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t To ,J&.-&: J URN VOLLXIJ.-rNo. 46 THREE CENTS PER COPST The Weather FAIR' NEW BERN, N.C, THURSDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 16. 1913 2t IS OKI THE DICT AVUy Mexican Dissolves Congress ; " And Assumes A New ' '.Jij A ' Title. , t TAfcES COMPLETE CHARGE . Text 'Of Decree Dissolving Chanv .,,. ber Of Deputies Received " ' ' In Washington. 1 Washington. Oct. IS. The text of the decrees -by which President , Huerta dessolved the Mexican congress and. assumed the authority of a mili tary dictator ' were received at the state department and made public to day. . . . s In these decrees Huerta announces ' that he has assumed full powrs for the direction of the government in the inhabitation of congress and that after a new'- legislature shall have been hosen he will give to that body an accounting of -the use which he shall have made" of the powers thus as sumed. He also decrees that the constitu tional exemption of members of con- gress from arrest has been repealed by himself, and that henceforth they are subject to the jurisdiction of the tribunals, in accordance with their offenses and guilt. The judiciary of Mexico, he asserts,' shall perform as Usual functions except as limited by the constitution and the decrees issued by himself. Following are the decrees as an nounced at the State department to day: ' "Article ". The judicial power of the federation shall continue in its functions of the republic, and the rt...-.... i. r.f ttn executive of October 10th, of this month, and such others .as shall be issued by him. "Article 2 " The executive power of the union conserves the powers con ferred upon by the constitution, and . .assumes.' furthermore, the: depart- mpnts offcobernacion, hacienda and yr&r, only for- the time absolutely necessary for the re-establisHment of the legislative power. In the meaa time, the executive takes upon him self the power by. the constitution in the aforementioned departments and will make use of them by issuing de crees which shall be observed gen: erally, and -which he may deem ex uedient 'for the public welfare, "Article 3. -The executive of the union will render' an account ot - the legislative power io the use which he makes tof the powers which he assumes by means of this decree as soon as this is in function. Wherefore I order that this be printed, published and give due notice of fulfilment. urn won , T-i'""VictOrlano " Huerta, constitutional "president- ad "interim of the Mexican , 'United States, to its inhabitants makes known that in view of the fact that tne ' ' chamberpot deputies" and senators "of ! : the xongress of the. .union have ' been dissolved and Jnhabilitated, to perform ..their (functions, and in , view of the Dowers which I hold in the department . - .of governacion according to the decree of October i lth" of this year, I have ' seen 'fit to' decree that article one of the" 'constitutional exemption from ar rest and judicial action, which the citi- V zens -which formed . the twenty-sixth 1 congress of the union enjoyed in view : of their' functions, is hereby repealed, , ',and consequently. they are subject o ' the jurisdiction to ; the tribunals cor ' responding to the case iii the event 'x'that they are Tguilty" of ' any 'crimeor : i .offense, V- X.yVJks, J - . Wnereiore. j oraer tudc una uc printed, published and duly fulfilled," f 'J , SCOTTISH KTE CONFERRED.1, 'i,,(ti, t ; v i ' 1 i . i . Forty-One Candidates Taking Ma ' ' sonic Degree At Wilmington. . , T ' Wilmington, vOct."'lS. F'orty-o'ne' ' candidates 'are' taking ' the' 'Scottish , . Rite degree at the annual fall reunion f nf the Sottish Rite bt Freemasonry "which" is in session in the .Masonic r Temple , here this week, convening" " yesterday, and ;onttnuin " through Friday "The . degrees ' are from the fourth to the thirty second, .both in- . elusive, and some are ; being conferred ''each day'. -; z-j ' Among the 'v' 'tors aiding lin the initiatory work . Walter S. Liddle, thirty-third hon- ..iy ' David '.P, By ers, thirfy-sec 'L C. C. II., and F, - M J Winchester, rad Master, of the " ; Grand