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JOURMAL AELY T yOLLXII, No.'34. The Weather FAIR NEW BERN, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 7, 1913 ; ,4 1 : i , THREE CENTS PER COPY TT : or MB E Work- On De mollshe'd Structure Over Neuse River. NEW BERN'S WORST BLOW Creek Island Only Place Which Has Not Been Heard From. F With the smaller debris, such as up rooted trees, broken limbs and floating logs which were left stranded on the streets and in private yards by the storm of last Wednesday practically cleared away, the citizens of New Bern Tiave taken up the task of repairing the greater damage to property. One of the greatest blows that the storm dealt this section was th e des truction of the bridge over Neuse river connecting Bridgeton with New Bern. After a consultation the Board of Commissioners decided to replace this structure just as soon as possible and yesterday morning a force of twen ty-five of the county convicts were put to work on it. The majority of the pilings were left standing and in some places the cross timbers and supports were not carried away by the waves and this will in a measure assist in the task of replacing the structure. Timber has hppn secured and the work will be rushed ahead just as rapidly as possible, Goose Greek Island Not Heard From Reports have jheen received from pvpi-v town in this section with the exception of Goose Creek Island, located in Pamlico in the vicinity of Hobucken. This place, which has a population of about one hundred persons, is at a very exposed point and it is feared that the loss to property and stock was large. Efforts were made yesterday to get into communication with some nearby point by telephone hut his could not be done. Until some boatman comes across to the main land from that point the exact amount of damage done by the wind and waves will not be known. Train From Washington To Nor folk Tonight. Th Norfolk Southern Railway Com pany have' had a large force of men at work on the bridge going out from Washington toward Norfolk and "this structure will be completed today ,and the first train to pass over it since Tuesday will be operated tonight. L. B Morton, who lives at No. 65 New street, this city, was in charge of one of the forces of men at work on this bridge and 'was painfully injured yesterday morning when one of he heavy timbers fell on his left foot. One toe' was so badly mashed that it may be necessary GQUriTY BRIDE to have it amputated. Mr. Morton arrived in the city yesterday afternoon and is now awaiting the results of his injury. Trent river bridge, leading from Nw Bern to James City, has been repaired and is now open to traffic The New Bern end of this structure was somewhat battered up and it was thought at one time during the storm that it would be washed away. However, the wind and waves at that point did not have as full sway as they did on Neuse river and the bridge was not destroyed. Postal . Telegraph Wires . Are Re . , : .'.'"' paired. After having been unable to get a satisfactory service out of New Bern since ,last Tuesday night, the local office of the Postal Telegraph Company which is under the efficient supervision of Miss Edna Jones, was able yesterday to resume its normal service.' - v This company had three huridred and , ninety 'poles blown' down1 . between . : New Bern and Raleigh and there were . more than five, hundred breaks in ,the line.. Early .Wednesday morning line- , men were Bent out .all along (the line and they at once began to make re ' pairs but not until yesterday morning . was the line in such condition that the :, service was satisfactory The storm struck New Bern of Tues day night, September 2, and put the " Postal's wires out ofs commission. ., By - , a peculiar coincidence on the same date just a year ago Miss Johnson was .visiting at her home' in West ..Virginia and a storm struck the town and this , . was followed by a flood. The telegraph ' operator could not get to the office and Miss ' Johnson succeeded in 'reaching ' the . building . and j getting a message to the outside summoning aid for the CHANGE IN WORKING HOURS. Longer Hours At Norfolk Southern Y' Local Shops. . . For several weeks the men employed at the local shops of .the..Norolk-SoirtlH ern Rafta-ay Comnanv have rfeMtWnrfc- ing on a schedule of fivedkyejf nine hours and a half on Saturday. Yester day there was a change made in this schedule and from nowon until further notice the men will work nine hours every day in the week. The announcement of this change to longer hours greatly gratified the employes in the shop. The majority of them work by the hour and the more time they are allowed to make the more money they draw on pay days. Much work is being'done at the shops and this in a measure accounts for the increase in the working hours. 