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-J.- Vn JMEf WgMAL .1. A- ' -4 i 1 1 .1 r z1 V VCLLXII.No. 102 1 i'r. C9DQE0 OF 51,000 us lit slot: Norfolk Man "Touched. ForALarge Sum of Money WAS GIVEN "DOPED" DRINK Went To Sleep Awoke And Found , That hla Cash Had Van- , lsEed ' Norfolk, March 4. Minus $1,000, Jacob Passing, a peddler, who came to Norfolk three months ago, last riight appealed to the police to help in re covering the-savings of five years toil up and down the country roads of the West. His face, furrowed with sor row, Pissing told1 Captain W.P. Ford he had fallen a victim, of two mampu lators in a lodging house, at 108 W, Freemason street yesterday"' afternoon after they had led him onfor three days' W th promises of a handsome salary as a cattle buver. , ' The full names of t)ie two men who rifiled his pockets of the $1,000 in notes after they had put him .to sleep with a "dope" dose of headache medicine Passing did not know,? One of them, he said, was named Steinberg and the other he called Benny. Neither of them could be located by the police last night, - According to the story told the po lice by Passing he met the man named Benny on Church street last week and struck up an acquaintance - with him. ; In some way, Pissing did not know just how, Benny learned he had $1 000 deposited in a local bank. Benny represented himself as an agent fofr "M large Western cattle buyer and said -hi boss, would arrive jui day -or so. Benny's boss arrived the next day and Passing was introduced to Mr. Stein burg in the lobby of the Lynnhaven Hotel- They talked the matter over -and then adjourned across the street to the lodging house run by Mrs. Kee ton ar 108 Freemason street.- There the proposition was gone into -further; Steinburg told Passing he '"; would pay him $25 a week and all ex- - censes to buy cattle for hun, so Pass- jng said. ' .Steinburg painted the life of , traveling'1 cattle buyer in glowing terms, -how he would travel over the ins r:.:-. country priding... in .pullman cars and : stopping at the best hotels. Thrn ' Steinburg said it w9uld be necessaey ; for Passing to put $1,000 in their hands i "as a guarantee of .good faith. This i Passing said , he refused at first. Th men called the deal off. ; Then Stein- " burg' and Benny drew up a. contract tissuring Passing he would be fully protected from all loss. .-' - Passing said he again refused, but after thinking the matter over signed the contract. About noon he went to : the bank and drew out his entire de- posit, $1,000 in all. . With 'this in his ' pocket he went back to the room at . 108 Freemason street to talk the mat- ;ter over.- Before passing . thd money ' over he complained of having a head ' t ache.' He said that thinking aver, he :. proposition had made his brain; whirl, ', One of the 'men volunteered to give him something to cure it. When Pass ing assented the man known as Benny ', took a bottle of a popular headache - remedy from his trunk and went into ..' the adjoining bathroom to mix it. ' " After drinking the medicine Passing revitt down in a chair and before he knew it he was sound asleep.' He said the . next thing lie knew was when he woke i-'Ups few minutes past 8 o clock. His new found friends and business par cs :. tners were gone; so was his money i when he ran his hands in his pockets, s 'He immediately hurried to police head j : quarters, where he poured his, tale of . , woe into Captain Ford's ears. 1 HAMMER TAKES OATH. New District Attorney : Sworn In r By Clerk Mllllkan. ? Greensboro, March 4. William C. Hammer, of . . Asheboro,' came ? to Greensboro late yesterday afternoon and took the oath of District Attorney before Clerk of the Federal Court J. M. Millikan. . It is said here than an effort will be made by Democrats of the State to have Congress pass a bill taking the appointment of clerks "of the Federal Court out of Athe hands of the judges and give the appointments to the President. Clerk Millikan in this dis trict is one of the Judge Boyd's favored ,t GOL GOETHALS IS ; GIVEfJ DMIQUET -Aim fj High Tribute Paid To Canal Builder. Panama PRESIDENT WILSON PRESENT Distinguished Engineer Awarded ' A Gold Medal Many Diplo mats In Attendance. Washington, March 4. Washington tonight paid tribute to Col. George Washington Goethals, builder