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1 " ..- -i : .i 1 NEW BERN, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 13, 1914 LSIL-No. 102 FIVE CENTS PER COPY V:' QOifll - ' ' ,'. v T T iircniPnniiTiii iv; - o9q?nV i. IILUIIUuUllU IML : fiiioEnrtii mMH LIU i T, c i J-jsALJ, :V ;'Deiree .l- From Its -'V, Standard Cc;ldia Carry IsOaTrid Listens With Interest To TOtlmony Of The Mon - roe's Commander j,- Philadelphia, , Feb. 12. Capt. , 0 '"myn Berry, commander of the steam ship v Nantucket,' charged with negli- -,,-gehce in the recent collision with the , steamship .Monroe off the .Virginia Y-cdast, in which 41 lives were' lost, to day listened to Capt.. Edward E. JohH- 0 k " ion, of the sunken Monroe give his " '-version of that disaster before the - local United States jnspectpr .of steaijn vessels, who will determine1 who was - reponsible pf the accident. .Captain - Johnson was on the stand all day. , , , "As in the Titanic disaster it i ex- ected that' the inquiry will result in certain charges being made with re- lation to the navigation of vessels, at ' -least in the coastwise trade.' . While ' primarily Capt. Berry is on trial the V -board of inspectors has : instructions ' ' from the Department of Commerce make ' thorough - inquiry tnWTMvwy -phase of the collision with the vtew of the enactment -of Federal laws , to sist in preventing a recurrence of sim 1 "ilar disasters. ',? ' ' i ' ' ,. Capt, Berry, wnen con,.. . .bythecnargesorougnvoy u KUv - ; men? steamuoai..iiii":wi.w i i pleaded - not guilty. ' . He is charged with failing to reduce the speed of his niup iu -- a "barges. ascertain whether the wireless opera-1 2 xhe nwo masted mAumm c c tor was on duty and with being care- Donoho ,eft yesterdav for Hydc Coun. less in nuv 1w.c......B '-" wireless operator whether ,any v " .1 vessels were close by in the fog. " Important Point: . v One ,of the mosV important -points ."brought"' out "li the examination . of 'CaptV-fphnson 'wh-was the first wit ; iies8,: was that he'vigated theMon ' rot with 'teerinj! "compass that, de ' viated if much as two degrees from the tati ard magnet compass.; He ''said th instrument was sufficiently ' true to in the ship ana that ic was "t - the cus'jn of, masters in the coast- - wisef tirdde' to 'nse' such compassej. ' - mis steerine compa, vaui. juhubwh , . " ' , .. testineu, nitu never uroi aujumvu v the one .year he was master - of thei s "Monrce. - '- I TheIonroe's captain told the story of the collision , and was exhaustively ' - examined by the : steamboat inspec tors. He said the night of the colli ; sion was alternately clear and foggy.'. ' " v '. The collision occUred during v fog. The' first knowledge Tie, had that the Nantucket was near .him ' when he - J heard a whistle three ' points on the starboard bow. He was running at ' reduced speed at the time and stopped '"his engines to locate the other ship and blew his whistle twice to let the ve- ' sel know he was steering to port, He judged the whistle was about 375 feet away. v , - J ' Capt. Johnson's second ; knowledge of the proximity of a vessel was when he saw a faint light four points to starboard and about 340 feet away, he said. He believed the other vessel was going in the opposite direction to him on a parallel line, but for a moment later the ship came out of the fog 1-ir-ost at right angles and struck the Monroe on the starboard side aft the ju'ot house. Afi'T I s tl'sicovered the proximity of t' 5 IT.uitnckct, Cflp't. Johnson said he ( tur of i U i "v 1 j c 1 a C full steam ahead and '1 to port isi t' e hope 1 1 I Vr.vas At - i( 41 C!EI!.L FI FIGHTERS FOBIiElTBERiiCPllulES PRELIMINARY TESTS SHOW . vTHAT THEY ARE' EN-' - TIRELY EFFICIENT. . - When the New Bern fire companies go to a fire hereafter they will not use water in" extinguishing the blaze un less 'it is absolutelyneceseary, it being needless to do this since each of the four " companies have. been equipped with -chemical apparatus Which are guaranteed to extinguish : any ., blaze which is not of too formidable proportions.