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.IS AD IT' FIRST IS 'I J E ' - ,) a AVAL 1 -T VOL. LXIL No. 112 NEW BERN, NXC.. WEDNESDAY ; MORNING JULY 22.1S14 FIVE CENTS PER COPY A v, -.JK .. SA ' ; " fe FELLuV.1 UiMW ': : nFfniTiin? iron French WriterrTell Vivid Stories of Shooting Of Cal-'-I niette by Madam. Caillaux Trial Progresses r ; , . Very Rapidly , PARIS, July 21. Madame Henriet ; te Caillau. was Up "at 7 o'cloc ! "f ; preparing for the second day's hear ing of - the charge1 against her of wiU ful murder of Gaston Calmette, editor -of Figaro. The wife- of the former. Premier sand Minjsterof Finance took an : early breakfast' and" before: eight was-awakiaff, her feusband who htw never, did;- uot callj at the prison, till between- iune and ten. . . The prfsoner ind husband conversed half-an, houri and afterwards she lunched. - . 4 ,Jhe court (waa Jittle late in -assembling. 1 the meanwhile Mm'e. Caillausr- talkedy over her case ' with Fernand. Labori, her advocate, in the private waking room. ! Two office boys of the Figaro were the first witnesses. ' They de scribed the arrival at the Figaro of fices, on the day' of crime of Madame Caillaux and told how she waited and gave details of her entrance into the room occupied by Calmette and of their hearing shots. . The scene of the shooting then was construcrted - by " Figaro - employees. Charles Giraudeau, a reporter, , Henri Rouleau, a messenger and Jean Cercle, a telephone operator,, related portions of their. experiences. -v . '. . "We -never mentioned Cailleaux". said" Voisen,. "as she said yesterday." 3 Mme Caillaux hero interposed,' say ing "I wish to ask. Voisiii-whether one of his friends did not . say 'Is the. sheet ready', and whether -Voisiii did not answer 'We have a great pa- t per on Calliaux tomorrow." . , ; --,'Thaf is absolutely fals'e", said Vo s- in. Madame Caillaux' then declared . "I heard Voiseh say to iis fried 'It costs dear but we are letting loose the hunfinj dogs on all sides." ' - A , number of the members of the . Figaro staff testified,, including Louis .Latazarus, who gave a vivid decsrip- - tion of the. scene when Madame Cail : laux shot Calmette. Latazarus said he heard the shots and. ran to Calmette's room; where Calmette had sunk in a state of col-1 lapse in a chair. One of, the men - present, he- said, was sobbing M M M M . present," he said, was holding the .: woman by the wrists She cried . -. "Let me go;' I am not going to es- cape." , . She was then let go and stood near door, clear eyed and with her face neither .pale nor ; flushed, he " said. She seemed untroubled 'by the fifteen editors, ' who quickly gathered ; around her.s " She; began to speak," isaid Latazarus, saying 'Since there ; -vis no justice in France ' i'Shut your mouth, 'said one"' of the editors.' .'Af ter what.' yon have done,: keep quiet.' '. I was- not speaking to you,' said Madame Caillauxj Paul Bourgett, who was with Gal J mette when Madame . Caillaux's . card .was brought in, told the jury , of the incident, t ' ' - "You will not see her," I said . ' "I cannot refuse to receive av wom- an.''he replied. ' ' " Maitre Labori then thrilled ;the .crowded court, room by reading) a 4'ia, ' logue from( Bourgett's novel,. "VThe a Demon - of the Midi," in" whSch his characters discuss and condemn .pudb . lication of ' heroine's love. letters, ,fcomfng immediately; jifterBourgett's -eulogy of.' Calmette with --which t-. he ?had closed his rtestimony. .,The read-? ing by Laboro was' 'regarded ty ob .' serving lawyers. -as, a. -, master- stroke. ; When . he concluded. Bourgett re- marked "Literature, is not Life"..,,. He agreed, however, that private letters ought not to be published and said hei did not believe Calmette had. intend ed to publish the Caillaux letters. . . : COMMANDER JOHNSON OF THE : MONROE ON TRIAL. - - BALTIMORE, MD., July 21. Cap tain Cdw ard E. Johnson who was com m.-in ' t of ti e Old Dominion steanntr I wl-cn t'ot vc!-"l was sur -( ! it, . i 1 t! 1 V 1 on mi LUI I UIIU . IIIUIIUL.il KNIGHTS OF GIDEflNARE T01EKIO EWBERN WILL" ASSEMBLE HEREIN AN-lcar8 .; r the, Virginian Railway last i--;rKtJAL ,SESSIONN.AU- Friday morning at Fairmount Park GUST 4TH. ,lcros3in, when seven persons were ,v The Supreme Lodge Knights of Gid- kilted an'd gl injured( iate this after eon of North Carolina will meet .in the' oon nlade a sworn .tatement' in city of Elms, in this, their ninth.annual session, on Tuesday, August the fourth. There ' will be a large n u mber" of dele gates ancf visiting ' members from all oyer the State in attendance.. Th esei .delegates represent nearly twenty thous-1 AtkinWs statement will be sub and, members, a home office, a site ior: mitted tomorrow morning to the in aahotne office in Goldsboro, which is vestigating board composed jointly of valued