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DAILY
VOLLXIL No. 43
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, NEW BERN, N.Ci TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1913
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THE
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The Railroads Claim There
Are No Strings Tied To
, -Their Propasal -,
EBCE GO
jiHiii
IVILL PUSS ON RATES
New Schedules Will Be
Applied Just As Speed- -,
. tily As Possibjle ,f .
"Raleigh, Sept. ;' 2?. The officers of
. three .' railroad companies, ; replying to
: the resolution introduced in the House)
handed their anwer to Representative
Justice today for transmission to that
body. la the answer the ' carriers
assured Mn Justice that the offer was
made in good faith, .that it meant what
,v. tne" Governor - and .. the - Corporation
, Commission thought it meant, and
.'that the carriers were relying oit the
fairness" of. the people of North Caro-
' lfna to give the' railroads square treat
ment. t s
The officers say they will put the
phvstcallv - oossible atter the Inter-
tat Commerce Commission has in
spected them, : this beiig absolutely
necessary v because " the ' lower rates
; in cfuestion violate - the principle of
. the long and short-haul clause. . The
: carriers, it is 1 said,: could not . apply
the rates: until permission is given
but :' since' Hon... . Edgar - E. Clark,
.' chairman of : the - Interstate " Commerce-
Commission, has been in . the
confidence of ; . "the North " Carolina
Commission and has . advised Chair
man Travis to accept "them, the Gov
ernor and the Commission have - not
anticipated any - trouble on that
score. i , f
, " When the House convened at noon,
E. J. Justice made a lengthy statement,
in which he presented the interstate car
: riers' repay to thainquiries propounded
Saturday, through Mr.- Justice, as to
' phases of the r proposal-; for rate re
duction and "probable 'time; for. its. application,'-
if accepted by , the legisla
ture. The teply states that the pro
posal means as ,. to rates fromthe West,
'hat proportional rates proposed to be
established , South of Virginia cities
will apply from points west of Buffalo
Pittsburgh Zone,: whether based on the
Ohiqriver . crossings, or 'on Virginia
cities; that after - acceptance , of the
proposal by legislature it will have to
be submitted to, the Interstate Com
merce Commission,' after rates in de
tails have been worked ouj and then
these printed schedules distributed to
agents," hut that - certainly ; the new
rate will be applied just as speedily
as possible; and application ' will be
made ih the utmost good -faith, possi
bly within sixty days after the; Inter
state s Commerce commission makes its
orders" the principle , that reductions
must not extend beyond , the borders
of the State, though, special order, by
the Interstate Commerce Commission,
has been eliminated and that-there is
no restriction contemplated inr the pro-
oosal to bar the State from retaliatory !
legislation, .the railroad ,. companies
have entered negotiations f in - spite
ot the compromise to- meet the .wishes
of the people, relying for their; pre
lection," upon the 'sense: of fairness and
ustlce of the representatives' o(,the
eople and upon the faith, that if the
tate should accept the proposal, such
ourse will there after be pursued by
he State as would be in keeping with
he spirit of the 'settlement
IAMPION BILLIARD PLAYER
OUTPLAYS LOCAL ARTISTS.-.
In the game of billiards played at the
!s Club Saturday night between John
Malone,"'' the champion player of
v York, and Thomas Daniels and
'1 Walker of this city, the champion
, the winner. Malone played balk
billiards while Messrs. Cutler
' Walker played ; an unrestricted
any way counting. The score
"j was one hundred to seventy
' f.ivor. of Malone. The pocket
i atrh between Malone and
' ' 1 1 1 '( r, J r. , and Walter Bar
; ; ' o v ,-.n 1 y the champion
. !' ' 1 ft yesterday
an;!
CiIIEHS' REPLf
IIITSIJEW
BERfl
TER CHANGED
CITY ATTORNEY r-R, ' A. NUNN
. - IN RALEIGH ON IMPORT-
V ANT MISSION.
' ; ? ,v (Special to the Journal.)
Raleigh, Sept. 29. The House and
Senate Committees this afternoon voted
down the proposed amendment to the
constitution provldingthat the reading
of he Bible in public schools should
never , be prohibited. The main argu
ment. against this was that it smacked
of the union of the church and the
State.
