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i illfnTTTTM'A t A t - C 4 . fc. .. VOLLXIL No. 33 The Weather FAIR: NEW, BERN, N. C." SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 14, 1913 THREE CENTS PER COPY 10DE01II iiliLL i fi iiiuSEii "Well Known Printer Fired 32 Call' - bre Bullet Into 'His ; - :y---.: "!: : Brain.'' ' - ' 1 ' :V,'. ::.;-r-; ; . ;y .' .'.": . '; v- .:c ; .. 'i 'VICTIM ' WAS DESPONDENT -fatal Shot Believed To Have Been Fired At 4 o'clock Yester-1'" -, day Morning. -' . ", I rrn nn l 'With a thirty-two 'Calibre revolver , .' clasped in his hand and a bullet wound in, his right temple, Adolph Roberts, , proprietor of the Commercial Printing , and Rubber Stamp Works, was found ' iying dead in liis bed; at the home of his brother. Will Roberts, No.. ' 162 , . South Front street, at 7 o'clock yester .' '.day morning: The self-inflicted wound , was probably made between the hours ' V of , i and 6 o'clockj most likely just V f ;iat 4 o'clock as Policeman A. A. Ipock who 'was in the. neighborhood at that ' "hour, heard the report' of a revolver i ! just after the town clock , had struck , four. - I 1 0 t . Mr. , Roberts has for years been in bad health,' and .constant brooding over t ( 'this and probably'- business . worries ". are believed to: have been . the .: cause - . -of his'rash act..s ..' ' . ' .'! ,'' Mr; Roberts was born at Newport, Carteret county, in 1871.' Early in life, he entered a-printing office and , "learned a trade. Since that time he has i -followed, this vocation and has ! been , , (Connected with . a number of printing offices. Just previous to the time ., that he ; opened up ithe Commercial - . 'Printing and Rubber Stamp Works, '-. lie was connected with the E. J, Land . . ; ' Printing' Company,, having been . with "this "company for more than a year. r' Once before during the past 'week " . had Mr. Roberts attempted his life; .. .."This was on' Thursday night. Closing , Tiisplace of business Thursday after ' . noon- he did not go home but instead , 1 ' remained in the building and turned . . '-on, the gas. , His sister, .. Miss Lona Roberts, who also resides at the home of -Will Roberts, 'thought it - strange ; that" her brother did not come home ,.: to his supper, but finally came to the conclusion that his duties at the office .were such that he , was compelled . to remain there until late at night in order to attend to them. When she - retired ' for - the night Mr,- Roberts liad not made his appearance. ' Upon .' arising i Friday morning she found that he had not been at home during . the night, Upon - the. arrival of Mr. ."Will .Roberts she informed him of this j fact and he went at once of his brother's place; of business arid found him lying : 'unconscious on the floor and the place filled with the fumes of. gas. . He was ' - placed in a carriage and carried home as quickly as possible. . ,.- " . ' . Mr. Roberts appeared to be truly repentant of .thi attempt at his life . and promised that he would never .again makej sjch an attempt if . the. family v would keep the affair a secret, and this they consented to do. . He remained ' in his bed all during, the day. - . The last time he was seen alive was ' about midnight at that time , he was :- asleep. MissjLona! Roberts dd not retire vm until 1- o'clock ; and she is ' positive j ' that her brother did not kill himself , before that hour. .During the remainder of the night the occupants of the house heard no unusual noise and it is believed that in order to muffle the report of the revolver Mr. Roberts wrapped it in : the bed clothing. . That he-had been dead several hours was evidenced by .the fact that rigor mortisnad set in .and his body was stiff and cold when the undertaker arrived On the scene a short time after it had been found, v Death was in all probability instan taneous. The bullet entered at a vital :. point and probably lodged in the brain as it did not come out on the opposite side of the head. ' - . j Mr. Roberts is survived by- a sister, ' Miss Lona Roberts and a ' brother. W illiam Roberts, his . parents having lien de .1 for several years. He was a i : n,I i r of the local lodge Knights of I'j i!.;.is 'and of the. Knights of Har i i y.' T'. e funeral will be conducted f 'i (' ' te residence this afternoon ; . 