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r 1 " S ' 4 l : t r, 'A 'v. ,.. 7 -1 e ,- -r . if - . r i : Y0L.LXII. No. 104 NEW BERN, N. C. FRIDAY MORNING..MAY 30, 1913 THREE CENTS PER COPY iifiil A pi AA. i v t 7- y: ILL PROCLAIM I Secretary of State Bryen Tomorrow a : yn"" , v.: rngd In r i- , - jr 4 a. CftuTtiont v DIRV SENATORS c lu: ' j 1 c i- 2 i r VOTE P v " 1 - j 'i ttlttrEnd Contest Be'Vft In Tlrst stituuonai ; tt.vven- "Tion Itself. ishinstohi May 29.-)ii-Sat if? v itjs e&oecretary 01 atax&jnwiuejm tj(ac.t tt the' Seventeenth amendtaeVi " 1o tlip Federal Constitution, ororfdi s fcy directr vote. ;of the people,' t. states' and Is from this time on a f. . Jt of the organic law. v v; " '; -. inis act win enu a cuhicbi ucguu m the first constitutional convention itself. wilf bring to a close the mpre. recent contest begun 30 years ago to aniend the -Constitution and take from; the Legislatures of. the State the-power o name Senators. This Droclamation will mean that within six" years not one Senator 'whp lias been elected by a State Legista'tue will hold a'seat. in the upper brahcb of Congress. Jt will mean that one- third of thai body, whose terms expire on March 4, 1915, will elected by the people '"61 their respective States, - Also the proclamation' will be the signal to the entire sisterhood of States to 'overhaul the'' present rlccal: election' laws and .make itv possible for .candi; dates for the Senate to have places on the ballots. ; Jt-4ill.; too, be incumbent upon the. States ? to prbylde : proper safeguard , fbr :the popular election of -their Senators;-7c 'Sno'-v-.v-- '.';' v Not y'':i.SlAm--viU. be. compelled !Ve.BV!Aj''. 'natine machinery ;LecislaUvi,caBcuws will be no more. Sehatprial-Wventions, , ay..lheldtccoureetw , ''. system will jp'rol out the ynion. .yfldeejr jfinjndr , jnent no nominaUbnaall ii required !' . of a candidate who wishes to run for A a the Senate, but At ffli'bel';ithj(ng T for an.asplnAi for the Senate.to nake , a race WUDOUfv some, mriy wigana v' : tion-bedim;M;.-,; : ,Pba'Wtl;fi?.'tp be 51 v 'Selected 'by ;t;4irecJ ivote o4State sT-iwillbe: the .-.sWceSsbrlto WifUam P. ' A Jacksopl; of arylandti nq this prbny i frisesifba. ;istce; precedent. -1 ne f"'f many chases 6f the Jackson case have t' 6e;n:dlUf njiieil :by leading ' - Jawyers iit the Senate and the action r ' of be State jn fading a means'of carry ' 4,J;'lng'rth amendment intd effect' will, be watched by the enjtirt counry . ' . : s'" i''.:;There;is idnehe0:;casl now I C'infe. ny :y "paraltel to thatVf " f Senator Jacicsonv-That is the I mix-up over. Jthe '-ieat 'i now: held ;by Senator ' t Bacon, of .Georgia.. He is hojding office y by appointment 'of 1 the . Governor ' of ' ' vX.Vbi State, his term having expired' oh . 'C:-J:h March ; HU'LegsUture."meety in regular session in June and it must pro vide the machinery, for thej.election of Senator Bacon's successor: f. y It is' a matter of, great gratification to SecreUry Bryan, : that to- i pnvi- leged to proclaim the new amendment. He ha compaigned for 20 years for 4 the direct election of Senators and it , r.Ttowflls to his lot to officially announce to the country the- ratification,, of measure'- that- embodies 'ontfof . his -'''most cherished policies.-1' , ''". Originally, the Secretary intended to . make the occasion of the Droclamation 'A 1 i t : -. ? 1 1 4 1 & ra ceremony, 11c jiai rctunsiut-reu idea' however and will on Saturday - sign the state document jn the presence of only a small group of friends .'who ftave stood with him in his long fight for the reform. This party will include Senator Borah, who led tlte amend mcnt fieht in the Senate, former Con grespn II. St. George Tucker, who urged a similar amendment , when he was a niember of the Uoue, and' Rcpre cntalive Ruckrr, tf AIivowtl- -'." The Seventeenth Aniundmrnt is th nTond chanRo to be made in the Con ci-Miiion within the past year. The f.i t. DKxlifiration of the organic la 1 10 ll Civil War period was the rati ' ' 1 f t' 0 Sixteenth Amendment if ilir; levy ot an inrom . ' ' Till. TO STO