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NEW BERN, N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING APRIL '5 1914
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ATTORNEY GEf
COUIHBr
TO THIS CITY
Will
Deliver Address At School
'Commencement.
JUNE 1ST IS THE DATE SET
Spelling Bee To Be Held At School
On Next Friday
Night."
June 1, has. been set as the date for
the commencement of the New Bern
public schools and, although the date
is somewhat distant, preparations for
the event are now in progress.
The commencement exercises this
year will be probably more elaborate
than ever before in the history of the
school and the teachers and pupils
are taking a lively interest in it.
The graduating class is somewhat
larger than during the past two years,
numbering twenty-five, and this adds
to the fact that so much interest is
being taken in the approaching event.
Hon.. T. W. Bickett, attorney gen
eral for the State of North Carolina,
will make the principal address of the
commencement exercises. Mr. Bick
ett is an orator of no mean ability and
his visit here is awaited with much
anticipation. It is probable that sev
eral other well known educators will
also be present and assist in the ex
ercises. The county commencement a full
account of which was published in
the Journal yesterday, will also be par
cipated in by the the local
school, in fact they will take a very
prominent part in it and they are now
engaged in getting in readiness for this
event.
Much interest is also being manifest in
. the spelling bee, to be held in Griffin
auditorium on Friday night. TUisI
contest will be between ten ladies from
the Woman's Club and ten members
of the Chamber of Commerce. After
the winning team has been declared,
this team will then contest with ten
pupils of the High School.
There are some "crack" spellers in
New Bern,;' and the contest will no
doubt be a . spiritted one. A small
admission"' fee- of ten cents will be
charged to this event and the money
secured from this will be! turned over
to the High School Athletic Associa
tion to be used' by them in purchasing
needed paraphernalia.
ELEANOR WILSON KEEPS '.DATE
' OF HER WEDDING SECRET
, Washington, . ' April 14.- Announce
ment -of the wedding date of Miss
Eleanor Wilson, daughter of the Presi
dent,' and Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo probably ; will not be made
until after the return .of Mrs. Wilson
from Hot Springs, Va. . .
Miss Wilson has not confided the
secret to her closest friends. "... It is "cer
tain .'. however, that it will not' be until
after April 22',', as Miss" Wilson has
promised to be the bridesmaid on that
dav for her chum. Miss Maitland Mar-
. shah, who will wed Paymaster John
. Knapp, of the U.. S.,,S. Mayflower.
TBI Will CRUSHED
: liREII HI FILLS
ONE JUMPED FROM MACHINE
AND THE OTHER "
' FELL. ' ' ' ..
BIGKETT
Vienna, April V14. Before 100,000
v spectators there occurred today at the
aerodrome at Aspern, a village five
miles outside the city, a shocking double
tragedy when the aviator Bourhuysse
attempted to descend from an aero--r.
plane in a 'parachute. , I
:. After . Barron Pasquier had succes
. - fully looped the-loop, an aviatot named
. r Remoine .started up with Bourhuyssse,
- who at a height of 1,200 fact left the
biplane, clinging to a parachute, which
' ' instantly? tore to -pieces." -Bourhyusse
.? fell like a stone, while the aeroplane,
'-, relieved suddenly tt its weight appear-;
ed to get. out of Remoine's control and
-c came hurtling to the ground amid the
horrified spectators. . ...,.'. .
Both airmen; were mortally injured
'- Bourhuysse in his delirium laughed
; like a madman, ' . .1 ' .
Mr. Langdale, of Beaufort is jn the
city visiting his daughter ML Pearl
Peter Dooling
1 vy .-"K. v'.
' Peter J. Pooling represents the
Sixteenth New York congressional
district in the House of Represen
tatives. He Is. a native born New
Yroker and a Democrat.
NEGRESS RUNS INTO ROOM OF
HER MISTRESS WITH CLO
.2 THING ON FIRE
Elizabeth City, N. C, April 14. A
cook stove with fire in it, a can of
kerosene and a colored cook, were a
t:ohiiB1nation which came pretty near
burning the family of L. B. Jenette, a
prominent Road stereet resident, this
morning at 6 o'clock.
The family was awakened by the
sound of an explosion in the kitchen
and almost immediately the cook, cov
ered in flames from head to foot, rush
ed into Mrs. Jenette's room. If it had
not been for the quick action of Mr.
Janette, who pushed her out of the room
and smothered the flames with a
blanket, the beds would have been set
on fire. '
The cook, a colored girl was a new
one, having entered in Mr. Jenette's
services yesterday. This morning she
poured a quanity of oil out of a gal
lon can into the stove after she thought
the first fire had gone out. The can
burst and threw the oil all over her
setting her on fire.