Lodge, s.l c' C T ; reunion is one of 4.1.. t iu,, ever Kcld in tLe Sttia. -uish .is i: ' PRISOH SCANDAL Released Convict 'Relates Horrible Story"Of Cruelty To The , 1 Prisoners, ,') WOMAN WAS B ADL TREATED . j j . , ' One Beaten So ' Badly"' That He Had : To Lie Down To Eat. Mobile, Ala., Oct. 15. A. D. Dorsey, whq has just finished serving a sentence of twnety months at Speigner's, the State convict farm, gave a statement to Gov. Emmet O'Neal's secretary to day complaining of cruelty to convicts at Speigner's. x Dorsey said he was whipped three times, that he weighed 150 pounds on commitment to the prison, and when re leased, weighed 127 pounds. He told of a woman May Rice, who received 28 lashes because she could not learn to spool as aptly as the others. He also tells of a convict who was taken out of the hospital with a 'temperature of 104 degrees and whipped.,, He said the whipping is done .by John Cox in the presence of eighty-five convicts in the weaving room of the cotton mill. Cox, he said, uses aleather strap three feet long, four inches! wide and an inch thick. The convicts, he insisted, are whipped worse than horses or mules. V, For breakfast, he said, the convicts get four hard biscuits, a spoon of syrup, one piece of meat the size of a cigar ette paper and some coffee and a cup of i milk once- a month. . He asserted Harry Fox, a convict, broke his leg and did not receive attention, the offi cials, it is alleged, refusing to send him to the hospital. Speigner's cotton factory is operated by the State. Several hundred convicts are worked at the camp. The Dorsey charges coming on top of th action of the Governor in cancelling the con tract of the Huxford-Orvin Naval Stores, who hired the Mobile County prisoners, 'for treating them cruelly, has. caused a sensation and strong efforts are being made to have the Governor cancel all leases of the pris oners' in the coal mines. The thirty-five convicts hired by the Naval Stores concern at Atmore are here in jail and all ' but seven show signs of cruel treatment. Thomas Baldwin, according to his story, was hidden by the contractors n a barn when the State investigators came around because he was so badly beaten he had to lie down to eat. Baldwin came here to, day and exhibited , his lacerated back.to the State authorities. He was turned adrift after the contract was cancelled ' Govs .O'Neal now in the East, will be asked to have a Grand Jury investigation,. . TELLHIF FIRE HERO OF. MARINE DISASTER GIVES' IT WITH BREVITY AND , 1 . MODESTY IiREPORT j it1 New York. Oct. J5;-Captain Fran cis , Inch, the " young'V.'commander of the -,yolturno, ' whose . xourage . and resolution . 'were praised , by the sur vivors ; that landed in France and England ftoM "four steamships today, radiographed his sorty. of the disaster to' thg Uranlium Line here today. ' He. told his story with the concise ness and .brevity that mark official re ports, but the condensed .account of the burning of the linen' of the desperi ate fighting of fire, of the coming of. the international fleet, and of the final rescue work given by,he man Tsest able to presfenf it, is enthralling., ., Captain Inch makes.sno aunt on of panic or jtnutiny, , He' gae " the order for ' the "lowering , of t boaK (our of which ' were lost , with ' their' passen gersw ' : He says ther was no panic or disorder when the survivors were taken from" , the ruined shtpj. j'.e was .the last to abandon thef Volturno, and he made sure before he jeft that '.there wasa't ', a soul, on vbard. If'. Cap tain, Inch's eyes were injured by fire or' smoke, or; if he, was hurt 'other wise,' he says", nothing about it in his modest Mport- V?,,' "!' ' , '-i' , ,'. i , t, , . ;' y- " Mrs., H. T, Clark' returned last night from t Bellair - where J she , was' called on account of. the illness of her sister Bettie Clark,' who, is visiting' Mr. tub.VJ kUiardnon. :' , - ' SI'S CAPTAIN SWANQUARTBRWQMAN BARELY ESCAPES DEATH Rescued From Burning Sanitarium In Baltimore. Two Women Die and Several Were Seriously Injured Baltimore, October 15. Mrs. Julia E. Phipps, of Swan Quarter, N. C, was saved from death here this morn ing when