SPEEDING. Mayor Banaert Cites Policemen; Determined tnetthedrivcioK of motor driven vehicle Itftrough-the streets of New Bern at high speed shall cease, LMayot Albert IJ.'Jangert has given who they see exceeding the speed limit. n the past wherever a driven was ar rested on a. charge of exceeding the speed limit he immediately wanted Ftp know if the officer could positively swear that Jie was exceeding a rate of peed allowed by the Jaw,;' In the futurs it.'ViU; be Vjnnecessary for drivers lo puUvanyC old xgag". like the above. LWijen the -officer jfsflys that in his est 'frtaion jtbev acjne r was.exceeding h'tiftjeed. jjlmitftlit WUi TO, sufficient Vfavbr Bngert.(v -'-r ; hlrtg, that , will- probably these -reckless drivers is that iiirjent meted out to them will .- fJhan "the -cost ;'of the case". Oenclejs who come before the Mayor oiJl charge 01 speeding1will be com pelled to coqgh tip the price of enough gasolene, to take them from New Bern to." some point that cannot be reached in a week's run. II TO ENTER WILMINGTON MOTORCYCLISTS MAY BE HERE ON THE "GLORIOUS FOURTH" ;The horse and motorcycle races to be held at the Fair Grounds on July promise to be the event of the season. Horses from all over this section will be entered in these races and the ex hibition will be one well worth witness ing.' fAs a result of advertising it exten sively, interest in the motorcycle races is rapidly growing, fn a letter received yesterday by the Journal from Irl Sell, publicity man of the Wilmington Motorcycle Club, the writer stated that there are a number of speedy machines., in -that city and that the owners would like to enter them in the' July races here. This letter has been turned over to J. Leon Williams, secretary of the East em Carolina C; Fair Association Com pany who, wilt conduct the races, and he has written to the Wilmington Club and extended ihfejfeembers and invita tioa to participate in this event. Mr. Williams wfthes to talk over the approaching ' ' ' racjhYi'he members ot the New Bern Motorcycle mud ana requests the Club to meet in the office of. the Chamber of Commerce in the Elks' Temple next Monday night at Sjo'cldC,, Matters orimportance are td be transacted at that timev$nd it is hoped, that every member will l?e pre sent.' . ' ' PROGRAM AT THE ATHENS TO- -'-v . ''v.''M VAUDEVILLE i ;' ;;' The Original Bernards -'America , peerless .'equilibrists. The best act of the kind ever seen on, a iVaudevile stage In ffew Bern- ia'fact it would be a hard matter to see a Detter one on any stage any-wnere. vl'rev 'PICTURES' ; A remarkably-clever story about an up-to-date American boy, by the Es anajr;'Co'.'lA;.f .. . -; VDoIorea' Declaloa v L , .This is a' beautiful and fascinating love .drama. , The picture-were made on Snake RlVer,; Florida. 1 X ' ? : v Th Sjfrlnjl of Llf'r,';t ' A Biograph love rftory told in an interesting -wayby, the' playerii of this celebrated compaiiy'.itf'.i.1 . 'Tlgntwao't freaicament . j "A". Biograpn; comedy-A good,fone. too.. , vv-,. . Matlne? every day -.'.'atj-.S jp'clock. Two shows at' night:; first starts at 8 o'clock, second about 9:13. K Always a desirable,, seat .for" you if you . will observe the hour and come , to - either the first or second show. , 1 n v- his proclamation announcing that 36 States have ratified the Seventeent Amendment the Secretaries of State f tlic individual States will be ofliculty .. ' ' ! t'.. it after that (Lite all Senator i ' ! i t;ie 1 ty tbti iV.i: v;!e ..f BERN EXPERT AUDITORS HAVE CITY BOOKS Norfolk Men Delving Into The Intricacies Of The City Accounts. AUDITED FEW WEEKS AGO System Now In Use Is Compli cated And May Be Changed Or Abandoned. W.