Mr. and Mrs. Janette were both
painfully burned on the hands and
arms in extinguishing the flames and
the girl was probably fatally burn
ed.
EPWORTH LEAGUE TO HOLD
MONTHLY MEETING
The Epworth League of Centenery
church, will hold its regular monthly
meeting tonight in the league rooms
at 8 o'clock. All the League members
are requested to be present. All the
young people of the city are cordially
invited to attend the League meetings.
'BLUE UWS" NOT TO
CO IN EFFECT
SEVERAL WEEKS WILL ELAPSE
BEFORE THEY ARE READY
' FOR ENFORCEMENT if?
New Bern Drug' store-" and ' cafes
have several weeks of grace before the
"blue laws" which will' prohibit: the
sale of cigarettes cigars, drinks, etc.,
will go Into effect. The City Attorney
hal been,: instructed to draw up an
ordinance prohibiting the sale of . any
thing except . - drugs and ;-: food
on Sunday and this was to have been
acted upon by the Board of Aldermen
at the recess meeting last night.-
- However, there was considerable' dis
cussion as to just how the new ordi
nance should be worded and the matter
was left open for. final adjuration until
the regular Meeting' of "the Board la
May.' 4 la ; the meantime ' the drug
.tore and cafes will continue to keep
their places of business open as in the
past. ." v . .'-.'"
MAN,! FUMES
BURNS TWO CITIZENS
Tobacco
Wow Assured For
New Bern
The Last Lot Sold Yesterday and Drawing For These
Is To Be Held On Thursday Morning Work
On Building Is
New Bern's tobbacco warehouse,
which the citizens of the city have been
endeavoring to secure for many months
is now assured. Yesterday afternoon
George (jr.'en, secretary of the Cham
ber ot Commerce the following letter
from J. S. Miller who is acting chair
man of special tobacco warehouse com
mittee: "You are advised that the requis
ite number of lots conditioned for the
erection and maintenance of a Toba
cco Warehouse by A. T. Dill, in accor
dance with the contract made by said
Mr. Dill with the Chamber of Commer
ce, have been sold, and you are re
quested to notify all purchasers of
said lots to meet at the Chamber of
Commerce rooms, on Thursday April
16th, 1914, at 10 o'clock, A. M., to
draw for said lots, and receive their
deeds therefor."
Following the receipt of the letter,
secretary Green issued the following
call for a meeting on Thursday Morn
ing: L-
TEO COLORED ACTRESS
DIDN'T LIKE HER ACT
THREW A TUMBLER
AT HER
AND
Mayor Bangert had the- following
casej to dispose of at ye.ttrday's
iession of Police Court.
Grant Flowers, olored, was lined
five, taxed with the cost, aad doctor's
bill lor assaulting Virginia Listen, also
colored with a bottle.
This woman is one of the performers
at the Dixie theatre, and was doing
a dancing act, for the amusement of
the crowd, when Flowers, who admit8
being well under the inlluencj of whis
key, threw a glas tumbler striking the
woman on the head, inflicting a very
paintul wound.
Flowers statd that he did not
realize what he was doing, he said it
all seem ;d like a dream to him. The
total amount that this "drunk" cost
him wzs twenty-three dollars and
fifteen cents, in addition to the cost
of the whiskey.
Annie Bryan, colored was fined ten
dollars and taxed with the costs for
b'sing disorderly in the city limits.
- Charlie Bryant, colored, who was
arrested Monday night by Officer
Whkitford, on suspicion of carrying
concealed weapons, was bound over to
the next term of superior court under
justified bond of fifty dollars.
James Mason was fined one dollar
and cost for being' disorderly in the
city limits. ,
HIL RECEPTION OF
ATLANTIC FIRE CORf
HELD LAST NIGHT AND WAS
COMPLETE SUCCESS IN of land in question is owned by sever
EV.ERY DETAIL , al citizens of that county.
Last niirht at their1 headouarters on 1
Broad street the Atlantic Steam Fire
Engine .Company held their annual I
reception- This event which is always
looked forward to with a great deal
of pleasure by the members of the -com
pany and their numerous Iriends was,
as on former occasions, a complete
success. ' -' on" '
. At ? 8 ;o'clock,the guests began "to
assemble -and at 8:30 .Mr. Thomas
Lassiter in a brief but very appropriate
speech, bid them welcome to the fes
tive event. - A delicious ! spread had
been prepared for the occasion and the
guest did arapl i justice : to this. V
An Italian- orchestra rendered music
di'HAg he evening anij this helped to
i.. !ri; tlit evenv TfcJcen-as a whole
tl ' reception a a templet success
in every way: nd will eo , down -r 'as
h in the annals of the history f
e company. ' - Z . .- '' ? -
Warehouse Is
To Soon Start
"The Special Tobacco War house
Committee 'having reported the re
quisite number of lots condit ior.ed for
the erection and maintenance ot a
Tobbacco Warehouse by A. T. Dill,
in accordance with the contract made
by said Mr. Dill with the Chamber of
Commerce, as being sold, all purcha
sers of said lots are requested to meet at
the Chamber of Commerce Rooms, on
Thursday, April 16th, 1914, at 10 o'
lock, A. M., to draw for said lots, and
receive their deeds therefor."