of the Panama Canal. The occasion was the annual banquet of the National Geo graphic Society, with Col Goethals present as the guest of honor and to receive from the hand of President Wilson a special gold medal awarded him by the society in recognition of his wonderful achievement. Secretary Bryan was toastmastec Gathered about the banquet table with distinguished scientists of the society were President Wilson and his cabi net, Justices of -the Supreme Court, members of the diplomatic corps, high officers of the army and navy, leaders in both Houses of Congress, and oth er notable figures in the life of the National capital. . During the evening Jules J. Jusse rand, the French ambassador, and dean. of the diplomatic corps, was for mally notified of his election to hon orary membership in the society. The banquet hall presented a strik ing scene. At one end, raised high above theitable the wordsr "Atlantic- Goethals-Pacific" blazed in brilliant electric letters as all other lights MEDAL FOR COL GOETHALS This is the meusil presented to Col. George Goethals, chief engineer of the Panama Canal, by the Civio Forum of New York at Carnegie hall In the presence of a great gathering of dia tlnguishedmn. , were extinguished. " Ice cream -was served the diners from miniature dredges, carried by waiters dressed in the uniform of the United States engineer corps, and followed by sailors bearing a tiny bat' tleship. Individual dishes of eream appeared moulded in the shape of the Panama Canal dump car-- The- medal awarded Col. Goethals was given as an expression of the ap preciation of the society and the na tion, of the army engineers" distin guished service . Its. presentation was the final - act of President - WUsovi first ' vear as chief executive of tne United States. Inscribed on the medal were the wordsi "This metal ot the National Geographic . Society is awarded -L to George Washington Goethals to whose ability and patriotism the world owes the construction of the Panama Canal March 3, 1914. - . children. "Many would like to see a Democrat In his place. A bdl provid ing that these officers shall be ap pointed by the President is already pending in the - national legislative body. . . ' ' EW BJ)RN, N. C, THURSDAY OPEN . - ' " " . ... A"-'.. t V - - . if The first electrio street railway in ConsUntinople waa opened recently with the ancieni ceremony of the sao rlflce of lambs, as shown in the photograph. Across the tracks two lambs were placed, and after the customary prayers of the Mohammedans they were killed oa the spot, the rails were smeared with the warm blood, and prayers Invoking the blessings of Allah on the new line were offered. STOLE TEN DOLLARS TOE TWO LITTLE'NEGROES "BOR ROW" A TEN SPOT AND MAKE MERRY. Ten dollars is not a great deal of money and it would not make the average person feel like our Uncle John D., but two little negroes who stole a ten spot from Susie Heath, also colored, in the northern part of the city yester day morning, doubtless thought they had about all the money in the world, and that they had in their possession the open sesame to the city's store of goodies. When the owner of the stolen money discovered her loss, she notified chief of Police Lupton. The chief began work on the case and soon found the culprits, who had gone to a nearby store and, after having the money changed into "small pieces" had invited in several friends and were impersonating the Count of Monte Carlo. The boys were only nine or ten years of age and this saved them from a trip to jail, but their parents adminis tered a walloping which will long be remembered by them. FREE POLICEMAN OF OF NEGRO WITH OTHER WHO WAS KILLED HELD FOR CUTTING OFFICER. Danville, Va., March 4. Police nK.'W r Hall was acauitted of killing Percy Foster, whom he shot when the, latter stabbed him while re sisting arrest on the night of Febru ary i3th in front of a colored moving picture show. Russell Blackwell, a negro, friend of Foster's, was held for the grand jury on the charge of felo niously assaulting the officers at the same time. , . - Hall.' in his statement to the court, declaredv that Russell Blackwell, who, with Percy Foster,- had upon two pre vious occasions on the night of the killing sought entrance to the . mov ing picture show' and had been re