North Carolina Newspapers

read; it FIRST. IN THE- "JOURNAL THE WEATHER FI ay VOL. LXII. No. Ill NEW BERN, N. C. TUESDAY MORNING JUNE 9, 1914 . FIVE CENTS PER COPY OURNAL 1 ' ' ' ' "" ' ' ' ' '.'. :.' .. . . ' ' '-T "5 ' I -,.' .... , Mr- ij 1 JEMS OF . BED DEBil TO; BE i, PUDL1SIIED SOOn Interesting - Booklet -To? Describe m V City In Detail llS NOW IJEINQ '.COMPILED v-'..- :pt History And future Prospects i , - - To1 Be "Written Up" In An S7 Interesting Manner.. , ' tJ'"T During tle' past few years there , ."t -" i 'liave been ft number- of booklets, de- -scribing the advantages and resources - . .-of New Bern published and each one ;".-' has been of real -worthla helping ad, , , "vertise the -city aad place' it before the , . 'public- s ' i j , ' . There was one" detail lacking jtTeach ' Uf ttie books and thisVas' thalney '- were not 'of large enough volume to , V "r permit of . going ? fully into' the- past .history' of the city and its, future pros " ' ' . k pects. To be doubly ' interesting a - booklet of this kind must be compiled 'i-.V -ti .'-.tIij such a manner that will attract the V : attention of the reader and hold it r-'Sv. from start to finish and make such a 'j V , lasting Impression on him that after - j . v reading' the volume, he will have ' ' -desire to visit that place described. '' 7 New Bern's Chamber, of -Commerce, ' v -which Is doing a great work In placing ..'the advantages and resources of the . X -city before the public, needs such a :.)..' "book to send out to prospective settlers . 1 " . when they ask for , information con- ' " . , -cerning this city and surrounding sec- .. tion. The cost of such a volume will ,' - V- be large and the organization does not - ; feel like taking the money 'from jhe :. . treasury just .at this time tor that pur- pose. . j , " However, they are to have the book 'T-id it -will be one tf the most complete .volumes jof ; itr Jcin.d-;"ver Issned; in iv North Carolina. After conferring with j- ; everal of the officers of the Chamber -'-of Commerce, 11.' K Land and H. I v Crumpler have f decided "to 'compile . 4tnd publish this'boob and to give the . r --organization two thousand copies, -ab-vL .. . solutely without a cent of cost to them. , v' . The "prpposed book; will contain. a " 'hundred or-more pages, will be printed 1 . j , , on the very finest grade of paper and .will be profusely illustrated with photo - .v graphs of the principal , places, pf - in ' f'"r' erest" aroupd the city..- A number of ,:f -maps 'bf the city and county are also ..i- vV to' be -re-produced1 in-the volume ;a-nd ; -.-t:l At will in. fact bp &. cotnpflete history' of . j the city from. its founding' to thfe.jjrei - sent time. " k v ' " ' . There will be no dispfay advertise . . . ' ments In Jhe entire? volume. The ad , -vertising being .confined entirely- to ' '. i.. ' "write - upsJ-of ;the:. -various enterprises . antfTthis'wjUDe a "decided feature and K!::r'liite!: different, from the usual 'method ' 1 used.' 4 The worlf of compiling the book v' is now in progress and it is hoped that " W .. . It . will be in; readiness .'for distribution sr by-4he latter partof next month. - Wcofccn Hold Their ; Qcorial Exercises CEREMONY AT JCEDAR- GROVE ; - CEMETERY SUNDAY AFTER-.' -NOON MAN Y ATTENDED - The New Bern Camp of the Wood- men of the . World held, their anniver ; ear y. memorial exercises' Sunday after " noon at Cedar Grove cemeatry' - , ; - - The memberj met at their forest at the Comer of Broad and Hancock .streets and marched to 'the cemetery where they held the excercises and dec orated the graves of twelve of . their lepartd brothers with flowers.. '...Since this order was founded June th 1890 the membership has grown to more than eight hundred thousand, with a reserve fund of eighteen, million dollars..- v '. -, . ... ' - 1 . "......." The Omaha Neb. forsst owns three three hundred and fifty "thousand dol lars in North Carolina bonds, one hun dred and and fifty- thousand of which are NeW Bern bonds. WILL GIVES SONS 25ct WIFE NOT . MENTIONED. - V. BRANCHVILLE, N. J., June 8. Ihc wi'l of Wi'Iiarn B. Rjker, vil.uh ! i s liis f 1,()U0 estita among f i mis " ' n ' mv-s, s s not uu'iilion liis ifs i I r ' ; I -w tv o s.'i.s at 25 ci-nts DUED ViERE KILLED iin this STonrji Gale Sweeps Coast; of New Bruns MANY VESSELS WRECKED Property Loss - Is Estimated At v ' : More Than A MUUon -"Dollars. ; ' '1 (Special" to the Journal) .ST.' JPHNS,- N. B., June 8. The worst storm in the history of the New Brunswick coast swept over this section today and in consequence' more than thirty 1 fishing "Vessels -were wrecked and a hundred or more lives, were lost k For-Iseveral "day -Ihe ; weather has been threatening but- Jiot until early this' morning did the gale break in all of its fury;.'