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VOL: LXII. No. 13
NEW BERN, N.C.; SATURDAY. MORNINGAUGUST 2. 1913
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The Weather: SHOWERS.
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JliiiL BTOOLi A
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'. That Is The Designation , Given
Washington's Blow By The
-' Weather Bureau.
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THE DAMAGE WAS $159,000
A Giant Elm 'Planted r By Presl
dent Hayes One Of The,
' Many Uprooted.
Washington, August 1. Latest fig
' ures indicate that the damage wrought
' by Wednesday's storm will .not exceed
' $150,000, according to- reports made
to the Police Department.. These
figures do not include injuries to tress.
Two men were killed and 34 persons
" injured. It is believed that many more
i ' received slight v injuriea,,vWalter E.
Hilton; vice-president . of the B.V J,
Saul Companyjwhose building collapsed.
? . and Thomas Fealy, a, tinner, were
i: the ones " killed. '" ,
v, 'At the WeathW Bureau it was stated
-'"' that the. storm was a " semi-tonado
' and was brought about by the heat, of
the last few days. .Those who watched
V the approach of the storm say that two
tf. immense clouds came together and soon
,' afterc began whirling around. It is
estimated that -at its height the wind
. reached a velocity of 75 miles an hour.
X In, many places it swept so close to the
'' ground as. to break and turn over
i tombstones. . - - r
The" greatest damage, however, was
dpnetotrees. The White House grounds
were devatated and in many -places
'immense trees were torn up-from the
roots.
' Only two houses were demolished.
Roofs of many . others were ; partly
' blown off and porches and chimneys
blown down. Streets and walks were
covered with broken tree brancher,
v pieces of glass and . boards. .
Hail Jhat accompanied the , storm
; ranged in size from moth, balls to eggs.
V Windows and skylights were smashed.
m : The ' storm ' played many curious
prank in its brief- career, A heavy
moving van, waiting in the rear) of a
-, fashionable apartment house ; was
caught by the wind and turned on end,
: the three horses aattached to it being
Y' suspended in the: air by 'their collars
and were nearly strangled before they
could be lowered to the ground.- A
' number of persons endeavoring to leave
, a street car had a narrow escape from
'i- being run dowiuby a heavy automobile
which came tearing down ' the .street
' : Impelled by the wind and without . a
chauffeur or other occupants.
. 'Lightning struck a house in Ana
costia, passed through three bedrooms
and in each room the only damage done
i was the breikirg of the looking glasses
in the "bureaus. . v
v Among the many historic trees, on
- - the White, House lawn destroyed was
: the giant elm planted by-. President
' Hayes; which was torn from its roots
1 and fell across the Presidential drive
: 'near the portico. The McKinley: oak
, and the Harrison sweet gum, weathered
the storm, "as did the Cleveland elm.
It was 'estimated that- fully 1,000
' csrds of wood were obtainable from the
damaged ' trees and 'the White House
' gardener was instructed to -offer the
wood to the poor,- 9, .? . . 1 t
NEW BLOOD FAILS TO SAVE.
Leight Middleton Dies Despite Five
Transfusions From. Relatives.
- New York, Aug. 1. Five offerings of
blood by members of . the wealthy
Middleton family : failed to save the
life of Leight Bourne Middleton, who
died this afternoon. . " '
For, 10 daya he had beermat death's
door with aplastic anaemia, -or. poverty
of blood, which frequent transfusions
were unable to appease. " His father,
brother, wife, cousin and a college
mate all poured their blood in his
veins within 10 days. . ; .
Young Middleton was first stricken
'while on' hia wedding trip, two months
ago." His bride gave 15 per cent, of her
blood supply, and his mother wanted to
add a quantity of her blood to that
already sacrificed, but physicians for
bade it. . . .,
The regular communion service will
be held tomorrow, August 3, at the
Church of Christ, Hancock 6treet, at
11 o'clock as heretofore. Sunday
school at uscal hour.
RAPID PROGRESS BEING MADE.
Building At Power Plant Will Be
Complete'd Soon. ; -
v Rapid progress is being made in the
erection rpf the structure which will
cover the city's electric light and water
plant. ' The workmen have been
caused numerous'delays on account of
the fact that it yas necessary -to tear
down he former structure as the new
one 4rogres6ed and they i have been
some whar . retarded on : this'-account.