'THE VALUE OF A WOMAN" BE HIS SUBJECT. WILL Rev. A. D. Wilcox, of Louisbure. will deliver an illustrated lecture at Centenary Methodist church t,vw in the interest of Christian education and under the auspices of LnnUhnnr i Female College. His subject will be "The Value of a Woman." Beautiful hand-painted views will be used in illustrating the lecture. Those who I have heard the lecture pronoJnce it very fine and it is expected that a large audience will erect the lecturer. Mr Wilcox will preach at Centenary church at the morning service. stricken people. Several persons were killed at that time and the loss of property was great. Virginia papers carried long news stories and photo- graphs of the brave telegraph operator who sent the news of the disaster to the outside world. Cotton Is Badly Hurt. In the opinion of J. W. Stewart, cotton is hurt by the storm worse than it appears to be. He went out and made a careful inspection of some that he has growing on one of his farms and found the bolls badly bruised, many of the branches split off and the stalks wrung and twisted by the fear fu wind which swept over the fields. Blue Spring Overflowed. W. D. -Ipock, of Askin, was in the city yesterday and reported the effect of the storm on Blue Spring. He said the spring was overflowed for two daysi but is now in fine shape' and all demandsjwi11 absorb in the neighborhood of for the famous Blue Springs water $1,500,000,000 more. So, with the are being met promptly. A large crowd $2,000,000,000 your industry will need is expected to attend the picnic at the ' there should be provided between now spring on next Thursday, the 11th., j and the end of 1918 from $7,000,000,000 he said. NoXolk Si .. .hern trains will $8,000,000,000 for these three pur stoo at the sorintrs on those days.' Pses alone, to say nothing of general Little Damage At Nag's Head. That Nag's head was hurt very little by the storm was the news brought by a post card to Dr. N. M. Gibbs received yesterday morning, from a relative at that place. The sound water was blown out until it was possible to wade around the pier heads. A large vessel was beached about twenty iiles below Nag's Head. REQUESTED TO SEEK FEDERAL AID. Norfolk, Sep . 6. Congressman John Small, it is reported, has been re H quested by his constituents to seek Federal aid for the sufferers. Congress man Small is a resident of Washington and his nome was partly wrecked by the storm. C. G. Schnede-, chief wireless opera tor at the Government station at Beau fort, arrived here-today, after three days' delay. He says the Government plant at Beaufort is a complete wreck. Schneider was on watch when the hurricane struck Beaufort' at 11 o'clock Tuesday night. He says the wind blew 105 miles an hour and the wireless plant was carried away. The big steel masts were blown a distance of 200 feet and bent into an unrecognizable mass. Schneider passed through New Bern on his way to Norfolk. He says the schooner H. M. . Marks, of the Men haden fisheries, was caught by the wind and driven-about the harbor like an express train. ' Before she went down Berkes with Captain Derrickson and a crew of three men on board, toun she shot infothree buildings along the dered off Ocracoke. Wednesdayand it is believed that the four men went water front and partly wrecked them, down with the vessel. . . I saw fiftv craft of all kinds sink. These were mostly tne ' property of on Monday the tug Kirkton came into port to tow the three to Philadel fishermen, who make a living for them phia. Th,y left this port and Tuesday morning encountered the storm selves -and families by, fishing," . Mr. Schneider said. "In New Bern the dam- age was worse than that at Beaufort, Wreckage, was strewn all oyer the street nd the big bridge connection the city with Bridgloh was carried away.' Schneider came to Norfolk to report the extent of the damage done by the storm Lto,,' Rear-Admiral ' Poyle. He was unable to get into communication by!, wire, EIGHT MILLIONS A WEEK K Electric Development Will Require Two Billions In Five Years, Says Vanderlip. ELECTRICITY'S GREAT FUTURE There Will Also Be Some Few Billions Needed By Railroads, States And Cities. Sacketts Harbor, "N. Y., Sept. 6. Eight millions