4.. ) . ' H-k by Rev. B. F. Iluske i if) ' t i t will be made in Cedar :Kft bvtl ec ascd on a frna thet t of Am-, t'.e I" r T. I""!, MINISTER TAKEN AT CHURCH Preacher CaCed From Conference And Arrested By Sheriff. Parkersburg, W. Va., ' Sept. 13. Armed with a warrant for Rev. C. E, Chalfant, a local minister,' who is also in the, real estate -and' oil business, a deputy sheriff from Mason county to. day had Chalfant called out from the sessions of the West Virginia United Brethreh -r Church . Conference, which he was attending, and at the church door notified him he was under arrest. ' 'Chalfant fell, in a faint and did not recover .consciousness ; until- removed to the church parsonage. The warrant charges Chalfant with obtaining money under false pretences, based upon the allegation that he sold oil stock which he had ; represented, to be of : more than its true value.': V . '. The accused . -minister secured . his release on $500 bond for appearance at a hearing nextV week he character ized his arrest as "a piece , of spite work." - A Big Three . , . Picture" Reel AT, THE ATHENS TOMORROW. "MARY STUART, QUEEN OF SCOTLAND" (IN THREE PARTS) ' 'THIS SUBJECT ' HASj NEVER 1 BEEN SHOWN BEFORE IN NEW BERN. , CAST. Mary Queen of Scots, Miss Mary Fuller.- , '.-ii'' Lord Darnley, her husband, Rich ard NelU. Hannah Kennedy, her ' nurse, Elizabeth Miller. Rlzzio, a mlntrel of whom Darn- ley Is jealous,, Wallace Scott. Sir Amias Paulet, Chas. Ogle. Lorraine, Bishop of Rhelm, Chas. Sutton. i , ' ,. . Sir Edward Mortimer, - Bigelow Cooper. i s. Lord Burleigh, Lord High Treas urer, Robert Brower. Elizabeth, Queen of England, Miriam Nesbitt. - ' .Earl of Leicester,, Marc McDer mott. '.' The Court Jester, Edward Bout den ' 1 The Monk, Julian Reed. Mary's Physician; William West. Ladies in waiting, court attendants, conspirators.etc. The beautiful and much beloved Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland, is one of the most unfortunate and pathetic Characters in history. Born in Scotland educated at the Court of Francis. II, of , France, whom she" married at 15, queen at 16, a widow at 17, beginning her. reign as Scotland's queen at 18, married to Darnley of the Royal blood at 19 her life began amid turmoil .and .disaster',''" Her husband, Lord Darnley, after their - marriage proves himself a vicious braggart and coxcomb,, is intensely jealous of Rizzio, Mary's favorite singer and secretary. One night as Rizzio sings to the Queen, Darnley and his band of night hawks wait at the foot of the narrow Staircase for the. singer J Hush I He approaches! Down the staircase he comes full 6f youth, and loveVl Darnley 's hand shoots out . of , the Vshadow and . Darnley's dagger finds its resting place in Rizzi's heart. , . Such marital dissensions, . togethc r with political factions, and religious contentions, cause Scotland to, rise in arms;' and the Queen in jeopardy of life and without followers, accepts, the offered hospitality of England's Queen Elizabeth, , who extends Mary an in vitation - to sojourn at,. Kemlworth Castle, in Warwickshire,' until the broils of Scottish 'clans subside and Mary can return to her home! With gratitude and haste, . the Stuart repairs to Kenilworth, only to find, herself trapped, a prisoner; ' by - Elizabeth who really fears, not 'only the Scottish Queen's beauty and power, but her legal birthrights to the English crown Elizabeth not daring to openly execute her royal sister, - tries secretely to effect her assassination,, but in -yain, owing to the loyalty of Mary's servi tors. , A charge of treason is then brought against her by ' the English crown. She is found gyilty, and sentenced to the block. Pending the signing of the' death warrant by, Queen Elizabeth, sttempts to rescue her are made, one by a gallant and loving Englishman, Sir Edward Mortimer, but these only result in failure of plans, frustrated attempts on Elizabeth's life, and deeper infincii ent and unhappiness for Mary. I a iiit . i '. j l,i tween the two. Queens, T '1''- 1 ;, .t much ; 1, inning, Eliznbcth -.a y v ' 'j 1 fi "i it rebels 1 1 . . ' t f 'i i.i (.'cnui'ri, ! ion. IS Gno;inisi This Authority Also Predicts That .