VOL. LXir.N6.'lll
NEW BERN, N C; SATURDAY! MORNING JUNE 13, 1914
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
jVmerieari And- Huerta; Dele g&tes
Filially Agree To Approve The :
Method ; Of Transferring
: The Executive Power
In Mexico-TJie New
:L Government.
" (Special to the Journal)
i NIAGARA FAtLS, ONT;, June 12.
4 Mediation today? had achieved its
. first important step;' ' Alter nearly three
weeks of Jpa'f Ieying "the mediators and
. the American . "and Huerta ' delegates
were ready .formally to; approve in
full conference the1; method by which
the executive power in Mexico City
-shall be transferred -If orii the' Huerta
.administration to a new provisional
" government. .
The constitutional form of suc
cession. Dermittinz General Huerta
: to appoint as minister of . foreign af
fairs .the . man chosen here for the
' provisional presidency has been
abandoned. 1 ; The -United' States claim
ed 'that 'to follow 'this method ' would
be recognizing Huerta's authority as
constitutional. :'
Instead there will be an abrupt
transfer of authority to the new pro
visional president with the probilbi:
ity that the oath of office will be
-administered by ' the chief justice -of
the supreme court.
. TJiere was - a 'deadlock for three
days over.the" manner of- transition
from Huerta, but the . Mexicans final
Iv yielded oh the Mjround -that .' tech-
.nicalitisaouMoertwriiw.
prospects of peace.'- I he mediators;
too, :. are determined to; remove every
. : The work of the conferences now
is centered , on ' the second . point-, in
.the plan (ox pacification -of Mexico
, which'' deals with the ;personnell
v.-'of "the new government' - Names have
s-' not yet been' submitted by the United
"tQtja KM.aiti -r- f-hrA tii hppn no
communication . with the constitu-
' f . "Vv. . . . , t . -. ...UL
.t' liuimuBt-a, aim il. I xim. ' paiiy: wuv."
.the American government is aiming
to satisfy "so as to persuade them to
lay down their arms- ' ' '..
'The trip tof ; George C. Carothers,
' .special representative - ofVhe!jJijtat'e
department f irora, l orreon ..to, r&aitnio,
. was interpreted Tiere ad .meaning :tht
Tie will endeavor to obtain'; informs
which, wjll ( aid tie American dele
gates' in ' handling the details of the
- peace pian. 1 . , 1 '
In vthe meantime ' the announce
.'nipnl' (rnrA Saltillo that ("arranza has
decided to seng delegates to the
mediation conference .injected a com
plex phase into ; the situation. .. - It
' had bee " intimated for several days
'that thi constitutionalist would an
nounce his intention of sending dele-
- cates. but would make no mention
in , his , note of the instructions, -' or
-power's' of his representatives, .' , nor
-grant an . armistice. ' The mediator's
' Jiave- been firm in their determina
tion to exclude constitutionalist de-
legates unless an armwtice preyilously
had been declared. "; It remains to be
seen, however, -whether they will ac-
, tually . close thedoors against fthmv
or receive 'therfi 'iii formal conference.
It is not at all improbable that 'the '
American, delegates will ask the' med-T,
jators to ' receive ; tne . constitutionalist:
envoys or that they themselves en
deavor to obtain information from the
- jiew -representatives'.. ; The coming ' of
' constitutionalist representatives . , is
bound to' assist the negotiations wheth
er they, are formally 'admitted ,"r not.
It A believed here that the con
stitutionalist representatives
will be
Luis Vabrera, a former speaker- "of
the Mexican chamber of deputies,
now in; New York i Jose Vanconcelos,
a ytung attorney7 prominent: in the
constitutionalist - movement, also-'.'in
New York; . and . Iglesias : Calderon,
leader of the liberal party in Mexico,
now at Saltillo with General Carranza.
