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NEW BERN, N. C, Ff I )AY MORNING JANUARY 30, 1914
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Port Au Prince Takes
Ota More Orderly As
pect, Is Being Guarded
American And Germ?n
Legations Are Being
Carefully Watched
The Streets Are
Being Patrolled
Battleship South Carolina
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Sent To Reinforce Ves
Sels In Harbor
Port-au Prince, Haiti, Jan. 29.
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With the arrival today of the
United States battleship South
Carolina and German blue-jack-
ets guarding the legations and
patrolling the town, conditions
at Port-au Prince took on a more
orderly aspect. A committee
of public safety has been organized
and it is believed all danger
to foreign residents is passed.
President Oreste still is aboard
th r.Prmanrrni'sprVinefa and the
country is without government.
Thp committee of oublic safetv
sent a delegation on board the
yacht Nord Alexis to arrange
for the entry into the capital
of Senator Davilmar Theodore,
leader of the revolution, who is
at Cape Haitien. Other measure
will be taker, to establish a gov-
ernment as early as possible.
South Carolina On Scene. 1
The South Carolina came here
from Guantanamo. She carries
a crew of nearly 900 men, most
of whom can be landed at a
moment's notice. The Montana's
crew, including a company of
marines, numbers more than 600
Advices from Jamaica reportthe
departure for Haiti of General
Monplaisir, ex-minister of war, CURRENT HERE YES
and ex-President Simon; Dip- TERDAT.
lomatic ..representatives, on re- i
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have decided that General Mon-
olaisir shall not be permitted to
come ashore.
' All firing ceased here today
and complete order was maintain-
d. Tonight the streets are
guarded by mixed patrols of
Americans and Germans. I
Department Reassured.
Washington, Jan. 29 When
battleship South Carolina, with
her 750 enlisted men today joined
the armored cruiser Montana at
Port-au-Prince officials of the
-Navy Department feltreassured
as to the ability of the naval con
tingent to extend full protection
to all foreign interests. Captain
Russell of the South Carolina,
who recently vacated the post
of judge advocate general of the
navy, is regarded as peculiarly
equipped to deal with questions
of international law that may
' arise in handling the situation.
I ' The State Department has not
decided ; to interfere in "any way
with the revolution at this stage,
' but is observing developments
with keen interests
FORMER U. S. SEfJATOR
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DISTANT RELATIVE OF DE-
CEASED RESIDES IN
THIS CITY.,
? Washington, Jan. 29. Former
, Senator Shelby. M. Cullom, - of
: Illinois)' died here at 1:30' o'clock
yesterday afternoon, after an ill
ness of more than a week. His
last words were the wish that
he might see the completion of
the National Memorial to Abra
ham Lincoln, who was his personal
friend.
Shelby Moore Cullom's death
ended fifty years of continuous
Pucbl5c servit;e that h'T mac,e ,h.m
a figure in American National lite
and brought him into official
relations with every President
' Abraham Lincoln to Wood-
row Wilson.
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As a olouehbov. dnvinsr his
father's oxen over the fresh prairie
of Illinois he had known and talk
ed with survivors of the Revolu
tion and on the rugged founda
tions of a life began in pioneer
hardships of a family of twelve
children had built a career that
took him to the Illinois legislature
as a member; speaker of the
assembly, two terms in the
governor's chair, service in the
National House of Represent
atives, and thirty consecutive
years in the United States Sen
ate.
His nearest living contemporary
probably is "Uncle Joe" Cannon
whose senior he was some seven
years by birth and some three
years in National service
Dr. E. C. Armstrong of this
city, was a second cousin of form-
er Senator Cullom
HAS MAR5HAU DORTGH
RUMOR TO THAT EFFECT
Although the rumor has not
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been confirmed 18 generally
understood that Charles Ange, of
Jacksonville, has been selected
as the man to fill the office of
United States Deputy Marshal in
this district.
When U. S. Marshal W. T
Dortch of Goldsboro, took charge
of the office, U. S. Deputy Marshal
Samuel Lilly automatically went
out and since that time the place
has remained vacant. There has
been much work for the U. S.
Commissioner in this city since
that time and twice it has been
necessary to send an officer here
from other cities to attend to this
work.
United States Commissioner
Hill stated last night that he had
heard that Mr. Ange had been
appointed but that he had no
official notification of this and
could not vouch for the authen
ticity of the rumor.
ARRESTED FOR MURDER.
Florida Man Accused Of Kil
- ling Woman.
Pensacola, Fla.,Jan. 29. Frank
Chancey and two women whose
names have not been ascertained,
were arrested today near Bonifay,
charged with the murder of Chan
cey's wife. 1
., A . coroner's jury found the
woman had been killed and her
Mody dragged to the roadside
where it was discovered by pas
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THE NORFOLK SOUTHERN
DECK DIG LEASE
TrfE COMPANY ACQUIRES
ROLLING STOCK EQUIP
MENT OF $556,289.00.