-" A test of these extinguishers was made on Wednesday night and they were found to be thoroughly efficient of" performing the purposes for which they were secured. At the corner of New South Front and Spring streets a large bonfire.had been made and then an alarm was sent in. The companies quickly-' responded to this and within afew minutes after their arrival on the scene had the blaze extinguished. New - Pern has long ' needed these chemical extinguishers and the Journal is glad to chronicle the fact that they have been secured. There are, at times, fires ' which 'da" not "Ued to be extin guished by water, and, in fact, the water soinettmes does more jlamage thin the fire', t ' With th T new extinguishers this will be done away with. ZjZ? ? MARINE NEWS. ga8 freight boat Daisy left yes tei.. . Oriental with a carK0 of general merchandise. .Tlia- efvom fAlkavATi arritrl in ' va tn w-ivA tnw n( i tv wih a cawn hf general merr.handine. I J : o o . v! The gas boat U. M. Gillikin, of More- head- City arrived in port yesterday. The gas ' freight, boat Caswell left yesterday for Grift on with a cargo of general, merchandise., , w TEACHERS MEET HERE SATUR- ; . - ; DAY. ' , - The regular monthly meeting of the Craven county Teachers'- Association will be held in Griffin auditorium tomor row morning.-.: Every . teacher in the county ? is - requested i to : be present . ...... .t i as many iiitctcrs m iui)iuriaii.-c urC'iu t.. '' . - ci.x. t'M ni. 'f Rn. f d enroute to Raleigh to attend a meeting of the Social Service Congress. . "r:, - the time of the collision he had had no sleep for , 19 hours.- . He . said he could have gone to sleep , before the Monroe left . Norfolk for New York, but did not think- it necessary.. ; A number of times he testified, he had remained in the pilot house, all.' the way from' Norfolk to New York. Questioned as to what action . hei took to find out through the. wireless operator the proximity of other-vessels, Capt.. Johnson said he had in structed the operator to ascertain lo cation of the steamer Hamilton which he knew was coming down the coast. This vessel was located near the Del aware Capes. The Nantucket must have been between the Hamilton and the - Monroe, Capt. Johnson- said, but the operator of the Nantucket did not make his presence known. : Capt. Johnson was asked his views on the efficiency of the wireless' in lo cating vessels in fogs, and said it was a great help. He added, however, that wireless operators do not bother about messages - they hear unless they are be directed to the ship. Some operators 1 f .id, don't bother answering qucs f uhs ebout the location of their ships. 1' trial is coi J acted by R. - f ITj!v and - a t i- 1 TEUTJq)OT Had Met Witlr Pdut William Pitts,-, wTiOVwfsiicR?: scare into the Crayon : cq My; attittr- ities, and- the rocarofte c4:.ia mysterious ' disappea'racet; fiw ? n found, i or at least' he has returned from Norfolk where, he says he has been since his unexpected going away from the city last "Monday night. In ah exclusive story ye3terday morn ing the Journal told of the 'disappear ance of -Mr. Pitts, whose home is at Jio. 216 New South Front street. and ' who is employed as a speci il deputy :.by Justice of the Peace W. -F. Hill. His wife and the authorities were in a quandrary over some plausi ble way to explain the disappearance. : It Vas known that he intended going to ;thee Northern part of the city to, serve a warrant on a negro man and: it was feared that he' had met with- foul play, s Someone suggested that he had falleiw into either the Neuse ir Trent riyersVand been drowned, and at-, it was known that :Mr. - and Mrs,' Pritts had no domestic troubles it was hot thought that he had gone away ofs'his own free will, but it seems that thht is just--' what, occurred for when she train-from- Norfolk arrived-in the city yesterday afternoon." 