, R. A. Nunn, attorney for the citv
f New Bern is here to secure an amend'
ment in the city charter to allow the
city to buy. lrom corporations, even
though , one or more members of the
Board of Aldermen are stockholders
in the Corporation, provided that such
aldermen do. not vote on decision to
purchase.
Another amendment, desired by Mr,
Nunn, is one permitting school bonds
to be exempt from taxes. A purchaser
for the recently authorized bonds for
school Improvement and addition to
the schools of New Bern has been found
if this amendment can be sacured.
Index to New Advertisements
A. Castet ;Home of Better Meats.
Burrus & Co. Want a field.
" New Bern Banking and Trust Co.
Get Bank Book.
r National Bank Besides being
receipt. . ,
. Peoples, Bank It is better to get 4
per. cent..
Duffy Grocery Co. Remember we
had them yesterday.
Citizens' Savings Bank and Trust
Co. Money deposited on 'or before,
Can you : still jremember the old
fashioned woman, who used to suggest
a mustard poultice for whatever ailed
you? .': "
J. Leoa Williams, secretary of the
Eastern Carolina Fair Association
leaves today for Winston-Salem to
attend the Forsyth county fair.
Program at; The
tr Athens Today,
soeexxxraoeeoc!
Jack Amick presents "Amick's Pen
nant Winners" in the original Tabloid
Musical Comedy ; - ,
, "Buncoe'a Mineral Wella."
' CAST, 'i - ' .
Buncoe, after the money, Jack Amick.
Dan :i Kelly,:. who gets': buncoed,
Robert C. Jarvis. - , "
Louis Klotz, another' vietim, Frank
Melrose,
; Francis, the: waiter, Earl Lane.
lsabeller in with" Buncoe, Rita Mdrez,
Waitress, Maybell, Emily Withington.
Waitress, Lizzie, Edna Rose.
' Numbers introduced .during the ac
tion of 'the play.rVHello, Hello "'New
York Town," I'Tll Get You,'! "Some
Boy.'VBboeic ManRag," "Floating
I rw,r 'V.ir P.Vr.'f .'. VMirlnitrhf . Chnn
Choo,' "Way Down South' - -'
-: Place, Buncoes Mineral Wells.: Time,
any time
Guests and boarders i. Luella, Lach-
aple, Lilian, .Cummins Parker jSisters,"
Bessie s Thome,-. Marie Maxine, Emily
Withington -.and Edna - Rose. -. .
. Specialities introduced during the
action Of the play by Robert C. Jaryis
ahd Pell Quartette,
Musical Director, Louis C. Meier;
Stare Manager, Frank Melrose
Props., Clyde Barrett.. 4
PICTURES. , -
' - A Fake Accusation." :
Great Western picture, a big Pathe.
, "The Moonshiner's Mistake,"
Touchhrg drama by Kalem. .,
"Henrietta's Hair." .' -
. By Selig. , -
Manee daily at 3:45. Two shows
at night, 1st starts at 7:30, 2d at 9:15.
No advance in prices, Matinee - 5
and'lOc, night 5, 10 and 15c. i
The above pre;;ram is an entire
cl " ve- fio:v yc-i-.iorJay. ' -.' '. -'
CHAR
SCOTTISH RITE
MASONS
COMING
Fall
Reunion To Be Held In New
Bern October 7, 8,
and 9.
FIRST SESSION ON TUESDAY
An Elaborate Program Has
Prepared For The
Occasion.
Been
Scottish Rite Masons from all over the
state with the exception of Buncome,
Mecklenburg and New Hanover counties
which have consistories of their own
will gather in New Bern on October 7
to attend the fall reunion of the con
ferring of degrees from the fourth
to the thirty-second inclusive.
Among the many visitors who will
be present to. assist in the work will be
John A. Nicholls, W: F. Randolph,
Clyde Cotton, Clyde F. Wood and Her
man Carr, of Asheville; W. S. Liddell,
F. M. Winchester. D. P. Bvers and
W. H. Lambeth, of Charlotte. These
visitors are from consistory Number 2
and number 1 and those who are to
take the various degrees will come from
different sections of the State.
