VOL. LX1I. N,. 14 FIVE CENTS PER CO? NEW BERN, N, C... SUNDAY, SEPTEMBIR 27t 1914 THE 08111 FLEhT . ' .. t ATTEMPT TO fIJ I., 'J .TRIAM OUT Or VOF.'i---. 7 AEROPLAJ IS AFE , Dr.CPPING BOMFS Four,, fiirn'rid. JnM8 3j rTroopaOv'cupy We:-Heik " ' and Takp Ralbja:it ..Rome,. Sejt.-.' 2.'-jThc , co-v t ed French and BHrih fleets to av btfan Jieavy bombardment it e A .ut - Wtifii VMiUn-.i. tk S,,i.v. vt "Cattaro. trench AreTOlane acxomitlmc" . - pairjing t'"c ships, ? flew over the rtty " .and drvr:s! Ljs. The a runt cr r xtent ol the t r. f ge' isk, not kno . n. XMPLLTE I'CJATIOM i y " -v 0F AJ, I TO'ITION " ' Petn -ttt. J The " fall r.f Khyrc7,:fi". ' Theii.' !,- ''j, of tlc A sri.1!! for i fled po i i n -t i -Przen-.eyl .as rsxards to railroad rov.-.-munication cw lte. is tT-,r:v .'t miles south of th tf;-tr! sini j n : ' ion, ' of several i.rportant --s .. Cratow, the next objective .p l .'-i. fiVtoivn fa now hslit bv l.irr' fin - ana nust ian- lorces; !7n tare lateft at v jt s c" 1 a t Ai strtan ci.il- uvernn'.ent lias beei c'istikcec mv fH chj rge ta e:: l.y t ? Cermins. y. ' . . . japj.1" t :r.o : n ;-,r. , - CO 1UPJED CITY OFVI I KSHW "'?i ..i"-i''-'"'v'.".i'.---T" '' - :. v -v.'''- ' " 'i1.. . ... Peim, Sept. 26 Fpjr ha., ! J Ja v 'es8 troops occ.ij.ied Wei Hij:i - eFw.-- t J 11 "iq: oppose the invader;,. The ' Foreign Office protest I'-to the Ja'pap, '. 'jtft legation, today as. 11 they oc.citi.ied ;'.':'rpfvlHce-i8-.outaitre . the fighting ?onc. , THE GERMANS ARE -s , ; " MAKING FIERCE. ATTACKS '.Pai s, "Sept.' 26-.An- oT.i iaf state . .. merit !sv;ed iX 11 o'clock tonight says lV "The,eneny has attacked us along l'i e i .- wiiuic ii i iicy nave if u re)JW74 I j . every wh vi'on c .' left, 1 -We are ma' i-ig -, - firogres'.' te " tifchts of the Mi.t.e.4 Ihesitua wmb. c'-anngm Vo e We on4nje tig Ji fj.-a tnd. v , : d RE A T BATTLE GOES ; . - - : - , " 5UT CESSAIIONj v " ' I Pa.lept. 26 For fojrtean da, s - . f-.-.-r". v w.j.Mouv " j 'i,,,,,, oo nJiiiMJ 1 . . Vractt, . out cessa jon and .nil I only fof the , l3posal cf rrnnal cases the w 'T' writs, nr news oi snm n cisiv result. ff Here"and,th-!T '-J3:-cing to thoeffip cial tonmi?nicaMoni; the line has given Miay tt o.ie tlJb t the oter-but tJ;j . .t; ; importance f .esf -in identSi if any; K 'on the, fijjal resu as ret yet beco r; li. - apparent. 'i ' . The latest Funch'omrlal state pent "mentio.ris seyera! :;?:ch .movement :0.i 'yr ' khe t rench lv.t .v ing. to tt;e .northwest i" , -of Noyon, whjij the French jppjrt!il ' vliave been trying to'oatflanic the.Ger ",J man right, the advawed FrenchTtrons, :) -'it is announced, were compelled to , "a little ground, having come in cjniat ' -itfi Sape icr forces, Fr sh ir-ps were "brought v?,' hl, ever, ( and te French offensive , w a? UvO-asly ,- re , s.'irecL The (""Tijri ati-""? sy? the .istrcggle in tKls'region has Jbcc-o.e cv--tu:n ely violent. - " , ?imilarf , - oi fi heights of the : iMeUse, the GermaTis'J.ave had successes J' - but they have hot been able, vhe' French .: communication. sayav to crosa-the rh'er. v The French report-yshowevcr, -that ! -on their right wing the Gsftr.ans-have' begun: t give way to attacas-co ting . rom Nancy and Tot!, while in r southern resign cf VVoevre the enemy 3a' also retlrlnx, but the action con.J ...Jtinuis. c v v M ' -' London, Sept 26 Reports' continue to come into Lcndon of trouble; be , ween Bavarian ad Pr,:s;ian troops jn -i Brussels and it is said the German Tmilitary- '.'th&ri.ics in4 the Belgian - capital- ha.'e ordered all Bavarians tj -the scene, of. operations in France. ;'., reports, 1 however, are officially ' ! i i Brussels." . , ', - ' j " ,(r1ie from Petrograd declares ' ; e i civil government of Car- , ' n.over by Germany. ' cow -are s iil to -.on v ill cease i; s ! ! tran.'.fornipd Da c r: p ky to -s ' 1 !G Ml tfiJSfi : r '.l'.j . . -I AW I" ' ' i.c ion I VI PAL FAYS "t f i e ' l'R I av at!. the r.'le;ri it le , . !.