she was rescued from Edgewcp 1 Sanatorium, on Betlona Avenue, where she has been undergoing mental treat ment Mrs. Rebecca Strauss and Miss Ida Yearly, of this city, whose minds could not grasp the danger of the fife which crept into their rooms, were horribly burned. Ten other women and two men whose weakened intellects saw in the flames only an invitation to frolic, tried to break from the heroic nurses and firemen who were dragging them out and return to the burning building. They were finally rescued. Twd of these were injured while being forcibly taken out, and a fireman had his hand cut breaking glass to reach Mrs. Rebecca Strauss. She died before he found her under the bed of her room. v Miss Ida Yearley, who was a helpless patient, remained in !her bed and the covers were not even moved from her lifeless form when firemen found her. Death probably lurked in the gase ous fumes that were noticed by the nurses last night when all returned at 10 o'clock. They could not trace the odor to its source. It was about 3:30 this morning that an explosion in the cellar, caused, it is believed, by the gas generated by the furnace, shook the frame building. A moment later flame's burst through the thin flooring in the dining room. Before Mrs. D K. Carter, proprietress of the institution, could reach the stairs leading down from the second floor the flames had crawled up the walls and a few moments later the entire west wing of the asylum was ablaze. Smoke poured up the stairways and the feeble minded patients were be wildered and ran about aimlessly. Mrs. Naomi Mitckell, nurse in chargefof the second floor, and Miss Mae Hooper, in charge of the third floor, aroused by the explosion, opened the doors of every room occupied by patients and then began hustling their charges down the stairs. Mrs. Mitchell dragged Miss Elsie Holljes, in whose room she slept, out of the building and then went back ancj got Mrs. James P. Reese. She did not give Mrs Reese time to refuse, bjit carried her to the main floor and out on the porch. By this time the Govans and Roland Park fire companies arrived and the firemen placed ladders against the structure and, led by Capt. Samuel Bell and Capt. Wilbert Sindall, started to carry the other patients to safety. - Mrs.. D. K. Carter, ' prostrated by the' confusion, had to be carried to the house of a neighbor, and Miss Hooper stood on the lawn and wept. Mrs. Mitchell, after rescuing Mrs. Reese, . went back and directed the firemen, meantime wrapping a man's coat about her kimono. She procured ATTEMPT SUICIDE SECURE ROOM IN NEW YORK LODGING HOUSE AND TURN GAS ON. Poorly dressed and penniless, a young man and woman with . a mud-stained fox terrier puppy at their heels applied for a eight's. Ipdging last night at the rooming house No. 206 West Fifty-third street;- kept by Mrs. Katie Haulenbeek They were given a room despite the fact that they .had no baggage. Fumes of gas filled the upper hallways this morning, "and Mrs. Haulen beek, investigating,' entered the room of the couple with a pass key. Crumpled paper; and articles of clothing fell away from the inside, of the door as she opened it. She found two gas jets turned on full. The man and woman were un conscious," but the little dog, had snig gled with bjs nose at the bottom of the door, and was only dazed. He was frisking, gaily today around theWest Forty-seventh street police-station. .The man and woman wer taken to the Flower Hospital and, later to the Bellevue prsion ward on a charge of at tempted suicide. Neither have recovered consciousness and both are thought to be dying. The man is" about twenty i ' " ' - - , J UNKNOWN COUPLE a pair of man's shoes and these pro tected her feet from the scorching hot flooring. Mrs. William P. Hepperer, a patient who had been acting nurse for some time, was also busy aiding the fire men. She and Mrs. Mitchell counted heads and discovered that Mrs Strauss, an aged woman, and Miss Yearley were missing. Captain Sindall went to the third floor three times before he found Miss Yearley in her bed with her clothes wrapped about her head. She had not moved. By this time the plaster and