The reunion will continue for three
days. The first session will be held
Tuesday evening, beginning at 7:30
o'clock. On that night degrees up to
the ninth will be conferred. Wednes
day the first session will be held at
2:30 in the afternoon and during the
afternoon and evening nine more
degrees will be conferred. Thursday
the first session will bf held at 3
o'clock in the afternoon the remaining
degrees up to the thirty-second will
be conferred.
Elaborate care has been exercised
in arranging the program. - There will
be two banquets during the three days
that . the Masons are in the City.
Each day's program includes many
musical selections and great care has
been taken to make the sessions intense
ly interesting for the members. The
choir which will furnish the vocal
selections during the convention is
composed of C. T. Pumphery, J. J.
Tolson, Jr.,X. C. Tolson, J. W. Watson,
and Mrs. Mamie Benton. , all of this
city. '
The following committees will have
charge of the reunion and will attend
to the various duties assigned them
during the three 'days that the re
union is in oroeress!
Reception: A. H, Bangert, Chairmjan;
B. B. Hurst, A. F. Doane, W. L. Bell,
W. L. Bell, F. H. Sawyer, William Dunn,
C." T. Ward, M. H. Allen, J, J. Rhodes,
J. W. Stewart, E. B. Hackburn, M. W.
Nelson, W. W. Swain and W. E,
White.
Memberships H; T. Patterson, Chair
man; Ihos. Gold, J. b. Lane, J. B
Baird, G. A. Hurst, E. M. Koonce,
Jacksonville; M. W. Nelson, T. W
K, Kellum, J. C. Morris, W. M,
Webb, C. D. Jones, N. F. Rowe and
H. B. Smith. '
Executive: W. S. Simmons, Chair
man; J. b.. Warren, H. 1. Gowan
W. T. Shull and J. H. Parker.
Credentials: - Robert , DuVal Jones,
Chairman; W. A. Mcljltosh and T. A.
Henry. ' ;,V '
Refreshments: E. B. Hachburn, .
Chairman; A. H.' Bangert and J. B.
Dawson. I " " V". i'viii T :';. !
It is expected that. the. reunion will
be one of the largest attended and most
successful ever "held. ?: "::V
PAINT AND POWDER CLUB AS-
' f SISTS NEW BAND. ' ' " .
The members of the Peoples - Band
were out yesterday - securing sub
scriptions tto be used in getting their
instruments out of the express office
jMid quite . a neat sum , was , secured.
Among the other contributions was one
of ten dollars from the Paint and Pow
der' Club j- This organization "is also
planning to give a- benefit performance
for the band at- an. early date. -. .3
NOTICE.
Pupils ' who : wish to rent school
books may get the books on Monday and
Tuesday from .2 to 5 o'clock, v: The
book rent is the same as last year,
payable in -advance,' viz.: - , ! : :;
1st and 2d grades, 50 cents per year.
Jd and 4th grades, $1.60" per year.
5th and 6th grades, $2.00 per year.
' 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th grades, $3.00
per year. . - . , -
No books will be given out on Wed
nesday until after 3 o'clock. ! ,-, :j
II. B. CRAVEN, .
28 3 ti. . . Supt.
M CLERK FOR
FEDERAL COURT
It Is Understood That Col. P. M.
' PCarsall Will Soon Take Charge
Of New Bern Court.
TO SUCCEED GEORGE GREEN
No
Official Announcement
Been Made By Clerk Of
--Eastern District.
Has
While no official announcement has
been made it is generally understood
that George Green, who for the past
twenty-five years has acted in the
capacity ot deputy ana cleric ot tne
Federal. Court in this city will within
a short time be succeeded by Colonel
P. M. Pearsall.
The new clerk of the Eastern Dis
trict, Alec. L. Blow, was in New Bern
last week and while here it is under
stood informed Mr. Green of his inten
tion to put a new man in the office.
Mr. Green's books have been checked
up and were found to be in excellent
condition and it will be possible now
for Colonel Pearsall to assume charge
of the office at any time.
Just when the change will be made
is not known. Probably not until
after the next term of Federal Court,
Colonel Pearsall was interviewed last,
night by a Journal reporter but stated
that he was not in a -position to give
out any information at the present time
on account of the fact that the matter
had not been definitely decided.
While Mr. Green has always capably
performed his duties, and has been
highly commended upon his work
by his superiors in " office, Colonel
Pearsall is a gentleman of ability
and his friends feel assured that he
will capably fill the office.
