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VOL, LXII. No; 89
NEW BERN, N; C. WEDNESpA3iM0RNINGiJANlJARy 15 1913
THREE CENTS PER COPY.
CALL MEETiriG Ifl'
eOLDSBOHQ JAIi 31
ES W.
PAST YEAR GOOD
THE STATE
GETS THOUSANDS
AS AN AGITATO B
i: s. BEjipo.ia .
Mf Mil!
CHECK
FLASHER
WITH
BANKS
wTH
1.
That is the Solution cf Problem
Oilered by H. M. Whitnry -Of
Boston.
FEARS FEDERAL OWNERSHIP
That, He Says. Is Fraught With The
Greatest Menace to the
National Welfare.
Boston, Jan. 1 1 Henry M. WhitwyV
a director of the Boston and Maine
Railroad, nrpes Gov. Foss, in a" public
letter, to ask the Legislnuie to make
Massachusetts a paitncr in the rail
roads that operate in the htate. Mr.
Whitney advocates t'lis plan as a
substitute for Feder.il ownership of
railroad.-, , which Litter he says, is
"fraught with the greatest menace to
.nil our industries and' social welfare."
His objection to Federa' ownership is
th-it it will, he n-serls, put Massachu
setts and other seaboard Mate-, in the
ban-!.- .1 the Congress representatives
of the Middle and Western States, who
want .'. system of height rales based
on mileage.
With Massachusetts as its corporate
partner, represented -in its direr orate,
tin; Boston and Maine, Mr Whitney
asserts, would have n trouble in
getting t lie vast sums it needs lor im
provements which it cannot now get,
"owing to the attacks on railroads in
the press, which whatever their merits,
have shaken the conlidnect of the
investing public, and owing steo to tries
unwillingness of the Interstate Com-J
mercc Commission to permit an in
crease of rates."
"If State partnership is adopted,"
dds Mr. W!iitney, "and the railroads
get the money necessary for full
equipment for moving frieght expediti
ously from one point ot another, there
is no good reason why the railroads
should not agree to a time limit for
ircight deliveries and a penalty for
ill u re to deliver within a thor-
oughly reasonable time."
COI I.ARDS RY PARCEL POST.
A package containing collards was
one of the article's received yesterday
at the postolficc for tiansportarion by
parcel post. The vegetable were sent
in from one of the rural routes and were
consigned to u gentleman living at
Kinston. The package weighed about
five pounds. During the past few days
a number of packages containing
spare-ribs, sausage aid ham , hr. ve
passed through the !"c.il ofhic enrouie
to other point --
KILLS HIS BROTHER ACCIDEN
TALLY. Washinijton, jan. 11 T hp acciden
tal killing of Frank Brantley by his
brother late Satunliv afternoon near
Kovall, this county, is reported here.
Frank and James Brantlev had been
hunting, and when they, returned
home Frank set his gun on the porch
and went into the house. When he
came out his brother, James, picked
up the gun, thinking it was not load
ed afid remarked to his Brother "I'll
show yon how to kill blackbirds." Ii
some way the, gun cischarged, the
whole load entering the breast of
Frank Brantley, killing hint almost
instantly. Physicians were immediate1
Iv fctimmoned, but the unfortunate
jnan vas beyond medical aid. Frank
was about 1" years of age, and James
17. Both the boys are well thought
of.'
CATCHING COLD.
Colds are probably ."catching," par
y ticularly from others, and it is there
V; fore best to avoid intimate associa
1 rionssnch as use of the same drinking
i ' cup and towel with people who have
' coljjs Likcirise avoir! crowds, oyer1
' rj5; heated or badly ventilated places, and
4 " people who have recently had pneu
f monia, -Board of Health Press Ser-
' w ICC. ' . '
' TROGRAM AT THE ATI1NES
- t TODAYS
lr, J Mack, and. Moade , the original coon
;i v'',aml the cVuuy tdnge -cloe .their en
' , gagement with - us tonight, and in. an
-';; entiri change of program.