-.P. Hilton and Fred B. Hill, ex pert auditors who are connected with Hiltoni -llawlings & Company, expert accountants of Norfolk, Va., arrived n the city yesterday morning and are now engaged in auditing the books of the different departments of the city. These books were audited by Thomas Kehoe of this city just prior to the time that the last Board of Aldermen went out of office. When the present Board came in they decided to have another audit of the books and secured the above mentioned Norfolk firm to make it. Mr. Hilton informed a Journal re porter last evening that the set of books now being used by the city was rather an intricate one and that some time would be taken up with the work. The Board of Aldermen desired a re port at their regular meeting in June but it is hardly probable that it will be in readniess by that time. There is a probability thai the pres ent system in use by the city will be materially changed, ' if not entirely abandoned and an entirely new set of books installed. Mr. Hilton stated that he was not in a position to state positively just what would be done along this line at the present time but that in all probability there would be some changes made. DECORATION DAY. Today is Federal Decoration Day and it will be observed to a certain extent in New Bern. The postoffice Will observe special hours which are given in an official notice published elsewhere in the paper oer the name of Postmaster Basnight. There will he an excursion of colored people on the gas boat "H.L.N." from Trenton and the railroads will bring a consider able number of colored people into th$ city from nearby points. SOLDIER DESERTS TO HELP MOTHER UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES SUR- v ROUND APPLICATIOR FOR PARDON. Washington, May 29. Congressman Edward Keating called on Secretary of War Garrison and urged that Alfred Brandon, a minor, who deserted from the army, be pardoned and permitted to return to his- home in Denver to assist his mother in providing. 'for an invalid father and husband. V Brandon a case is one of thf. most unusual ever brought .to, the attention of V the J War Department. Young Brandon enlisted 1 In ' the' army from Denver and served only a short time. His father is in the last stages of tuber culosis and his mother' strips tobacco leaves in a cigar factory to support her sick husband. ' Um mIa ran i miner' fit a a stsffrlii rva motncr.was undergoing, oeciaoa to Duy his way but of the krmy and obtain work in , Denver, where he could be with hie parents and help his mother, Hej applied to the captain, - who 'ap proved of the discharge by purchase, and th application went through . the various ranxs ana was approvea '. "When" forwarded to the.Waf. Depart ment it was discovered . that Brandon had not served the required one' year before release may be .obtained through purchase." The application was denied. When told he would have to .complete a year s , sevneo, the boy disappeared The boy is anxious to return to Den ver, where a good position awaits him hut he feirs he will be arrr.t:J end trie f ;t ( IN RS NARROW ESCAPE Walter Wlg&s Looked Death In The Face Late Yester day Afternoon. BADLY BRUISED AND SCARED Thrown Beneath Train And Dragged Ovr Rocky Road Bed. Three accidents which have resulted fatally for the unfortunate victims have occurred in New Bern during the past ten days and but for the inter ference of a kind Providence the fourth would doubtless have taken place yes terday afternoon. Fortunately the victim in this escaped with only a few scratches and bruises and a very bad scare. As the eastbound train was running through the city, Walter, the young son of N. S. Wiggs, road supervisor for the Norfolk Southern Railway Company on this division, rode alongside one of the coaches on his bicycle and grasping one of the guard rails on the steps of the car, allowed the train to pull his wheel along the street. There were several people on the platform, in- luding a Journal reporter, and they cautioned him against riding in this manner. However, the young man paid no attention to their warnings and con tinued on down Hancock street. Be. tween Broad and Pollock streets, the front wheel of the bicycle struck some obstacle and the rider was thrown- to the ground, almost beneath the heavy wheels. In some manner his body was lodged between the steps and he was dragged over the newly ballasted road bed for a considerable distance. He was badly bruised and scared when extri cated but the fact