MONSTBR SHARK CA UQHT
NEAR MOREHBAD CITY
Greensboro Man Hooked Seven Hundred Pound Fish
And Succeeded In Towing Him To Shore Was
Eighteen Feet In Length
A shark which measured eighteen
feet in length and weighed seven hun
dred pounds was caught just off Beau
fort Inlet Sunday morning by J. G.
Darden who, in company with a party
of fishermen, had gone out for the pur
pose of catching trout.
Mr. Darden and his friends secured
a launch early in the day and weift out
to a ponit near the sea buoy, which is
just off the inlet. For thirty minutes
or more the fish bit freely, then sud
denly the hooks were left unmolested
and despite the fact that the anglers
used their utmost efforts" to induce
the fish to take the bait, there was
nothing doing.
- Believing that there were sharks
around and that these fish had run the
smaller ones away, Mr. Darden baited
a large hook which had been taken
along specially for shark fishing and
threw it overboard. Within less than
two minutes after the hook had settled
in the water there was a mighyt tug
on the line and Mr. Darden knew that
he had hooked a large fish and at once
THAWS ATTORNEYS
MAY GIVE VP HIStCASB
Greatly Displeased With His Propensity For Giving
Out Interviews And Statements. Thaw Suffering
With A Bad Cold.
(Special' to the, Journal.)
Concord, N. H., Sept. 29. Thaw
and his New Hampshire lawyers are
almost at the point where they-are to
part company and unless Thaw de
sists from giving out so many state
ments - and interviews his attorneys
declare that they -will drop the case
and let him either fight it out alone
o get someone to carry on his fight for
him. i '
In an interview tonight with Thaw's
lawyers they stated that ' they t, were
greatly displeased with - the tactics
being pursued by their client. ,. Thaw's
latest statement is to the effect that he
will return to Poughkepsie and stand
trial, and this, ' his attorneys " believe,
may seriously, imperil his chances of
defeating present extradition proceed
ings.-' ' :' , ,i ' ' - C ' '
In a conference " tonight Thaw's
attorneys discussed a plan , to force
ALLEGED "TIGRESS" IN JAIL.
Lula Taylor, Is Charged With Sel
ling Spirituous Liquor.
Lula Taylor, colored, was given a
preliminary hearing before U. S. Com
missioner C. B. Hill yesterday after
noon on a warrant charging her with
retailing spirituous liquors without a
government license. Probable cause
was found and the defendant bound
over to the next term of Federal Court
under a bond of one hundred dollars
in default of which she was committed
to jail.
It was to the Taylor woman's house
that Allen Joyner, a colored hack driver,
is supposed to have carried two visitors
several days ago and it was from her
that they claim they purchased two
lialf r.;nrD n( T
I yim.a ui wiiiBicy. juyucr was
pJaCed in jai, a day Qr tWQ aftef he
incident occurred and now the
woman will be incarcerated in the
same building until the next term of
court when the entire affair will be
aired.
THE JOURNAL TO POST BULLE
TINS OE BALL GAMES.
On October 7, the championship
baseball series bet ween the New York
Giants and the Philadelphia Athletics
( will begin. 1 he Journal has made
arrangements to secure detail reports
i of each of these games at the end of
each inning and these will be posted
on a bulletin board in front of the Jour
nal ouiiaing, io. 45 Pollock street.
each afternnon during the game. Out
of town patrons of the Journal can
secure any information regarding these
games by calling up the office over the
long distance telephone
How happy the average married man
would be if he were only half as well
satisfied with his wife as he is with him
self! came to theconclusion that it was a
shark.
Every minute the fishermen expected
that either the hook or the line would
be broken by the huge fish, but fortun
ately nothing like this occurred. Soon,
in one of its mad rushes, the shark
came to the top of the water and
several shots from a revolver were
fired into its body. This naturally
weakened the fish but he was by no
means ready to give up the fight for
life.
Realizing that they would never be
able to get the shark into the boat the
fishermen told the operator of the ves
se! to start the engine and the shark
was towed to Morehead City where ' it
was killed.