- ' The vessels which were Wrecked were out 0,1 fishing expeditions and their crews-were unable to get them back to shore, ' " . The' majority of those killed were crews of the vessels. lhe property loss is estimated at more than a million dollars. - The Drought is Doinfl Great DesT of Damsge GROWING CROPS IN CRAVEN AND ADJOINING COUNTIES - - ARE DRYING UP. ' Reports continue to reach New Bern of the damage being done by the drought whichrhas prevailed over this. section since 'the first part, of May. Rain had been predicted for the latter part , of last week and the farmers. have been living in jlotfe that this would materia lize, but so far this has not been the case Plant ; Ufa all over : Craven, Carteret Pamticoj-and Onslow counties is being injured. Particularly are Irish potatoes suffering and it is said that the crop has already f b&a " considerably decreased on account of the lack of moisture. Cab bage shipments have also been notice ably smalt and this fact is also attribut ed to. the extremely dry weather. The forecast for this week is for dry weather and -this "has caused much anxiety on the part of the farmers and truckirs. This Miniature Range To Be Given Away BASNIGHT HARDWARE COM. V PAN Y ARE CONDUCTING , NOVEL CONTEST " On display at. the store of the J." S, Basnight Hardware Company is: one of the "cutest" little .miniature Buck ranges ever seen in ,New Bern. -: The range has' been admired by ' many and not a 'child has seen it but expressed the. desire to become its owner; . The range, is to be given to some little girl under . twelve yearat of age. Be ginning - yesterday.; . the s -company is giving v votes -for every- pefny spent at their store and on the night of July 17 thet young'lady holding the largest number .of votes -will be the proud owner, of .the stove, . , - ."" The little range must be eeen'tJ be appreciated and 4 an ; invitation is,-ex-tended every - little -girl , to' inspect it and also-, enter th a contest at .once, i A STRANGE STORY. -. ' Snake In Canine's Body Caused His . Death. i I That "truth i3 stranger than fiction," is forcibly exemplified in a story reach ing this city, from Wayne county, and which is vouched for by va number of reputable persons. The narrative told in New Bern is to the feffect tRat a Mr. Hooks,": who resides- near .,Mount 'Olivs had a very .valuable dog. to die a few days ago from no apparent Cause. After the animal's death the owner, becoming curious as to the causa of the sudden demise of hia pet, -took: the body to a veterinarian, and had him to cut it open and' make ah examination of the inter nal organs of the canine; Strange to ry, wrapped around the'remains of the animal's liver was a snake which was more than twenty inches in length. The reptile was of the"garter". variety and is r- id to have boon very -much-alive and ! 1. 1 literally eaten tip the dog's liver,. U. S. Army Signal Corps Men Operating Outside of Vera Cruz h ? It vH Photos copyright, 1M4, by American HE United States army signal corps In Mexico has been doing notable work for General Funston's army. It 'has kept' continual watch over the operations of the scattered federal forces and transmitted in formation 'by heliograph, by field telephones and by "wigwagging" with flags... The illustrations show some of the army signal men operating with the flags. 1. 5, SIS TO OFT 1 CO BY FORGE IF (Special to the Journal) VERA CRUZ, June 8. The United States naval . authorities in Mexican -waters will not -brook any interfer ence with the Ward liner Antilia which is on her way from New York with 3,000,000 rounds of ammunition and an: aeroplane consigned ' to the Constitutionalists at Tampico. Neither will they allow the- Wexican Federals to prevent any . other -shipment of munitions sonsigned to the rebel port of Tampiso. ; - . - . -':This';waSj. made plain here today and - shows 'that the American forces will be used to keep Tampico an .open port, if necessary.- - -. The Mexican gunboats Bravo and Zaragoza, - which were ordered by General Huerta to go. to Tampico and establish a ' blockade to prevent the landing of the - Antilla's cargo, are still at Puerto Mexico,' according to a wireless , , dispatch ' received by the United ' States - fleet ' from that port today,;;-: Notice was "served upon the commanders of the. two -American gun boats at : PuerW " Mexico' that - they would not be allowed to interfere with the Antilia. " 1'- " - .The .'torpedo boat destroyer Jouett is lying in the harbor of Puerto Mex ico keeping" a close- watch upon the Mexican, gunboats And .ready to report any move that they might make. -. Admiral . Winslow has: been ordered to -sail' for Tampico on the protected cruiser, San 'Francisco' at once to see that the open door is maintained: at Tampico. x . - ;i The "cruiser Tacoma and the Sacra mento have Tbeen detailed to hold themselves.