Elizabeth City, Jan. 29 Reg
ister of Deeds J. W. Munden is
recording a lease given by the
Norfolk Southern railroad for rol
ling stock and car equipments
which amounts to $556,289. The
lease calls for six passenger coa
ches, 160 flat cars, three combina
tion mail and baggage cars, 300
box cars and six caboose cars.
The lease is a lengthy document
which will require some time
for transcribing. Mr. Munden
is the first of tlio North Carolina
register of Deeds to receive the
papers for recording.
Miss Essie Stalling, daughter of
Rev. N. P. Stallihg, of Moyock
one of the most promient Baptist
clergymen in eastern North Caro
lina became the bride of W. J
Brooks, of Suffolk, Va., this af
ternoon at 2 o'clock.
The wedding was solemnized
at the home of the bride's parents'
in Moyock in the presence of a
large number of friends of the
family.
Miss Laura Spivey, who has
been connected with the Standard
Drug Company, a wholesale con
cern with a large business in
Eastern North Carolina for the
past five years and who has been
manager of the company for some
time has resigned and will spend
some time with her parents inj
Okisco.
The local lodge of Elks is pre
paring to give another of its an
nuai minstrel pertormances in
the Alkrama theatre on the even
ing of February 19.
L
USIGET RESULTS
NUMEROUS EVIDENCES OF
THIS REACH US EVERY
DAY.
Does Journal advertising get
quick results? You can just bet
it does and the advertiser is
always well pleased. It is an ev
cry day occurrence for someone
to drop into the office and tell
us that they are receiving numer
ous replies to such-and-such an
ad.
Just as an evidence that adver
tising in the Journal gets results
we cite the following: Yester
day morning the following ad
appeared in the want column
BICYCLE STOLEN Last nieht
Iver Johnson, from 52 Pasteur
street. Please return to house or
to Journal office. 1-28 1 ti.
Last night the owner of the wheel
called at the office and asked
us to discontinue the ad., saying
that he had the bicycle returned
to him a few hours after the paper
was off the press. If you want
results, advertise in the Journal.
POSTOFFICE INSPECTOR
HERE.
Postoffice Inspector Hemil-
wright was in the city yesterday
attending to official business. This
is Mr. Hemilwright's first visit
to New Bern since Mr. Daniels
took charge of the office.
Contentment is often the result
of being asleep. .
The "pen" is mightier than the
county jail.
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JUDGE IS UNFIT
It Is Claimed That Speer Was
Incompetent.
VERY UNSATISFACTORY.
The People Of His District
Stood In Terror
Of Him.
Savannah, (".a., Jan. 29.
Sweeping charges that Eederal
Judge Speer, of the southern
district of Georgia repeatedly has
conducted his court in a high
handed, arrogant, intolerant man
ner, and is unfit to preside as
a judge, today were made by
witnesses before the special ocn
gressional committee whic is con
ducting an investigation here into
charges of official misconduct by
the accused jurist.
1 nomas b. t elder, attorney
general of Georgia, who occupied
the witness stand for the great
er part of the day, was vigorous
in his denunciation of Judge
Speer.
"Judge Speer, in my opinion,"
he said "is unequivocally unsat
isfactory, and the wonder is the
people have suffered so long."
He admitted that "Judge Speer
had the surroundings of his court
so arranged as to show him to best
advantage. The lawyers practic
ing there were the 'king jesters.'
They were the butts for Judge
Speer's witticisims. Judge Speer
knew how to take advantage of
a situation and usually did so. The
people of Judge Speer's district
not the evil doers alone stood
in terror of his court."
Mr. Fielder's testimony dealt
at length with the W. W. Huff
bankruptcy case in which the
witness represented Col. Huff.
He charged that Judge Speer
had conducted this case in a gross
improper manner and had allowed
excessive fees to officials whom he
appointed to conduct the liti
gation. Mr. Felder corroborated
the testimony of Col. Huff before
the committee at Macon last
week to the effect that Judge Speer
allowed approximately $90,000 of
the proceeds of the sale of the
Huff estate to remain without
interest for several years in the
bank of which Cecil Morgan,
Judge Speer's brother-in-law, is
vice-president.
Another witness today was Col.
R. L. Colding, member of the
Savannah bar. Colonel Colding
said that he frequently had seen
Judge Speer treat with open con
tempt W. R. Leaken, formerly
United States district attorney
and later collector of the port here.
The witness charged that Judge
Speer often had browbeaten negro
witnesses until their knees shook
and their memories failed.
A. P. Wright, a witness.charged
that Judge Speer had been palpa
bly unfair in not permitting cred
itors to effect a settlement in the
Electric Supply bankruptcy case
mentioned yesterday in the testi
mony of W. V..;.Davis.
M. A. Baker, of Brunswick.Fla.,
testified regarding details of the
appointment of A. H. Heyward
Judge Speer's spn-in-law, as re
ceiver for his company when it
was forced into bankruptcy. Judge
Bowling Whitefield, also of Bruns
wick,,, furnished - further details
relating to this case. Other wit
nesses today, were, William Gar
rard, of Savannah,, and John C.