dollars a week for five i years 82,000,000,000 in all can pro j fitably be invested in developing the ciceuiuai uiuusiry 111 mis country. in the opinion of Frank A. Vanderlip, president of the National City Bank of New York. He so declared last nignt in addressing representatives of the electrical industry in the United 1 States; mfetinS a Association Island i He said, in part: "In making such an estimate one does not need to draw on one's imagination. Little more is needed than a grasp .of present day statistics, compared with those of S or 10 years ago, to give the basis of such an estimate. ) "When we think what is certain to be ' done in the way of elcctrificaton of ( steam railroad terminals and heavy ' mountain grade, when we reflect on the larger use of electrical energy for industrial power, for agricultural pur- Pes and m the continued growth OI necessary interurban lines we do not need to look further into the possible ' development ot the industry to see a requirement ior 4uu,uuu,uuu a year of new capital. "It is such a capital requirement that you gentlemen are facing and which must be successfully met if your ener gies are to have an adequate field of display. Can you get it? "To get a full appreciation of the difficulties you may well glance outside of your own field, however, and note that there will mature within that five-year period well over $1,000,000, 000 of steam railroad securities. The railroads in five years will need, say, $4,000,000 for refunding and fresh capital. States and municipalities industrial and other needs. "These are bewildering figures. They sound more like astronomical mathe matics than totals of round, hard- earned dollars. The raising of these sums, however, is the practical problem that financiers have directly in front of them.' Index New Advertisements People's Bank An investment. New Bern Banking & Trust Co. The service we render. National Bank We invite you to open an account. '"Sam K. Eaton Stop in and have your glasses adjusted. S. Coplon &" Son We are ready to play the good clothes game with you for fall and wintdt. Burrus & Co. "Certainly! Buy Johnson." Selz Royal Blue Store Are yo;.r children ready for school? W. H. Miskell, of Bayboro, wasamon the business, visitors in the city yesterday.. EEDED Barge Lost, Captain And Crew Probably Drowned While enroute from New Bern to Philadelphia, leaving this port ast Monday with a cargo of four hundred thousand feet of lumber con- signed to a firm at that place by the The barge In company with,two which swept the North Carolina coast. The Berkes broke her hauser and drifted away and later foundered. The other two barges and the tug proceeded on their way. yesterday the tug Helen arrived in port and told of pasting the Kirkton and getting crew. . . ; In hopes that the Berkes and its some shore and its crew still alive, had eigfit thousand dollars worth yesterday afternoon chartered a tug Captain Derrickson had many friends he and his crew succeeded in saving T NW LIESJJM Misses Lillie Groves and Mildred Ball Victims Of Runaway Accident. WERE AT BENNETT'S SPRINGS Driver Unable To Stop Horse Frightened When Umbrella Was Opened. In a runaway accident at Bennett's Springs, Va., early yesterday morning Miss Lillie Groves, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Groves, of this city, and Miss Mildred Ball, daughter of J. R. Ball, of this city, were badly injured. Miss Graves' face was badly lacerated and her skull was slightly fractured. Miss Ball suffered a broken rib and many scratches and bruises. Bennett's Springs, is located a short distance from Roanoke, Va., and Mr. Groves has a cottage there, his family usually spending the summer there Miss Mildred Ball accompanied Miss Groves to her summer home a month or two ago and has visited there since that time. Both young ladies were intending to return home tomorrow. The first news of the deplorable accident reached New Bern yesterday mornintr in a telegram sent to Mr. Groves, father of one of the victims This telegram stated that although Miss Lillie Groves' condition was ser ious it was not considered critical unless some unexpected complications set in. Following the receipt of the tele gram by Mr. Groves Mr. Ball received message from his daughter, Miss Mildred. This message gave an account of the accident. The young ladies had started in a carriage to the mail box which is about two miles away from the place at which they were stopping. While on the road to the mail box their horse was frightened by