-: in " readiness ! for 'action in the 'event hat the' Mexican '-gun boats are able to slip from the-Puerto Mexico harbor . and -start - northward toward Tampico, but this is deemed practically impossible -.(,-"- Pfes Aasoclatton. - KEEP PORT Special Orders Sent to Admiral Badger., WASHINGTON, June 8. "I will not discuss any matters concerning the delivery of ammunition at Tam pico or whether that port is an open port." This was Secretary of the Navy Daniel's report today to inquiries con cerning the reported landing of mu nitions of war there for the Constitu tionalists. Daniels heretofore has stated that Tampico was open to the commerce of the world. Upon his return to the department from Annapolis the Secretary called a conference of his aides, including Ad miral Blue, ranking naval officer at the department. - Shortly after a numb er of cablegrams were dispatched to Rear Admiral Badger as to his action when the Ward liner AStilla enters the Panuco River. The' Antilia is expected off Tampico late to " night and the Mexican gunboats will, it is said, have plenty of 'time to reach that port before the Antilia arrives. , 1 ' THE WEATHER. Generally- Fair And Hot All This J ,'VWeek. s WASHINGTON, June General ly, fair and hot weather is forecasted for ) Jthe present week east of the, Rockies.- , ; "ihee are no-present indications ot precipitation of consequence," said the weather bureau's,-1 "bulletin tonight,"ex cept that there" will 'be showers and thunderstorms at the, outset from-tha lake region and - possibly in r the' far northwest. Occasional thunder show ers Tuesday throughout the northwest." OPEN- EVEN KINSTONIS SEE BIG AEROPLANE FLY OVER C The Berger Company Give Several Flights. HUNDREDS VIEW SPECTACLE The Bird-Man Failed To Pull The Stunts He Had Planned. Off KINSTON, June 8. Between 500 and 600 people saw Eugene Heth per form in the Berger passenger-carrying aeroplane in a field beyond Neuse river Saturday afternoon. The airman made two beautiful fights A stiff breeze prevented Heth from tak ing up a passenger, as was intended. The wind was from the northeast, and caused the curtailment of a number of specta cular stunts, which he expected to pull off. In spite of the handicap, though, he soared to a height of 900 feet in the Wright plane. Once he attempteb the spiral glide, but the trial proved peri lous, and he immediately ceased his ef forts at fancy work. The ground over which Heth flew is historic. He looked below him and saw the spot where Richard Caswell, first governor of the State who never dreamed of an airship is buried, and down in Old Neuse river the place where the Confederate ram lies nearly sub merged. With the wind in the tail of his ma chine the airman flew at a rate as high as 90 miles an hour, but returning he made a bare 25 miles. Today the Berger staff and aviators will go to Washington, N. C, for a two- days stay. Dreams of Seeing By Wireless Soon YOUNG LONDON INVENTOR, DR. A. M. COW, THINKS HE HAS SOLVED PROBLEM. LONDON, June, 8. One can talk can hear by wireless, now comes the probability that one can soo by means of the same artifices. The wonders of a wireless telephone that sees were demonstrated before the Institute of Automobile Engineers by Dr. A. M. Low, a young London inven tor. Dr. Low's apparatus, beside the ordi nary telephone -gear, consists of a screen built up of cells of selenium. A roller, made up 01 alternate conductive and in sulated sections, moves rapidly over the face of the screen, reproducing the amount of light falling in the cells at the receiving end. The apparatus as a whole makes a picture which flickers like the early forms of "the movies." By this means it may be possible for persons using the telephone to see each other, which under certain circumstances, may not be desirable. 