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1 X4 V!v VOL. LXIL-No. 104 v - . . NEW -BERN. C. : TflilRSPAY MORNING APRIL 30, 1914 FIVE CENTS PER COPY ' if I. i ' i i; i i ; 1 . " . , ., . ' . n 1 1 v i V w - i3Sk 1 -.. . t KcSWiSlS -Move ' r i 1 ' vi Proposition' Has Al- ready Been Brought ::KBefore.Themf JAPAN IS YET ;::;;;f;TUTRAL News From the Front, Tells of Hardships of The Refugees (Special to the. Journal) WASHINGTON, April 29. After, an hours conference today the media tion envoys, Mr. DaGama of Brazil Mr. Naon of Argentina, .and Mr. "Suarez of Chile, determined that fur ther negotiations necessarily must pro ceed without -waste of time and Ara . bassador DaGama went to the stat department to acquaint Secretary Bry an of the course thus far taken in the peace plans. The Brazilian minister In llMiiWk nloA mm nAfSAiul n n rt , ' . . . e he conveyed the information to Gen- erai nuerca. . The ' communication l addressed to bpth , governments by the mediation envoys, formally requests each gov-! - . f . ti ernment to declare an armstice. It a... K.. i.n Ao;A:niA Iiam , r. . .... , T , . that in all probability the United. States "would accept the proposal, .,:.t..y.nt:n Un- tAi: v.;s 1 . .H . iL . chant vessels still are in the river, government has not recognized . that . . ,A . . , , B : .,.. . ', ' . . . i' ' As'the-result of the exodus of foreign--a 'state of war in Mexico exists in so ; - - ...... , , , , , . . , , .... . en and the dispersal' of a large part far as the ' operations of the United ... . . . , . . . States are concerted. . Despite this fact it was believed that the Washington government would f .. not put any barriers in the path of i ' : iv t MX': Officials here-, also': believed that Generab Huerta - would - accept the j. : . . first : proposal. The proposal for an armistice, it is '.also 'learned,-does-not include any xeference. tv the - constitutionalists in Mexico,- the Um'ttjo! - States and Huerta , ,. w, E'-jiijji. f U t to the American advance would be rActiv(tperatiptjieriding furthef medvf . . , ., , . .:?irJL.k hopeless, that he would only make a v 'constitutionairstsS position Jrtvked is ,. V:? the next step: to be'taken after an arm V isf-Wbeert-Kreed' to by ftyei prin- cipals itothe .present dtj&culties. ' ' .'i? Under the armistice, ! accordance with international proceeding, : neither , . the Huerta government nor the United . States : would pause in . preparations . , for war PUnsfor position of the fleet . ' - -would proceed, but the armistice would ,. u V prevent actual hostilities afield and any t extention ; of 4 military movement by 'v'-v;' either side;':- In( Mexico, people would , be permitted to go 'where they pleased wnmoiestea;-) -K-.ftimpiy..i wouia escai fish a-truce; i Attention was called here ; to .'the ' statement; issqed by President the population of New Bern Jias : in , . Wilson in acceptltig .the good offices; creased fronj 9,96l in 1910 to" j6,28lf 'of the South American - governments orfan 'actual "gain -in the "last three '5 In -.which he 'expressed the . hope that:-, years- of -320. .: 'tfifb. y 4no untoward1 occurrence should ' de i -velop pending negotiations that might . upset hopes- of - peace. An armistice, trktly ' adhered to, . wouid. prevent t such a jdevelopment, - r , fc y Officials expressed keen interest in : unofficial "reports - from Berlin - that - - the mediators hd asked 'Europeans : powers to use-influence- on President , . Wilson that would prevent this govern- 1 ment making Conditions of -settlement '? as mediation progresses which would ,'1. make impossible the success of the (envoys, to bring about peace,: : : -It was stated at the State depart ment that nothing was, known of this ! action ' on ' the part of the envoys, v After his' Visit to Secretary Bryan, - Ambassador Canada 'returned to the Argentine legation, where the envoys ; ''resumed their conference. - When this :' government- would make a - formal i answer to the armistice proposal -was not indicated here.. - n The army and navy today con- tinued to execute- succeeding chap- ters i.V plans to meet any. evctur.V ti's, lut infrot in .theft, mov'pf ' -was (. ( ..! 1 bv .,e- i,i t .: f t r-r ?