-t (hLrch. P e fa r. Jn Icon in ;rwr"ss for ti is ,rt ( J''. ' : ,d many re J'"l.i& hof& to a -r rt and eloiicus 1 1.:. A spiemuu prcgn m i s Decn arranted for the-Sunday school ho r in ftiich t'ie r1 ikfren and young people v ill par.iiijfte. It is expected that there will I e i' ncf i.nreat the Sunday school twice ; .'.any as heretofore. 11 e yhody is ini:ci and requested to be rn time, 9 45 a. tn., as the service i'.l ?-ia cn :i(ve in order to complete e o i. m in lime fo: the pieacl.ing sc.- i--e. . I 11 CO o'clock Pastor Ti let v. ill t-eV a apropriate for -tVe i extltlses i.I ti.t da i.H:i2 as Ms sub and lie Deil's "O. r -,Vo n 1 a. liable s eM 1 j urtend se:-- i : , t.8 so.. ..i. in Any ho are ( isablcJ is in s ore. p to the c.-. vet: an;i . ifl lot t e P, ,t r either Mr. j vided P'.iL;iv: s;.c ial S. Miller know, v.iib be pro- n with ;, conveyance, is ccr.ially inited. musical iroium lir-.s been The as r.;nted. Af 7 SO ' o'r.l&.ic C. in. the evenliisH sif'-if vi'il ch- .ene wih a goxl !lve 8 1 1" tl Kung Vrtlne followed by an EvarftciicalUic oddre s by Pastor TI iot l:c innovna' thit ill us ; as his s.vbie'.t . :i t. is I'.ca-ion fhe Becisive Pt ."- Th Vj an VVi--f"ing Chor. s, v 111 i dru'er Ui ions at bo.S the morn ing nd c vei.i.. sen ice. A ccct i i! invitation is extended the public to attend cnr' cl the s:r.Les"of ths day. ANOTIT.P. TEF,M Cra,0li Courl tj Coaun3 on Octo- - ber ' ' A one veV terr ff S-pcriJr co,rt nil! i - hrs Monrlavs October the , twe,f ; ( wjth j R p Peebles, of i i -..1 i.-.liiiiTv. . i 1.1 t?rm wl be, r r-: : .t i: : , . ;;.. ...l j t for mine- offe.tsss-; -t:.c-rc; is one murder case and two fotf crlrr.inal carelessness. ' Luke 3?own iifl ans'wer to. the' charge ; of "rri'ivl0rv for killing lis "stepfather v'Wednesdajf,'1 ' e.itombcr he tv.enty- 1.111 u. ; h i v , ' Mfr t. H.CKyf.o3: and rs James Mltche'lT&nrl Ciaufe'.iter,. retun ed last ni'jhf L'om.3Iac)t, Mountain where they have been spending the Srrvrer. to these same screes the ' Germansl have. thrown three army .corps into the Ciac.ow 'CistncE? in piv;jurauon lor ic.ei yi is Te R'asiai. capital hrs been ?d-'ing with Lord's Prayer by congregation fejrf, -KJthat. U .tiafhcas been! 5., Violin Solo-Prof. prunier. stopped between Berlin and the Baltic pons' of Dannie, Llting Ninf Sletin Aio'uer de-'ian has beea. made by Ausp.'a for sjrrer..' of Iong-sufferln Belcrada. This was answered by tht shilling- of Austrian ' monitors in the river. Meaajime the' Balkan ' allies eon laae their attack on ifiarjevo,; the ca .ital of Bosnia . , NEW LINKS FORGED ' IN GREAT FIGHTING CHAIN Paii('?.'ct.2jWNew links were forged today in th; chain- bein woven aroud the German right commanded by Vonnd Kb-wk.-'' -Deter;.iiied charges of French and British infantry supported by un ceasing; fire. Great : guns from Parts broke mown 1 resistence of enemy who were once1 dore driven north to Sols sons.. These attacks delivered at three p juts, Noyon, seme point north Sols. sons which withheld by Censor and at ?t.' Quen'in. Success at any one of these spe'.l disaster for C-ertean's, but St. Quentin is gravest danger point just now for" them-' as it commands Von I 'duck's s-.rp'y line through Bel- i flRSIOCOlTlIE iKESHfllP 01 fi Engine No. 102 cf Hie Roper Lumb:r Company Makes the InitfaLTrip ; THE 'LIN?. HAS NOT BEEN E.N- TlilE'.V COMPLETED YET. i ' ' ' - - j Ccmtretrjr Hopes to Have It j Readinss- by Latter Part j Enyn No. K2 .of the. John L;' Roper j Lumber C nipany, has the dlstlrctlon of being the first locomotive to glide over lliA rntlsi rif tli. npu, llnflnlny frmstriirt-- ed to the Lastcrn Carolina r-air grounds. The track has been laid to a point on T.I,.. A.