' 4p Wtf, areVunahle. to give lisf of plo
( tures we will show on account of fail-i-
ure to make R. R. connection at Golds
, boro.'' See to dAy's Sfin for progYam.
" -. Matinee dau"y at 3:45. :l 1st show at
.sight starts at 7.30 d at'. 9 o'clock.
, Observe the hours and you can always
secure a desirable seat. . ' ,
Representatives of Baseball Senti
ment In Eight Towns to Meet
At The Kennon.
NEW BERN HEADS MOVEMENT
Organize League Along Consent
live Lines So As To Avoid
Customary Losses.
The committee appointed "Several
rjyas ago at a meeting of thf local
baseball enthusiasts to get ia com
uunication with the "fans" of several
"other cities in F.astern North Carolina
and find out if thty would be -willing
to become members of an Eastern
Carolina l.iiigue, have already begun
their work I y sending out the follow
ing letter-
N
ew
c rn,
Dear
Ar
(.'.II
tnwu
sir
your .1 l'Aer f basi ball sport?
ou persuade the people ! your
to support a team? We have
had a meeting and ivr are taking th
c
i ill 1 iai ive in forming a si team league
We arc writing to the baseball fans
in Rex ky Mount, Wilson, FayeUeville
Wilmington, Tarboro, (ioldsboro, Kin:
ston and Washington. We believe
there is enough baseball enthusiasm
in Eastern Carolina to organize teams
in at least six of 'hese towns
!f you are with us, call a meeting
of your people and sec what you can
do. See how much money your town
will raise for a team. Cet the ideas
of yorir people as to what limits our
league should o to, in xthc way of
salaries and expenses of various na
ture. Have your citiiens appoint a
committee to meet our committee in
Goldsboror at the Hotel Kennon Fri
day pight, at 8 o'clock January Jlst,
1913.
It is our idea to organize a league
along conservative lines with an idea
of producing the sport without a great
4o4,of m6ey. as has been the case
in some instances heretofore.
Advise lib what action you are go
in, to take.
Yours truly,
HARRY M RKS,
DR. JOS. F. I'ATTLRSOX,
CI YDF LHY,
Committee representing .New Rem
Athletic Association.
1 hese letters have just been sent out
and up to the present time no answers
nave licen received. However, it is
more than probable that at lest six
of the cities mentioned will be able to
raise enough money to siart operations
and at the mectin;; to be !vl ! at Golds
bo'o the Association will be formed
As soon as answers to the letters are
received the local committee will hold
another meeting and more definite plans
wili be made.
MULE WASN'T DROWNED
Mr. Gillette Make Statement Con
cerninii Ferry Accident.
I.. T. Gillette of Maysville was in the
city yesterday. He tells the Journal
that its account o the occurrence on a
ferry boat crossing the White Oak
river as printed some time ago was
incorrect, in that -it stated that one of
the mules which figured in the affair
was drowned.
Four mules got overboard, said Mr.:
Gillette, but all four were saved.. His
account of bt affair wa as ftlc?wsj
A learn of two mules drawing a wagon
was driven on the ferry boat. Hitched
to one of the rear wheels of the wagon
wus another pair of mule.-'1 On the,
way over the front pair of mules became
frightened. The driver tried to quiet,
them but did not succeed. They shovejl
the wagon-back and all lour , mules
went' overborad. , '.;
1 he mules were cut loose in time to
save them . from . drowning-' and ; -the
Wagon was also rec'oyeredi The eam
and wagun belonged toG; ,D. jCaneld
of Morehe'ad City is stated inihe'fyd
atriele in the Journari.The ferry boat is
th property.of -Mr. Gilrctte. Who rents
it to the coiintii-x of Carteret nnd Onslow
these- counticH maintaining the ferry
until he bridge: tn be rebuilt. -.7 ;
Miss Annie Skinner of Norfolk, .-.-Va
has arrived in the city and has accepted
a . position 1 as bookkeeper at the Model
Steam Laundry." ' . ''
Mrs. J. Leon Williams has returne 1
from Charlotte- .where she has been I
visiting relatives. . - , ,
Every B ink in Norfolk, Portsmouth
and Newport News Made
Object of His Attack.