' Rafael Zubaran, special ?representa
. tive of General Carranza in Washing
ton, may be a delegate, but' it is more
likely that he will continue in the na
tional cijiiol to look after important
intoio'f . ( l the constitutionalists there.
' GTPV, Jmpo 12. No a'n-
1 ( s i C.J1-
ranza's reply was'j.made . here, but it
was understood t&e. note-is silent on
the subject of an 'armistice and does
not give, the names of, the M men who
will be .sent, to represent, thei Gonsti-
tutionalists..' : It ;4 1 fcrfown, i however,
that Rafael Zubaran minister -of 'the
interior in the Carranza cabinet .and
chief of I the agency - here, will not
beamong the delegates, as General
Carranza considers Zubaran is need
ed to look after, affairs here. '
CarraAza's, reply came ,to, Washr
ington from Saltillo ' over a special
leased telegraph wire and was put
in the form o a note here by Zuba
ran, who forwarded it by mail to
Niagara Falls earlv today. It may
reach there tonight.
The. sudden change in the trend
of negotiation? between the Federal
and -American delegates at Niagara
Falls today, was a source-pf great re
lief to offic.ials here. .
Club Women Talk
- About Suffrage
DISCUSSED YESTERDAY AT BI
. ENNIAL.' GATHERING IN
- (Special to' tfie Journal)
CHICA.GO, JuneJ2. The question
ot . woman s sun race will receive
fullest consideration at the conven
tion ' of the General Federation of
Women's Clubs.
. - This 'announcement was made sud
denly but very emphatically by Mrs.
Percy V. . Pennybacker, president of
the federation, at the opening of today's
session. She was greeted with a storm
of applause.
The chair wishes to answer some
seventeen questions which have been
received with regard to the subject
of woman's suffrage," announced Mrs
Ppnnybacker. .? ! 'The purport of this
Question is 'are we eoine to smother
the suffrage question?'. "
e house became very silent and
the - speaker '.paused dramatically.
Then she resumed with an Wplosive
no. ,
" "1 is not the intention to smother
this great question." she added.
iMrs.I,ennybacker stated that the
subject) probably would come up this
afternoon , at the educational confer
ence and that resolutions; which might
be presented , at that' time may be
presented to the resolutions committee
and that a report to ,the convention
on them would be made tomorrow
mornings 1 '' , ,'
, - "Special, previlege -to none; equal
rights for 1 all, , is ' the slogan of this
convention," declaimed the chairman
amid further applause. i-
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MM HMjj , frlj Hf , '
t 'inm nnirr nil!
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; ' . ' V I U UUIII UlilLI , UflM
WILL JOIN COLORED LEADER IN
SEARCH OF UTOPIA ON THE
, - COASf OF AFRICA, v
KINSTON, June 12. Albert' Jones,
colored, doesn't know where, he's going,
but he is on his way. ' Jones arrived
here this morning"after riding and walk-
mg'over 50 miles Irom the southern end
of Duplin- count.' , lie is headed for
Savannah", 'where he" experts' to join the'
famous " Chief Sam's expedition to
Africa: ' Chief ' Sam -is , carrying , a
crowd of negroes to Liberia, the Afrr
can negro i-republici'.?,The' blacks em
barked now number 40-odd, but, by
the time the"Liberia," as Chief Sam's
ship with a white crew is' named,
reaches Gajveston the little Liberia
will turn her nose, to the' east and
start on the long journey across the
Atlantic to the republic which,,. estab
lished by American negroes years
,-"o, v.is fast degenerating until a
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, JR.
'-- Multimillionaire Blamed For. '
'. ' Colorado'; Strike , "Deatha.- .
HAVE NOT IMPROVED
THE LIVES OF EDWARD BOW
DEN AND GEORGE CABELL
HANG BY THREAD
There was little change yesterday in
the condition o( Edward Bowden of
this city and George Cabell of Dan
ville, Va., who were seriously injured
in a motorcycle accident on East
.Front street late Thursday afternoon.
