VOLLXIL No. 14
Th Weather: SHOWERS
NEW BERN, N, C. THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 14, 1913
THREE CENTS PER C(VY
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Each Won A Prize In
. Races Held Yesterday !
t V , At Wilmington
THE RIVERSIDE COMPANY . 1
V ; TOOK THE TIBST HONEY
Flremens' Tournament
ClosesTomorrow, With
; Interstate Races
V (Special to the Journal.)
i Wilmington, Aug. 13. Thehorse
hose wagonaces, the most, interesting
feature- of the North Carolina State
Firemen's Tournament which is being
held here this week, took, place this
afternoon1. Four teams from New Bern
participated in these races and each
team won Jne of the prizes.
The Riverside Company won the
f . : f nna tinnHrpH Hollars.
' f nrsc pric yfl
' ' makingN the run in 30 seconds, the
"Button" Company took the second
five dollars, making
. 1 - . i . in i u-nnHi the Atlantic
Company won the third prize of fifty
dollars,- making the run in 31 1-5
"seconds and the Fourth Ward Company
. won the fifth prize of twenty dollars.,
making the run in 33 1-5 seconds.
Goldsboro won the fourth prize of
thirty1 dollars by making the run, in
32 4-5 seconds
The racing began,, at four o'clock
and. long before that pur ttrack
was lined with intereste4pectators.
- There are hundreds of visitors in the
" city and these joined the people of
Wilmington 4n . witnessing the event.
The water pressure -was strong and
' .several of the teams lost out by having
. . (, t lie run in v " " .
h nunlinr of their hose "blown
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from the hydratit,
The following time was made by the
companies participating. Atlantic Com
; pany of New Bern, 31 1-5; "Button"
r of New Bern,. 30 3-5; Burlington blew
nff ' Kinston No. 1 blew off. Riverside
of New Bern, 30; No. 2 of Kinston, 35;
' Tarboro blew off; High Point, 35 1-5;
Asheville, 34 3-5; Fourth Ward of New
Bern, 33 1-5; Goldsboro, 32 4-5; ban-
- ford,-H ?J-3f Fayetteville' blew off;
' ,,JVforehead City blew off; Winston, 39.
S'VL Old Officers Elected.
. At a business meeting held last night
I v9e" OlQ' unu;erii wcic ic-nn-itu.
President Jas: U. Mcneiii, raywe-
f. , ville. v .
; f First Vice-President A. H. Boy-
' vk den, Salisbury. -
'" Second Vice President A. M. Clark
Southern Pines. '
) Secretary-John L. Miller, Concord.
Treasurer R. C. Taylor, Winston
Salem. . v
. ' Statistician-M. S. i Davis, Louis
' burg. ' .
Winston Salem was chosen as the
place of the next tournament v
"tournament. ' i'yr . ;
v A memorial service was held in honor
of the deceased members of the asso
ciation.. Those reported as having
died during the ' year werer1 H. , C.
Peterson and J. T. Jayes, "of "Wil
' mington; W. C. Blake and Chas. T
i. ,.:.- Hinnant,: of Raleigh, and R. C. Hurit-
,' er, of Graham. President McNeill call
ed attention to the importance of ob?
y $,;. serving tne second jjunaay m j uuo a
y Firemen's Memorial Day in accord
ance with the provisions of the State
constitution. 1 - '"y't-. 'A
i - It was voted to increase the salary
of the officers 'of the association on
-account of the ' increased work; cau
sed by the growth of the organiza
tion. The president s salary was in-
creased from $150 a year to $250; the'Animal's Friend Society! V ;which (lsj
secretary's from $150 to $2S0; the, opposed tq'nose. bags.;'' i ) ; ' 1
treasurer's trom 15U to zuu;; "e sta -
; ,"' tistician's from 450. to $75. " .
; A number ; other routine matters
'-were' taken "up after which the elec
tion of 'officers was gone into. When
. me .nine aiiic ui oi.ivvi.iiiK " in , tne postal- service are vsuojeciea.