- n: . -. ' r : -r t'- : . .ikiTS a. 0.5 . i i ,. possible information from both Ameri can and Mexican sources with the aim of reaching Some middle ground from which they, may . project their, next move which might include asking the Huerta and Washington governments to set out terms on which they would proceed to mediation. If that line were l followed it was suggested the diplomats speedily could develop whe ther solution of the situation by peace ful means were possible. Hardships Of Refugees. VERA CRUZ, April 29. Comman- ..u ' tn AI: r:. . i . , V . days ago to intercede for foriegners held in the capital, returned here late Tuesday and reported that his mission had been successful. President Huerta, Minister of War Blanquet and Foreign Minister Por tillo Rojas assured Commander Tweed le they would release all American prisoners and that all Americans de siring to do so might leave via Puerto Mexico, but that the trains on which they would go would not be provided . with mifftrtn ' Federals Resist TiMDirn a-:i ia fi i.. . . ,. , . American warships off this port to- day -are the gunboat Dolphin, the cruisers Birmingham and Des Moines . . . . . . t and t nine torpedo boat destroyers. 1 The Hermioine and a few foreign mer- of the native population business in Tampico is at a standstill. While there is good reason to be lieve the rebels infesting Tampico will reject any proposal to ally them- selves with the federals for the purpose resisting any possible American a88ress'on there is some uncertainty . , .. , in such jin eventuality. as lu wuat course meieaerais win iaKe General Zaragoza, the federal com mander, has announced his determina tion to defend Tampico to the last. On the other hand, he is reported to have said last Friday that opposition feeble show of defense sufficient to satisfy the demands of honor and then evacuate the city. . '.- THE CENSUS BUREAU P NEW BERN AGAIN GIVEN A "RAW DEAL A& TO NUMBER OF " y RESIDENTS. ; --According to advance' census figures just : issued . by ; the ' Cencus Bureau, Substantial gains in other cities jn the State over.: BOOO 'population are shown-, as- follows; $i,tyi:"ft$$r-?$ Wih8ton-Saiem;29,034r Wilmtn toff,--27,7l;-'harlottei?37,9Sl;'Asb: ville," 20,1571' Durham, 22,8.63 ; Rocky Mount, 16,855 High' Point,? i,'$ie; Elizafbeth City, 9,282 ; Concord; ?,0S6l The above figures do not include any. suburb- ot any part; of anycity that b not ; within thecorporat limits proper.; MWi i 'jWhnevtW'-'ceUa'ofeWi'iBern Is called official,: It ts V Well inowit fact that there are at, least fifteen thousand people in the city. " .This- is . shown jy the postoffke census and also by the school ceiisui Nei -; pern- "I however j was; not the' only city that suffered a "raw deal" when the 'census was taken in -1910- anij therehas j been: much protest from all of the cities harmed in this manner'-V-tf-l' The idea' that-Newf Bern has less than eleven" thousand citizens' is .pre posterous, i Facts ; and figures, v Uich can be brought up at' ahy tinie show -r' that t' ls is inc Vrett and it is 1 to say that when the' next c. ius t ' nn that care will I e 'taken toi See t at lwt'sevcnty-.ve or eighty 1 rt t.f the population is !' ied, - Vincent Astor, Miss Huntington And theXhurch at Staatsburtf, N. Y. Photo of Mr. Aator copyright, 1914, b jr American Press Association. (Special to the Journal) NEW .YORK, April 29. Vincent Astor, the head of the Astor family, will today 'wed Miss Helen Huntington. The wedding will take place In the Episcopal church at Staatsburg, N. Y. More than two hundred guests arrived today from all parts of America and Europe to be present at the ceremony. FIRB DOOMS 271 MINERS TRAPPED Explosion In West Virginia Men Employed There Caught On Fire BLUEFIELD, W. VA., April 29. Two hundred and sixty miners were entombed by an explosion in a mine of the Raleigh Coal Company, near Eccles, W. Va. It is feared that all were killed. Scores die(J from the fumes in the mine afterward. The mine resuce car here was im mediately ordered to-the scene of the disaster. , '(., ., : The explosion occurred just as the miners . were - changing shifts. There was, a larger nub mer of .men in the colliery than '.is usual.; 7 ; Eckles is located, tf the central part of . Raleigh' County, '" which is in the THE POSTAL 17IHS OVER NEW "yORK COURT OF APPEALS y-,;-"vLAYS DOWN THE LAW s ''KTow.iu.TiCo. r;- -V . . :. (Special (:o -the Journal.) -tAlbny.'.April: 2the- Court of Appeals today affirthed. an order of uk - appellate - aivisionA- wnicn in iuru affirmed an order of the, IublfcService Commission at . Albany; ' commanding the - Western Union Telegraph Com' to cease charging the Postal Telegraph Cable Co., an extra suA in addition to the regular telegraph tolls on telegrams taken in and transmitted part way by the Postal and then handed over en route by the ' Postal, to' the . Western Union for further transmission, and de livery at exclusive Western Union points n This jation- between jhatWo com panies . 