The announcement that all of these
lots had been disposed of caused a
great deal of gratification among those
whj are interested in seeing a ware
house erected here.
For several days a committee has
been engaged in an active campaign
in selling the lots and they have met
with gcrat success. Just when the work
of erecting the warehouse will begin
has not been made known, but it will
probably start during the course of
the next week.
POUR COMPANIES WILL ATTEND
THE STATE TOURNA
MENT. Although the State Firemen's Tour
nament will not be held for several
weeks, the four local companies are
already engaged in making prepara
tions for this event. New Bern prob
ably takes more interest in those
tournaments than any other city in
the State and a large number of persons
always attend from this city. Thi
year four companies, the Atlantics,
Buttons, Riverside and Fourth Ward
teams, will attend the event which is
to be. held at Winston-Salem.
Hose wagon teams will be carried
by each of the four companies and
these teams will begin practicing with
in a few days. Neither of the fire en
gines will be entered in the quick
steaming contests. A hundred or more
fire fighters and their friends will at
tend the event from New Bern.
WORK PROGRESSING
Big Drainage Project In Pamlico
County.
The immeuse tack of surveying
twenty thousand acres of swamp land
in Pamlico county, preparatory to
draining, which is being done by Ray-
mond R.Eagle a well known young civi
I
engineer of this city, is going rap
idly ahead. Several months will be
required in this work before the ac
taal drainage of the tracf: can begin,
When the dredges are" brought to
that section and put to work'consider-
able time will be required in-;complet
ing the task but when it is finished
land valued at more than a million
dollars will be ready for use. The tract
PAMLICO COUNTY TEACHERS
CAN ATTEND SCHOOL
. S. M. Brinson, superintendent of
public instruction of Craven county,
has announced that the summer; sch
ool for teacners to be held at Vance-
boro next month under the supervision
of ..Prof. , Highsmith of Wake Forest
College, will be .open to, the teachers
of Pamlico county and a large number
of the instructors in the public schools
there . are : expected to attend. . The
summer school will open on May -25,
and ' will continue for three weeks.
JUNIOR AUXILIARY WILL MEET
TODAY
There will be a meeting of the Junior
Auxiliary this afternoon at 4 o'clock
at the Tarish House." All .members
are requested to be preesntv . ; "
NEW BERN FIREMEN
GETTING IN READINESS
Sam Rayburn
Mr. Reyburn Is one of the new
tn A rua e m a n f i r 'I' v n u 1 1 . . la '
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Democrat and served as speaker
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the Texas legislature.
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WEARING OF NECKTIES
ANNUAL CONFERENCE CLOSES
IN ROCKINGHAM MAY
ALLOW BASEBALL
Harrioonburg, Va.. April 14. The
annual conference of the church
the Brethern ol the .Northern district
ot Virginia cl sel its session at drecti-
mount, Rockingham cmnty. Th
Rev. J. C. Miller, of Tiinberville, and
the Rev. P. S. Thomas, of Harrison
burg were elected delegates to tin
tjeneral conlerence, which meets tins
year in Seattle, Wash.
The church is again having trouble
with members departing from the dress
regulations. The Drunkards are averse
to neckties and any apparel consider
ed display and ornamental. Before
expelling violators from the church
it was decided to send a committee
to the offending members aujl to re
monstrate with them.
The baseball problem also came up
Fwo years ago baseball was eliminated
from the Bridgewater College, the
leading Drunkard institution, and now
the teachers are anxious to have I In
national game reinstated, The matter
was warmly discussed before the con
ference and finally referred to thi
trustees ol the college, ror a numher
of years Bridgewater had the strongest
team in the Valley.
Of the fifty one children admitt-
to the Orphan's Home at Tiinberville,
Rockingham county, thirty-four have
Deen placed in private nomes. rive
have been returned to their homes.
BURRUS AND PARKER IN NEW
BUILDING
Burrus and Parker have moved
their hay, grain and farming imple
ment business from No. 21 Middle
street into the store formerly occupied
by Pugh and Brooks Co., No. 23 Mid
dle street. This building is larger and
will give this firm more room to dis
play their stock.