. for'the next "place of meeting it look? 1 Postma teV Fisk suggested that the
! V, ed . like it would go !toJ' Asheville., as'gociety uge tg good offices tdward pro
that , city- sent , a strong : invitation. curing 10 more horses for the ostoffice.
t.V- C iief, Hooper, however, carried the "
v ' day for . Winston-Salem by, offering a ' j , r '
guarantee of ,at least ,$2,000 for the Martha Brimmage, a demepted col
' 1 -' expenses of thfe 'convention "and the oredwoman, who . has been iconfined
5 .u cht"'Talong' th a -number, of J in the Craven county jail foi several
other inducements . v 'v Idaysj will this, morning be taken to
VVLU VII lllo,..,a 1,, IllVllibU J., lift,-
IGOU
mington and Wrightsville Beach for
their 'splendid hospitality and three
cheers for Chief Schnibben.
Recreation Today.
Today the fire laddies will be given
a day of recreation so that they may
have an opportunity of looking over
the city, A trip on the steamer Wil
mington and other events have been
planned.'
The Tournament ''closes on Friday
with the interstate horse hose wagon
contests, ; the inter-State hand reel
contests and the , inter-State grab
reel contests.
Parade Proves To Be Big Feature.
The parade was headed by Superin
tendent of Streets John McAllister.
He had taken care to have the streets
in splendid condition for the parade.
Then came a half dozen mounted
police from the t Wilmington - depart
ment, followed by the mounted marshals
Then came President James D. McNeill,
of Fayetteville, riding with Fire Chief
Chas. Schnibben of the Wilmington
department. The chief of the Golds
boro department came next, followed
by the Goldsboro racing team; Ashe
ville No. 3-came next, followed by Ashe
ville No. 1; Burlington No. 1, Caswell
Company, of Kinston, Morehead City
New Bern No. 1, Salisbury with a
number of ladies and gentlemen riding
in the hose cart; High Point, Sanford
Hose Company, Graham No. 1, with a
number of young ladies riding in the
wagon; Tarboro and Fayetteville.
Riverside Company from New Bern
attracted much applause. The wagon
was gaily decorated. Seated within
were a number of ladies. The members
marched behind the vehicle, in a
double line carrying decorated stream
ers which enclosed them.
Next followed the hand reel trams
fromf Chapel Hill, East Burlington,
Salisbury, Morganton, Salem, and
Spencer, followed with the Atlantic
Company, from New Bern, four young
ladies riding in the barouche serving
as an escort. A pony cart drawn by a
tiny animal, in which rode a gentle
man and a charming little miss came
next in the line of march.
The parade was of such nature as
to fully meet the expectations of ev
eryone who stopped to witness it. The
men who were riding in the carts and
wagons, as well' as those afoot, dis
played much interest in presenting a
good appearance. The result was'that
one of the best processions which has
ever been seen in Wilmington, was
given. . f
DISMISSES. THE CASE.
Esther Gorham, colored, was before
Justice of the Peace S. R. Street yes
terday on the charge of having stolen
a sum of money fron Charles Wallace,
also colored. After hearing the evidence
and the argument " 6f counsel; Justice
Street dismissed the case on the1 ground
that the evidence was not sufficient to
hold the woman, v
MILITANCY Iff SAN FRANCISCO.
Women Make War On Nose Bags
., - For Horses Dortn Town
; San'FranciscOjv Aug. 13.- A taste of
feminiheirmiHtahcywas giveii to the
people ? ;pf Sah .Fjanciscp i when fotir
wonen started a crusade; against 'nose
bais for fibrses,'7Vv ;
Invading the;, business' district,' they
hunted" out horses that , Were feeding
from the customary Jcam&a bags, and,
without , ceremony .and Respite pro
tests from" teamsters, hurled into the
gutter all he feed bags they could find
I he crusaders; were members oi tne
. After they had scatterea nose bags
Iand oats in several srreets,Uhe women
oueht' out Postmaster Arthur Fisk
- j and., prbtested'f gainst the Jong hours
' anj hard wor.o which-the horses
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MEX1CAT1 : RECELSr
Assassination Of Harry Burton Of
New York Is Reported In
San- Francisco.
DEED COMMITTED ON JULY 6TH
News Of The Occurrence Brought
To The California City By
Railroad Surgeon.