8; been .goin on , for. about IJur years.'.; ;'.V.t. C. C. Adams, yicttpresideiit of the, Pr ' Companyi commenting on the d 1 said that this decision In- sui ; 1 corrpetition in telegrapn to ail j ' s, small as well as large, i . IN CO A L SHAFT Mine Plays Havoc With tbfe Many.Dead The Shafts After Explosion southern part of the State. Many mines are operated in that section.. The first teriffic roar was heard at 2:30 o'clock, followed almost imme diately by the second. From the 130 feet shaft a mass of debris shot 200 feet into the air. It is considered certian that practically all those in the mine are dead. . 'The shafts .are now on fire and the flames are adding to the horror of the situation. Wives and children of the doomed men are crowding around the top of the shafts and can scarce ly -be restrained from rushing into the fiery furnace. . . FEDERAL COURT Several 4 Cases Were Disposed Of " Yesterday. Among the cases disposed of terday in Federal Court, which yes is in session . here! this week, . was that in which.- George. Hyman and William Midgett,- colore -.were charged ; with breaking in the Southern WxpressCom pany's local dffice and stealing eight een gallons oi whiskey, v This j bur glary was' committed several months ago,, and ' since - that time," they have been Confined in the county jail. - They were found guilty and given 4 months each ia jaiL. C M. and JHattie Howard, colored, ;were ; tried on ( a - charge of retailing spiritous liquor' wthout Gov ernment license, : Evidence was giveH by-- severalVwitnesses,; but' this not be? ing .sufficient for conVictton thejr .were acquitted. ; The most 1 of "the', afternoon session, vas consumed in the xaihiha thm of the witnesses in the case againtt Leon Laughinghouse, ' who ; was arres- ed by government. and county officials last week neat Vanceboro,' charge4 with f tha ! .illicit distillery of whiskey v im ; mediately after the dose of the evidence 6 the Court adjourned until this, morn iing at 10 o'clock. .' - - '-" vV MM TRUST r IS -THE LATEST Commissioner Of Corporations Makes Discovery. REPORTS TO THE PRESIDENT Remarkable Advance In Lumber Prices During The Past Few Years. (Special to the Journal) WASHINGTOX, D. C, April 29 Nationwide price fixing in the lumber industry has never ceased, declared Jospeh E. Oavies, Commissioner of Corporations today in a report to President Wilson. Before 1906 price fixing was open, then it changed to more clandestine methods: first the publication of "Mar ket Reports," or "Prevailing Prices," and later, the employment of "Basis lists" and "discount" or "concession" sheets. Mr. Daview reported: "Price combinations among lumber manufacturers have usually been ef fected through associations. There is no important region of production in which they do not have an association. Furthermore, they have an associa tion that is national in its scope and which is a federation of a number of the local associations. While some of the avowed purposes of the associations are to bring about and foster practices that are beneficial both to producer and consumer, the chief purpose apparantly has been to increase profits by advancing prices. "The wholesale prices of lumber have been higher because of the assoc iated activities of lumbermen. "In the earlier years many of the associations openly attempted to cur tail the output and to fix the wholesale price of lumber; later, because of fear of the law, they disavowed any such purpose, but the practices they profes sed to abandon were continued by subterfuge and indirection through the same groups of men who had for merly done them in the associations. "The National Lumber .Manufac turers' Association has been active in its efforts to shape legislation. In 1909 it maitained an aggressive lobby in Washington to defeat a reduction of the tariff on lumber. "From 1897 to 1907 there was a remarkable advance in lumber prices. This advance ranged from SO to 200 per cent, depending upon the kind of wood and the grade of lumber. While a large part of this advance was due to conditions of supply and demand and to general causes that affected the prices of all commodities, a part of it was undoubtly due to the concer ted efforts of lumber manufacturers. During this period, and since, the lum bermen through their associations and otherwise were industriously acting in concert to maintain to raise prices. "Before 1906 concerted activities were openly promoted by associations as part of their official work, and in stances of agreements written or or al to maintain uniformly a certain price list, to restrict output, were