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A VOLLXII. No; 45 , The Weather FAIR NEW BERN, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING,1 OCTOBER 14, 1913 JHREE CENTS PER COPV . ..; liiLLS . liiuiULC STORY Passenger On. IU-Fated Volturno Gives Graphic Descrlp- . " . flon- Of Tragedy. At f! HAH' ' LIFE BELTS " ON r V Fierce Struggled For Boats When , ..They Were First ., Launched. V. Xondon, October 13. Forty of the v 136 person lost from the Volturno in -' mia-Atiantic- a m nv t ... ' . . ...oo'ii i in ' irat-tinc awav from the .burning vessel find which without doubt i ; were swamped.';The1najonty ot tne ot? y 'er' persons 'who lost their ltve''were in ' : four other boats which were smashed ;:".. against the steamer's sides in attempts! ' to launch them. ' ; "All this (Occurred before the arrival ,, of the' Carnfcnia and the other liners ' 'summoned; by wireless calls for help. .The; Carmania with: one lone survivor - , Of the Volturno abandoned found it too ' ;-" rough'to' stop at Queenstown and is pro; - i ceeding direc to Fishguard. From that ". ',: "" survivor; however, comes a thrilling ' ,story of. the 'burning of the vesseUof the. terror, the struggle for the .boats, " the death of those who wentver the . :. 'sides "and. his own desperate fight-for , " life-" " -.' ' ' " ' ' -. "'-' Arthur Spurgeon, a passenger on the ' ' 'Carmankin a wireless despatch, gives a vivid description of the race of the ' , Carmania" and supplements his story ' 5 with that of the survivor,; Walter Trin - tepohj, a German, who swam to the Car . mania and war rescued in an exhausted ' ' condition.' i v', . ' ft Since' being taken aboard the Car . ': mania Trintepohl has been in the ship's hospital threatened with pneumonia,,He told his story to Mr. .Spurgeon before He became ' seriosly .- ill, but owing to hi exhausted state and his broken English: his account of the disaster was ' ksbme what Incoherent, f 1 , , " ".-Trintepohl had been employed at Bar celona and took third class pasaage on the Volfuriio t6 secure a position offered; . him in New York. ; V: ,'AH went weir," Baid Trintepohl, "un til 6 o'clock Thursday' morning," when the fire -alarm sounded. .; We . were aroused and told to'go o4 deck, as fire had broken out in the hold, ;; On assem bling life belts 'we- handed around and lhuchtime was occupied in fastening them. We were told' that the- fire soon ; mieht be . quenched but the captain "thought it wise for all .'to have blts as a nreraution. '-'" " - !The fire frightened the children, who cried bitterly. -There were many babiesNl inarms. 1 ne nre grew wurse wc saw things blazing down, below. About 10 v o'clock there was' a cry to lower the boats.' ' . ' 'The( captain behftvH snlendidly. So did the 'omcers, who were English, I am sorry 'to, say that the crew, ;wh were Gentians and Be'gians, behaved very badly. The people, rushed about iwildly and the crew seemed : to think' they ought to have firr.t lace,' and instead of assisting the passengers they -made the panic worse. . .- . . .'.' .' "The first officer took charge of the first boat, but, altho-i?H he wanted the women and chil''-" Lived first; a- ma jority of those who entered the boat were members of crew. - ' . ' "This boi t was smashed against the ship's side. Just as it reached the "Water it broke . in two and all in it were drowned. A . r 1 ' "Meanwhile attempts were made to lower the second boat, I cannot say who was in charge of this, but I do know that after the chief steward had thrown provisions id he jumped in himvl self. 'There were more men than women and children in this boat,, which did not go down, for it was broken against the ship and all were drowned. ' ; "Thee .two boats were amidships, Three other boats were put out aft. The fovrth officer Was in one of them, but I cannot ey which one.- All was cor. fas', a. The ropes broke and the c cv" i svfi' v it to tlQ, water and drow eJ i,i I ; 1. ". h n i' j c. ; lain saw what had hap- I 1 - As sj ; ''. j a i e ci.l the tac ' t t' ; - co. ' ,'e of the other .1 not be Lunch- bo. ed. i v a saw the Car , 1: 'How we shall i , ' i i : . v ! ' . 