H. S. Hancock, the contractor who has
the work in charge, stated to a Journal
reporter yesterday, the buildi.g would
in all probability be completed by the
latter part of the present month. , -
JEWELRY TRUST
BUT MATTER MAY BE SETTLED
BY WINDING UP CON-
V
SPIRACY.
' Washington, August : 1. One hun
dred " and sixty manufacturing and
jobbing jewellers in the United States
face criminal : prosecution by the De
partment pi : Justice for violating the
first section of (the Sherman-Anti-Trust
law. - They are charged by the depart
ment with having entered into a con
spiracy to forcesthe sale of all jewelry
to - retail - merchants through jobbers.
'- So wrought up are the manufacturing
and jobbing jewelers over the attitude
of the department that they sent. Fred
G; Thealie of the C. H Knight-Therale
Company of Chicago, President of their
association; Thomas A, Fernley, Sec
retary, and Felix Levy, of New York,
counsel, to see the Attorney-Generaf
and they we.-e closeted with Assistant
Attorney-General , Fowler .and Assist
and United States District Attorney
Claude A. Thompson of New York for
more than two hours. ,
VThe Department of Justice had in
dicated that criminal prosecution was
planned...' A 'Federal Grand Jury in New
York ' examined several witnesses and
the " United States Attorney's ; office
there prepared a case.. In the mean
time the Department of Justice pre
pared a suit in equity.
The Department of Justice was told
that the syndicate jewellers were
responsible for ths manufacturers' and
jobbers' . forming the alleged conspiracy
The manufacturers charged that the
syndicate men worked under the fol
lowing system - ' i
! . The principal retail jeweller in each
city was induced to pay the syndicate
operator $10 a year. For this the oper
ator would sell him jewelry at whole
sale prices. , . t
1 The jobbers charged that this ruined
their trade. They entered into an agree
ment' with the manufacturers, it is as
serted, whereby the latter were to re
fuse and d d refuse to sll to the syndi
cate dealers, thus forcing the retail
merchants to buy from the jobbers.
Theatres and his associates are said to
have -'admittqd ? this to' Mr." Fowler,
but jto have agreed to stop the practice
if the Department of Justice would not
prosecute them criminally or civilly,
No' agreement was reached.
CROXTON DEPARTS, LEARD AR-
RIVES. 1 '
Thursday's Norfolk-Ledger Dispatch
T"IIV S. Leard the new general pas
senger agent of-jthft- Norfolk -Southern,'
will arrive- in the city tomorrow morn
ing and will enter at once on hi? new
duties. j ; Mr. Leard has not yet decided
where- he will live, and will not move
his family to Norfolk until October,
-) " Mr. Croxton, the outgoing officer,
left this morning for Atlanta by way of
Raleigh, and will probably get to the
Carolina' Capital 'in tiaie to have a
short conference with Mr. Leard before
he leave for Norfolk. - "
" "The appointment 6f iMc,' Leard as
general passenger agent goes .into effect
tomorrow." i- ' , '
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The remains of Mrs. Laura A. Miller;
wife of William , C Miller,, of Baird's
Creek, whodied at Stewart's Sanatarium
late Thursday afternoon, were 'yester
day taken to Baird's Creek for inter
mcnt. , The ' funeral was conducted
from the home yesterday afternoon
and the remains laid -at rest in the
family burying ground. ;
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PROSECUTE
VERY COSTLY TO
E
Experts Say Uncle Sam's Bill Fcr
Doing This Would Be '
' Fifteen Millions. -.
TAKE t FIVE TO SEVEN v YEARS
Immediate ; Appropriation Of A
Million And A Half Asked By
Commerce Co mmls ion.
., Washington, August 1. Physical val
uation of the railroads of the United
tates by the Inter-state Commerce
Commission will take from five to
seven ? years by a specially organized
coprs of men and will cost the Govern
ment from $10,000,000 to $15,000,000
or more, according to plans of the
commission presented to the House
Appropriations Committee. The Com
mission -has asked for an immediate
appropriation of $1,500,000 for the
organization of the corps of engineers
necessary to undertake the work.
