient""placc and has in the past enjoyed a very liberal patronage. MORE GUESTS FOR THE MUNI CIPAL DINNER. J. Leon Williams, Secretary of .the Chamber of Commerce, yesterday re ceived letters from-Jos. E. Robinson, editor of the Goldsboro Argiisj and Solicitor Charles. .., L. Abernathy ; of Beaufort, stating that, they -would be present and- participate in the annual banquet to be. given by the thamber of Commerce ai the Gaston .Hotel on the evening of January ?. Mr. - Williams has - written to many prominent men al over the State inviting -them tobe present on. this occasion and many- have. sig nified their intention of attending. ' FINE PICTURE PROGRAM. ' . The attendanc&at the Athens Theatre last night -was ' unusually - large. : ; The picture program was one of the best seen in some time 'and was highly praised by those who, were present; x. Tonight it "Amateur'NNight'l and the manager's state, that they have a treat in store for .their patrons. Several local-'' acts have already been booked and others are expected to enter.' ,A dollar's worth of Red Cross Seals may be the means of curing a con sumptive.: ; ' ' . ALLEN CASES "ENDED Sidna Sentenced to 35 and Wesley . i To 27 Years. . Wytheville, Va., Dec. 12. Thirty five years in "the penitentiary is the penalty Sidna Allen will pay for the part he played in the shooting up of Carroll county court house. Allen's nephew, Wesley Edwards, will spend 27 yearsln the penitentiary. These two sentences were the re sult of a compromise yesterday after noon, following a verdict of involuntary manslaughter in the case of " Sidna Allen for the murder of Common wealth's Attorney William M. Foster, the jury fixing the penalty in that case at five years' iniprionment. Al len already had been found guilty of second degree murder at a former trial for the killing of Judge Massie, for which he had been sentenced to 15 year3 in the penitentiary, and the other indictment pending against him for the murder, of Sherfif Webb was com promised by letting him plend guilty to second degree murder and t.ike a 15 years sentence, the combined sen tences making 35 years. Three in dictments against Wesley Edwards also were compromise, he taking a sentence of nine years imprisonment in each. In the second trial of Sidna Allen which ended yesterday, nine of the first jurors on the ballot stood for acquital, and the other three for murder in the second degree. Following their dis charge, the jurors in an interview de clared that not one of- them thought the evidence presented by the. State was sufficiently strong to Mistain the charge of conspiracy. NEW MEAT MARKET. The firm of Tisdale and Holland, proprietors of the New H'ern Produce Company, have recently made a num ber of improvements in their store on Middle street. In addition to this they have added a meat market 'and in the future will be able to supply their patrons with the best that the market affords in this line. The attention of reader's is called to their ad which appears in this issue of the Journal. They announce that they will do a strictly cash business and will make a specialty of choice western meats. NEARING COMPLETION. Three new buildings in the down-town busiuess section of the city arc rapidly nearing completion and wilk be ready for occupancy at an early date. These are J. M. Mitchell & Company's new store on Middle street, W. A. Mcin tosh' building on Craven street and S. B. Parker's building on the same street. Each of these new structures has been erected at a cost of several thousand dollars and greatly a J ds to the appearance of the streets upon which they are located. TO EIGHT SUBURB Force of Electricians Stringing Wires For. Illuminating Ghent. USE INCANDESCENT CLUSTERS Current for . Lamps . Will, Be Fur nished From Company s - Own Plant. ;.,.:' Yesterday a force of electricians were engaged in placing wires on t he poles which were recently erected in Ghent for the purpose of lighting , that new suburban section. - As before, stated in the columns . of the . Journal, the present system ttSed in' many suburban sections all over the country of Jighting the streets with arc lights will not be used there. , ' ' . Hv plOn every other set of ( poles will be pjaced an arch containing d' number of small incandescent lights.'? It has been found- that i these, give much -. better illumination' at about the same' cost as 'the arc lights ; The, electricity t for these . lights, will be funyshed by 'the company's wnv: power -plant, which is now; being installed. r V; ' , All of the lights will burn "until the last street car has'come in! to the car barn at night. As they come up the line on the last rtip the mot or man will throw a switch which" will cut off all but one of the lights bn each arch. Later on in the night the power- plant will close and the remaining lights will be extinguished. - The lighting of Ghent was arranged by a roan well Vereed in such work and that it will prove a complete success and all that lias been claimed for the system there is l.'ttle doubt. ARRANGING EXTEND FORESTS OF THE NATION Report of Commislon Shows That Millions of Acres Have Been Reserved. VAST SUM BEING EXPENDED The Commission Created By the Weeks Bill of the 61st Congress. Washington, Dec. 1. Secretary of War Stimson yesterday