fused, ran , up behind wnen roster drew the knife ; and deliberately pre vented the officer from getting hi re volver after Foster had stabbed him twice in the chest and . slashed him over the shoulder. ' " The mayor rendered his decision quickly after the arguments had been completed,- exonerating Hall of the killing and ordering . Russell Blackwell to be held for the action by the grand jury. i - ; - THE WEATHER " i -". : For New. Bern Cloudy-today with light; varibls winds. ' Not mucn cnange in temperg.urei' - , CORNING MARCH 5, 1914 CAR LINE WITH SACRIFICE BURbUfl DECLMSM STORED LOOT IN JAIL ALLEGES HE HAS USED PRISON AS BASE FOR SAFE CRACK ING EXPEDITIONS. ih . 1 Mineola, N "Y.,March.4. The grand jury today investigated the alleged confession of a prisoner who said that for ten years he has been using the Nassau county jail as the base of safe cracking expitjons into the neigh boring country. -th- According to,-ipis prisoner, he has taken part in nyt of the recent post office robberiesM) Long Island and even pushed jbnarauding trips into New Jersey. ,; On one occasion, he says, he used the jail as a temporary storehouse for loot taken from a store. These charges were brought to the attention of the county prosecutor by the Federal attorney because the pris oner involved as in. the local jail under sentence by the Federal Court for mis use of the mail's;'The scandal involves, also, several women prisoners who al lege they were'tyised by the keepers and by some bf f hie more favored pris oners who hadioney. The prisonetf ,Wbo told the district attorney of huf'.activities as a burglar was one of those.uamed by the woman and his allegejeonfession was made alter tne autnonties oegan tu mvcs gate the women's stories. REUNION MARCH 17-19. By Scottish Rite Masons Of Valley Of New Bern. Scottish Rite Masons of the Valley of New Bern are looking forward with much anticipation to tne reunion which is to beV held in this city on March 17th to 19th, inclusive. There are only four Scottish Rite consistories in North Carolina and the one in this section is among the most flourishing. There will be a number of candidates to take the various degrees at the cominer reunion and "Raw Meat" will be much in. evidence. ANOTHER PLAY TO BE HERE SOON. SEEN "Seven Hours in New York," the successful musical play, with a fine company of principals, attractive chor us, a splendid male quartette, beauti ful scenery and costumes, is an early booking at the ' Masonic theatre. ' TWO" CASES IN POLICE COURT -w YESTERDAY. 1 Joseph' Fulchej' and Jake , Gaskins were sent to the county roads for twen ty days for vagrancy, There were no other "cases tried esterday. . . iini I. in '; .Miss Grace' Offel, of Baltimore, has arrived in th h-and- accepted a position 'as head"' nilliner . with; Miss Jennie Sultan in her millinery establish ment in the Elka'Temple building. ; ; BRIDGE TENDER MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN DROWNED SOME DOUBTS AS TO DEATH OF ALONZO WELDON AT KINSTON. Kinston, March 4 Did Alonzo Weldon fall from the Carolina Rail road bridge over Neuse river during the blizzard before breakfast last Wednesday? is a question that today is being debated in some minds. Wel don, the drawbridge keeper, was be lieved to have opened the draw to let a boat pass through and then fell 20 feet to the river below. The lever with which the draw was opened was gone his lantern was sitting on the partially open draw, and every sign indicated that he had plunged into the cold current and gone down. Facts now come to light showing that Weldon had a quarrel with his wife, and he had told people several days before that he did not intend to remain in Kinston longer than a week. A veteran at such work dragged the river bed for the body, which he said, if found, would be located directly tinder the bridge draw, but was unsuccessful. Whether Weldon was drowned or he left the com munity, leaving the appearance ot a tragedy to cover his tracks, may lie determined when the body comes up somewhere in the Neuse or the live man is located in anotner part. TANGO VULGAR AND IMMORAL. Massachusetts Legislator Offers Bill Prohibiting "Modern Dances." Boston, Mass , Mar. 4. A legisla tive committee has given a hearing on Representative Sullivan's bill for bidding the tango, bunny