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iJAEL C i TOLLXII. No. 34: . new bern; n.ci Tuesday morning. September 9, 1913 THREE CENTS PER COPY The Weather FAIR ,r rim?: THE EES LOST 'i 71! HIE SI li -Captain Derrlckson f Saved .After , Being In Water For Twenty- ; , ' . ; ' , 4 , eight Hours. - THREE LIVES . , ARE . ' LOST Teasel Wrecked About Twenty Miles ? : . ' Off .Ocracoke "''. Inlet. - nil - . That the barge Berkes, owned by a -- Baltimore firm and in command of ' Captain E. H. Derrickson was lost ;. in the storm" which raged along the , . - North Carolina Coast last ' Tuesday " .and Wednesday became known yes i terday when the Neuse Lumber Com pany, owners of thetimber: valued at eight thousand dollars with which ' the vessel was loaded received a mes- sage from Captain Derrickson . which ' stated that the vessel was lost Wednes- i ' "' day" of Gull Shoal, about twenty miles from Ocracoke and that he. alone had . .been rescued by the life savers at that . , v place after having been, in" the water ' -: . for- more ..than twenty-eight hours. ': The Berkes, in company with two other barges, left this port last Monday ' , morning in tow of the tug Kirkton bound for Baltimore. . It was known -that the, tug' headed direct for Norfolk and the consignors feared that she had -' sun into the storm and had been badly s used. ? No. word was heard from the , vessels until Saturday when the tug - Helen arrived in port and brought the V news that she had passed the Kirkton ' .and two barges, and had been told that -the Berkes broke her tow'line during the -storm Wednesday morning and that j the last time she was seen the wind v .and waves were tossing her about as " though she had been a chip. ' , Tug Searching For Vessel v There was but little probability ; 'that the Berkes had weathered the 't the storm, but there was just the r. ; bearest chance that the vessel had been cast up on some shoal and the Neuse ' Lumber Company last Saturday after- ' , noon dispatched a tug in. search of the : vessel.:-, ; The' tug .has not returned ; but the message received from Captain i ' Derrickson confirms the fears . of the '. a . : owners of the vessel and also the owners i '''of the cargo of lumber. The Berkes, Yrj'.&t is said, cost between twenty-five and thirty thousand: dollars to con struct. , '. , - '" The Grace Bennett Safe. . . The three . masted schooner i Grace Bennett owned by Harry, It Fulks, i' iAi )f Laurel, Delaware, and in command . of Captain S. H. Laramore, of Tyas kin, Md.,. arrived in port yesterday -afternoon from Royall's Shore in Pam lico Soundi ; " The Grace Bennett encountered the storm which : raged along the : North Carolina coast Tuesday . and, 4Ved- . nesday and only the heroic work of the : crew saved : her . from being ..broken up and, lost.' ' The vessel was loaded - . -with lumber consigned to a Baltimore v firm by the Elm Qity Lumber Company ; of this city, and the Dixie Lumber . company, of South Creek. Thi part .-' owned by the former company was .1 lashed to the deck and this was washed away. The Captain, his family and the crew were rescued by the life savers 'v at the Portsmouth station and arrived , t ' i in New Bern yesterday afternoon. Captain and Mrs. Laramore are now stopping with- Mr. and , Mrs.'. M. Sus kins. (. ' The Captain's Story. " . . - : - In . an interview with a Journal reporter soon after . his arrival here on the gas boat A. B." C, he and his -.: family having left the Grace Bennett , several miles down Neuse river in order to get to the city as soon as. possible - ; o that telegrams could be sent to the owner of the vessel, Captain Laramore said: "We left Washington, N. C, on the afternoon of August 31 and came ort down the river to Royall's Point where the anchor ,was cast : -s We were bound to Baltimore but the . weather conditions was such that we could get no further at that time.; . "We remained at Royall's Point and the storm struck us on Tuesday, The wind increased in velocity and the , - -waves grew higher all during the after noon and nT.,ht. Not a soul on the boat slept a w; during the night. Wednes day m6nii' the boat began to fii wilh water pod t'-e c'.nk l.-.:t.l w.ishot away. At 6 oV k I; I. a more an.l hi f c.':l ) ; i v. el '.