presented to the Senate the first annual report of the Appalachian and White Mountain F'orest Commission, authorized by Congress to expend $11,000,000 for a forest reserve along the ranges of these two mountains system. This shows that already 1, 558,81 acres of lantd have been reserved by the (government, much of it in the States of Maryland, Virginia and West Vir ginia. North Carolina and Georgia in the South, and Vermont and New Hampshire, in the Nbrth, have also contributed largely to the peurchased areas. The commission was created by the Weeks bill of the Sixty-first Congress and directed to acquire as much water shed and other timber lands along the Eastern and Southern ranges of moun tains as the $11,000,000 'would buy The money is made available over a period of six years. The areas have been selected upon th watersheds of navigable streams and with especial reference to the protection of those regions from floods, They are located, too, so as to be of strategic im portance in maintaining forest reserves in these States,' aside from their value in preventing floods. v The purchase area now surveyed in the States of Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia embrace six projects the "Massanutten" tract of 15,94( acres, the "Potomac" tract of 59,556 acre lying in Maryland and 79,433 lying in West Virginia, an area of 681, 316 acres in West Virginia oh the water shed of the Monohgahela, and of 301, 940 acres on the Potomac and Shenan doah rivers. A second Monongahela river watershed tract of 80,i.59 acres has been surveyed, all of it in West Virginia. Of the areas actually purchased, 19,311 acres of the Massnautton tract are in Page and Rockingham counties, Virginia, and are situated between the north and south forks of the Shenan doah river. A total of 14,900 acres of the Natural Bridge tract, located in Rockbridge, Bedford and Botetout counties, yir- ginia, has also been acquired during the past year. This lies on the water shed of the James river, with a small portion on the watershed of the Ro anoke river. REPORTED N. S. COMPANY WILL GET H1NES ROAD. Raleigh, N. C. Dec. 11. A charter was issued yesterday for the Carolina Railroad Company, of Kinston, capital $175,000, for the purpose of developing and operating thirty-five miles of road from Kinston to Snow Hill;, built as a lumber road by the Hines Bros Lumber Co. -' It is understood that the road is to pass to the .management of the Nor folk 'Southern. The incorporators of the Carolina Railroad Company Ct.V Millard, J- C Nejnts, Jr., M. S. Hawkins,5 R. A. Black, and H. Maniey of-Norfolk, and W M.' Hayes, Kinston. TWELVE DAYS t i - v. . - ' I ; to r:i't tz Afr-iJ cf th? 13th. ItlsC'-IrUr'' yTrrTI v: iy t en x: :it c:.::.::-.:j DEM "THE SERVANT IN THE HUSE" This Will Be Next Attraction at Opera House, Date Dec. 26. One of the most striking figures seen on the English stage in decent years is the Drain-Man, the elemental and primitive being in "The ServaDt ii the House," the sensationally successfu play by Charles Rann Kennedy, which is to be presented at the Masonic Theatre on Dec. 26th by Victor E Lambert and one of the most perfectly balanced acting organizations now extant in this country. The Drain-Man is an out-cast, who has been cast off by his brother, an English clergyman, and who sinks lower and lower inthesocfal scale until he becomes a scavenger. He is victim of ingratitude of the world, a creature who has been kicked and buffeted about so much that there has grown in his heart a fierce hatred of the world and those who people it He is almost a giant in stature, a great hulking, shaggy man with eyes that blaze with bitter resentment and a voice that sounds like thedar of some mighty animal. He enters the house of his brother with black passion in his heart, intent upon finding his little girl whom the same brother has kept from him Before he sees his brother he meets with Manson, the mysterious servant, who is also his own blood brother but who is keeping his identity secret that he may influence for good those in the house who are in need of help The mysterious servant transforms the Drain -Man into a useful member of society and implants in his heart the spark of brotherly love. He teaches him the glory of labor and shows him that the cleaning out of drains is a necessary occupation. In the end the Drain-Man finds genuine pride in his task and glories in the thought of his usefulness. MRS. MARKS ENTERTAINS Gives Beautiful and Attractive Auction Bridge Party. Quite the most beautiful and at tractive card party of the season was given yesterday afternoon by Mrs! Harry B. Marks at her handsome home on Johnson and East Front street Suggestions pf the "Yule tide" were evidenced in the artistic decorations of holly, mistletoe and long leaf pine. Many handsome baskets ' of gift flowers also adorned the rooms, over which the soft light of many un shaded candles, in silver candle sticks, shed its glow. The lovely hand-painted place-cards were Christmas bells, overhung with holly and bunches of poinsettas. There were eleven tables of auction bridge and at the elbse of a most in teresting afternoon, an elaborate lunch eon was served. In the refreshments, as in the decorations,- the Christmas suggestions were beautifully carried out