a man who was1 in the act of raising an um brella. The driver did all within his power to bring the frightened animal to a stop before any damage was done but was unable to do this before the carriage was overturned and the occu pants dashed to the road. When persons who witnessed the accident reached the victims they found that Miss Groves and the driver, whose name could not be learned, were unconscious and that Miss Ball was suffering greatly. They were rushed to their home and a physician hurriedly summoned. When first making an examination he thought that Miss Grove's injuries would prove fatal but later found that she was not so badly hurt as was first thought and stood a good chance of recovery. Late yes terday afternoon Mr. Groves received a second telegram stating that his daughter was resting as well as could be expected under the circumstances. Mrs. H. M. Groves left last evening for Bennett's Springs to be at her daughter's bedside. NEW STYLES BARRED. Los Angeles, Sept. 6. The Board ' Education has adopted a rule for bidding girl students to wear tight or ":hanous gowns. The board de .nced them as immoral. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Gorham.of More head City, arrived in the city last even ing for a short visit with relatives, Neuse Lumber Company, the barge others was loaded last week, and news oi tne loss oi ine Darge ana us cargo may have been driven up on the Neuse Lumber company, wno of uninsured lumber on th vessel, and left this port In searcn-of her. In New pern and It is hoped that meir uvea. , (1 ; r , . s DWELLING BLRNED. Onslow County Man Loses Home And Contents By Fire. The dwelling house of William Hobbs, who lives-four miles from Jacksonville, was totally destroyed by fire Thursday night. Mr. Hobbs was awakened by the smoke. He found that it was im possible, on account of the flames, to get to either door of the dwelling. So he put his wife and baby out of one of the windows of the room and hastily followed, none of three having time to put on any clothes. The house and every thing in it was a total loss. Mr. Hobbs, who is a one-armed man, was in the city Saturday soliciting subscriptions to help in buying clothing and furniture and in the rebuilding of his house. THE SUN'S RAYS PAINT THE CLOUDS MANY NEW BERNIANS WITNES SED AN INSPIRING SPECTACLE. Just before the sun sank below the Western horizon yesterday afternoon New Bern citizens hid an opportunity of witnessing an inspiring spectacle, one which, if some painter could have caught it, would have assured his fa me and future. In a direct line with the rays of the sun the sky was painteil with evcry-color of the rainbow, green, blue, red and purple, intermingled in harmony, and those who saw the spectacle were astonished at its mar velous beauty. So unusual was the spectacle that many were sure that it was a forecast of some approaching disturbance of the elements. Sailors often see the sky colored in this manner at sunset and have named the rays cast upon the clouds by the sun on such occasions sun shakes." According to the views ot many old mariners these 'sun shakes" are always forerunners of bad weather. Whether this is true or merely sup position is a matter of speculation and must be decided by the reader. It is a fact, however, that last Tuesday afternoon, preceding the fearful storm on the same night, the same colored rays limned the Western horizon. AT THE We open the vaudeville season to morrow with "The Southern Beauty Musical Comedy Co." Consisting of 10 performers, 6 ladies and 4 men. The biggest and best company at popular prices ever seen in this town. They "make good" wherever they go, and never fail to play return engagements. Good singers good dancers and good comedians. Everything refined and new with change of program often. A solid week of fun and pleasure in store for all. Come and enjoy yourself. PICTURES. "Alone In The Jungle." (by Selig in 2 Reels.) A story of love and daring in the ani mal infested wilds of tropical South Africa intensely thrilling and exciting. "Faust and the Lily" and "An Old Maid's Deception." Are two roaring comedies. Matinee daily starting at 3:45 o'clock. Two shows at night, first commencing at 7:45, second at 9:15. Observe the hours and you can always get a good seat. Prices, Matinee 5 and 10c. Night, Balcony, 5 and 10c; first floor, 10 and 15c. No 5c. ticket will be sold for first floor except for shall children (under 8 years) with parents. MR. PRICE RECEIVES PROMO TION. J. F. Price, who has for several