-. f i,i.1.'i . ....!, , .. . .': tanu ine locomotive mentioned .move . vestei dav made the trlD to the end of the line. Progress on the construction of this track to the Fair erojnds ' is bein? rapidly made and the contractor who has it in charge says that the last rail will probably b; in place by the latter part of next week and the track in readiness for the operation of trains during the week of October 27 to 31, the dates on which the Fair Is to be held. This news is most encouraging to those who are interested in the welfare of the Fair and they are anxiously awaiting the opening day. The officials of , the Fair are hard at work getting everything In readiness for the opening Premium books have been distributed all over this section and word has al ready been received from a large num- FI RHAD this'ber of propectlve exhleltors who say that they will anlvc In due Urn; with their exhii-its, Bookings for the midway are also being made and right here It would not be aivlss to state that the shows along the midway will this year be tnor varied and numerous than any ever seen in this pa"rt of the State. Every attraction will . be . absolutely '.cfcan th"6ftf Vilf "be no' catch-penny devicft where the unsuspecung patron will lose his or her money and in fact the entire Fair will- be operated on a high plane Free attractions? Oh yes, there will be a number of free attractions and they will be wortn seeing, too. several ol these have already been secured and the management will announce them with in a few days. Needless to say that they will please all who see them. Every citizen of New Bern and East ern North Carolina Is , urged to talk about the Fair whenever possible. Tell the neighbors and relatives of the big event wmcn approacnes ana ten tnem this also, that they will not have to pay but ten or fifteen cents to get out to the grounds and that they will not be 'compelled to go via boat or automo- r. . . . xt..r.i.. i Dlie, Dtlt can maKe cue inp on a iNonoiit i i . ; " OF c - SERVICE AT CENTENARY PLEASING "' PROGRAM TO BE , RENDERED THERE TODAY - The following is the order of wori" ship ,at Centenary Methodist church today , . , :. li ' Organ' voluntary Mrs. Meadows ,v2, Hym number 225 choir and con- ; gregatlori.' Apostles- Creed congregation. Prayer-r-lead by the Pastor, clos; 6. ! Psalm reading--Pastor and con gregation alternately. - 'x " -'7. -Gloria Patri choir and congre? gatlon. v . , - v 8.' Second scripture lesson Pastor, 9j" Announcements followed by an offertory, . T- " ' " :, 10. Solo--Prof. Bourdelais. ' , 1 1 -V'f-r Hxjmn .MHinlifr choir and congregation.'"'' . " , 1 V127 Sei mon, ' subjeet," Alone 'With God" Pastor " i -( 13. Hymn number 315-choi'r and congregation , " t 14. Benedictory prayer Rev. W.A. Cade. -; . --' Evening Service 8 O'clock ' Evening hymns, numbers 569, 420, 212. - 1 f- An evangelical sermoa will be preach ed by the Pastor. '- v , ' Tlje Sabbath school meets at 4 p. m., T. A. Green Superintendent. The Wei jeyaa Adult Class offers a place for every unafT.iated man in the city. Taught b the Pastor. Public cordially invited to . : y si rvlce. . : - .- IDE SITUATION 15 I ERY SERIOUS Statement in Which He Says, Const tutir.::Ksts Are T.eadyfor Kmcriicncy SAYS THAT HE WILL NOT ACCEPT VILLA'S PLAN Unite J States Orders Battleships Now in Local Waters To Pro ceed at Once to Vera Cruz. Mexico City, Sept 26 General Car ranza in a long statement reiiews the difficulties between himself and General Villa, stating that the situation is grave bi t that the constitutionalists are ready for any emergency. Villa, he declared, demmded impossible changes in the call iss::ed for a conference of constl t. tionalist chiefs on October 1st. ilia's demands, he said, were that the general conference pledge itself to re-establish the national and state civil regimes within 30 days after the con fer. y"e concludes its discission; that no ;'esent army officer shall be eligible as a candidate for any elective office; that the federal state legislature be con vowed immediately an : that the elec toral college be chosen for the election of a permanent president. ' To these demands Carranza replied jthat only the conference itself was 'able to take up these questions. , Regarding Xthe cuttir.;,' r.f the rail way lines north of Agi:us Calient es, Cirranza sas this is not a hostile but a necessary act ki view of Villa's war like preparation If anarchy comes and blood is spilled as a