that he was caught between the steps probably saved him from being crushed to death. A number of people saw the young man fall and in their opinion his escape from death was little short of miracu ous. There is an ordinance prohibit ing all persons from riding alongside of trains and automobiles in the above mentioned manner and violaters of the ordinance are not only risking their ljtyes, but put themselves in a position to be placed under arrest by any officer of he law. PLANTED IN THE WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS SOON AFTER HE BECAME PRESIDENT. Washington, . May 29. Yes, there is a bed ot mint in the White House grounds as Col. Roosevelt testified at Marquette. It was planted there soon after the Colonel succeeded President McKinley as the occupant of the mansion. It is not a large bed when compared with those on the estates in Virginia, Kentucky and Ten nessee, Dut it is a solid bed. it is about twelve feet long and two feet wide. ) It is located in the south end of the laundry yard, which adjoins the southeast, ccrner of the President's office. Those familar with the "Ten nu Cabinet" will recall that the bed is at the south edge of the old tennis According to the White House gar dener the, mint in the White ' House bed is as sweet, tender and luarioua as any ijnintn the world. He said that thefydntwas of a kind that Would bring tears to the eyes of the men folks as the- worsen boiled it to make sauce to pour over rich brown Roasted lamb, ; He said mint such a that grown in the. White Hou5 bed never was -in tended, for dre&.ig, , ",; . ,'. . ; According to the" help around the place the mint hat been used on most occasions for . making , mint sauce.' 7"1re , were . a few , occasions 5 when ti.ere.wert certain guests atHhe White House during th last two Adminis tration, it was sahL when some : of the mint was pluck' ike juleps. MINT BED GAME WITH ROOSEVELT McCARTY LEFT $30,000 Estate Will Go To Prize Fighter's Widow And Daughter. Chicago, May 29. Luther McCarty, the heavyweight boxer killed in his fight with Arthur Pelky at Calgary on Saturday, left an estate worth $30,000, ccording to the estimate of Attorney V. R. Lovell, of Fargo, N. D., who came ere in the interest of the fighter's widow. The lawyer believes that McCarty made 8100,000 from his fights on the Pacific Coast and in the East and his tage appearances in the last 18 months. He understands that McCartv was nder contract with "Billy" McCarty, is manager, who received in the neighborhood of one-third of the fight- et s earnings. "McCarty spent considerable travel- ng and living and I don't think there is much more than S.iO.OOO left," said the lawyer. "This belongs to the widow and the fatherjess daughter she had been caring for in Fargo for the last two years. Mrs. McCarty still works in a restaurant there. So far as we know, McCartv did not leave a will." E TO WIPE T NEXT SUNDAY IS SET APART BY CENTENARY FOR THAT PURPOSE. Next Sunday, June 1, is the day set apart by the Methodists of the city to raise the remaining indebtedness on their new and handsome church. There are many well-to-do people belonging to this congregation and they are equal to almost anything that they propose to undertake. A debt of eight or nine thousand is of no great conse quence to Centenary church. We feel sure that the indebtedness of this great church will be easily met by its large and influential congrega tion. every Methodist in the city should be at church next Sundav morning and see this noble thing done T! fXT Ii i ne eyes oi ;ew Bern will De on Centenary church at 11 o'clock June 1. L. K. Tyndall left last evening for a business visit at Goldsboro. TO BE MANY LOCAL ELKS WILL GO TO WI0INGTON NE f T WEEK. New Bern will be well represented at the annual convention of the North Carolina Association of Elks'io be held at Wilmington on Thursday and Fri day of next week. Several members of the local lodge will go over on Thursday and on Friday a special train will be used in trans porting the members of the antlered tribe to that city. A low iatc will be