-if ..hi t1 PONY CONTEST CLOSES TODAY Valuable Pr z s Will Probably Be ' A Awarded Tomorrow. - .. v Tonight , at 12 - o'clock' the . Dunlap ; Pony Contest which a number of the ? merchants have, been conductingfor ths I past few weeks will close and omorrow the handsome pony and cart which is v to be awarded as a prize to the boy or . girl casting the largest number of votes j will be turned over to the winner. I Thousands of votes have been cast' during the past few days and already' the ballot boxes are "groaning" under j tne weignt oi so many Danots. nowever many thousand more will be cast today. W. H. Henderson, Thomas Kehoe and H. K. Land have been appointed as judges and. these gentleman will begin counting the votes as soon . as the contest has closed and the name of the fortunate boy or girl will be announ ced just as quickly as possible. ' . I it; PREDICTED OTHERWISE THIS WEEK'S WE A THER WILL NOT BE UN " USUAL. . . Washington, D. C, Sept. 8. The government ' weather forecast for the week was issued Sunday, and is: i 'fThe eastward movement of a north- western high pressure area will be at- tended by lower temperatures early in the week over the central Plains States, the Missouri and upper Missis- sippi : Valleys; and the upper Lake region, and probably by some modera- tion in the Ohio Valley and the lower lake region. Light frosts are probable Monday morning in the lowlands of North Dakota and northwestern Min- nesOta. ; In the east and south tempera- ture changes duil.ie the week will not be decided, S while in the Northwest it will be warmer during Monday, and' by the middle of the week temperatures will be rising generally over the central and western portions of the. country, followed by a fall overthe Northwest toward the end of the week, ' ' 5 "A marked ! disturbance now over southern Alaska' will extend eastward, and southeastward, causing rams early in the week over the Pacific Northwest and about the middle of the week over the north-western States east of the Rocky Mountains. . No other precipi - tation of consequence is indicated! during the week e:-r"pt in the South where J thunderstorms are likely to continue the greater portion of the week. t. i '. f . 'Kj'j : - ! : "There are no present indications of a tropical disturbance." i AN INDORSEMENT. : "What do you think' of the college your boy is attending?"" ' : " Well,''; replied - Farmer Corntossel, "I don't pretend to say much about HUNDERSHOWERS how it teaches Greek or trigonometry. Journal reporter that Goose Creek Is But bein' as Josh has been there a land was entirely aubmerged . and couple of years, I want to give it my -that the greater part of the stock on compliments as one of the most patient an-. forbearin', colleges on earth."- Washington Star. . ' .- . " . ''..':: ?.-.' i ' ' ' " 1 k' i jv":- v .'The man who thinks he is marrvinc an angel in disguise occasionally - dis- covers later the ; alleged disguise was permanent. Cabin and lashed in the main rigging. After the deck load had entirely gone they were taken from the main rigging i l -t and lashed in the fore rigging where they stayed until midnight. .- Some of the water had been pumped out by this time and they- were unlashed and taken into the galley where they remained until the life savers . front the Portsmouth station succeeded in getting us off the boat. We arrived there between 8 and 9 o'clock and spent three nights at the station before we could get away. '.'On Friday we pumped the vessel out with -the assistance of th'e life savers and started for New Bern on Satur day." ' " - .,. ' i Captain Laramore's family consists of his wife, Misses Elsie, Ruth, Marva, Audrey and son H. Dejinen. The crew consisted, of Mate George Bennett, of Baltimore; John Smith, a colored sailor, V of -, Baltimore; - and , Richard Ford, the ' cool,1 also of Baltimore. Captain and Mrs'. Laramore will spend several days with Mr. and Mrs. M. Sus- kin -. ;-v':-;- VMJ.:y The lumber owned by the Elm City Lumber Company and which was swept from the deck of the, vessel is valued it about eight hundred dollars. . This v 3 rot i ) ;nred and will be a total loss. ISLAND TOWriS F ' Traveller Brings First News Of Storm's Damage At Goose Creek Island. NO LIVES WERE LOST Many Cattle Drowned And eral Buildings Washed Away. Sev ,: The work of cleaning up the wreckage around the water front caused by the - storm and , flood of last Wednesday I is going ahead rapidly and by the close I of the week there will be considerably jless outward evidence of this disaster than there is at present. t A large force of laborers were put to work cleaning up East Front street on the day following the flood and this : section was in fairly good shape by Sunday. Thousand of spectators i walked along the waterfront Sunday I afternoon and viewed the wreckage. the remains of Neuse river bridge was the mecca of all the sightseers and hundreds of persons viewed what s left standing of the mammoth