'i ' " ( ' pi :li ,1 ! ' i i ' i: L EARLY MORNING BLAZE. An alarm of fire turned in d 2:2b yesterday morning , called the . fire companies to a building occupied by a Syrian on West- street. The damage done was Comparatively small but this was due to the efforts of the fire com panies. . , WALTER JONES, COLORED, TAKES A SHOT AT UN- -';' . . . KNOWN ADVERSARY. Becoming engaged in an altercation with a negro who is unknown to the police on account of the fact that he managed to make his escape,. Walter Jones, .colored, drew a revolver and fired at his opponent on George street near the, Trent river bridge last night. Policeman A;. A, Ipock arrived on the scene in ; time to apprehend Jones and he is now in the county jail awaiting a preliminary: hairing. ;. . Jones has a very unsavory reputation with the local police. There is at present a warrant out against him for disorderly conduct and the officers have for several days been searching for him." The affair in which he was implicated last night caused considerable excitement in that section and there were rumors on the street that several people had been killed. 'Fortunately theSe proved to be incorrect.- - . , LARGE PLATE GLASS WINDOW 1 DEMOLISHED. During the time that the v wind was blowing with the ' greatest velocity yesterday afternoon, one of the large plate glass : windows in front of the New . Bern. Gas ; Company's office on Middle street was blown out an de molished. The window was only placed in' position last Friday. '. . Miss Mary" Harrison left yesterday for a visit with friends and relatives at Kinston. - ' 1 " ; the captain made all the women and children go td one side and the men to the other side. He had been compelled to leave the bride and go aft because it was; too hot. Women; wept, shfiek ed,; hvighedand became hysterical. "We had not thought of food but in the afternoon we considered it better to get something and went to the-kitchen, which -we. found deserted, made coffee and helped ourselves to ' biscuit . and beef. But most of the hassencrers re- fu8ed t0 eat- ' , "We saw rafts sent from the Car mania, but nobody told us to jump in. In fact 4 we knew not what they we're there for. About 6 o'clock the decks aft began . to get; very warm, then hotter and hotter, but we did not seem to feel the heat." ,. ' ' " ; When shown his boot with the sole half i burned ,; though Trintepohl said. - VI don't remember this, but it wa3 awful when the flames burst out. Some of the men and women tore their hair but others were quite still.'' ' ' . , , After the explosion I thought it bet ter to jump, for i am a- good swimm r and an English passenger- and one oi the crew said they would accompany me." 1 jumped first;' they followed.. But IL. never saw . them again, v . k ': , . 1 made for the German ship but they did not hear me, Then I came towards the Carmania and shouted: ''Help! Help and was saved by the aid of the search light. -I was 'about an hour in the sea and became half unconscious. ' I know not how I was, got out., , ' "During; the day" five sailors and one steward felt into the fire and burned to death. , ' , , I - 1 , ' "1 know nothing more. I came away because it was too-, hot to stay any longer and -1 feared the whole ship would blow up." ' 1 When Trinetepohl' was told that, ac cording to the captain's' wireless, six boat had been launched find two ko4 away, he said: VIt is not so; I was there all the time and saw; everything. No boat got away." - y-. ; r r -.. Mr. Spurgeon in his own account tells of the attempts to get life boat? along side the-Volturno. ; ."Nothing," he said, "was seen of the two boats launched with about 20 pas sengers' tach after they left the Vol t.urno's side. Four others were Smashed ' st the ship's side and the occu- c 1 r r " a Ii.';, i t ) t'-e ed or drowned, ie the flames did not '. r deck. Eventually '1 boats save ! S21 rumbcrs EOLER FIGURES ALTERCAIII TRAIN AND TROLL Y : CRASH; ONE KILLED Small Car Thrown From Track into Nearby. Field. Many Passengers Seriously InjureoVBut Only Middletown, Conn.,' Oct. 13.-In a collision between a trolley car contain ing twenty passengers and a passenger train at 6:45 last night on a gradeross ing at Westfieid, two miles east of here, one of the trolley passengers was killed, three were mortally .injured and nine seriously hurt. ' i The trolley car which was running on the Meriden and Berlin trolIeyline, part of the Connecticut Company's system, which is owned by the jNew York, New Haven , and ' Hartford Railroad, was bound from Meriden to Middletown. The train, a locomotive and two-pas-; senger ; coaches, was running on the Berlin and Middletown branch of the Shore line division of the New Haven. The Westfieid grade crossing has been considered