months held a position with the local office of the Western Union "Tele graph Company, has been promoted to manager of the Western Union Office at Rocky Mount, N. C, and will today leave to assume his new duties mV. Price has made numerous frierids in New Bern and his departure will be regretted. EXERCISE. Gabe The doctor has ordered Smith ers to take more exercise. Steve What's he going to do? Gabe He has decided to roll his own cigarettes. Cincinnati Enquirer. PROGRAM AMIS TOMORROW F THRILLING Life Savers Bring To Safety Twenty Men, Two Women And Two Children. SEA SWALLOWS A SIX-MASTER Crews Of The Hatteras, Ocracoke And Durant Stations Combine To Effect Rescue. Norfolk, Sept. 6. While the messages of losses on land are coming in over crippled wires there conies a messaee up the cost from the treacherous Hatteras shoals of wrecks and rescues at sea as the result of Wednesda lay- storm. The most thrilling of these is the loss of the six-niasi si lioonir C,., w Wells which pounded on the sands three miles north of Hatteras while her crew of twenty men, two women and two children praved for tin- r, .!;,-,.,-, which came at the hands of the crews of three life saving stations. All were saved, but the .shin which was M9 feet long, is a total wreck, and last reports say that she is rapidly going to pieces. She was light and was bound from New York to Kernanrlina, Fla., where she expected to load cargo for her home port. Boston Seldom has there appeared a more thrilling story of rescue, and seldom has sucn a sea, lashed by a 70-mile wind, given up a crew into the hands of the ifesavers as did the seas which swal owed up the Wells. Stripped of its canvas the big ship was churned about in the mad salt foam, strange phantoms brooding over her with every dash of the sprav like the kiss of death. The two little children were lashed with ropes to the bodies of their mothers and ten lashed to the creaking masts, and it was this wav that the lifesavers found them when the gale had quieted. The twenty men, helpless to lead or drive the ship, stood like stanchions lashed to masts waiting for ife or death. When the ship struck, it was with a growling, ominous sound that seemed to presage the common end of many who sail the seas. Far off, almost like a mirage, glistened the beach with a lhouettc of green trees that looked black near enough to see and be seen ut with a yawning, deriding sea that dared invasion. Thus stood the twenty men, the mothers and their children and watched and waited while the wind went shrieking through the remaining ropes and spars. Lile- boats were gone, and probably would have been useless had thev staved. Back on the beach where the green- black trees were outlined against a cold, sunless skv, were tne lite crews patroi- ing with their faces shielded against the rain and storm. When th ship was sighted the crews of the Hatteras, Ocra coke and Durant stations communica ted and combined into a battalion to take their chances with the sea. Boats were launched lime and time again but were dashed up on the sands. Two of the crew injured t heir backs, but thought nothing of it and wenr'" on into the foam. The boats were launched. It was a long pull to the ship. Each stroke of the heavy oars seeviod fruit less. The wind was blowing with mighty strength and the high breakers turned their crests into the boats. Several times it seemed as if the lifesavers had been taken under, but each time they reappeared, until finally the sea and storm, as if beaten in its fight for the men, women and children, paused as a fighter pauses for breath. Then again, when the boats came alongside the ship, or nearly alongside, the wind increased in fury, seeming in a last mad endeavor to be the victor. Never before, say the lifesavers, have they had such a sensational rescue. The women and children still lashed in each other's arms, were lowered away in safety, the men helping at the oars in the long pull back o the beach. But there was another ship sighted after the crew of the Wells had been saved, and in this fight the sea had won. It was a long low schooner with but one mast standing and there were no signs of life on board. ' The name was not made out. Three miles off Ocracoke Inlet was seen an English oil steamer hard a ground and floundering around help lessly. The United States revenue cutter Seminole is now on the way in answer to calls for help. The name of this .ship was 'also impossible to see. su MEN Se V
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