structure, As stated in the last issue of the Journal, . a force of convicts are now engaged in rebuilding this bridge and the work is going ahead. as rapidly as could be expected under the circumstances. The linemen employed at the city's electric light and water plant were again at work yesterday repairing the wires which were broken by falling limbs and uprooted trees. Practically all of the breaks on the, line which furnishes the current for the incandes cent lamps and also the power for motors have been repaired and the line is in service. However, there were so many breaks on the line over which the current for the arc lights was transmitted that these have not all i been repaired and thie city is in dark- ness at night with the exception of the business section which is illuminated with . arches of the smaller lights. Many of the poles were blown down and these are being replaced with new ones. j Goose Creek Island Heard From. With all other points along the North Carolina coast heard from Saturday with the exception of Goose Creek Island, 'Brant Island and the few small towns in that section and in fact all over the State as to what damage had been done at these points by the storm and flood of last Wednesday which pjayed havoc all along the coast. , The first authentic report was re ceived here yesterday when William Patton, a citizen of Goose Creek Island passed ', through the city enroute to Wilmington. Mr. Patton told the island was drowned. However, .no lives were lost. .The Island was covered in' from two to five feet of (water and many of the buildings were demolished ; At Rose Bay and Jones Bay the storm did greater damage than at Goose Cree' Island. According to Mr. Patterns statement not an animal was left ali .-e except a few which the owners succeec . in getting into their homes. At Br; Island and also at Maw Point the wate- ' . . i . i , rose to a depth of . several feet a-. the boats of many of the fishermeu at .those places were either sunken or were taken away by the wind and tide and have not . been seen since, v -; Many , of the people lost all their clothing and fodtf and their condition is pathetic.' A consignment of food was taken down from Vandamere Saturday morning for the benefit of the stricken islanders and this was equally divided among those who. were in the worst plight. Brant Island, Jones Bay and Maw Point are at a very exposed point and grave fears were entertained for the safety of the inhabitants of those places. J . Oriental Citizens Clearing Away Wreckage. ' . S. W. Everitt, proprietor of Neuse Rive"' Inn at Oriental, , was among the business visitors in the city yester day and he told a graphic story of the storm and flood: at that place. , Mr. "Everitt's hostelry is at a very exposed point along the river front and at 2 o'clock Wednesday morning his family and guests were i taken out in boats and transported to vise home of HEARD MEETING TO BE HELD IT RALEIGH President Of Just Freight Rate Association Issues A Call To Business Men. SEPTEMBER 24 IS THE DAY Governor Craig And Others Will Advocate The Rights Of The People Fred N. Tate, President of the North Carolina Just Freight Rate Association, has just issued a call to the business men and farmers of the State to meet at Raleigh on September 24 for the pur pose of laying before the legislation facts regarding the discrimintiaon by the railroads. The following is the letter sent out by President Tate: "To the people of North Carolina: "As suggested in my open letter to the people of North Carolina some weeks ago and as recently adverted to bv the State papers, a monster meeting of every business man and farmer of the State is hereby called by the Just Freight Rate Association of North Carolina to meet in the Raleigh Auditorium at two o'clock Wednesday, September 24th, the day of which the special session of the Leg islature convenes. The meeting is called for the purpose of then and there laying before the entire body of the General Assembly the cold bare facts regarding our unjust and indefensible freight rate discrimination and then also appeal for such legislative measures as recommended by the Governor and the Special Legislative Freight Rate Commission. "Governor Craig and others will address this meeting, and it is our aim to fill the entire seating capacity of this immense auditorium with earnest, determined citizens from every county in the State. "It is also our purpose to get in per sonal touch with every member of the General Assembly before this mass meeting with a view to acquaint all with the causes for the hardships imposed