0 Mr. Pitts wdi among the first passengers' to alight from the coach of the first-class pas senger car, and from the very appear ance of ..his countenance it could be seen that he had an interesting story for the newspaper reporters. A - Journal reporter - lost no time in getting up to the home of the man whose strange disappearance had caus ed! his . friends so much concern and getting an interview;'"? The gist of the Story .related to the : Journal reporter wa?to thef effect ffihat n,. Monday night:, Mr . Pitts but in search of atiegrdFirst WWMft- Pavietown andf'finding . the "object W hie search was not m 'that locakty, he went over to the New Bern Cotton Oil Compapyls piant nu. uierwnau a 4w wwua wun Buck Balance,' the "niAt?' watchman. was searchingmightiJbe"':'aroun the passenger statiiitV fe- JPAt -wInt to that d6i At)' in twhite thSfewlead to believe Khht he was on board, of the train enro'irtfe- to Norfolk and he lost no time In getting aboard of this same train" JUmselfi ' He "spotted" a man whom ve 'was; sure was the one he was after jwtneji ing in "a position to place bijmutyder arrest himself he de cided to keeg him under surveillance until, some town was reached where an officer , could ; be secured. 1 'h ' ' 'r Station ifter station was passed by and 8till'.noVpoiiceman or other officer was seen by Mr.' Pitts and the negro finally managed to elude the watch ful eye-of ' hi would-be captor and slipped from- the , train.' V Discovering this, Mf. Pitts was naturally very much chargined but finding himself so near Norfolk-decided, to go ' on to - that city, and this he did.' , t He remained in. the Virginia city until yesterday-' ', morning and then began the return trip home..: When asked why he "did- not let his , wife know his whereabouts Mr. Pitts, stated that he never once thought that she would be alarmed, ' that he' was sure she would realize that he was off in search of some law breaker,-and that he was greatly surprised, upon learning that he had created such . a sensation.-. Mrs. Pitts was, naturally, overjoyed . upon the return of her husband whom; she thought had met with foul play and the authorities drew a breath of relief, for they had spent a number of hours in searching for Mr. Pitts. TWO TUGS ARE RECEIVING RE- PAIRS. ' The slam tun Nettie, of Norfolk, i., a- j V i rf-ciia tuj Uncle Sam. i "i . ' ,. fcu c . the Meadows' ' r -. 3 receiving repairs.' . Mr-'iMltcheU, who ls 'ctJdlrman of the committee appointed to In- Kvestlgate the probable cost of the jjerectlon of a tobacco warehouse t XIAM Dam. nnJ n .a1a-t a Mill tck Kl a site for the same, is one of the city's most prominent business men. CITY BEAUTIFUL CLUB HIS MONTHLY MEETING MET AT THE HOME OF MRS. R. N. DUF FY. At the installation of the newly elected offices of the City Beautiful Club, in December, it was decided that the Vice-Chairman should preside at-every third meeting of the Club, According the February meeting waj held with Mrs. R. N. Duffy, presiding, on February 9th at 4 o'clock, at her residence. : ,-sThe proposed Flower Mart and Bask et sale was again discussed, but as the baskets had not arrived it was decided to postpone the Flower Mart until later in the Spring, and wait for the baskets, so that the date will be an anounced later. We are looking for ward with much interest to this' occa sion, as this is an entirely new feature in New Bern. This 'will be a rare opportunityto buy cheaply the beau tiful Japanese baskets so much admired everywhere, and, by hicky chance, the Club is enabled to buy a lot at great reduction, so that' bargains can be 'jooked for that wilt pay ode-for Waiting. All sorts of garden toots as well as seedlings and rooted plants! will be on sale at nominal prices so that our yards and lawns maybe clothed in all spring lovliness. i ;.!; " The Chairman was in correspond ence with the University Dramatic Out, who propose to give-a performv ance here on February 19th, and offer the Club a benefit for the sale of tickets It was. decided to accept- the proptv- sition of Ihe Dramatic Club and each club member to sell five tickets for this performance, which has the high est endorsement from places where the play has been given. ' The Club discussed at length the feasibility - of enlisting ward leagues in the work of beautifying New Bern. It seems that our 'work in that line is handicapped by lack of general co operation, and h is desired to awaken the interest of every home in the beau tifying of premises, and to stimulate rivalry- among the different wards. To this end the Club will organize ward auxiliaries, or leagues, to further the scheme of beautifying