made on this train for the round trip and it is expected that a number of citizens will go over and witness the big parade to be held on that day. The members of the local lodge will participate in this parade and expect to make a fine showing. They will be dressed in blue serge coats, whit trousers and shoes and will wear sailor hats around which will be a purpl band bearing the inscription "New Bern Lodge No, 764." Each member will also wear a purple necktie. Tjhe special train will leave Wilming ton at night after the close of the' fes tivities and will rqich New Bern about midnight, Th City Beautiful Flower Committee sppointea to judge sweet peas will, be in tb club rooms on Friday afteraooV.' May 30 :kt o'cloclt receive dispK and to fward tke prtzev which ja' sJ electric Iron donated by ths'Nc'w'Peto Electric Supply Company for th larg et and best display of peas. , : , PROPOS OUT CHURCH DEB NEW ER REPRESENTED 11 TRE COURT ROUSE Reports From Chamber Of Com merce Committees To Ba Made Tonight. LARGE- ATTENDANCE DESIRED) The 'Just Freight" Movement Will Be Thoroughly Discussed. The big mass meeting of the Cham- er of Commerce to ! held at the Conrl- I louse tonight. Iw.r;,,,,;,,., - o.i 'clock will l,t. one of th,. must interesti ng meetings of that bodv ever h,.,l nd every citizen of .tw Bern who is arrested in the city's welfare is unred f be present. Reports will be made bv the chair- men of the various committees of thi- Chamber of Commerce .in, I ,1,,..... ...:n ----- nasi wn prove of much interest to all. There will be a number of important uuestions rought up for discussion, among these eing the "just freight" movement. fhis is a matter th.-it i'c ,.f ,i : . .j ilai iiiijui-. nice to every business man in the citv nd his views are wanted on this sub ject. C. D. Bradham, chairman of the committee appointed some time ago to compile inlormation for the booklet which is to be issued by the Chamber of Commerce for the ertising New Bern, will make a re port on the work he has accomplished The New Bern Chamber of Com merce is one of the livest organization of its kind in the State and i's doing; a good work. In order that it may con tinue to hold such an envi.nhln ....... , VI V he assistance of each member is re quired. One of the best ways to as sist is to attend the meetings of the organization and every member should be on hand tonight. Index to New Advertisements A. T. Willis Co. An entirely new effect in straw hats. Panacea Spring Co. Good oeonl of New Bern. People's Bank Constantly growing. National Bank The road to wealth. New Bern Banking & Trust Co- 'If I only had money." W. H. Parris .Notice. Citizens' Savings Bank & Trust Co Are you protecting vonr lintin..u IT INVOLVES FIVE MILLIONS CHICAGO BANKS BF.r.lN AC- TION AGAINST G. K. G. BILLINGS. Chicago, May 29. Attempts to hoIJ C. K. G. Billings, banker of New York and Chicago, responsible for annr,,. imatefy $$,000,000 due to the failure of the JoM R. Walsh banks, the Chica go National and the Home Savines. have been begun in the Circuit Court here. Stockholders who brought the suits charged that BWings' negligence as a director permitted Walsh to operate schemes which led to the wrecking of both banks. The amount lost by the Chicago National Bank is placed at $.1,500,000. and the Home Bank losses at $1,500.- 000. MASS MEETING The demurrer of Mr. Billings is on file attacking the sufficiency of the al legation and asking that the other directors be made parties to the suits. A plan to accept $152,125 from Mr. Billings in full stctlement of his lia bility was prevented by an order of Judge Tuthill, who appointed W. C Niblack receiver for the banks. ' Arn gumcnts on the suits were set for next v.' Tuesday. i T ' ' . H s ' , ' t. " v. '- ,'' :: mdow awnings of the Postoffice- H! i.usiniaiicr oasmgnc statea yesterday that ,thev postoffice Inspector In lhi territory had made a recommendation, to the department that new awning r be provided and that in due time the wme would be forthcoming. ! v' : ' ..(is .-:',.'
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