OPERATED IN SEVERAL STATES
Got Intimately Acquainted With
, Receiving and Paying Tell
ers Firat Step in Game.
Norfolk, lu. 14. Every bank in
Norfolk, Portsmouth and Newport
ryews was made the object of -attack
by one of the smoothest lliinflammers
that has come this way recently. A
small, lean man about thirty-five years
old, was arrested yesterday after he had
cashed worthless chicks, all for $300
at ?11 of the h-inks. When the man was
arrested at the Magnolia apartments,
ocrner Freemason and Bank streets,
$-S,?lU in rash was found in liis pos-sessic-n.
Tlie man ,'io operand i William
M. IKnon, eanu- here about a Pioiith
ai;o. lie opened accounts ..I every
baul: in the city, made d.iilv deposits
and had 'hecks ca.-licd for :.andl
anio'ims. tie made it hi;, business to
b.ioini' as lntimaicl.' acquainted as
possible with both the receiving and
p-.iing teller. He soon lame to the
point here his business was handled
without guestion at ali of the banks,
from t be largest to the rniallest and
most conservative to the more pro
gressive. Even yesterday when he
vent to ca-h a check jnade payable to
"myself" without endorsement when the
teller ask him to place his name o
the back of the paper he said, "Yoh
won't let me put one over on yon tov
day." ')
:'; The check was the last on he cashed.
Twenty minutes later he was srrented,
I art Friday he deposited in all th
banks checks drawn on a bank in Har
rishurg, Fa. All the checks were for
$.400. Vesterday the Norfolk National
flank telegraphed the Harrubur h:mk(
to asMf the check was gooi. The an
swer came that no such account waj
held, with the request that all Nor
folk barks be notified.
When the othei banks here'- were
notiricd it developed that all had as
counts with Hanson and that all ol
them had had the same experi"iue. In
a few minutes every lank had detec
tives out looking for the man. War
rants were also sworn out by different
banks.
Henson's operations evidently cover
a wide scope. In his possession were
found piss books and blank checks on
hall a hundred different banks. De
scriptiens of the man will l e sent to
day to the several banks and it is
thought additional charges v ilLle made
and that the catch will prove a very
important one.
Her.son was arrested at the Mag
nolia apartments on a warrant sworn
out by R. C. Taylor, Jr., of the Marine
Bank, and charges Harson with "tin
lawfully defrauding by check through
the Norfolk National Bank on a tank
il? Pennsylvania, said chock being
worthless and drawn and cashed with
intent to defraud."
Henson 'operated under three dif
ferent name's. In Norlolk he operated
S3 William M. Heyson, in Portsmouth
he was known as R. H. Conwell, while
in Berkley he hai accounts under the
Barne of H. J. Bonner. He also oper
ated in Pennsylvania towns under the
name of Harry Brosey and M. A. Hess.
First iutimatibn nt the workings of
Henson was had at, police headquarters
yesterday' when several banks com
plained that W. M. Henson had de
frauded them' by pa -ing , worthless
checks. ' '''".;
Detective Spratt went to the Mag
nolia &prtments and not finding Hen
son at home left for police headquar
ters. ' In th 'meantime Sam Cotton
came on the scene and extracted .(jilta
to.the amount of S,70, which he took
to Ihe Seaboard )ahk and turned .over
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,AVk.t fMcliMlfl.MI . . . V - . ..
l")etectivif Spratt ,rtuned 'jto the
houK-nd toge:tbt:.. .with- Cotton. 4-
waited . Henson s rtf urn-:,. lenjion e-
uresscd ; 'considerable ?' sunrise- y Ken
greeted bv the officers. - . -"" -.