As soon as Mr. Darden was sure that
life was extinct in the big fish he had it
taken from the water and hung up for
exhibition. The entire populace of the
town viewed the fish during the day
and according to the statements of
some of the oldest inhabitants the
fish was one of the largest ever caught
in that section with a hook and line.
him to leave the legal aspects of the
case in their hands. They declare
that his latest statement was issued
without their knowledge and consent.
In his statement Thaw says that an
indictment against him for conspiracy
would nof hold . good because he is
under Commitment as a lunatic in
New York State.1? ! '
. Thaw is suffering from a bad cold
contracted a day or two ago and is
nervous . and,' irritable. Jerome, it is
announced today, will not return here
until the end of the week. . r
Due to the fact that Mayor A. H.
Bangert was slightly indisposed there
was no session of the Police court
yesterday, all , cases being postponed
until today. 1 . ,
KILLS CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE LEADER
Unknown Murderer Slays Mrs.. Re
becca Gay Of Los Angeles,
California.
BODY FOUND BY CLEANER
Struck With A Gas Pipe As She
Sat In Her
Office.
Los Angeles, Cal., Sept. 29. Mrs.
Rebecca Parker Gay, fifty years old, oneS
of the best known Christian Science
practitioners in Southern California,
was murdered in her office at the W. W.
Hellman Building, last evening, as she
sat in a rocking chair. The body was
found at 5:30 o'clock this morning by a
woman who cleans the offices.
The murder, after beating the woman
to death with a piece of gas pipe
covered with paper, hurled the body
to the floor and concealed it from view
with letters and newspapers taken from
a table. Most of the papers used were
copies of the Christian Science Monitor
The murder was committed in the inner
office of the two-roon suite occupied by
Mrs. Gay.
The officers believe that Mrs. Gay was
struck suddenly while she was sitting
in her rocking chair, with her head
bent forward probably in prayer.
The first blow was on the left temple.
and fractured her skull. This blow
caused death, the detectives say.
The murderer, however, struck the
woman repeatedly several times until
her skull was crushed. Then he threw
her from the chair to the floor.
Investigation by detectives indicated
that the murderer made his departur
leisurely after having murdered the
woman. He covered the body with
papers, went into the front office, where
he washed his hands at a bowl in a
small closet. After wiping hks hands on
a towel, he threw the towel on the pile
of papers covering the body. The police
believe the crime was committed by a
negro, who for many years has had a
grievance against Mrs. Gay.
Mrs. Gay told a friend a short time
ago that she had a vision of being mur
dered in her office. Mrs. Gay was the
divorced wife of John J. Gay, a capi
talist of San Diego. She is survived by
brother, Lenuel P. Connor, an at
torney, of Natchez, Miss., and a sister,
Mrs. R. W. Bailey, of this citv. Her Hf
was insured for $4,000 by a New York?-!"1
company.
A blood stained collar, found on a
roof beneath the open office window
of Mrs. Gay, was the most promising
clew to the murder that detectives
possessed tonight. They believe it was
discarded by the slayer.
SALVATIONIST TRANSFERRED
TO SOUTH CAROLINA.
Captain J. M. Sattcrfield, who for
more than a year has been in charge
of the local branch of the Salvation
Army, has received notice from head
quarters that he is to be transferred
to Spartansburg, S. C. Captina Sat
tcrfield does not know just when he
will leave New Rem or whom his
successor will be, not having received
definite instuctions' from headquarters,
but he thinks that two or three weeks
wil1 elapse before the change is made.
MRS. G. W. BRINSON IS CRITIC
ALLY ILL.
A message received here yesterday"
by her brothers, J. K. Land and T. A.
Land, was to the effect that Mrs.
G. W. Brinson, of Arapahoe, was
critically ill at that place. Messrs.
Land will leave this morning for Arapa
hoe, to be at their sister's bedside.
WILL ENLARGE PLANT.
Pine Lumber Company Award Con
tract For New Building. v
An ever increasing volume of business
ii
has caused the present quarters of the
Pine , Lumber Company to become
inadequate for their needs and the '
company has decided to erect a band
saw mill as an addition to their present
plant. . ' - -
The plans for; this structure' have
been drawn and the Contract for it
construction has - been ? awarded in
H. S Hanccok, a wetl known contractor
and builder. Mr. Hancock will henia "
work on this building within the next ;
few days and will rush it' to completion I
as quickly as possible. t ,