dangerous for years. Having left Meriden on schedule time the trol ley car was going fast. The train," also running toward Middletown, was' mak ing epeed, although the locomotive was pushing the cars. ,' If the motorman stopped before the trolley car reached the railroad tracks to afford the conductor opportunity to alight and give the "go ahead" signal, as is required by law, the fact could not be learned by J. Frances Calef, medical examiner, who makes his headquarters in Middletown. " FOR STREET CARS NEW BERN GHENT STREET RAILWAY COMPANY TO IMPROVE SERVICE. Effective today at 6:30 a. m. the new. schedule inaugurated by the New Bern Ghent Street Ry. Co. goes inCo operation. V.C. J. McCarthy,' the manager of the system,; has arranged the service so that ' people who ' travel via the car route Will have the opportunity to realize what they have longed looked ibr; quicker service to. all points in the city. ,. -'Should one desire to go to Riverside has- may take any car down town -ind will be transferred to the Rher- side '.''car at Metcalf street, which only runs between the junction and Riverside. Also any car leaving River side wiU transfer you to either Ghent or : the depot, ' likewise i will the" car leaving Ghent, transfer you to River side : or direct to the depot. And car down "town will take you to Ghent or Riverside. ,. ', '. . . The schedule of the three cars will be published in full," but as a short synopsis they ' run ; thus:" Riverside car leaves .; on the,; hour, 20 minutes after, and twenty minutes to the hour, thereby giving three cars at this point each ' hour., both ways arriving and leaving. At the depot and Ghent the same schedule is observed, on the hour 20 minutes after, 20 minutes to the hour. - , - - J This is a .service rthat will enable the laboring man to ride; home to his meals and be back to his business in an hour's time, also he will be able to reach his work by 7 o'clock in"the morning.' ' ' , 11 TWO - VEHICLES MIXED UP AT ( FIVE POINTS YESTERDAY -. AFTERNOON. An accident which might have re sulted seriously, . but which, happily, caused bul little damage, occurred near Five Points yesterday afternoon when an automobile driven-by D W. Rich ardson,;, of . Dover, . collided . with - a . . .i. i. i.. I....- . .-,:' . ,'. " '. : puuiic nacK. , . . . 1 , In the, machine 'with Mr. Richardson were Mr. and Mrs; R. W. Lambem of Fort Barnwell and Dr. S. J Haww. of , Doveti..' Mr." Richardson was driving slowly at the time and but for this fact the damage would i have probably been greater. ;. , As it was, one . wheel of the hack was Woken and the automobile was ' somewhat ' imaged.' The driver of the hack and his horse and also the occupants i f the automobile escaped -' witho. t tie !-'" titct injury. , , , NEW SCHEDULE III COLLIDES WITH HC . The forward coach of the train hurled the trolley car with, all its passengers into a field. Some of the passengers fell out of the open windows and escaped serious hurt. Others were pinned down in the wreckage. ? While passengers in the two coaches were shaken by the collision, none was hurt much. The train came to a quick stop and its passengers ran back to aid the persons scattered about the field or held under the wrecked trolley. Under the wreckage BIydenburg was found crushed to death. The unconscious and bleeding pas sengers were carried to the coaches and all speed was made into Middletown, where they were taken to the Middtown Hospital. Blydenburg's body was taken charge of by a local undertaker. - Until the arrival of- the train .no one here 'knew there had been a wreck at the grade crossing. The. medical exam iner at once began an investigation. So excited were the trolley passengers that no accurate account of what had hap pened could be got from them. The medical examiner will hold an in quest at the scene of the wreck to morrow morning at 10 o'clock. At the hospital no hope was held out for the recovery of Miss Florien and little for Glass or St. Arnold. NOTICE. The co-partnership heretofore ex isting between G. A. Everington and W. E. Gaskins, under the firm name "Everington & Gaskins," doing a mer cantile business at 18 Crescent street City of New Bern, has this day been mutually dissolved, and the said business in the future will- be run by G. A. Everington in his own name. A!! accounts due the above firm are due and payable to G. A. Ever ington. This Oct. 13th, 1913. .m M. E. GAS KIN, 10-14 