Both victims were carried to Fair
v iew Sanatorium' immediately after
the accident and there their wounds
were given medical attention. It was
at jfirst thought; that Cabell was more
seriously injured than Bowden, who
owned the ill-fated motorcycle and who
was driving. However, it seems that
this condition is reversed and that
Mr. Bowden's injuries are the most
serious.
Both men are seriously injured and
while the physicians hold out some
hope for their recovery, the lives of
both are- hanging in the balance.
B. C. Coleman, a cousin of Mr.
Cabell, arrived in the city last night
from Danville, Va. After reaching
the city and ascertaining the, true con
dition of the young man, he dispatched
a message to Mr. Cabell's mother, re
questing her to come to New Bern to
be at the bedside of her son.
The Long Drought
Das Been Broken
RAIN FELL IN THIS CITY YES
TERDAY FOR FIRST TIME
IN FIVE WEEKS
, At last rain has fallen in New Bern.
No longer will it be necessary to say
that all plant life is literally parching
for lack of, moisture.
The showers begain falling yester-
day morning shortly after 1 o'clock
and for an hour they continued. Then
came a cessation and the pessimists
declared that it was all over.
Yesterday afternoon however,, a re
freshing rain ' visited this section and
did much good. - Indications are that
there will be other .showers, before the
close of the week. '
l . .
V.. S.-! Deputy Collectors, Tull of
Kinston 'and Gulley of ' Raleigh, and
lb Deputy Marshal Ange of Jack
sonville were .. in - the , city yesterday
attending to official . business. t .
!( s, " ' '.
year ago German
in comm
ercial interests
inyaded the. country.
' 'The jD.uplin county negro, who is a
typical ' countr 'ydarkey,; didn't dis
pose of an estate as did some of Chief
Sam's followers'!! I ; He had nothing of
value to dispose- of. : Jones haiff his for
tune in; his: pickets, and it amounts to
little more than .passage money,. to
Savannah. , J , ,
Jones doesn't1 know where Liberia is,
and isnt certain that' it is in' Africa,
but' from the glowing description, giv
en byt jr relative who joined the. Colo
nist Sam in-the, north,' he is, satisfied
that if is the ; country filled .'.with ex
ceptional . advangates for a colored
man with a few wanis and no strings
to l.ilil. i ' 1
ATE
EREPUB
FROM THE P. 0.
'Of
O. P. Under-Postmasters
Line 4r Loss of Positions
in
"GOAT GETTER" INTRODUCED
Will Be Required to Stand Exami
nation on Ninety Day's Notice
After Passage of Act
(Special to, the Journal)
."'WASHINGTON, June 12. Legis
lation that , is intended to "get the
gojlt" of . nearly every Republican as
sistant postmaster 'in -the country has
been , reported to the House from the
postoffise committee, and "is as follows1-
. - -i
-,That hereafter any 'assistant post
master, who may be required ' by law
or.by authority or direction of the
Pdst master General to execute a bond
to'tthe United States to secure faith
ful performance of official duty may
be required to also execute a bond to
the' postmaster whose assistant he is
for the faithful performance of his
duties, in the discretion of the Post
master General; and shall be the
duty Of the Postmaster General to
require all applicants for assistant
postmasters in first and second-class
postoffices, including those now in of
fice, who were carried into the service
by executive orders heretofore made,
ta take a competitive civil-service ex
amination within ninety days, or as
soon thereafter as practicable after
the passage -of this act, under the civil
service law, rules and regulations, nad
the Postmaster General shall, under
.such law, rules and regulations, ap
point all assistant postmasters and all
laws, rules and regulations in conflict
with this act are hereby repealed."