- Time Is Coming When There Won't Be Any Births. x SAYS THERE IS. A REMEDY . - r . . , To Regain Lost Estate He Said, We Must Cultivate Health In- ; stead Of Disease. Colorado Springs, Sept, 13. Sta tistics purporting to show that the human race gradually is, becoming in sane and the prediction that the time will come when "there w If be no more births, were the features of an address before theAmerican Public' Health As sociation here -by. J. H. Kellogg, of Battle Creek, Mich According to Dr, Kelloee's view", the birth rate is decreasing in a mariner that ultimately w 11 oring it to the vanishing point. The achievements of modern science, the speaker declared, are bringing about race degeneracy by saving the weak lings. v : "To regain our lost estate," he added, "we should get back to nature. We must - cultivate health instead of di sease. The social eveil is the menace of the twentieth century was the contention of Dr. J. H. Landis, health officer in Cin cinnati. - 1 here is no reason why dis eases occasioned by the social evil should not receive the same treatment, so far as their handling by health de partments is concerned, as the plague that of isolation," he said.: ' Dr. Landis advanced the idea that the dress worn by women of to-day. is re sponsible in a degree for influences which he said are undermining the race. The Association": elected officers as follows: , President,' Dr. W. C. Woodward, Washington, D. C; Secretary, Prof. Solsker M. Gunn, Boston; Treasurer, Dr. Livingston Farrand, New York. Jacksonville, Fla., was chosen for the convention -next year. Lawrence Veiller, of N,ew York, was elected -Chairman of the sociological section, and"" Lee K. Frankel, of ew York was elected chairman of a com mittee formed to bring' closer relations between the sociologists and other sections. Securing of funds for public health work, particularly for combating tu berculosis, through . popular vote by the use of the 'referendum was advo cated by several, physicians and lay men. - ' After this disastrous interview and at the urging . of Lord Burleigh, the Lord High Treasurer, ' Elizabeth signs the death warrant, and .the martyr Queen is led to public execution. The . Earl ; of Leicester has been se cretly in love with Mary, but, fearing fr his safety deserts her when the crisis comes. .. Ihere is a . white haired old man who follows her, with breaking heart, to the scaffold, and a gray haired old woman, bowed down- by sweeping these, her nurse .. and her physician, the remnants of her faithful followers. She mounts the scaffold, the charge of treason are read to the curious hungry crowd . watching. - Oh, the anguish ' on the. Queen's- tired face at these false accusations! She forgives . the heads man, offers' a prayer for her too trust- ing soul, and bares her white neck to the a :e. 1 he him fades on Leicester . bowed i with -grief and remorse on the stairs which Mary had just ascended on her way to the scaffold, ' r,"l -.. . : Then we have two othep pictures: "Entertaining Uncle."1 -, A roaring Kalem comedy, and ' , "Cosmopolitan New York." One of the most interesting and edu- cational pictures ever made, for New. York is" a '. world in itself., t That isn't all forwe have H vaudeville - , - 1 ' Shaw and Eddy. " v : i II A comedy singing, talking and dan- cing act. - ' ; . :, r Think 'of what vom will be able to see at the, Athens'Monday, matinee and night. The great historical pic-.' ture of "Mary Queen of Scots,'" a special release in three reels, and two other good pictures besides, and, last . but not least, a good 'vaudeville, one you will like. , 1 ' . ' Matinee daily at 3:45, two shows at '.. fust ' starts at 7:45, second linmco.ately after close ol hrst. ' CLAMS RACE RAPID PRQGHESS IS Contractors Are Hushing Work On New Farm Life School. TO BE OPENED IN OCTOBER Farm Demonstrator Will Arrive About First Of Next Month. Dr. J. E. Turlington, principal of Craven county's Farm Life School, arrived in the city yesterday for a short business visit. Dr. Turlington says that, rapid progress is being made in the erectjon of the school building and that this will probably be ready for occupany by the latter part of next month. The work on the dwelling being erected for the principal has reached the point where the plasterers j are- at work and this will be ready for occupancy about the latter part of next week. H. L. Joslyn, who is to have charge of the Agricultural .Department of the school will arrive tomorrow and will a once begin to make arrangements for putting this department in opera tion as soon as the school has been opened to the public. Mr. Joslyn tomes to Craven County highly recom mended and it is believed that his work will be entirely satisfactory J. Walter Sears, who is now in charge of the Camp Hil", Alabama, Farm School has been employed as the Crav en county farm demonstrator and wil arrive about October 1 to take up his new duties. Mr. Sears' work ' will consist of ivisits to the farmers of the county to whom he will - make suggestions for the cultivation and fertilizing of the land and will help them select the best seed, ' cultivators, stock and other things pertaining