rafters were tumbling all about and the roof began to cave in places. Miss Yearley was lifted through a window after the wire screen had been cut away, but she was dead when they reached her. Mrs. Strauss was not in her room and for more than half an 'hour the firemen groped along the floor in every compartment. At last she was found huddled on the floor beneath a bed in a spare room in the rear of the ward. Her head rested on her folded arms and she had been dead for more than 15 minutes. It is believed she lost all sense of direction and finding her way to the stairs blocked by flames retreated to her room and laid down to die. Meanwhile Mrs. William P. Hep peler, a patient, but another heroine of the fire, who had aided Mrs. Mit chell in getting the feeble minded to safety rushed into the building trying to find Mrs. Strauss. She was severe ly burned about her left side in going back to aid in the search, and did not succeed in reaching her. She was on the second floor at the time and fire men forcibly induced her to leave the building. So bad were her injuries found to be that she was sent to St. Luke's Hospital, where her condition is said to 'be serious. Miss Yearley, according to Dr. Wal ter Caswell, house physician, was a helpless patient. He said that if placed in a position she would remain so until moved. She had evidently awakened, but would not get out of bed until some One lifted her. Dr. A. P. Herring, secretary of the Lunacy commission, arrived at the scene about 10 o'clock and said he had already called a meeting of the com mission for tomorrow at the Edgewood Sanatorium. He said a few years ago the com mission, co-operating with the then F.ire Marshal Ewell, had compelled all of the large insane hospitals to install fire escapes and other protec tive measures but that the smaller institutions had not been compelled to do so. It s probable now according to Dr. Herring, that all of the small estab lishments will be ordered to install the most modern fire protection meas ures immediately. seven years old, five feet seven inches tall smooth shavenm black haired, and of sallow complexion; the young woman is about twenty-three years old, weighs about 115 pounds, and has black hair and a dark complexion. There was 'no paper of any kind to give a clue to their names. MISS SUZANNE MARTIN ARRIVE MONDAY. WILL Miss Suzanne Martin, who is to con duct a dancing class in New Bern during the winter, will arrive here Monday and will open the class on the following Wednesday. Miss Martin is a graduate of one of the best known schools of dancing in New York and is a" thoroughly competent teacher. I RACING WILL BE A BIG FEATURE Thrilling Speed Tests Will Be Seen During The Approaching Fair. HORSES ,AND .MOTORCYCLES Last Day Of Fair Will Be Turned Over To The Firemen. Horse and motorcycle racing will be one of the features of the Eastern Carolina Fa.r to be held .n this city on October 28 to 31 and from far - and near, speed kings will come toNe w Bern to participate in the numerous events which have been planned for the week. Tinrincr thp nast- vpar the neonle ot this section of the State seem to have , , t ' r taken more interest in racing than ever before. On several occasions have races been held at the Fair grounds and these have always been largely attended. Some conception of the approaching races can be obtained by the knowledge that more than twenty-five fast horses from this and other States will be entered in the contests and fully as many motorcyclists will enter their machines in the speed tests. The prize money amounts to more than a thousand dollars. This has been so divided that it will be impossible for any two or three horses and motor cyclists to win the whole amount and a large number of the entries will therefore win prizes. The track has never been in better condition than at present and othe improvements will be made before the opening day of the big Fair. The fol lowing racing program has been ar ranged for the week: Tuesday, October 28. 3:00. Trot or pace, $100.00. 2:15. Trot or pace, $100.00 2:28. Trot and pace, $100.00. Wednesday, October 29. 