-"The object of this legilsation - is to
get rid of Republican assistant post
masters. These officials are now un
der the classified service, and cannot
be disturbed except by some such plan
as this. Under the proposed legilsa
tion the Republican incumbents could
take the examinations, but it would
hardly avail anything, as the final ap
pointment would rest with the Demo
cratic Postoffice Department, which
would rely upon Democrat members
of Congress for recommendations, as
in the case of the fourth-class postmas- I
terships. The department, under the
civil service law, could choose any one
of. the three standing at the top of
the eligible list, and as one of the
three, at least, would certainly be a
Democrat the Republican assistant
postmaster who desires to be retained
in' office would stand about as much
chance as a snowball in the,nether re
gion. Representatives Rquse, of Ken
tucky, and Cox of Indiana, members of
the postoffice committee, are active in
pushing this legislation, which has
back of it the influence of all the
Democratic Congressmen who believe
with Andrew Jackson, that "to the
victor belongs the spoils."
BIS WHALE SIGHTED
OFF MDBEHEAD CITY
DEEP SEA MONSTER CAME TO
WATER'S SURFACE NEAR
PARTY OF ANGLERS
During the past few years a number
of whales have been seen near More
head City but one sighted there a few
days ago seems to have been the great
grand-daddy of all'the others' when it
comes down to the question of size.
The deep sea .monster was encountered
just at .the mouth of the sound by Mr.
and Mrs. Kennedy of Falling Creek,
who had gone out for a short fishing
expedition ii) a small boat. The whale,
arose to the surface of the water only
a few. feet from the boat and was so
near in fact that Mrs;. Kennedy touched
it with her 'fishing 'pole.'",
Hoping that thay would be able to
catch the whale Mr. and Mrs, Kennedy
hurried'. back: to .Morehead City, where
a large boat manned-, by quite ,a large
crew was secured and "the party t set
out for the spetat, which the big' fish
has been seen.. He was still on the-surface
otthe water and two haf pons were
fastened in its side and the contents
of a . small cannon - discharged into
the huge carcass.., 'A second attempt
was made to' fire the gun but , this
proved ineffectual and the fish managed
to escape. " ' . ,
MAY LEGIS
CAN S
J. W. BROWN.
Organizer and Leader of
Colorado Mine Strikers.-
Kioto by .American Press Am Delation.
THE MOREHEAD CITY
PEOPLE INDIGNANT
PREFER CHARGES AGAINST
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
BE INVESTIGATED
During the week the Raleigh Even
ing Times and the New s and Observer
published an advance report from the
State Board of Health, which literally
hands Morehead City a solar plexus
blow when it comes down to a ques
tion ot health conditions. Un Wed
nesday night the citizens of Morehead
City held an indignation meeting de
nouncing the State Board of Health and
telegrams were sent to the press of
the State setting tortn tne real tacts.
In the telegram it was also stated
that the Board ot Health has been
animated by a spirit of spite and that
there has been only one death in
Morehead City from typhoid fever
since 1911. The telegram from May
or Gorham follows. .
"At a public meeting held tonight
in conjunction with a meeting of the
Board of Aldermen great indignation
was expressed at. the wholly unjust
and misleading statement of the
Board of Health. A resolution was
adopted requesting the mayor to wire
The News and Observer and Evening
Times to send representatives here
at the earliest possible moment at the
expense of the town to investigate the
conditions and gather statistics rela
tive to the health conditions of More
head City.
"We request that the newspaper
representatives be sent at once, as
we do not want to make any prepara
tion for their coming but want the
public to have the true conditions
given them knowing that such inves
tigation will prove the statement of
the Board of Health to be utterly mis
leading and inspired by a spirit of
spite because the town of Morehead
City would not initiate one of their
pet schemes.
"Statistics furnished at tonight's
meeting by the local health registrar
of Morehead City show that there has
been only one death from typhoid
fever in Morehead City since 1911 and
that on September 6, 1912.
"We desire that this telegram be
printed in advance of the investiga
tion asked for."
The Norfolk Southern
Package Car Burns
' - . . .