San Francisco, Aug. 13. Re
port of the assassination of Harry
Burton, of New York, chief chemist
of the Poquilla Dam Company, of
Poquilla, Chihuahua, Mexico, by con
stitutionalist revolutionaries on July
6th, at Santa Rosalia, seventeen miles
from Poquilla, was brought to San
Francisco by Dr. F. "B. Fisher, of New
Brunswick, Canada.
Dr. Fisher is surgeon for the Por
ral and Durango Railroad company,
a Canadian corporation, which has
large mining and land interests, was
in Santa Rosalia at the time, and with
Dr. Griffe, another surgeon, was at
the young man's side a few minutes
after he was shot.
According to the statement of Dr.
Fisher at the Palace hotel, Burton
and about twenty companions came
to Santa Rosalia from Poquilla, to
spend Sunday. Dr. Fisher was in
troduced to Burton and his com
panions by Dr. Griffe. They invited
him 'to go carriage riding with them
to a spring a few miles away from the
town, but he declined, on the ground
that he was then on his way out
of the country, and had many matters
to attend to during the day.
As Burton and his party returned
to Santa Rosalia in the afternoon, the
municipal band was giv'nj a concert
in the plaza, around which Were con
regated several hundred constitution
ahst soldiers. Burton was riding in
the leading carriage with a compan
ion. Just as the vehicle was opposite
the band and in front of the veranda
on which Drs. Fisher and Griffe were
sitting, a shot rang out from behind
and a few seconds later burton's
compani n called for help. When
the two doctors reached the carriage
Burton was dead from a rifle shot in
the back of the neck. The companion
did not know the shot had been fired
upon his carriage until he saw blood
issuing from Burton's mouth. The
latter never spoke af er the bullet
hit him.
Subsequent investigation said Dr.
Fisher could discover no motive for
the assassination other than a prob
able desire of the constitutionalists to
impress upon the American residents
of the vicinity not to venture too freely
beyond thet zones of their employ
ment.
Burton was only about twenty-two
years of age. .
TOOK YOUNG DAUGHTERS FOR
A WALK AND FAILS TO
RETURN.
Leaving . his home in this city last
Sunday afternoon, presumably for the
purpose of taking his two daughters
for a walk, Dean King,, a young
white man who has for several months
been , 'employed - with a local firm,
disappeared and has' not since been
heard from. . . ' ' . :
f Dotiiesiic trouble is assigned by
King's friends as the cause of his action.
Several months ago King came to New
Bern front - Raleigh, leaving his wife
and children in that city. VA short time
later his wife had a warrant issued
charging him with non support and he
was taken back to that city. The
two settled this difference and - Mrs.
King accompanied her husband back
to New Bern. '. s
f ! It is thought that King has placed
his children - with some. relative while
he" has gone to some other city and
secured employment, i
Mrs. M M. Waren, of Snow Hill
is a guest of Mrs. W. R. Guion. '
BER
MAN
AS
DISAPPEARED
TO
IS
State- Department Harassed By
The Actions Of This Trouble
Maker.
SUPPOSED TO BE AT COROS
Known To Have Landed In Vene
zuela About Two s
Weeks Ago.
Washington, Aug. 13. Again the
question, "Where is Castro?" is harass
ing the State Department. It was learn
ed today that the United States gov
ernment has no direct information that
Castro really is in Venezuela leading
the revolution against the Gomez ad
ministration. Castro, it has been re
ported, landed at Venezuela to take
charge of the revolution, and a pro
clamation soon after was issued pur
porting to come from him, calling on
the people of the country to rally be
hind the veteran revolutionist, against
the "tyrannous" Gomez. It developed
today, however, that all the informa
tion the State Department has received
from Venezuela, in regard to the land
ing of Castro, as well as to the actions
which could be directly attributed to
him, has been of an unofficial character,
and that so far as official reports arc
concerned it has no account of the
movements of Castro for the past two
weeks.