upon our people by the rail roads. Practically the entire State is ' now organized and the sup.eme test is as to whether the railroads shall control our future destiny by continued unfair discrimination and selfish greed or whether the people, in whose hand the sovereign power lies, shall b a spirit of broad, liberal and intelligent co-operation cause every section of oun State to grow, develop and prosper, that capital and labor may feel that in North Carolina they have an equal chance with the world. This will soon be determined and the determined stand taken by our people in this fight for justice means victory. Right is on our side and we cannot lose." C. L. Ives, of this city, is one of the committeemen appointed to confer with - Governor Craig and the Just Freight . Rate Commission in regard to placing this matter before the Legis lature and a. week or two ago he asked .the local merchants and manufacturers "t information regarding the amount of freight they pay in the course of a nr and any other information along '.3 line which would be of service u him. : He has received a number of replies to his letter, but there are others who have for some reason not answered. This is a vital matter ' and it will assist Mr Ives in his work if those who have not answered his letters will attend to the matter at once., . It is expected that quite a number of New Bern business men will attend the meeting which is to be held at Ra leigh on September 24. ' Henry W. Gibbs, ' of 'Beaufort, pas sed through the . city last evening enroute home from a visit in Pitt county. ' 1 ' v , a neighbor-some distance away where they spent the remainder of the- night. Considerable , damage was - done to property in ' and around Oriental, but the citizens began clearing away the wreckage on the following day and the town has about resumed i its - normal appearance. ." , ' ..' Mr. ' Everitt says . that the vcroos right around Oriental are in bad shape but that the total damage to the crops of the county ; will ; not be more1 than twenty-five or thirty per cent.' LOCAL BANKER A DELEGATE. T. A. Uzzell Will Attend Southern Commercial Congress. T. A. Uzzell, cashier of the Peoples Bank of this city is among the dele gates whom Governor Locke Craig has appointed to represent North Carolina at the Southern Commercial Congress which meets October 27-29 in Mobile, Alabama. The delegates will attend this congress and study conditions that will most help their State. Being largely bankers, they will have something on rural credits, the bankers of the country being expecially interested in that matter. While the congress is a business matter, the delegates will have a de lightful trip. Mobile is in easy reach of Panama and the representatives will take a boat trip to that place. The men sent by Governor Craig come from all the princi, a! towns and cities of the State, thirty-seven places hav ing appointees. L ITS REPAIR IRK NORFOLK SOUTHERN HAS THREE HUNDRED MEN RE PAIRING BRIDGE. With three hundred men at work on the bridge across the Pamlico river at Washington, the Norfolk Southern Railroad Company is expecting to have the bridge so trains can pass over it by next Sunday. The bridge is nearly a mile in length, but eighteen hundred feet of it has already been rebuilt, this being on the Southern side. The draw has been straightened out and the work generally is progressing in a very satisfactory manner. Pending repairs to the bridge and the opening of through traffic, freight is being detoured by Plymouth and Greenville, the Coast line tracks being used between Plymouth and Green ville. Beginning today the mail will be transferred at Washington and will come direct through from Norfolk for the first time since the storm. It is possible that passengers will be trans ferred effective today also, but definite information as to this has not been received A number of passengers have already come direct through, but they arranged their own transpor tation across the Pamlico. The Norfolk Southern has concen trated its forces at Washington. Presi dent Hicks has been there since shortly after the news went out that the rail road property there and thereabouts had suffered such heavy damage and the work has been pushed with all possible dispatch. R A THE ATHENS TODAY "The Southern Beauty MuscialCom- edy Company" will appear again today, matinee and night Two packed houses last night and the round after round of applause they received is evidence of their popularity. The best musical comedy Co. ever seen in the town. Ask any one who saw them last night. An entire change of program