to the better ment of the farming interests of the county. Mr. Sears is an expert in k'lis line of work and, it is believed that his teachings, if carried out, will prove very beneficial to the farmers of the county. NOTICE TO PYTHIANS. All members of Athenia Lodge No. 8, Knights of Pythias, are requested to attend the funeral of our late bro ther, Adolph Roberts, which will be held at the residence,' 162. South Front street, this, afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. J. C. Jackson, C. C. LARGEST CIRCUS -HERE ON OCT; 4 BARNUM AND BAILEY'S FIRST advance car is in the .:''-; 'city. The first advance car of the famous Barnum and "Bailey -circus which is to exhibit here on October 4 arrived in the qity yesterday morning and a small art: xii billposters spent the day in floe-dipr; the city with circulars and lit! 4- r hs. A crew was sent out into iv.e country to put up lithographs and within a few days every available bui'i'ir.g and fence will be . covered witii posters describing this great cir- icus. f Some idea of the immensity of this 'circus can1 be attained by the know- ledge .'that'th'ejr. travel in a train of eighty - jcars1: have ;;more than t twelve hundrqd employes, seven hundred, and fifty '.'horses;, 'one hundred and . '."ten cages,- forty elephants : and , hundreds of other animals. ' ,'V ' Their parade, is said to be tnore, jhan three miles in- length and their ) tent covers twenty acres. ' New Bern is the 'only city in Eastern- North Carolina in which the circus will exhibit and it is expected that fully ten thousand visi- fors will be here on the day exhibits., ' " 1 - , V EASILY RECOGNIZED, - - "That man sitting in the back seat is the one who owns the automobile.'' . "Why, he is the only person in the party who doesn't seem to be haying a good time." - ' "That's how I know, Hes thinking About tires gasoline and speed-limit nnes. Washington Star. .. utIIG MADE BAND MEMBERS ENTHUSIASTIC. Are Soliciting Funds For Organization.. New That the , members of New Bern's newly organized brass band are enthu siastic and interested jn the advance ment of the organization is evidenced by the fact that they were out on the streets as late as 11 o'clock last night distributing advertsiing matter re questing the citizens ' to contribute to this worthy cause. As stated in yesterday's issue of the Journal, the band has -rented a few instruments and practice work has already been started. The new instru ments have been ordered and the band hopes to have the money on hand to pay for these as soon as they arrive. LEAVES SOCIETY TO BE SHOP GIRL BEAUTIFUL BRUNETTE GOES IN STORE FOR MERCEN ARY PURPOSES. St.. Louis, Sept...l3. Miss Marie Bakewell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bakewell, prominent here soci ally, and several years ago a debutante in St. Louis has deserted social life for a business career. Monday will mark the end of her first week as clerk in the drapery and house- decorative department of a big store. Since last Friday she has re ported at an Olive street store at S:30 a. m., riding down on the street cars, and departed for home at six o'clock in the evening. She has a number and a time card and punches the clock with the other employes of the great store. , She is a tall striking brunette, about twenty-six years of age. When seen by a reporter she was attired in the regulation black shirtwaist and skirt required of department store clerks. She admitted to an interest in house decoration and said she long has had an ambition to become efficient in the art. She is a graduate of the Visita tion Convent in Baltimore.' She says she studied the art of draperies, wall coverings, floor cover ings, etc., in current periodicals, but only recently conceived the idea of entering a shop and becoming an ap prentice in house decorative work. "There is no secret connected with my being here," she said, laughingly. "As a matter of fact, I intend writing to all my friends, telling them of my vocation. "I cannot plead sociological interest. I am just mercenary and more than ordinarily interested in the work. I wish to fit myself in this that's all." TL T RECENT GREAT WEATHER DIS TURBANCE TO FORM BA SIS FOR SERMON. Rev. J. B. Phillips is now preaching a series of sermons Sunday evenings on The Devil," and tonight he will suggest some lessons from the recent storm that visited our city. Mr. Phillips believes in a literal personal devil and feels sure he is doing a great work these days. The public is invited to hear the address at the Tabernacle tent tonight The subject for the morning sermon will be "How May I be Filled with the Holy Spirit." This .will be the third address a series . of sermons on Power" as VThe Spirit-Filled Life." Index to- New Advertisements Sam. K. Eaton A woman's hand bag. New i Bern Banking & Trust Co. Non-fluctuating value. : . - v : National Bank We invite you ; to open an account. . . , People's Bank No progress without money. , . Citizens' Savings - Bank and ' Trust Co.