Castro is supposed to be at Coros,
on the west coast of Venezuela, which
is the most important place now in pos
session of the revolutionists. Coros i
out of telegraphic communication with
the rest of Venezuela, and has no con
nection with the cable, which run
along the South American coa;-;,
whereby to communicate with ili
United States. The revolutionists ;
soon as they seized the town cut th.
telegraph wires. The State departmei ;
knows that Castro is not in Venezue;,
unless he is in Coros, and officials here
are waiting on the developments a,
to whether he is there, or the revolu
tion was inspired in his name without
his presence.
EXPERT COMES AUG. 30.
Dr. R. H. Carter, the government
ma'arial expert, will be in New Bern
August 30 to September 1, according
to an itinerary which has just been made
public. Yesterday's Raleigh News
and Observer says:
"Assistant Secretary of the Board of
Health Warren Brooker, who spent
Monday with Dr. Carter on his inves
tigating' tour in Elizabeth City, states
that the method emp.Ioyed by Dr. Car
ter will certainly ferret out the sources
of malaria and his suggestions will
prove valuable aid for the eradication
of the mosquito."
MECHANICAL MAN
TO BE SEEN T
INTERESTING EXHIBITION AT
A. T. WILLIS COMPANY'S
STORE.
Today, Friday and Saturday, the
much talked about Mechanical Man
will be on exhibition in the display
widow at A. T. Willis Company's
store on Pollock street some time be
tween 9 a. m. and 11 p m. This
Mechanical Man is the wonder of the
age. Is "he" human or is "it" only the
handiwork of some skilful mechanic?
This is a question for the public to
decide. . , ':? ' 'v " . .
V Anyway, for the person who succeeds
in making Mr. Mechanical Man' laugh
there is a prize of twenty-five dollars.
It is said that the Mechanical Man
does laugh and talk . just like the rest
of us, .-but that is for those who see
t'him' today to decidev V -
The exact hourof the exhibition
has not been announced and so it will
be up to the public to keep" an eye' on
the display window at the AT. Willis
Company and be on hand when the
fun bt ii s. :.
WANT
KNOW
WHERE
CASTRO
ODAY
ELECTRICIAN FIRES BULLET
INTO
MR. LILLY MAKES STATEMENT.
Tells Where He Saw Whiskey On
Premises Of R. L. Cox.
Concerning the letter in yesterday's
Journal from R. L. Cox, of Catherine's
Lake, saying that Deputy Sheriff Lilly
did not enter Mr. Cox's house when he
arrested Mr. Cox some time ago on the
charge of retailing spirituous liquors
without a government license, Mr.
Lilly yesterday made a statement
to the Journal. He said that he did not
want to enter into a controversy with
Mr. Cox, but the fact was that he did
go into Mr. Cox's house, into his store
and into his smokehouse though he
did not make any search for whiskey
as he had no search warrant. Mr.
Lilly says, however, that he did not
tell the Journal reporter that he found
more than tert gallans of whiskey
in the house but did tell him that
he saw about five gallons. He does not
recall whether he told the reporter
definitely where he saw the whiskey,
but is sure he did not say to him
that he saw it in the house. The fact
was that he saw it in the store and what
he meant by saying that he saw about
five gallons was that he saw a box
that he knew to contain some whiskey
and which appeared to him to contain
about five gallons.
ON WAY AROUND THE WORLD.
Harry Ostendorf Says He Has Been
11 Years On Road.
Baltimore, Md., August 13
Harry Ostendorf, who says he is a
native of South Africa and was in the
Boer War, was in Baltimore last night
p. his trip around the world. According
to his stat ment, he has been on the
road 11 1-2 years and is now about to
leave for home by way of Cuba and
South America.
He carries many handkerchiefs bear
ing the postmark of cities he has visited
and pays his way by carving names
on watches. He says this is his second
trip to Baltimore, as he first landed
here after leaving Europe.
BANK MAKES GOOD SHOWING.
The report of the condition of the
New Bern Banking & Trust Company
at the close of business August 9,
will be found in the Journal today.
It shows the affairs of this well known
banking institution to be in good
condition. Deposits of all classes are
shown to be upwards of three hundred
thousand dollars and other features
of the statement are equally gratifying.
The bank is ably managed by a corps
of experienced officials and a board
of directors composed of business men
of known judgment and ability.