lawns and yards," and these auxiliaries will work out their own plans for. co-operation. We hope to enlist every woman in this league work. One need not be a member of the City Beautiful nor of the Wom an's Club to be a member of the. Ward league, or auxiliary, but by conferring with your ? ward . neighbors - you will be most benefited by the 1 results,, by living in beautiful-surroundings. These ward leagues will be organized by mem bers of the City.. Beautiful. Club, but these organizers need not necessarily be elected officers of the league, this being left to the vote of the league. In this general enlisting of every one we hope to make New Bern a beautiful garden spot - in reality such ss South ern It V presents, as is described' to us by tl e -who .have travelled-, in this unny ie. ! This natioLal gardening is i '; ' Icved by ' the 'mobility or af." , t t by the greafi masses of tht i 'i working out their own al- r xe, suff -..met;ary to the f.vt 1 Leaury ci tr.e nation, we have t ue climate and' the soil, and it IWTHEO Paul Gapps Gives Family And Police A Scare. GONE FOR SIX DAYS Left His. Home Friday Returned To the City "Vesterday .New Bern has had another disap pearance mystery this week and this until yesterday, was just as baffling as the first in which William Pitts so mvsteriouslv disappeared from his home last Monday night. In mystery No. two, Paul Capps, a fifteen year old son of W. T. Capps, who resides on Griffith street and who is employed by the Pine Lumber Com pany, played the leading role and for six days his parents and the local police were engaged in a fruitless search for him. Then Paul turned up and it turned out that he had gone off to Cool Springs for an unexpected visit to an uncle. Paul disappeared last Friday night The last time he was seen by his parents was shortly after the evening meal and he was then preparing to go out, presumably to attend one of the mov ing picture theatres. Now, whether or not he attended the performance at the theatre is not known, so far as has been learned, no one saw him there, About 11:30 o'clock the young man was seen going up Hancock street at full 6peed, holding his hat in one hand. Then he disappeared. No one seemed to know where the missing boy had gone. On the following day his father made a search for him but this proved of ho avail Living in Baltimore, Md., is a sister of young Capps and it was supposed that he had gone to the waterfront and boarded some vessel lying there with the object of going to the Mary land city for a visit to her. Day after day sped by and no news of the wand erer was received. Yesterday afternoon young Capps returned. .'Upon being questioned he .-stated that Tie had been on a visit to his uncle and aitee getting together some clean dWhes: -Seagain departed for Cool :SrWglaiurally the lad's return a$";aKrel-lrot;: only ; to his parents, tluthferitle ho have been en'. the nfotS for him. 0' LIlLN'S BIRTHDAY. T6wing"'o the fact that the New York 'eof6n exchange was closed yes ttdfytii.incoln's birthday, thcrei-is fio , market report today. DANCE TONIGHT AT THE AR MORY. A feature of the week will be the Valentine Party to be given in the Na val Reserves Armory, tonight, under the auspices of the Imperial Orchestra. The public is invited to attend. GOOD VAUDEVILLE ,ATHENS. AT THE Gladys Van and Arthur Pearcc in a bright comedy talking and singing act, and (the Tuscanno Brothers in juggling and battle axe throwing, opened a three nights engagement at the Athens theatre last night. These acts are on the Keith circuit and are two of the best ever seen in New Bern. is believed we li we wise have the civic pride when once it is aroused to action. - Let every one feel duty bound to join in her ward league. It is not enough that you promise to look to your own premises, your neighbors , need your kindly interest, ' your ideas, your suggestions and your ' experience. - It is hoped that this movement will meet with a ready response from all. '. ' :. A brief sketch' of the history of the City Beautiful Club from its beginning was read, and Mrs. Green asked to give this sketch for publication, which she was permitted to'do.'