Mr. J. H. Parker the manager
said' when they had everything ar
ranged and the new stock all -in they
would have the largest and most com
plete stock of farming impliments ever c
pietestock' of farming impliments ever
carried by any firm -in this section.
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PAY TWICE A MONTH IN NAVY.
-.Washington, April 14. Bluejackets
and -.marines of the Navy will have
tavo pay days a month under an order
issued - today by Secretary Daniels.
The old system in paying once a month
worked a hardship upon many of . the
enlisted men who always spend their
money in a lump as soon as they get
ashore, ' ' -:.
ONE OF GUNMEN
TOLD THE STORY
BEFORE
DYING
'Dafto Frank" Told Of Rosenthal's
M urder.
IMPLICATED
TIIRIK
MEN
Said That lie Was Five Miles Away
From Scene When Murder
Was Comn it ted
Albany. V Y. April 1 I
lore " I .eeo I rank' t ii o!
his deat Ii ill iue. Sing I'ri .
he I old warden Clancy
the HI I" 1 1 row il , "
Rosenberg and I larr Y.i
shortly br
iri went to
ori yesterday
that "Gyp
l.elty Louie"
Ion. .111 infor
mer, fireil tin- shot.- 1I.1I killed Merman
Rosenthal, l"r which ciiir.c the lour
gunmen paid tlu-ir liw.
"So lar a- I know, Bn ker had noth
ing to do with tin- I'j-r," the gunman
also declared that "il wa- a gambler'
light." ( irolii i averred that he was five
miles away at the lime the crime was
committed, anil thai "Wintry Lewi.-"
Seidendhner, although prc-enl at the
scene of the shotting did not fire any
shots. Cirofici made no attempt, how
ever, to deny that he was include lit
the original plot to slay Rosenthal,
even admitting that two nights before
the gambler was slain he went with
other gangsters to look for their inten
ded victim. They were frightened away
from Rosenthal on that occasion by men
they thought were detectives. The con-
, .demned m,in also admitted that early
of! , . , . , , '
rim the night ol the actual killing that
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I he was in the grey murder car with
the gumnen but he insisted that he left
I hem before ihey shot the jmbler. He
did not explain precisely jiist why he'
left the other gunmen judt prior to the
shooting, bur two reasons are advanced.
One is that he became frightened, and
the other that he deserted in order to
bail out his sweetheart, Jean Gordon,
who had been arrested.
The statement, which was made ver
bally in the principal keeper's office
about 4 a. in., was the refill of an in
sistent plea on the pari of Cirofici's
mother and his sister for the truth.
They had been here ami made an un
successful .appeal to the governor to
save the prisoner's life. Returning to
the prison near dawn, tiu y were met by
the warden and taken to ihe office
where they nut Cirofici.
Mr. Clancy came to Albany today
and told his story to 'superintendent
John B Riley of the State Prison De
partment and Governor Glynn. The
warden first is.-tied a formal state
ment rehearsing a pari of what Cirofici
told him, and later added deiails wh.'th
included ( irolici s admission that he
ind the other gunmen shot Rosenthal.
The formal statement rl the warden
follows:
"About S o'clock Sunday night, Ros
enberg askeil me tr save Frank, saving
he had nothing to do with the shooiinir.
He was not there. I went over and ask
ed Frank why he did not tell the truth.
He replied that he knew what was going
on, but was not there when the shooting
took place. I advised him to tell the
whole story He said if they di he would
kill his brother. I asked whom he
meant by "they", lie replied that there
were fifty men in New Yorkhe could
name, lie said T dont care about my
self, its my family that I care for."
I caused Frank to be brought from
the condemned cell to the principal
keeper's office about 4 o'clock Monday
morning. He made the following among
other statements in the presence of my
self and four others. His mother and sis
ter were there and they urged him to
tell the truth. He hesitated and said:
'"I don't want to make any statement
for the public I do not fear for myself
but Ifear for you.'
"His sister replied: 'Don't have any
fear for us, we will take care of our-
selver.. God will protect us.
His mother and sister continued -
to urge him to tell the truth. He said:
I did not do the shooting. The men
who fired the shots were Gyp the
Blood Louie, and Vallon.'
"Hs eiad: 'I was five miles away
at the time. So far as I know Becker
had nothing to do with this case. It
was a gambler's fight
"He mentioned several raids on garab- ,.
ling houses and said that the story Shaj ;
piro told to Commissioner Doughtery
was true. He said: 'I told some lies.
.. Mrs. A. B. isier of Dover spent yoK- - -tersay
in the city with Mrs. Raymond
Pollock. " - v :