Commissioners Clements and Prouty
and Secretary George B. McGinty, of
the commission, have told the House
appropriations committees that a
carefully ' worked out estimate places
the cost of the field work at $1,901,500
a year throughout that period.
The plan presented by Mr. McGinty
contemplates the division of the country,
into five . districts, containing approxi
mately 50,000 miles of railroad each.
Mr. McGinty explained to the com
mittee that the,i estimated cost a year
of each of these district organizations,
with their groups of field quads, would
be about $384,300, or a total a year
for the five districts of nearly $2,000,000
In addition to this he estimated
that the accounting feature of the work
would cost about $350,000 a year,
and that the maintenance of a valua
tion office in Washington would cost
probably $150,000 a year.
Although the committee was skep
tical, Mr. Mc3inty was confident
that the commission woild be able
to get the field force organized through
the Civil Service Commission by the
first of n;xt year to take care of the
first year's work. It was for this pur
pose, he said, .that the commission
needed $1,500,000.
Mr. McGinty mentioned cases where
it cost from $3 to $75 a mile to ascertain
the value of railroads.
"In all -f these cases only the repro
duction vilue ,of the road was asce--tained,"
he continued, "whereas we
are required to ascertain the repro
duction vxlue, the depreciated valie
and, in addition, to work out the his
tory'., of "'the roads and ascertain the
amount of money invested in their
original construction. The total cost
to the Government will probably
exceed $53 a- mile, or a total cost of
frdm $10,300,000 to" $15,000,000, but
of cotfrse, this" ii bnly a g.ie s?'
LITI1HI1
Ell SENT HERE
SHIPMENTS WE ' DECREASED
fifty rsa CENT Ii; PAST
. TWO MONTHS.
I n the past, month 'or two shipments
of .- whiskey coming ? into. '.'New- Bern
via. the; Southern ,, Express, Company
havev .decreaued . at i; lejai - fifty, per
cent. . , . .... ... ' ... '
During the first- few months of the
year there was an average of one hundred
packages, each' containing: four quarts
of spiritus rumeati, arriving in. New
Bern each day from Virginia, v It was
often necessary to use two of the large
trucks to transport it from the express
car to : the office..., i However,; neither
tae warm weather nor recently enacted
laws is conducive to getting Mtanked"
up on. some brand of rye or C jrn liqor
and . it is often the case of late that
not more than half a truck load of the
wet goods arrives di.ring the day. -'
With ' the decrease of the whisk. y
shipmesnt the numbir of 1 crates and
barrels of beer ha increased, .t . . . ' i
J. F. Duncan, vof Beatlort, was among
the visitors in the city yesterday.
VAlU
RAILROAD
THE . GOOD ROADS
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Annual Gathering Of N. C. Good
Reads Association Was Com-
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plete Success.
DELEGATES WELL PLEASED
Selection Of Place Of Next Meeting
Left W th The Executive
Committee.
(Special to the Journal.)
Morehead City, August 1. The
annual convention of the North Caro
lina Good Roads Association, which
convened here yesterday morning came
to a close this afternoon and many
of., the delegates departed on the
afternoon train for their respective
homes.
The convention was a success from
every standpoint and all who attended
were greatly pleased and recived ma
terial benefit, The principal address
of today's session was made by Hon.
Jesse Taylor, President of the Ohio
Good Roads Federation and Vice
President of the National Highway
Association. This was greatly enjoyed
by every delegate who heard this gifted
speaker.
The major part of the afternoon
session was taken up with the reports
of the Various committees. The matter
of selecting the place or the next
meeting was left to the Executive
Committee and will be decided upon
later. Durham, Pinehurst and Jack
son Springs want this meeting and it
is more than probable that the latter
place will be selected.
Many of the delegates had never
before visited Morehead City and these
spent a part of the afternoon in making
an inspection of the town and in making
trips to the wireless station and labora
tory. A number of delegates will remain
in town until Monday.
STUCK NAIS IN HIS FOOT.
County Commissioner J. D.
Wil-
liams Painfully Injured.
J. D. Williams, a member of Craven
county's Board of Commissioners, was
painfully injured a few das ago when
he stepped on a nail and it penetrated
his foot.
Mr. Williams had just driven up
to his home in his automobile, and was
in theN act of alighting from his ma
chine, when the accident occurred.