at about three thousand dol-'repre3entatjVes of the Inter-State Iars, over one thousand dollars invest- ed in state bonds, and cash on hand to meet its obligations. , The Insurance Commissioner of the State, Mr, Young, .rates' the society as being among the best colored fraternal insurance orders in the State. ; The housing committee R. C. Baker, Supreme Director, Chairman, W. H. Green,.., Esq., Supreme Commander, Supreme r Drum, Lucas - Ham, Annie Wynne, Emily Blount and Dr.'C; D. Hazer are'having a hard task in housing the many delegates and vis itors who will be in attendance. Sir W. H. Green, Supreme Commander of Jthis city Is at the- head of the. order. Smyrna, Ga., May 28. ' () Mrs.; Mary Hardman, Birmingham, Ala., Care General Offices Come at once. Trouble. Take first train - YOUR NIECE. - J. L. Bennett, who was supposed. to have ma,de application for telegraph money order to Innes In behalf of Mrs. Dennis, Saturday was eliminated from! the mystery by Detective W. F; Harper. ' Harper found a man who had accom-l pahied Mrs. Dennis to the telegraph offices who saw her write the name of Bennett instead of her own name on the application for the money order. j Dispatches revealed that Eloise,'. as long ago, as 1912, when she was a resi dent of Salt Lake City, Utah, by the sup posed arrangement of Victor Innes, was planning the trip to India, which' ijow appears to figure so-iargelj- in the iriys tery of the missing Nelms sisters. J. D. Skeenii a.lawyct 4JK'.3al$Xake and the man who procured rooms for Mrs. Dennis in Salt ake at theequest of Innes, is the4nforniariTu'5'.Sf ! .' He also; is authority for the state ment that Mrs.; Dennis was-a devotee of the Hindu religion and a firm be liever in reincarnation, subjects to which Innes is said to have given a great deal of attention. . - ', ' y Court Order for Messages. This information was expected to re ceive added confirmation after the find ing of the - numerous , telegrams that passed between Innes and Mrs! Dennis on her return to Atlanta. Armed with a court order lawyers for Mrs. J. W. Nelms, mother of-the missing -sisters, began a search for -the messages that were expected fully to establish the rela tionship between the two. - , I Mrs. Dennis was' a resident of Salt Lake for about a month in the. fall of J912, and those with whom --' she be came acquainted, at that time are" in clined to.beIieve that the woman, has gone"1 to- India. .Mrst Dennis wentjto Salt. Lalte apparently at the ' solicita;-, tion-of Innes.- At least, she went there witha letter of introduction from biW- While she resided' there her acquaint ances formed the opinion she was eith'er &naaeA .i-n Yt mrriprfrto Jnnerf or that maahad a trahge control' over her. While a Voman of evident education and culture, she gave a great- deal' of time to the study of the Hindu religion, and was a firm believer in the fheory of reincarnation."" " T. '"'.S- : l t hgence and inattention to duty.' . t is alleged he was ' incompetent and unskillful in the way he tnaneuv- i:d his vessel. : ' ..-- X - C, ; tain Osmin Berry of' the "N11- '.. t was the first witness. His Limony was" substantially a repeti n cf that which he gave at his own ! v I c !e was - deprived of his SAYSS THAT H SflJD WASlTOTALiBLAnK Unconscious Just Bef ore Cars Struck Train, .-. REMARKABLE ASSERTION. 'Just why, His Brain Was Not -Working Order He Doesn't Know in NORFOLK, ,VA., July 21. Motor man W. K; Atkinson, who wasin charge of the "Ocean -View electric train which r mihefi'-'inf'n a' ntrintr nf 7l emnfv rnal which he declared he Was unconscious for a few ssconds before the collision. He said he regained consciousness when about a car length from the coal train, and then reversed his Dewer. Commerce Commission and State Comora tion Commission, which this morning began its inquiry wreck; into i the After reviewing his day's work, At- Vinson's affidavit takes up the last run of the. wrecked train and continues . "I remember distinctly blowing my seeing signals for Simpson's cross ing, which is about an eighth of mile north of the Virginian Railroad crossing and I remember shutting off mv current r rom this time, for some reason I. know not why, I lost consciousnes until I was a;bout a car length from the Virginia!