hug, and other so-called "modern dances." "The dance halls which permit these dances named in this bill are patronized by highly immoral and vul gar people," said Mr. Sullivan. "They have no conception of morals in their language, actions or dress. I have seen girls under sixteen years old wearing transparent skirts, and en gaging in the most suggestive forms of dancing. Why, the tango has be come so popular that the Indians are substituting it for the old war dance. Perhaps there are some Indians up here at the State House that like it better also." WRECKAGE OF VESSEL FOUND IN PAMLICO SOUND. Norfolk, Va., -Mar. 4. Life savers of New Inlet station today found a pilot house and several hatches on a reef in Pamlico Sound, near Jack Shoals.' The wreckage is supposed to be part of a barge. There was noth ing in the pilot house to indicate the name of the vessel." . The revenue cutter Pamlico is now searching for- the wrecked barge and her crew. . e s FIVE CENTS PER COPT COL P. M.PEARSALL DOES NOT WANT THE CHAIRMANSHIP Will Not Allow Name To Go Before Committee OTHERS ARE MORE WORTHY Receives Letters Urging Him T Make The Fight But Declines To Do So. During the past two or three weeks Colonel l. M. IViir.sall, clerk of the Federal Court in this cm, has been quite prominently mentioned in con nection with the chairmanship of the State Democratic hxecutive Commi ttee. Friends had urged Colonel Pearsall to accept this oltice and he has had the matter under consideration for several days. In an exclusive interview given the Journal yesterday Colonel Pearsall states that he will not allow his name to go before the State Committee when they meet in Raleigh next week to select the chairman. Colonel Pearsall believes that there are others who are more worthy and better qualified for this office and for the purpose of simplyfing the situation he suggests that the chairman should be selected without reference to any suggestion of a candidacy for the place. "Since my name has been mentioned said Colonel Pearsall, 'I have recei ved numerous letters from members of the committee and others, congra tulating me and urging that I let my name go before the committee. I de sire to thank them for their kind fords but after considering the matter I feel that I should- not pursue the course they suggest." . W. N. HUTT HEARD IN NEW BERN YESTERDAY TALKED INTERESTINGLY ON THE SUBJECT OF "PUBLIC SERVICE" Yesterday afternoon in the lecture room of the Presbyterian Church, Mrs. V. X. Mutt of Raleigh spoke to the members of the Woman s Club and the public at large on the subject of "Soc ial Service." Mrs. Hint is a speaker of ability and, having her subject well in hand and her remarks were both interesting and instructive and before tin- close of the meeting the local club decided to or ganize a "Social Service Department." Mrs. Hun will Iravr Xew Hern ibis morning, returning to her home in Raleigh. STREET CAR STARTS IP IOXAL AV EX I E NAT- Failure .if the brakes to properly respond caused one of the New Bern Client Street Railway Company's cars to run off therein of the track at the National avenue railway crossing yes lerday afternoon and to partially croit of the line of the railway companv. No one was injured and the soon back on its own track. was LAST SAD RITES Held Over Body Of Captain Rich ard Henderson Salisbury, March 4. The funeral of Capt. Richard Henderson, who died Tuesday at a Salisbury sanitorium, was held at 11 a. m. today from St. Lukes Spicsopal Church, in this city by the rector, Rev. F. J. Mallet, D. D.. and the body was laid to rest in Chest nut Hill Cemetery. The honorary pallbearers include Dr. J. E. Stokes, Dr. John Whitehead, Dr. L. H. Clem ent, O. D. Davis, J. L. Roueche and H. L. Smith. The active include A. M. Rice, J. H. Ramsey, E. R. Overman W. T. Rainey, Dr. R. V. Brawley, John Ide and M. C. Quinn. Cipt. Henderson was buried in the navy uniform to which he was greatlyjat tached, having spent more than 30 years of honorable service in the same. There was an immense throng of peo- ' v pie at the funeral and the whole city was greatly touched by the death of a. v good man. - - -; Captain 'Henderson was well know in' New Bern, having paid th' city seyera' visits dur'sg the past few years
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