today. PICTURES. "The Hidden Witness." A drama by the Kalem Co. "Her Husband's Picture." "A touching drama by Lubin. "Old Doc. Yac." , Introducing in unique animated car toons, the famous -comic supplement character "Old Doc. Yac." "A Jolt For The Janitor." A comical Btory of the Flannigan fiat, very funny. . Matinee at 3:45 Two shows at night 1st' starts at 7:45, 2d immediately after close of first.. Prices matinee 5c. and 10c, Night, balcony 5c. and 10c., first floor 10c. -and ; 15c. ' ' ' . ."'Np 5c ticket will be sold for first floor except small children (under 8 years) with parent. .There will be a meeting of the mem bers of the Ghent Athletic Assocation tomorrow iiignt and every .' member is requested to be present, :The football team, of which Lyle Smith is manager, met at Ghent Park and had their first practice on the new gridiron last night. This is one. of. the, strongest amateur teams in the State and the members feel assured . of winning number of victories a during .1 the approaching ROAD RUSHES PROG MEXIGAfj CRISIS SAFELY PASSED None Of The Evils Forecasted By Enemies Of Administration Have Been Realized. THE PRESIDENT STOOD FIRM Felt That Course He Proposed Was Right And Refused To Be Argued Out Of It. Washington, Sept. 8. Nearly two weeks have passed since Woodrow Wilson laid his plan for the pacification of Mexico before Congress and the country, yet none of the evils antici pated by the hostile interests in the United States as a result of the "policy of abondonment" has come to plague the Administration. On the con trary, another Mexican "crisis" seems to have been safely passed. The southern republic is more tran quil than it has been for months. Business concerns in this country are no longer alarmed. The hysteria in Congress has wholly subsided and the Administration has turned its atten tion to other problems. All this has been the result apparent ly of the President's masterly diplo macy. It has come following the de livery in the House before a joint session of Congress of one of the most, remarkable messages bearing upon foreign affairs this country ever heard from the lips of its President. It has come because the President found a way of meeting a desperate situation without forfeiting the confidence of the people of the United States on the one hand, or of incurring the hostility of the Mexicans on t-he other. This calm does not mean that the Mexican problem had been finally dis posed of. There is still a state of revolution existing beyond the Rio Grande. Anarchy previlas in many provinces. Brigandage goes unchecked in others and much fighting is expected throughout the whole republic before absolute peace is restored. It does mean, however, that the President and his advisers successfully resisted the clamor for intervention; they stood firmly against any move that might lead to war; they refused to recognize a provisional administra tion in Mexico City that came into existence through murder, and they did all this without giving encourage ment to the rebels or without antagon izing the Federals. Many of the President's closest friends had misgivings as to his ability to steer such a course as this. The Executive himself may have doubted the success of his policy, but he made up his mind that his program was the right one to follow and he stuck to it determinedly, regardless of defiant threats from Mexico and persistent warnings from Congress. At the outset Hucrta served notice upon this government that he would not negotiate without recognition, but he did negotiate. He sent word that Governor Lind would not be received; but Lind was received. He insisted that no answer would be made to the Wilson proposal. An answer was made. Everything that Huerta said he would not do in the beginning he ha; since done. THE VAUDEVILLE SEASON OPENS TWO LARGE AUDIENCES AT THE ATHENS THEATRE LAST NIGHT. The Southern Beauty Musical Come dy Company opened the vaudeville season at the Athens theatre last night, playing at two performances and at both times the house was packed to its utmost capacity. '.:.; This company is one - of the best on the road this season and there can be no denial of the fact that their Work last night pleased ever one who saw them.' This company will hold the-' boards af , the Athens all during . the--present week, presenting an entire" new bill each night. As U6lial the picture program was good and this also was greatly enjoyed The pictures' shown - at the Athens : are the very best that can be, secured and never fail to pleased .,: '.- . '
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