Those enjoying Mrs. Marks' hospi tality were: Mesdames Charles Thom as, J. Vernon Blades, Owen Guion, Delia WJjitford, George Stratton, Wil liam Hand, David, Congdon, John T. Hollister, F. Howard Sawyer, Charles Emmert, Francis Stringer Duffy, C. D. Bradham, Ralph Smith, Thomas Warren, Charles Buford, David Ward, J. Guion Dunn, Edward Clark, Wade Meadows, William Dunn, Sr., Mary Drake, Robert Nixon, Robert Jones, John Dunn, Frank Hyman, Mark Marks, Charles Duffy; Missis de Wolf Stevenson, John Carraway, H. A. Merfeld, Charles Pettit, Mortie Laura Hughes, Margaret Bryan, Janet Hollister, Mary Nixon, Isabel Simmons, Sara Congdon, Harriette Marks, Mollie Heath, Sadie Hollister, Mary Louise Waters, Eulalia Willis, BonnieBroad- foot, of Fayetteville and Lida Rodman of Washington. WON'T SELL MONflCELLO Offered Three Quarters of. a Mil- lion, Levy. Declines. ; : Richmond. ' Va.. Dec.. 12. Refusing to sell Monticcllo, the homeof Thom as Jefferson,, to a buyer at & price, of $750,000, , who through 'Mrs v Martin W. Littleton, offered to deed it to the State of Vitginia, i Jefferson M.- Levy says in a telegram to Governor Mann: "I cannot now : commercialize -the sentiment of yearf by putting a? price urjoa''Uhu'?TOble''prop highest Conception of patriotic, feeling toward the name and home of Thomas Jefferson, in ' which I yield first place to n one, coupled with a deep affec tion for the place, itself because of my long' association,,' and in the full as surance that my care will continue to be both abundant and constant, I jm not prepared to make or accept any Oder, depriving me of this cherished r . 't." . PREDICT IRTIN WILL RE DEPOSFO Others of the Older Senators May Have to Yield to "Progressives." ANCIENT RUMOR REVAMPLD But It is Likely That It Is Mere Talk and Signifies Nothing. Washington, Dec. U. Washington papers carry sensational stories show ing how Thomas S. Martin, of Virginia, is to be dposed as Democratic Senate leade'r; how he is to be put aside I y the "progressive" or "radical" em inent among the Democrats in the Senate after the reorganization in March, and how the whole thing i already cut and dried to put him n the political shelf with the coming in of the new administration. Although the story is printed here again, it is not iiew. Since the election last month, when it was found th;'t the Democrats would control the Senate after March 4, all kind of trou ble has been predicted. It has been said, and this with apparently some foundation, that, headed by Senator Gore, who is close to President-ekct Wilson, a movement now on foot would assume such headway by the time of the reorganization that Senators Mar tin, Tillman, liaon, Simmons and one or two of the other older leaders in the upper house, would be forced to give way to the "radicals" or "pro gressives." F.fforts made to ascertain what there is in such a story show that there is some feeling against a few of the older Senators because of an inclina tion to hold to more than one impor tant committee place, and that some of the newer and younger members of the Senate believe that the older ones will have a monopoly on the good as signments. There is no doubt that the older men will get the best places because of seniority, and that the newer and younger members will have to take what they can get, but so far as the story that Senator Martin is to be sidetracked and laid on the shelf is concerned, there appears to be noth ing in it. It cannot be doubted that there is some feeling in the Senate, just as there has been for many years. But is is no more acute now, all things considered, than it always has been. Senator Martin's friends place little credence in the reports that he is to be deposed. MAKING GOOD HEADWAY. Hundred Laborers at Work on Lum- .ber Company's Tram Road. More than three miles of the tram road being constructed through Pamli co county by the East Carolina Lum ber Company ha been completed. The road starts on the North side of Broad creek and goes in a Northerly direction toward Beaufort county. A, present more than one hundred laborets are engaged in the work of construc tion. The majority of these are foreigners brought from New York while the others are colored men secured in thi9 city. Charles S. Hall, one of the stock- holders and officers of the Company stated yesterday that the Progress being made in the construction of this road was very gratifying to the com pany.' The road is to be twenty miles in length and will be completed some time next month. It is the company's intention to begin operations at their plant in James City about February 1. 1913. The engines to be used on the tram road will be constructed by the Baldwin Locomotive Works and will be the latest tpye of tram engines being built by this company. Are you using Red Cross Seals on your Christmas packages? j - NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. National Bank of. New Berri-Notice "X-l ; People's 'Bank-Christmas ; cheer. : il New. Bern Banking 'and Tfust Co. Banking service. , - : V'i-Y' - ' r , Bradham prug Co. Get something . useful for a Christmas present. ' J. J.' Baxter Entire stock of Christ mas gooas at a reuuction. jits-v New Bern ' Produce : Co.- Special' for Saturday- ' ;
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