2:20. Trot and pace, $100.00 2:50. Trot and pace, $100.00. 2:30. Trot and pace, $100.00. 3-4 mile dash running, $50.00. Thursday, October 30. Free for all pace and trot, S300.00. Purse contributed by Merchants and Farmers. 3:00. Pace and trot, $200.00. 3-4 mile dash, running, $50.00. MOTORCYCLE RACES. Friday, October 31. Hose wagon races by members of the North Carolina State Firemen's Asso ciation. PROCRAM AT THE ATHENS TODAY NEW VAUDEVILLE. Morton Sisters. A refined singing and dancing sister act. Special two reel feature picture "The Ne'er To Return." Mrs. Otis Skinner wrote this story. A man finds his wife in a dance hall with another man. A shot and the intruder falls dead by his own hand. The husband gets a life term, escapes and staggers half dead from exposure. into the home of the dead adventurer's mother. What did that mother do? Don't miss this great 2 reel special picture by Selig. It will do you good. "The Millionaire And The Goose." Here's a Kalem comedy, as funny as they make 'cm. "The Amateur Burglar." Another good comedy. v Matinee every day at 3:45. Show at night starts at 7:30. There will be no service at All Saints Chapel on- Pollock street tonight a3 Rev. Huske is out of the city. rr- v t , e cr r IAOJ vAi uvjyn J . 'tTJCfi 7, SiiiBy Last Chapter Of Tragedy Closed At Beaufort Last Night JURY OUT THREE HOURS Plea Of Self Defense Was Offered By The Alleged Slayer. (Special to the Journal.) Rpailfort Ort IS Aftr Uaintr nil- qt homs he .n q the gtate yg Juius parker in wh;ch the defendant was cha d wUh the murderj at the weeks ago, of Charles Simpson, who was engaged as spedal policeman a that hostelry, tonight returned a verdict .... . acquitting rarlcer. This case has attracted much atten tion in this section. Simpson was killed in one of the corridors of the hotel and occupants of a nearby room rushed out and found Parker standing (Tver him with a smoking revolver in his hand. The woundcd man was taken t0 a hos; pital ar Morehead City for treatment but in a few days succumbed to his wounds and then Parker was placed under heavy bond for his appearance at the October term of Carteret county court. The case was called Wednesday morning. Representing Parker were Whitehurst and Whitehurst, O. H. Guion and C. R. Wheatley. D. L. Ward and Moore and Dunn assisted solicitor C. L. Abernethy. A large number of witnesses were examined and the argu ments were concluded this afternoon at 5 o clock, and the case was given to the jury At 8 o'clock they returned with a verdict of not guilty. F THE JAPANESE CONGRESSMAN FRANK CLARK WANTS ANTI-ALIEN LAND LAW PATTERNED AFTER CAL. Washington, Oct. 15. Representa tive Frank Clark, of Florida, addressed a letter today to Gov. Park. Trammel!, urging him to call a special session of the Florida Legislature to enact a law that would prohibit Japanese and "people of like races" from owning land within that State. Mr. Clark said he was actuated by reports that Japanese had been acquiring property in his State. "Japan is looking for more territory," he wrote the Governor. "It is her pur pose to colonize a large part of Mexico and it is also her purpose to locate within the borders of continental United States as many thousands nad hundreds of thousands of Japanese as we will permit, her ultimate purpose being war with this country." Mr. Clark said that the only way to check the influx of Japanese to that State would be to enact an alien land law like California's. Mr. Clark said: "The State of Cali fornia, where quite a large number of Japanese are already located, has but recently enacted legislation prohibiting Japanese people from becoming land owners in that Commonwealth. Th(?" Californians are acquainted with the Japanese and know them just as well a6 we know the negroes. The Jap may be, and undoubtedly is, more in telligent than the negro, but you know and I know that the Florida white mac will no more affilhte and assimilat with-the Japanese than he will with the negro." The music club will meet th:s after boon at 4 o'clock in Griffin auditorium. AH members are earnestly requested to be present as business of importance will be transacted. i , I ;si: " LQRIBA MAY BAR