common. "Since 1906 the method of combining to fix prices have been changed. In some cases the price list which was formerly the basis of the agreement was continued uneder such names as "Market report, or Prailing prices.' They purported to be compiled by the secretaries of the associations from reports sent to them. In other cases they were issued nominally as a private business enterprise by some friendly printing firm, and purported to be compiled b the printer. In both cases there is evidence to show that the lists in question, by by whatever name called or '; by ! wohmever published, served, and were Intended to serve,-the same purpose ! as; the former official ; assoc iation lists; -and that . the determina tion of the prices printed in the later hW:Was the work of the same group of mert j who. had, previously.' openly det ermined the prices of the official lists. This.' holds ;- trt'e when-, the Market reports'' showing "fictitiously high pri ces Which' were intended -rto use( in connection .with (discount,.tor,,con cessio' aheets.". The basis lists, showing with the exaggerated high prices; were officially adopted by the associations. The r discount1 w'coiKessiori.aheets were sometimes compiled and' issued by the secretary from . what informa tion he could gather about market MONOPOLY SPERLING THOMAS ! ESCAPES ' Succeeded In Gaininil His Freedom I Sundav Niflht. 1 CAME TO NEW BERN j Will Be Carried Back To Raleigh i This Mornins To Rproivo Treatment. A few weeks ago Sperling Thomas, a young white man who has for years made his home in New Bern, was found j to be coming mentally deranged and his relatives, fearing that the malady nmight cause him to become violent, thought that it would be best to have him placed in the asylum for the in sane at Raleigh where he could receive treatment. Accordingly Sheriff R. B. Lane took youny Thomas in charge and car ried him to Raleigh where he was plac ed in the hospital. For the firt few days the young man seemed content swith his confinement but later he become dissatisfied and voiced his sentiments in regard to being compelled to remain at the asylum. Last Sunday night he succeeded in making his escape from the building and at once started out returning, to New Bern. Travelling through the country as best he could, walking part of the way and riding for short distances on trains, he managed to reach this city Tuesday night and at once went to the boarding house on South Front street where he had prev iously been rooming. Sheriff Lane had been notified of Thomas' escape and has been keeping a strict watch for him, having but little doubt but that he would return to this city. Yesterday morning he learned that Thomas could be found at the South Front Mrect home and at once went to that place and took him in charge and will this morning carry him back to Raleigh. The young man is by no means violently insane and unit - one knew that he was ment. illy deranged, it would be a hard matter for them to di.ceni it ti : 1 ri iilt onveratin wi th him. COSTLY FI VISITS OF DESTROYS THE HOME AND FUR NISHINGS OF WELL KNOWN CITIZEN. (Special to the Journal.) Arapahoe. N. ("., April 29. Fire which destroyed the home and contents of B. I. Brinson. was discovered this morning at 12:.0 o'clock. There was no one at home, Mr. Brinson, who is employed by the East Carolina Lum ber Company, was at Pamlico and his wife was spending the night with a neighbor. When the fire was discover ed it had gained such headway that it was impossible to save even one piece of furniture. The heroic work of the bucket brigade was all that saved sev eral of the nearby houses, and but for the calmness of the night the entire town would have, in all probability, been wiped out. The origin of the fire is not known, but it is thought that it was started by some one as an oil can that Mrs. Brin son left in the house was found empty twenty yards from the building. LAST CALL FOR POLL TAXES. Those persons who desire to cast a vote in the approaching primary must their poll taxes today. Those who do not pay up today will also be taxed with an additional sum for cost. The gas freight boat Lena left yes terday for Swansboro with a cargo of merchandise and guano. Condition), whilo at nthof Were issued by . printing concerns or trade .-; papers closely, . identified wths of kh T$rfce lis&'-this discounts and WnBeqtfttffly Wir pres Really intended, td lie obitfTrt VUb 3eW determined 'Wthe" 'aahiipupfefi. wh. previously 'determined the official FROM INSANE ASYLUM ''-'4 '" '..'.'WW- A vv .1 v.:!s
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