.; '.''Qi v Mrs. J. P. C. Davis, on the part of the Music Department asked the help of the City Beautiful Club in securing a piano for the use of the club in- the club rooms. The club voted to assist the Music 'Department1 in. this under- taking, but deferred' Ji1i0reV: definite . nJ ' ! i. ,L'. . - -v response lor later developments when, .L. 1 I- T- .... ' J kj -rt 1, : .. -. ' ' 1 . ' the Music Department shall have made ter and , Walter Hunting are held a its plans for obtaining' this piano. :v'witnesses for the State. T017H OF DOVEB His Body Beaten Almost To?A Pulp KILLED BY COMPANION Affair Occurred Tust On The Outskirts Of The Town One of the most brutal murders com mitted in Craven county in many days, took place late Wednesday night at Dover when Toby Rouse, a middle- aged colored man was beaten to death by one or more of his colored compan ions, with whom it was said he was engaging tn a drunken spree. According to reports reaching New Bern yesterday there were at least a dozen negroes in the crowd and they had gone out into the woods near the place and were engaging in a general frolic. Presumably Rouse angered one or more members of the party and in consequence was killed. Yesterday morning his body was found about fifty feet distant from the place where the party of negroes were known to have been. His flesh and clothing were terribly torn and it ap peared as though he had been beaten with sticks and also cut with knives or some other sharp instruments. The authorities there at once got busy and succeeded in placing ten or inore of the negroes, who were known to be in the party, under arrest, and these were incarcerated in the town jail. County Coroner Dr. Raymond Pollock, of this city, was notified of the affair and late yesterday afternoon, went up to Dover to hold an inquest. A telephone message from that place last night was to the effect that tfie nquest had not been completed. That there were a large number of witnesses to be examined and that the hearing would probably not be concluded un til midnight. The murder has caused considcrabls excitement among the colored popula tion'in and around Dover. Rouse was afnegrowho had never been known to molest anyone and was at all times quiet and peaceable. His home was not at Dover and no one seems to know fnpm just what place he came. He had worked at that place off and on for two or three years and was said. tQ.be a faithful worker. , Alleged Murderers Jailed. : iAt 1 o'clock this "morning Rosannah LHaHte'r, Selena Carter, Corrina Bunt- ing, Walter Bunting and Henry Ven ters were - brought to New Bern by Chief of Police Rouse, Snyder West and Chas. Ricks, of Dover, and pUeed in the county jail. As soon as the Journal learned that the negroes had been brought to New Bern a reporter went to the jail and interviewed the Hunter woman ""and the storv she related was to the effect that on Wednesday night the mur dered man had an engagement to take her to a dance. That he went to town right after supper and that she did not wait until his return but went on to the dance. Roiise went back to the Hunter woman's home and not finding her there went on to the dame hall and found her. This angered him and he began to quarrel with her and she left the hall and started home with him a short time after 9 o'clock. On the way he continued quarrelling and made several swipes at her with a knife, cutting her on the waist several times and also stabbing her over the eye left. The woman screamed and Rouse ran. Just in the rear of Rouse and the Hunter woman were Corinna Bunting, Henry Venters Selena Carter and Walter Bunting. . When they heard . the woman scream and saw Rouse run. -they took after him and the Hunter, woman went on to her home, dressed her wounds ' and retired and ' claims that she knew; nothing more'-; about " the affair until yesterday : morning when an officer came to her house " before she awoke and placed her under arrest, saying that . Rouse had been found In a ditch, murdered. ; A. " After the coroner had held an inquest ' -over the body -Corr'iia" Bunting and Here Yenterr werV held for killing ' Rouse and Selena C&. . .r.Rosannahllun-
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