He later came to New Bern and had
the wound dressed by Dr. Raymond
Pollock. Unles; some unexpected com
plication occur Mr. .Widiams' physi
cian does not think there will be any
serious results from the wound.
WORKER SEES
PROGRESS RERE
NORTHERN MILL MAN SAYS
MANY NICE THINGS ABOUT
; NSW BERN.
After spending several days in this
section looking alter the interests
of the East Carolina Lumber Company,
of which he is president, Charles H.
Turner returned yesterday to hu home
at New York, N., Y.
Mr. Turner was much impressed
witli the v rapid strides in progress
which New Bern is making and said
that- in his estimation the city would
soon, be one of the largest and most
prosperous in the" State, v i
Mri Turner is naturally greatly in
terested jn the progress mads by the
East Carolina Lumber .Company which
has been in operation for only a few
months and he said that their opera
tions so far had been very successful
and that the prospects for the future
were most encouraging. This company
owns large tracts of timber lands in
this part 'Of the State, particularly in
Pamlico- cqunty where they have a
logging camp and own a railroad twel
ve miles in 'length.'
G0H1
FIDS
ABDOMEN SKIN SAVES , HAND.
X-ray
Expert Had Lost Fingers
Through Infection.
Baltimore, August 1. Wearing the
skin of his abdomen on his right hand,
Dr. Frederick H. Baet-jer of this city
one of the best known X-ray experts of
the country, is recovering from a re
markable operation at Johns Hopkins
Hospital.
To save his hand the four fingers of
which were amputated a year ago, fol
lowing an infection caused by X-rays, a
piece of skin the shape of the maimed
hand was turned back from the abdo
men, the injured hand bound tightly to
the wound and the skin laid over it.
It is believed that Dr. Baetjer's hand
will bi sound and whole save for the
missing fingers.
T WALKER
BEAUFORT COUNTY MEN HERE
SECURING SIGNATURES
TO PETITIONS.
S. T. Wall and W. L. Gaskins, of
Edward, Beaufort county, were in
the city yesterday. They are both
earnest advocates of the improvement
of the Walker road so that the people of
Edward and tiat section generally
can get to New Bern by travelling a
distance of only fourteen miles instead
of twenty-five miles.
They came to New Bern over the
new and shorter route but said that the
recent heavy rains made the road in
rather bad condition. Mr. Wall se
cured a number of signatures " to his
petition asking the Craven county
commissioners to improve the section
of the road leading via Spring Hope
church to the Walker road at the Beau
fort county line. The portion of the
route that lies in Beaufort county
has already been put in good condition.
Mr. Wall said that the people
were exceedingly anxious to have a
shDrt and passable route to New Bern
as they liked to trade here and to bring
their produce here. They thought
it a little singular that so little concern
is felt here over the securing of a road
into a section of country that would
prove a valuable feeder for this city.
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AT THE
We have an unusually good program
of pictures today. Read the list over
and see how you like it.
"The First Prize"
A nautical drama by Lubin.
"The Stolen Melody."
A tale of -harmony and plagiarism,
howing that a rascal reaped a just
punishment. This is one of Selig's
latest dramas, featuring Kathlyn Wil
1 ams.
"Alkali Ike's Misfortunes."
A side splitting, hilarious Western
c.metiy, leaturing Augustus Carney the
"Gibraltar o fFun."
Special for Monday.
"The Life and Adventures of Buf
falo Bill."
The Ivnj of Scouts, in trhee (3) reels,
3,000 feet, acted by Col. W. F. Cody,
500 real Indians, cow boys an 1 s.i! i'e r;
The greatest frontier production oer
produccd in motoin j i :tiirc3. Replete
with thrilling battles and heroic deeds.
This great jLtJr will be shown in
addition to our usual three reel progran.,
making . six. (6) reels of pictures, all
for our regular price of admission, 5c.
and 10c. Matinee daily at 5 o'clock,
continuous show at night commencing
at 8 o'clock.
The Athens if the coolest place in
town. Plenty of fans e.nd ice water.
Index to New Advertisements.
Wood-Lane Drug Co. Rigaud's fa
mous Trentini toilet preparations; .
People's Bank Persistent saving.
ew Bern Banking & Trust Co.