- Where is your next egg? ' u. F. M. Chadwick Have we your measure? ' , S.; Coplon ; & Son New styleB in tailored coats and suits, v, ' , , A. ?T.. Willis Co. Men who are most critical. w ' We, have had the horse ess carriage and : the wireless message for some time .and now the odorless onion has arrived. Wonders will never cease.. SURGES SS S ROM STORM TO AGAINST MITGHEL .. i. - ,rt .,!;' George McAneny Declines Tender Of Place Of W. S. Gaynor On Municipal Ticket. . QUICK TO STATE DECISION Not Clear That Gaynor Supporters ' Will Be Able To Keep Gay norites In Line. New York, Sept. 13. George Mc- " Aneny, president of the borough of Manhattan and Fusion candidate for President of the Board of Aldermen, who was designated yesterday by the ' Gaynor campaign managers as their candidate for Mayor, to take the place made vacant by Mayor Gaynor's ' death declined to accept. Whether Mr. McAneny would ac cept the designation was an open question when the meeting adjourned. Kis designation as head of the independ ent ticket was embodied in a resolu tion. The Gaynor campaign managers, with the Gaynor independent League, one ot the organizations which was supporting the late Mayor, recom mended that the Gaynor headquarters be kept in operation and that the work n progress before the death of the Mayor be continued. Among the leaders formerly foremost in support of the Gaynor candidacy who attended today's meeting were Herman Ridder, Henry Clews and Jacon H. Schiff. Mr. McAneny was quick to decline the designation as head of the old Gaynor ticket. "I sincerely appreciate the honor," he said in a formal statement "but under no circumstances could I accept a Mayoralty nomination in opposition to Mr. Mitchel, the Fusion candidate." It is ' not clear that the Gaynor supporters will be able to keep in line many of the supporters of the Mayor. William Lustgarten, chairman of the committee of 1,000, who four years ago first put the late Mayor in the field as an independent candidate, came out strongly in favor of the Gayonr is now throwing in his lot with the Fusionists, and it was evident that there are other menloffinfluence among the Gaynor men who believe that the cause died with the Mayor. His person ality and record afforded all the strength to the movement. Predicted on the assumption that the Gaynor supporters will give up their plans entirely, Tammany men claim that at least half and possibly two hirds of the Mayor's support will pass to McCall, despite the fact that they have previously, asserted that three quarters of the Mayor's vote would be drawn from Mitchel, the Fusion nominee. The Fusionists declare that theissue is now clarified between Tammany Hall and Fusion, the eft net of which will be strongly to the advntage of the Fusion candidate. It was a point, however, that neither side has got its bearings since the unexpected death of the Mayor, and something in the nature of a truce barred official discussion of the outlook today. The Mayor's death solved one riddle of the campaign which has vexed the Fusion , committee the question whether Mr r McAneny and Comptroller Prendergrast and the Fusion nominee should go on the Gaynor ticket. The triangular feature of the cam paign upset by the Mayor's death is reinstated to some extent by the ' designation yesterday by James A. : Allen, a lawyer, as the Independence League candidate for Mayor. John -Purroy Mitchel, the Fusion nominee, had been first asked to head the Inde- . pendence League ticket, but refused. It ' was ; said, however, that Allen's . name might be withdrawn after the primaries next .Tuesday .and Mitchel's s?. substituted should he consent to with-- draw declination. , - -..'. . ",.- POOR OLD CONSUMER. " Farm products are materially higher ' On the farm than they were at ,this time last year, according to figures of the Agricultural Department. How parcel post , distribution of produce ' is to workout for the consumer remains to be seen.-New York World. V'-vk The number of people to whoni an ; improper play 'appeals forms but a- REFUSES RUN small part of the nation.