-!. Railway crossijjgihen I .regained consciousness and saw the train, crossing ahead of me and the signals displayed against me. "I reversed then,' but of course, it was too late to do any good and we struck the Virginian Railway train." Atkinson said he had been feeling badly Thursday night. A report of fered to the commission by the claim department of the traction company showed 89 persons had reported in juries of more or less seriojs nature, and that there were 100 passengers on the two cars of the wrecked trol ley train. Judge William F. Rhea, of the State corporation commission, presided at today's ' investigation which received official reports as to the condition of mo tor equipment on the electric car. This was declared in good order. Virgin ian' Railway employes testified the safety gates were set against the elec tric line, with four red lights burning brightly: ' ' BLANCHARD BUILDING IS BEING . REMODELED. At last the work of .remodeling the Blanchard building on Pollock street, that was badly damaged several months ago by the fire that destroyed the stock ani. fixtures of the Ready Wear Gar ments Company has begun. "The contract for the repair has been awarded to a local cohtractor, and -the work will be rushed to a finish as rapid ly as possible.-'Up to this time the stockholders of the Ready Wear Gar ment Company have not made known their intentions as to whether or not they will resume business. STREET CROSSINGS ARE TO BE IMPROVED MAYOR BANGERT AND' ALDER- MAN ELXIS MADE AN , 1 . ' INSPECTION. Mavor A. II. 1 Bange'rt, Alderman William Ellis and superintendent Lewis and Road Supervisor Wiggs of the' Nor folk Southern Railway Company yes terday afternoon-inspected all of the company's crossings at various street corners in the city.'- ". . ..: 'y. Work "of repairing several crossings is now, in progress and the others will be put in first class shape just as soon as possible. ' , , .The toilet rooms at the union passen ger station were also inspected and the Mayor and Alderman Ellis made sev eral " recommendations for improve ments tending to make these more sanitary and thtese suggestionswill be carried out at once. . 1 . , , MOID The "Bitf Three" Try to v.ffif.. ...... VS ' .. . -r . ::. , ' -.y , Photo by American Press Association. H ERE they are, the "big three" cup away from Uncle ,Sam. Left to right the men nre: Sir TIioiih Llpton, owner of the challenger. Shamrock IT.; Designer Nicliolsm and W. P. Burton, skipper of the ohalleflftM. Burton is snid to h the best amateur sailor in Grent Britain. The Shamrock IV. h.is proved sen sationally fast In her trial heats, and a thrilling series of contests off Suinl; Hook In September Is promised. .j -, MPT. 1 1 NEWELL NABS FLEEING COIN NEGRO SHOT ANOTHER NEAR JACKSONVILLE EARLY YESTERDAY MORNI N Early yesterday morning 'Edward Spicer, colored and of Onslow county, shot and seriously wounded another negro near Jacksonville. Immediate ly after the shooting Spicer escaped and during the day the Onslow officers failed to locate him. Yesterday after noon one ot the omcers boarded the train enroute from Wilmington to this city and rode for a considerable dis tance in the hope that the fugitive would come aboard. Finally he alighted and returned home. . At the next station Spicer boarded the train and took a seat in one of the cars. Capt. W. H. Newell was in charge of the train and, at once "spotted" the negro. Arriving on the outskirts of this city, Spicer attempted to alight from the car but Captain New ell, placed him under arrest and. turned him over to the local police and he is now in jail awaiting the arrival of an officer from Onslow county who will take him back to answer to a charge Lot assault with a deadly weapon. BASEBALL TODAY Single Men and Ghent Team To Cross Bats. At a meeting of the Board of Direc tor of the New Bern Baseball League held last night, it was decided to refer the decision of Saturday's game to the National Committee of base balland abide by the decision made by them. - The game scheduled for this after noon "between the Single Men and the Ghen -team , will, be played and the Single Men will not withdraw from the league as had been reported.. . .-,. -v The. game this, afternoon promises to be a good" one and all the fans are urged to attend. , - MRS EDWARD SMALLWOOD PASSES" AWAY' . ' A telegram was 'received yesterday from Mr. Edward - W. Smallwood, an nouncing the death of his wife, at White Siibher Springs, New York, where they had gone to spend the summer. ' Notice-J 'i of funeral will appear later, - Who "Will Lift America's Cup who will endeavor to take the America':- Deadly Equine Disease Located HORSES AROUND TOWN OF VANCEBORO ARE IN GREAT DANGER. Dr. E. G. Hargett, veterinarian for the city of New ;Bern, has discovered that there are a number of horses j around Vanceboro which are affected with that deadly equine disease, the glanders, and there is probability that that section will be quarrantined for several weeks, and no horses will be allowed to enter or to go out from there. The doctor discovered that there were at least " halt a dozen animals infected with the glanders and he has already started giving them treatment However, whether this will be of much avail in saving the lives of those now infected with the disease is a matter of speculation. In order that the epidem ic may be eradicated