'S NAVY DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS HOT UNDER THE COLLAR OVER HIS REMARKS WASHINGTON, D. C, June 8. Pre3s reports of statements made by Representative Hobson in a prohibi tion speech at Newport News Va., Lcaused indignant comment to day at the Navy Department. The Alabama Congressman was quoted as declaring that Japanese and Ger man steamers had landed arms in Mexico under convoy of warships of those nations, and that the United States Government was "afraid to protest and afraid to allow the press of. the country to say "anything about it." ' - -.It was officially stated at the de part merit that the German merchant men which carried war munitions to Puerto, Mexico, were not convoyed by 'a, man-of-war, and there was no record of any arms landed in Mexico by Japanese -ships since the occupa 't(on of Vera; Crui. x.s Rear Admiral Howard reported it: was said, " that the one Japanese vessel suspected , of having arms aboard had only a 'cargo pf Unseed oil. and beer. It was de clared, too, that every dispatch from naval . officers i on. the east and west coast - of i Mexico - had be 2a given ' to -the press. -"-, i - NORFOLK SQUTHERN BEING VALUED BY THE EXPERTS Several Men Are Engaged Big Task. In WAS FIRST ROAD CHOSEN Valuation Will Require About lit Months What is Involved in the Proposition. The Norfolk Southern Railroad. having been chosen by the Valuation Board of the Interstate Commerce Commission as the first railway sys tem within the South Atlantic Districts to be examined with a view to valua tion by the Government, a special corps of engineers under the direction of Assistant District Ene-iniw PI. more has been busily engaged for the past several months in the task of going over the property with a view to submitting a report on its worth. Mr. C. K. Conard is appearing for the Norfolk Southern and the investiga tion is being conducted along the strictest and most scrutinizing meth ods imaginable. For the first tw months, the corps of engineers made their headquarters in Charlotte while they were engaged on the new line that extends from Charlotte to Mount Gilead but now they are quartered in Raleigh and are working West and East. It is expected that at least 18 months will be required to complete the undertaking which for multitude of details and complexity of require ments has no equal anywhere in the country. These experts are making a thorough examination of the nronertv of the railroad in order to arrive at what should constitute a fair extimatp nf its value. They are required to secure profiles, charts and everv other record of information from the railroad au thorities bearing upon the road and then check over every item. In the prosecution of thio task th.-y have to figure acurately every bit of yardage of earth and stone remowd, every square yard of fill erected, all culverts and bridges put in and every other construction. They are not al lowed to accept the figures or esti mates of the contractors but are com pelled to do this w.rk themselves. It is ordered thai then- In ascertain ed the "original co-t," "original cost to date," "cost nf rcprod .cii.m new," "cost of reproduction less deprecia tion," and tluy are also required to take cognizance and figure in dollais and cents "other values and elements of value." It will thii lv seen why the ex perts theniM'lves figure that 10 months will be required to complete this task on this relatively small sMeni, em bracing only al. Hit 600 miles and ex tending into two Stales only. With the larger and more ;irmly e-tablished systems, such a.s t!.. S.i.uheni, Atlan tic Coast Line and Seaboard in the territory, where the "other values and elements of value" are more difficult of estimate, it will be readily seen that a much longer period will be re quired. Purpose of Valuation. The act of Congress directing the valuation of railroads was signed by the President March 1, 191.?, and is therefore a comparatively new thing. It simply directed the Interstate Com merce Commission to make a "valua tion of the railways' of the country but did not state the purpose of such valuation. It was generally regarded at the tims by those promoting its passage that the results would be valuable elements in the adjustment of rates. It was designid also to protect investors and determine wheth er or not, as so frequently charged, that many of the railroads are grossly over-capitalized. However that may be, the Interstate Commerce Com mission, through this Valuation Board, divided the country into districts and placed over each district certain offi cials to direct the Investigation. The district of which North Carolina and Virginia is: part, is the one which thi section is immediately interested. Norfolk Southern Chosen . The Norfolk Southern, according to " those best posfed" n the situation,:-" was first chosen in order to enable the v engineers employed to learn . their business because it offered all the va- r rious .elements that, would enter into ' ( the work : when the larger and, mast ' ! ' ' r V Continued to page 8. '