lti. Geo. H. EVERINGTON. Rev. B. F; Huske left yesterday for New. York, N. Y., to attend the General Convention of the Episcopal church. There will be a meeting of the Cur rent Event Club this afternooi, at 4:30, in the Club rooms on Middle street. All members are requested to attend as business of importance will come up for discussion. A THE y We will show today that wonderful 2-reel feature picture. "Reunion of Confederate Veterans At Chattanooga, Tenn., May 26, 27, 28 and 29, 1913. The ' film ' has just been released and is the official picture of the reunion, consisting of all the important events of. that, memorable occasion, showing vets, in camp,- parades ofvets, "parade of sponsers. Gen. Bennett, young Commander , in Chief, Gert. Julian S. Carr at the head of the N. C. division and many other pictures of the reunion, which is. dear to the heart of every Southerner . and patriotic American. Also three . other , reels in connection with the above, as follows:' "Snapshots of Java." This is a whole reel and of great educational ; value. "The Call of the Plains." An rnusual love story laid in he bosom of the West. , i - "The Governor." JJ "... v, .' A powerful Lubin drama. We have two separate - vaudeville attractions as follows: . Miss Belle Travers. .. Songs and stories. - Miss Travers possesses an excellent voice and de lighted v our audiences last night.- n Peter J. Smith. The big ; man with the big voice. I.rte soloist of Pryor's celebrated band. 1;-. Smith also has an excellent voice ar.d was roundly applauded last night Thmk of t ie show we will eive you today. , Five reels of - pictures and twt vcideville,; attractions.;) You can'l r.ficrd to miss it.-: The Reunipn picture1 l'-ne is worth the price of admission. Matinee daily at 3:45. f Show, at nftht starts . at 7:30. Old prices. Come. Mike hay while the s n shines, but shack corn on damp days , . . , : 110 1 ATHENS it A THE HEW CASHIO TO BE HEADY SOON Building At Glenburnie Park Is Among; The Best In The State. PUBLIC'S COMMENT FAVORABLE Rapidly Nearlng Completion Many Inspect The Structure. The Casino which is being erected at Glenburnie Park is rapidly nearing C mpletion and within the . next few days the workmeTi will have completed their operations and turned the fin ished structure over to the owners. This casino is one of the largest as well as the best in the State. It is located on a- beautiful knoll and can be seen from a great distance. Trav ellers along the Oaks Road are afforded a good view of the top part of the struc ture and this is very imposing. A closer view is naturally much better. In designing the structure the owners of Glenburnie Park looked forward to giving the citizens of New Bern a place worthy of their patronage and they have succeeded in doing this. The casino will of course be most pat ronised during the summer months. It overlooks Neuse river and at all times will get the benefit of the refreshing breeze coning up the river. One of the most attractive features of Glenburnie Park will be the numerous walks which are to be laid out. The spot in itself is a natural park, and with the addition of the improvements being made, it cannot be excelled in the whole State. While the Glenburnie Transportation Company, who are to operate a'line of motor vehicles between the city and the park, who are to operate a line of motor vehicles between the city and the park, have not gotten their cars in operation up to the present time, there are many visitors at the park each Sunday. Last Sunday fully five hundred peo ple visited the park and inspected the improvements being made. Consider ing that this number visited the place when there were no amusements and the resort had not been opened to the public, it can easily be foreseen that there will be hundreds of patrons once it is opened to the. public. EflHEST GREEN THE F LOCAL MAN WILL PROBABLY BE ASSISTANT DIS TRICT ATTORNEY. Washington, Oct. 13. Though Sen ator Simmons has stated that he will not make a recommendation for as sistant district attorney in Eastern Northern Carolina, until after he returns from a visit to the State, It is believed he will probably re commend Ernest Green, of New Bern for the place. A. M. McLean is another formidable candidate, but indications are now that he will be taken care of in Wash ington if the local appointment goes to Green. Both Senator Simmons and Representative Goodwin thinks well of him. Mr. Godwin having