i is probable that one of the governments experts will be called in to assist in the work. Ac cording to Dr. Hargett's statement the disease is communicable not only to healthy horses but also to human beings. NEW DIRECTORY HAS JUST BEEN ISSUED BY FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. Just from the preses of the E. J. Land Printing Company is an attrac tive church directory issued by the First Baptist Church of the city. This directory, which contains the names of every resident and foreign member and much other valuable in formation about the church, was com piled by Rev. L. B. Padgett, who is supplying the church during the summer months. Every member is to be presented with one of these 'directories and they are now being mailed out. . FIRE LADDIES TO ' NIGHT MEET- TO- A recess meeting of the New Bern Steam Fire Engine Company Number One will be held this evening at eight o'clock. ' Business of importance will be transacted and all members are re quested to attend, ' : " : - :.) N By order of the forman, , i ;v v, M.. PUGH, Sec. C IE y j FOUND IN THE NELMS MYSTERY Human Hand Located In Louisiana Town. MURDER NOTE BELIEVED TRUE. Strange Disappearance Of Young Woman Baffles Atlanta Police. ATLANTA, July 21. Conviction that Eloise Nelms Dennis is on the high seas sailing toward India or some other distant country, while her sister Bea trice is lying dead, possibly slain in the manner described in the mysterious death note mailed from San Francisco. tiled to-day upon those who were continuing a tutile search for a single definite clew to the whereabouts of the missing Nelms sisters. Fresh revelations of her intention as long ao as 1912 to flee wiih Victor Innes, the Carson City lawyer, and make ner home with hini in India, to- ethcr ?th every circumstance of her t;iyhl from Atlanta, served to strength en t his belief. The baffling personages of Innes and his companion. "Maru.iret Minis" or 'Mary Hardman," as she wafivariously known, thrust tlem-lves into almost every incident that has any bearing on the actions of Eloise and her disanpear- mce. For the first time a telegram was shown to-day that bore a frantic mes sage from Eloise to the so-called "aunt." "m Demanded Help of Woman. Eloise demanded the aid of the mys terious woman, and insisted that she come at once from Birmingham, whence she had gone a few days before, and help her. A prominent man, who was a close personal and business acquaintance of Eloise, says that the love-mad woman had confided to him her plans and her fears. She was going to meet her "aunt" in a few weeks in New Orleans, she said and from there was going West to em bark for India. Innes, she said, was making all the arrangements, and she did not even know the boat she was ta take. Every trace of the fleeing woman that has been obtained has appeared to darken the mystery. She evidently doubled here and there on her own trail for the deliberate purpose of thwarting any who might pursue her, the detecti ves believe. Investigation was made of a report from Alaquemine, La., that told of the finding there of a human hand. Few details were given in the telegram from the Chief of Police of the town, and Chief Beavers wired for further infor- t mation. Post Card Investigated. A letter from George Baker, a resi dent of the Louisiana city, also related the finding of the hand. The fact that Eloise in her death letter said that she had got rid of Beatrice in New Orleans gave this discovery its significance. A post card received by William F. Upshaw, assistant manager of the Aetna Life Insurance Company, also furnished a metter for investigation. The card was from San Antonio and was signed by "Dr. H. W. German," P. O. Box 424, and inquired of Mr. Upshaw as to his present address. Mr. Upshaw said that he did not know German, and that he did not even know anyone in San Anton io. However, he was well acquainted with Beatrice Nelms, and she heM two policies in his company, which she had permitted to lapse. Inquiry was made in San Antonio to determine if there is a man there of that name or if someone, possibly one of the sisters, is seeking to learn something of the insurance policies. Wired Woman to Come Eloise implored the instant aid of the mysterious "Margaret Mims," then going under the name of Mrs. Mary Hardman, only a few days before she went on the trip that swallowed both . her and her sister Beatrice. Mrs. J. W. Nelms, mother of the missing sisters, 'showed the telegram calling for the immediate presence of the Mims woman.. It read C. P. B ARTLING PURCHASES HOME IN CLIENT. :C P. Bartling has purchased a resl- dence in Ghent and at an early date will vacate the dwelling on Middle street which he has' occupied for a number of years. f4 . ' ' . ' "
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