He denied all intention to defiaud
when brought before the tail at police
headquarters. Although Chief Kizer
and Captain Ford questioned him lor
about five hours, he denied ajl - guilt
and stood! steadfastly by his declara-
tion of innocence. - . .? . - 1
. The $5,570 which was laken off him
tt police headquarters - was. in $100,
t-0 $10 and $5 bills arid was tucked
m his overcbat pocketsTthe' lapels being
pinned to the coat with safety pins. -
Bishop Svs Oyster Bay Man Can
Pull Down But Can't
Build Dp.
UNWORTHY OF HIS FOLLOWING
Time Has Come, Says Speaker, To
Put End to Dangerous An
tics of Certain People.
Atlanta, Jan. 11. Theodore Roose
velt and his followers were denounced
here in a sermon by Bishop Warren
Candler of the Southern Methodist
Episcopal Church as "inflammatory
agitators who, though in a pronounced
minority and unworthy of any rc-
spectab le following, have a power to
pull down without the ability to build
up any worthy religious, political or
social institution.
"The time lia come for the cons-
servatwe people ol ill classes in our
country o pul an end to ihe danger
ous jntus ol I'Tlain parties who, hav
ing taken leave ol bolh sober reason
and sound conscience, seek to draw
unstable minds alter them to l-V in
jury of themselves an.j everybody
else," sail! Bishop Candler.
"It is quite possible that there art
overgrown fortunes in some sections of
our country, but we dishonor ourselves
and damage our social system by pro
posals to correct this evil by uniting
tn schemes of popular robbery under
the power of excited majorities.
"There is no use to mince words in
uch a case. A. band of thieves using
the ballot for ends of injustice ol the
jurysbox for ( purposes of tpoliation is
oo better morally than a band of bur-'
glars with their jimmies and explosives.
And yet this kind of thing has been
encouraged among us in the mane of
the fights of the poor and the 'com
mon people
"in the name il common honesty, let
usfease the effort to correct the crimes
oo0icia1s j corporations by stealing
frin -all the stockholders. Stealing is
stealing, whether done in bulk or in
detail.
"When a candidate for the Presidency
in the recent national election was shot
by an assassin many said It was the
outcome ol the bitter dinum iat on of
that cand date by pol'ti- al enim.es.
and Ins foes were Cersuicd accordingly.
"We have quite erot'rli of hysterical
rtlormers and ivvirish reformations.
Fitful convulsions and 'aithfu! con
sciences are rarely, if v ver found to
gether Hysteria and a we'i pois-iH
m nd are nev,r united.
SHAKESPEARE CLUB MEETS
Joint Meeting of Sections A and B
Held Yesterdav.
A joint meeting of sections A and B
cf the Shakeseare Club was held
in the Club rooms yesterday afternoon.
Hostesses for the afternoon were
Mrs. H. M. Bonner, Misses Sarah
Stewart, Mary Ward and Myrtle
Disosway. . business ol importance
to the club came 'before the meeting,
after which the members read Act iv
of ("Midsummer Night's Dream."
From an attractive tea tabic the hos
tesses served tea and sandwiches.
Those present were: Misses Bettie
Windley and guests Miss Lelia Miller,
of Baltimore and Elsie .Walker, of
Brevard, Laura Ives, Appie Caho,
Lbrette Hanff, Sarah Stewart, Mar)'
Ward, Mollie Heath, Deta Roberts,
Myrtle 'Disosway, Mesdaines Charles
Thomas, W. B. FL Stanford, I., L.
Dameron, H. B. Marks, Cecil Gabbett,
C. D. Bradham and H. M. Bonner.
"GIRL FROM RECTOR'S." '
Managers l.ovick and Taylor have
secured the famous comedy Success
"The Girl From Rector's" ' to $y for
one night- Jan. "Ur-aOhe asonijf
IheaLfcMnts Piece oneneel at Weber
and Fields Musics Hall Swjfork and
Contrnuedf-(5?'er one'ear. -'he receipts
grew Jronv t,he openfhg day, and flight
after night the records established by
Weberand Fields at the heightpf ffieir
siicccfik JVere -rcpeatedly7shattered:
WVK. RtSSELL PARDONED? '
Governor , W.i AV Kite hi n Monday
granted a pardon to, W. K. Russell,
white, convicted at - the October term
of Pamlico County Superior Court' on
a -charge of seduction and- senterxed
to a term -of one year in ' the State
prison.' The pardon was granted -on
condition that the prisoner pay the
prosecutrix, six hundred dollars -and
also to pay the costs ok the-case, Y . . '
All Of The Financial Institutions
Of New Bern Found 1912
A Good Year.