urged the senator to give him the district attor neyship. The place he is most likely to get is an attorneyship in the de partment of the interior at a salary Of 4.2,500 a year, which is better than the North Carolina job. EDWARD CLARK INSTALLS SIL- VER SUNDAE CUPS. Always on the lookout for any new in novation which will benefit his customers Edward Clark, -owner: and 'proprietor of Clarks cigar store in the Elks build ing, : has '- installed - at ' his fountain solid silver sundae cups. ' These cups are, not only costly and beautiful but are also absolutely, sanitary, and are proving very popular with the pa trons of the fountain. , r : CARD OF THANKS. I wish- to extend ' to the members of the New Bern fire companies and to my friends and the public who so ably assisted in saving my home from des truction - by fire yesterday , morning, my sincerest thanks and assure them of my gatitude for their efforts. v . , Mrs.) ENOCIJ WADSWORTH I 10-H 1 tl. AVOHITE REFfiESHMEMTS TO BE SOLDJT FAIR City Beautiful Club Will Sera ool And Soft Drinks During Celebration. COMMITTEES ARE APPOINTED No High Prices Will Be Charged And Public Is Urged To Patronize Them. There will be no lack of rpfrect,mnt for visitors attending th o,i. mg Eastern Carolina Fair. The City neauuiui ciub has made arrangements to furnish the thousands of sightseers with refreshments of all kinds and their pagoaa at the 1- air grounds will be open to the public all through the week. The following committees have been appointed by Mrs. C. D. Bradham, the chairman of the club, to serve re freshments during the week: Tuesday Mrs. Thns w, chairman; Mesdames Percy Ashford! ieison ngei, Mamie Benton, W. H. Bain, E, K. Bishon. H 1U R, J. B. Blades, J. V. Blades, W. B. h! Bianatord, K. K. Chapman, I. Cohen, H. B. Craven, L. H. Cutler, Jr., Thos. Davis, L. H. Cutler, Sr., J. H. Crab tree, S. L. Dill, Jr.. I. S. Tnv Clyde Cox, Appie Cahoe. Wednesday Miss Jane Stewart, chairman; Mesdames Jno. Dunn, R. N. Duffy, Leinster Duffy, Walter Duffy, L. Dameron, A. T. Dill, J. P. C. Davis, Chas. Dockham, Wm. Dunn, Jr., Owen Dunn, Wm. (Dunn, Sr., J. Guion Dunn, Clyde Eby, Chas. Emmert, Chas. Ellison, S. H. Eaton, . Cecil Gabbitt, Geo. Green, James Hollowell, Chas. Hall, Chas. Duffy, Miss Daisy Edwards. Thursday Mrs. Wm. Newell, chairman; Mesdames J. B. Hurley, J. T. Hollister, Chas. Hollister. Wm. Hand. Hervev. I. L. Hartsfield. Top Hahn, D. E. Henderson, O. A. Kafer, B. E. Moore, H. B. Marks, M. M. Marks, M. Moulton, Wade Meadows, Chas. Ives, R. D. V. Jones, N. W. Jones, Misses Janet Hollister, Sadie Hollister, Fannie Howerton and Eva Harris. Friday Mrs. Chas. Ellison, chair man; Mesdames C. M. Pettit, Pinnix, A. E. Pittman, Joe Rhem, J. L. Spencer, N. H. S reet, F. M. Sim mons, M. DeW. Stevenson, Wm. New ell, Howard Sawyer, L. C. Tolson, Jno. Tolson, Jno. Weddell, D. L. Ward, Bayard Wooten, Thomas War ren, J. L. Williams, Misses Jane Stewart, Lizzie Neal, Mary Roberts and Dita Roberts. Transportation Mrs. O. A. Kafer. Decoration Mrs. S. K. Eaton, Miss Sara Stewart. Salads Mrs. Jabes Hollowell, Miss Maude Munger, Mrs. J. S. Cox. Sandwiches Mrs. Walter Duffy. Coffee, tea, etc. Mrs. S. Sullivan. All refreshments will be served at a nominal cost. No fancy prices such as are usually charged at Fairs and sim ilar celebrations will be charged ahdf it will be possible for an entire family to go out and purchase lunch there at a very small cost. DEFECTIVE FLUE CAUSED EIRE BROAD STREET RESIDENCB DAMAGED YESTERDAY BY FLAMES. Fire which originated from a defec tive flue caused damage estimated at several hundred dollars at the home of Mrs. Enoch Wadsworth on Broad street yesterday morning and necessi tated the sending in of two alarms. The blaze was first discovered about o'clock. ; A high wind was blowing at the time and the firemen, knowing that tha alarm was from a, thickly- settled residential ' 'district'-' made a record run m reaching the s :e ie. 1 he flames had gained considenb'e h y d ay and but for prompt and efficient w lc ' the loss would have been m ich greater. After .same little time; the Airmen thought they had completely extin guished the blaze and departed. , An hour or more later fire broke out ag.'ia and it was necessary to send tit -a second alarm. Again a quick run - - was made ,- and before 'the firement departed they made certain that thaJsi las spark had been quenched. ')
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