LIKE WIDE-WEST HOLD UP.
Ex-Mayor Wounded, Lamps Shoe
Out, Postoffice Safe Resists.
West Liberty, Iowa, Aug. 13. For
mer Mayor L. W. Swem was wounded,
the safe in the local postoffice was
partly wrecked and street amps were
shot out by three bank robbers here
early today.
Swem received a load of buckshot in
his left eye. The robbers fled without
securing booty. f
The bandits had battered down the
front door of the postoffice and smashed
the door of ;h; safe when Swem,
who lives above his store, was awakened
and appeared. The three men rushed
into the street and shot out the sur
rounding lights and as Swem crossed
toward the postoffice they opened
fire on him. The shot struck him in the
eye and arm and abdomen. Swen's son
who came to th2 rescue, a!sJ was fired
upon.
By this time citizens living near
gathered in the street and the robbers
escaped in the darkness.
Two charges of nitroglycerin were
used on the safe, but it withstood the
attack.
The Worth Orchestra,' which has
been playing at the Inlet) Inn at Beau
fort for some weeks, ha,s returned to
the city and is open for engagements.
W. R. Sauls, of Fort Barnwell, was
in the' city yesterday. - v'
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POLICEMAN
Charles Simpson Perhaps
Fatally Wounded at At
lantic Hotel Yesterday
JULIUS PAR KER FOUND
WITH SMOKING REVOLVER
Preliminary Hearing Has
Been Set For This
Morning
(Special to the Journal).
Morehead City, Aug. 13. As a
climax to recent events of a sensational
nature at this place, Charles Simpson
of Riverdale, who has been employed
as a special policeman at the Atlantic
Hotel, was shot and perhaps fatally
wounded by Julius Parker, the hotel's
electrician, at an early hour this
morning.
Simpson and Parker had been in
room 108 with several friends and it is
supposed that they had been drinking.
The two men Ie t the room and few
seconds later the occupants heard the
report of a revolver. J. F. Garrell
and John V. Willis rushed out of the
room and on the floor in the hall
they found Simpson writhing with a
bullet wound in his breast while
Parker stood over him with his own
smoking revolver in one hand and
Simpson's revolver in the other hand.
Dr. Royall was summoned at once
and the wounded man was taken to the
hospital as soon as possible where an
examination of the wound was made.
It was found that this was of a critical
if not ?atal nature. Everything possible
is being done to save the life f th
wounded man but at a late hour tonight
his condition remains unchanged.
Parker was placed under guard and
will be held pending the outcome
of Simpson's injuries The latter
has made statement concerning
the affair and this is now in the hands
of Justice of the Peace James R. Be'I
but has not been made public. Parker
has also made a statement about the
shooting and it is understood that this
varies from :hc one made by Simpson.
A prelim y hearing has been set
for tomorrow morning and the causes
leading, up to the affair will be learned
at that time.
DR. ANNA SHAW RAPS ANTIS.
New York, Aug. 13. The new title
"Conservationists," which the anti-suffrage
workers have taken to themselves,
does not appeal to Dr. Anna Howard
Shaw, president of the National Woman
Suffrage Association.
"They aren't 'Conservationists,' "
she said at her office. "They are 'des
tructionists.' If they are conservation
ists,' why don't they begin their con
servation at home instead of rushing
about the country attacking us? They
are destructionists of justice and free
dom, the dignity of womanhood."
William Broadstreet, who is now liv
ing in Florida, is hire on a visit to
relatives.
PROGRAM AT THE
ATHENS TODAY
Another splendid picture offering,
starting off with a Vitagraph pro
duction: "The Bachelor's Baby."
This is a beautiful and touching
subject through a basket of clothes, :
a baby and its mother find a home
a new father and husband. A strange
story with a happy sequel.
"A Jealous Husband."
This is a picture every married man
should see, as well as every man con-'
templating matrimony.
"Pathe Weekly."
This is a very interesting release..
The Comic section (shows utt,,a a
baseball expert illustrating , tQ,v5eff ;
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luc U1UCICIH.C uciweeu aa in auu u ,
"out drop." , ,4
Matinee daily at-5 o'clock. Con-j,
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