ANNUAL MEETINGS ARE HELD
National Re-Elects Old O&icers
Other Banks Defer Elec
tions Till Later.
The regular annual meeting of the
stock holders of the National Bank of
New Bern was held at its banking rooms
yesterday between the hours of twelve
and one and the following were electe I
directors: Jas. A. Brvan, lohn Dunn.
E. K. Bishop, E. B. Hackburn, A. D.
Ward, J. A. Jones, T. G. Hyman and
G. H. Roberts. The directors met
immediately afterwards and re-elected
the following officers for the ensuing
year: Jas. A. Bryan .President, John
Dunn, Vice President: ('.. II. Roberts,
('ashicr and W. W. CrilV-n, ,A-,t.
Cashier.
At the New Bern Banking & Trust
Company the following directors wen-re-elected:
J. B. Blade,, W. B. Blades,
T. A. (.reen, 1. VV. Stewart. K. N.
Duffy, T. j. Warren, J. S. Basnight,
C. E. Foy, B. B. Hurst, I.. H. Cutler,
Jr., L. I. Moore, E. H. Meadows,
Joseph Gaskill, J. S. Miller, J. V. Blades
and K. E. Bennet. The directors will
meet later to elect officers.
T be old board of directors, composed
of C. S. Hollistcr, E. H. Meadows, Jr.,
K. E. Bennett, C, D. Bradham, Wm.
Dunn, Clyde Eby, J. W. Stewart, C.
V. McGehee, W. F. Abberly, T. A.
Urzell, H. M. Groves W. P. Metts,
W. JU Swan and G. C. Speight, was
rc-eletted by the stochkolders of the
People's Bank. Officers will be elected
Uter.
. The past year was one of the most
uniformly successful the local banks
have ever known. During the year a
new bank, the Citizens Savings and
Trust X0fl'lJ0r...a. ' organized and
this newest banking enterprise together
with the older institution starts upon
the new year with every prospect of a
fine business.
CONVICTS ESCAPE
QUICKLY CAUGHT
Two Get Away From Lenoir County
Chain Gang and Leave
For New Bern.
ONt IS CAPTURED ON TRAIN
The Other Nabbed at Bridgeton In
The Act of Leaving To
Go To Norfolk.
Monday morning Luther Neal and
John Moulton, two colored convicts
on the Lenoir county chain gang
managed in some way to elude the
vigilance of the guards and made their
escape. 1 heir unceremonious depar
ture was soon discovered and a search
instituted but 9 well had they covered
their tracks that there was not a clue
as to which direction they had taken
in, departing for pastures new.
Sheriff Taylor was notified at Kin
ston and after considering the matter
came to the conclusion that the men
had come to this city and at once de
cided to KfoUoWi'! 'Boarding .the east
bound train the Sheriff walked through
the cF reseryed.w colored people and
there .reposing, qone of the seats, was
John Moulton. -The escaped convict
saw the officer just a second or' two
after the latter had discovered the
fugitive ,bnt his attempt to jump
khrougk'ithe car window was nipped jn
ffhp h..d" . "
- . , .- . ,w
y Motiltoa was brought on - to' New
Wry and placed in the county -jail
e the Sheriff continued his search
for'the otherx fugitive. Chief of Police
Luoton was communicated' with and
after: tie. had become conversant with
the facts, began a search which resulted
in locating Neal who had gone over, to
Bridgeton with a female mend. '
Policemen A. A. Ipocand McDanieJ
were sent over to that place to place
Neal under arrest They left this city
on the- midnight train and -as fortune
would have it, the escaped conviot was
at the station there making prepara
tions to leave for , Norfolk He' Was -placed
under arrest and bfought back
to New Bern.j Sheriff Taylor, and hie
prisoners returned to Kinston- yester-,
day morning. ' t , ' " ,
Brigadier General James Alien La
ments that Congress Can
not Be Interested.