McDonald, of the Waycross City
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ALLEGED ACCOMPLICE
F DEAD NEGRO JAILED
WORTH SANDERS FLICKS
TO RALEIGH FOR
SAFETY.
Raleigh. Jan. 29 Fli-eing from
a mob that was on hi trail with
blood hounds. Worth Sanders,
the negro accused by the ill
fated Jim Wilson with being his
accomplice in the killing of Mrs.
William Lynch for which Wilson
was lynched in Johnston county j
yesterday, ran into Raleigh this
evening and implored Sheriff Scars
to give him protection by locking
him in the comity jail. This was
clone.
'The mob that
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) mat lynched Wilson
vesterdav
released the Sanders
negro on the belief that he was
not guilty. Then reports stirred
up another crowd, which today
went in search of the negro,
who felt that Raleigh and the
county jail were the safest places
for him. He met James and Her
bert Holder in a buggy beyond
the city limits and had them to
drive him to the county jail.
Sanders says he saw the Wilson
negro Satruday night at the Mark
ham sawmill camp, where Wilson
tried to sell a pair of trousers for
$5, saying he wanted to raise
money to get home. He went with
Wilson to the Howell store. He
saw no more of him until Sunday
morning. Wilson came over to
the Markahm mill cam), accord
ing to Sander's story, bringing
the news of the killing of Mrs.
Lynch and saying that he was
looking for a chicken and must
have one, if he had to ride all
over the county for it. He was
riding a mule.
Sanders says he had gone back
to work yesterday after being
released by the mob, but this
morning he heard that feeling
was developing against him to
sych an extent that he told Mr.
Markham, his employer, that he
wanted to come to Raleigh as a
place of refuge.
So the jail here has two sus
pects in this horrible case. Worth
Sanders and Roy Bradley, t he-
latter being the negro who was
arrested at Princeton just before
the Wilson negro was taken at
Warsaw and who was brought
to Raleigh from Smithfield last
night under orders from Govern
or Craig. Bradley insists that he
has never been in the Wendell
section and was at home Satur
day night when the murder was
committed.
SCHOOL
TRUSTEES
TODAY.
MEET
The trustees of the New Bern
Graded School will meet this
afternoon in the office of the su
perintendent. Every member of
the Board is requested to be pres
ent. TO ERECT DWELLING
BROAD STREET.
ON
T. P. Ash ford is making ar
rangements to erect a commodious
dwelling on Broad street. Work
on this will begin at an early
date.
court. Mr. Garrard'told of alleged
irergularities on the part of Judge
Speer in conducting admiralty
cases. Judge McDonald's testi
mony dealt with a peonagecase
in which he charged that Judge
Speer used I113 influence to have
the defendants plead guilty.
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GATHER
FOR
MEN
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MEETING
Two Sessions Were Held Yes
terday. MANY VISITORS ATTEND
Social Session Marks
Close Of The
Event.
The
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.North ( arolnia gathered in New
Bern to attend the district meet-
of that trilir u!
wlrcli was held
at the wigwam o
the local tribe
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i The I. O. R. M. is one of the
strongest orders iiuheStdreandthis
district embraces several of the
largest lodges.
The afternoon session was de
voted almost entirely to business.
There were many members pres
ent from Morchead City, Beau
fort, Kinston and other towns
and the meeting was an enjoyable
as well as interesting one.
The session last night was prob
ably the most enjoyable on ac
count of the social features. Con
siderable business was transacted
after which the members of the
various tribes gathered around
the festiv e board and engaged in a
repast which was fit for kings.
During the evening there were
numerous addresses and these
were thoroughly enjoyed by all.
Among the out-of-town visitors
present at the meeting were: H. G.
Winfield, of Washington District,
Great Deputy Sachem; Stamcy
Davis, of Morchead City, Dis
trict Senior Sagamore; John Hew
itt, of Kinston, District Junior"
Sagamore; J. R. Proctor, of Wash
ington. District Keeper of Wam
pum; W. B. Godwin, of Elizabeth
City, and W. J. Lean, of Eden
ton. Keith's Vaudeville
at The Athens
Today
Yesterday marked the begin
ning of something unusual and
unexpected to a great many of
our patrons, but we promised
them we were going to give them
Keith's vaudeville, as soon as
we could get it and we have kept
our word. Last night one of the
largest and most refined audiences
ever seen at the Athens, greeted
two of these excellent acts, viz..
Smith and Farmer, in humor
and song, and Raphael Gualano,
the accordion soloist. Both acts
received round after round of
applause from the immense crowd.
Don't fail to hear them. Picture
program today as follows:
"Broncho Billy Gets Square."
A stirring Western drama in
two reels by the S. & A. Com
pany, featuring the world's most
popular player Mr. G. M. Ander
son. "Why I Am Here."
A Vitagraph, showing where an
innocent flirtation leads to serious
consequences. The Villainess pur
sues him until she gets him where
she wants him. This is an ex
cellent picture.
Matinee daily at 3 :4S, two shows
at night, first starts at 7:30,
second at 9 o'clock. No advance
in prices. -
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