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IMPROVED
ODAY'S
R06RAM
ATHENS
-'-A strong bank.
. National Bank Have a business
Home. . ' , ...
Citizen's Savings Bank &. Trust Co.
An individual executor, , v ,
Dr. Ermest W. Dunn Carlsbad
Electric Light Bath. '
...Farley & Childress--Showing of suit
ings today at the Gaston Hoke.
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1RKIIJG
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HOOK
Goes To Mexican Capital To Pro-"
mote A Plan To Restore
Peace.
HUERTA MAY BE OBSTINATE
Will Suggest That A Free Election
For The Presidency
Be Held.
Washington, August 1. Oscar J.
Braniff left yesterday morning for Mexi
co City via Key West and Havana. He
will arrive at Vear Cruz on Aug. 5 and
proceed immediately to the Mexfcan.
capital to promote his plan to restore
peace through the selection of a com
promise candidate for the Presidency. '
Washington will await with interest
the result of Braniff's homegoing, be
cause it recognizes that powerful finan
cial interests in Mexico not entangled
with either faction are supporting
Braniff's propaganda.
The impression has obtained here in
some quarters that Braniff came as a
persona! representative of Huerta. This
he denied, and avowed repeatedly that
he was working entirely on his own
initiative as a volunteer peacemaker
He said that before leaving he waa
not going to ask Huerta to withdraw
from the Presidency pending the hold
ing of an election, but would suggest
that Huerta issue a statement at pnee
announcing that he would permit the
holding of a free election and that he
would not himself be a candidate for
the Presidency in violation of the Mex
ican Constitution.
Mr. Braniff and those working with
him believe that if Huerta so declares
himself the Constitutionalists may con
sider favorably the proposals for peace
Mr. Braniff suggested that if the Con
stitutionalists have the sympathy of 90
per cent, of the Mexican people, as they
claim, they should not fear to stop fight
ing and agree to an election.
The Washington Government fears
that Huerta, if his armies have beei
successful as recently reported, will no
consider any compromise. Mr. Braniff
said that he would lay the .situation
frankly before Huerta and advise himv
of the state of public opinion in the
"Unit id S ato.H e exoressed admira
tion for the patience and fairness of the
Americm people in dealing with the
Mexican situation.
Those who know intimately the stand"
ing of the Braniff's in Mexico say that
the volunteer peace commissioner will
not varnish the facts even for the Prov
visional President whose title is clouded
by charges of treason and murder. They
are relying upon Braniff's experience as
intermediary between Diaz and Madun
in 1911 to assist him now in inducing,
Hueita to accept a compromise.
Oscar Braniff and his four brother
resident ot Mexico nave not Deen nv
volved deeply in the work and polities'
of the old Diaz regime.
Their father, Thomas Braniff, was a
Staten Islander before going to Mexico
to build the first railroad in that coun
try. One son, George Bniniff, is art ,
American citizen. Another, Laurence,
adopt ?d the nationality of his mother.
who was of the Spanish nobility, and
now bears the title of the Marquise ot
Moharnando.
Oscar J. Braniff is thirty-six, and ia
an enthusiastic sportsman, a pianist and
a composer besides being a banker and
one of the largest of Mexico's many
big farmers. He is the leader of the
agrarian reform movement in Mexico.
Thomas Braniff, thirty-four, is the ac
tive politician of the family, being av
member of the Mexican Congress. Al
bert Braniff, twenty-seven, .is a colonel
i;i the Mexican army. He led 1,00(1
volunteers against Orozco while Huerta
w;is the commander of President Ma-:.
de.ro's army. Arthur Braniff, thirty
one, has not made himself conspicuous ' .
in business or pol tics.
MRS. PARK MORRIS DEAD.
Mrs. Park Morris, of Askiu, died of
typhoid fever yesterday afternoon at1
her home. She was twenty-three years -A
of age and a daughter of Mr. and Mrsc
Seth A, Everington, of .skin ' The
'-neral will take place today uc Gahlee
c lurch, . the ' burLl following . in' tkerv-;
tamily burying ground'at the church,-
Odie . Everington, , a . brother, of Mraw
Morris,, is at Fai: view Sanatorium -'.
seriously ill with typhoid fever. !'',.
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