NO HEADWAY MADE IN
1I
Of The Other Great Powers
Making Great Strides.
This Country Lags.
Washington, Jan. 14. Brig.-Gen.
James Allen, chief officer of the Signal
Corps, deplores the facts that the year
191 i has shown no advancement in
aviation ip lie United States A rmv v -
cei
lit that! of the individual efforts of
the
aviators themselves and other offi
cials directly interested in the ad
vancement , of this new aria of i lit- na
tion's oPcnse and defense.
i time some real enthusiasm
should be shown bv Conuress." !-
I..r:-s the m it-ran oliier who retires
i im '.he sciviec l-rvru.iry I . 'Ue
practically arc standing .-till' in this
great and ,cieiilific pr.ibh in. while
ranee, England, .er i,..in . Russia,
ipan and most all of I he laiger for
eign ' nations arc i.iakiug wonderful
strides," lie continued.
According :o General Allen the
United States Aimy has but 14 bi
planes rcaily for instant use, and only
14 officers capible of flying, while
practically every foreign nation com
pletely and overwhelmingly outclass
es this country in the sue of its aerial
fleet.
Individual efforts of the aviators
were directed mainly during the last
1 motnhs to the perfection of wire
less telegraphy from flying aeroplanes.
Splendid success was met wi'h, mes
sages being flashed as far as 15 miles
from biplanes moving as fast as 60
miles an hoUk. The aviators were also
succesifttl in directing the fire of the
artillery at Fort Riley, Kansas, at a
bidden target from machines while
at altitudes of 000 feet or more by
using the wireless.
The army paid a great toll, however,
in the death of two lietuenants and
one enlisted man, killed at College
Park, Md., during the summer. They
were Lieut. 1 eighton W. Hazelhursl,
Jr., Lieut. Louis C. Rockwell and Cor
poral Frank Scot t.
ADD FINISHING TOUCHES
V. C. Fertilizer Factory at James
City Neurs Completion.
'Ihe contractors are now adding the
linishing touches to the Virginia Caro
lina Chemical Company's new plant
at James City, j'jst across Trent river
from New Bern, and unless soin? un
expected delay occurs the plant will
be in operation in less than ten days.
The company's former plant which
was located on the site of the present
structure, was destroyed oy fire several
months ago. A few months later the
contract for the erection of a new build
ing a awarded 40 the contracting
firm of Rhodes ev Underwood of this
city and they at once began work o
the structure. No time has been lost
and the building is now practically
completed.
During the past wo weeks much of
the machinery which will be us
ed in the manufacture of the fertilizer
has been installed and the plant is now
alii;ost ready for operation.
HANCOCK AND SOUTH FRONT
STREET PAVING.
T. L, Nicholson, chief engineer of
the Norfolk Southern Railway Com-
pany, was in ,the city yesterday con
ferring with the Citv Engineer in regard
to the paving of Hancock and a por
tion of South Front street by the rail
way company. L. I.awsVin of Norfolk,-
to whom the contract for the work has
been awarded, arrived yesterday morn
ing -and snent the day in making pre-
preparation for the beginning of this
work. The grading of the streets wilt
begin at once and the paving will be
placed without further delay.
. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
New Bern Banking and Trust Co. ''.
The Farmer's Opportunity. . .- .
Burrus &- Cc.--Now' h the- time to
net that P, & O.i stalk cutter busy, j J"-;
People's Baifc The advantages de-:. -
rived.'". -, '"'' 1 . i '
' New.:-. Hern ; Electric StipplV-.-'Co. r -u
Light wiring a science as well as an art.' -
S.': Coplon . & San Clearance ; sale
begins Thursday morning Jan.lo. .