CAUGHT AFIRE AT KINSTON AND
WAS COMPLETELY
; .V "DESTROYED.
NORFOLK, June" 12.-The "Nor
folk packagi carl' on ,(or(olk Southern
passenger train Nq. 15, passing through
Kinston to Goldsboro ab(out 5;;30 .a.- m.,
wa entirely consumed .by fire today. A
spark, which fell into the car some where
enroute'fs believed to- have Caused the
blaze. It was discovered n after the
train pulled out of Kinston. 1 The speed
of the train 'fanned' the- flames' into a
fierce flaze, and when a'stopwas made
at a water tank at Falling Creek 'the
"fftittlity of an effort to extinguish it was
EES
TOO
TO PITTSBURG
Will Go to Former Home as Wit
ness in Father's Estate.
MUST NOT BK BOTHERED
While Being Taken From
State to Another Author
ities Must not Interfere.
One
M-.W (RK, June 12. Counsel for
Marry K. "1 haw and W illiam 'I ravers
Jerome, counsel for the state of New
York, today announced that it had been
agreed to allow Thaw, who is now in
New Hampshire, to g;o to Pittsburgh to
testify in the matter of his father's
estate.
At the same time Merill Shurtleft,
of counsel for Thaw, stated that in
consideration of this concession on the
part of the state, the applicanttion to
the United States Supreme Court for
Thaw's admission to bail temporarily
would be withdrawn.
Thaw's status, said Mr. Jerome, would
remain the same.
While Thaw is being taken from one
state to another, all state authorities
will be enjoined from interference with
his custody. A time limit for his stay
in Pittsburgh would probably be speci
fied by the Supreme Court, said Mr.
Jerome.
Thaw, slayer of Stanford White, es
caped from the Matteawan asylum in
this state in August, 1813, and fled to
Canada. When deported he' was arrest
ed in New Hampshire. The governor of
that state granted New York's request
for extradition, but the Thaw lawyers
blocked this by a federal writ of ha
beas corpus obtained on constitutional
grounds. The federal district court
sustained this writ and it is now be
fore the United States Supreme court on
I appea
Thaw Makes No Comment.
GORHAM, N. H., June 12. Harrv
' Thaw made no comment today when
informed of the agreement between
; William T. Jerome and Thaw's attor-
neys under which he will be allowed
to go to Pittsburgh to testify.
Thaw in the custody of Sheriff Drew,
of New Hampshire, has been staying at
a White Mountain summer home here
since leaving Concord a few weeks ago.
Kinston Woodmen
To Unveil Monument
PROMINENT WOODMEN FROM.
ALL OVER THE STATE TO
GATHER THERE
Tomorrow will be a big day in Kins
ton when several thousand Woodmen
gather there to unveil a monument
to one of the departed members of the
Kinston camp.
Senator lorris Shepard, of Texas,
who is one of the most forcible speak
ers in American, will deliver the prin
cipal address.
The railroads will put on reduced
fares from different parts of the State
and a large crowd expected to be
present. The fare from here and re
turn will be one dollar and twenty
five cents and more than fifty members
from New Bern camp are expected to
attend.
New Bern Firemen
To Observe Memorial
WILL BE HELD ALL OVER NORTH
CAROLINA ON SUN
DAY. June 14 has been set aside by the
Firemen of North Carolina as "Fire
men's Memorial Day" and the occasion
will be fittingly observed in every city
town and hamlet in the State.
In New Bern the firemen will asssem
ble at their headquarters - and ; then
march in a body- to. Centenary Metho
dist church where they will be addressed k
by Rev. W. A. Cade. t . . , , .
v Every active and honqrary 'member';
'of .the New Bern companies is requested
to take part in'.thia memorial. ,
! No - excitement occured among the
passengers. The train ' ere' 'expedi-
tiously ; sidetracked the ; burning , car,
and prevented the fire spreading to the
other coache3.
council
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