result of this the blame, he says, is on the head of Villa. Neirby garrisons are assembling for transportation for Aguas allentes. It is reported here that a special train llf leave Mexico Citv for Vera Ojz tomorrow night 'carrying passengers booked on stealers to sail for the north. The gap in the railway line to Vera Cruz, it is reported, is several niles in extent. Warships, to the Scene Norfolk, Sept.26. Following the re ceipts of news from Mexico that Car ranza and Villa had split and another war was imminent, the Navy Depart ment lost no time in ordeiing warships to the scene. The battleship Minnesota, Rhode Island and Texas, which were in Vir ginia Waters, ate among those ordered to proceed to Vera Cruz. The Rhode Island came to the navy yard yesterday to go into dry dock for temporary repairs before proceeding to the Mexican port. She will be ready to sail tomorrow or Monday. She Is to take on a large quantity of stores and ammunition. The Minnesota was ordered to Phila delphia to have her bottom scraped and painted. She will be ready to sail for Mexico by Monday. She will become the flagship of the Fourth division. The Texas, which left this port Thursday for Galveston, where she is to receive a silver service, the gilt of the people ofthe Lone Star state, was ordered to proceed to Mexico as soo'n as the ceremonies at the Texas port are concluded. While 'it is not known officially, it is reported that other Amer ican ships have.been ordered in readi ness to sail f or . Mexico. Others in Readiness The battleship Suth Carolina, w hich has just returned from a foreign cr. iss, and the battleship. New York, only three days in from-Meico, are reported hold ing themselves, ;in readiness to proceed to Vera-Cru.'V'j... ' 5. :Wh?n General Carranza assumed control of tbeMexican government the United States looked forward to a set tlement, of differences among the. war ring faction' of, that nation, and, was preparing "t order the American troops to evacuate.. .Vera; Cruz. Most of 'the battleships i were,, ordered home, and only the smaller gunboats were left to patrol the coast.( - Since Villa defied Carranza, to do his worst;-conduions'in the revolution rid den country; have again become alarm-, ing' American troops have been ordered to remain at Vera Cruz until further orders. , ? " - THE WEATHER The weather , forecast for New Bern and .vicinity today is-fair with fresh northerly winds, 'oj , no T, STEPS II WAS STORED ON WHITE LINER IN NEW YORK HARBOR STAR New York, Sept. 26 Sixteen hundred bales of cotton, stored in the lower hold of the White Star liner, Cretic, caught fire this morning as the vessel lay at her pier under steam and ready to weigh anchor for Genoa. Several hundred Italian reservists crow ded Into the steerage overnight, were routed by smoke and fled in scant attire to the pier. The fire gained headway rapidlv '. I Within 15 minutes from the time the' first whlsp of smoke curled up from) iv-viiu r ci uic uixr.j i u tut hold appeared to be a roaring furnace inrl unnn c m th- Knnrr In Ii ii irt fliiwl.-. over the river. l or nearly an hour the fire rag'-d practically rnchecked. Then there can'.; ;il?;v s'de the 1 .ruing vessel two of l he dty's !i e !w.t They pumped hndre !s ol i;;-.5ii!:-i cl water into the ship but it was not until a half Inter later that the fire men were able to play strean s directly on the blaze. Meantime confusion on tl j i-.-r among the cabin passenger- na.ly to embark was so great that a panic seemed to impend. The hc.n'ieds there became thousands with the rapid rcsh to the scene of passersby. A heavy delachn.ent of police reserves restored a semblance of order. The fire continued to b un steadily and the volume of smoke sptead up and down the river. It was after fire seemed to ship herself, it fire and the the cotton In was consigned 10 o'clock before tie be under control. The was faid, did not catch lai:.ave was onlined to! the hold. Tl'is coiton J to Naples. j Officers of the line s.Utl the Cre't probably would be unable to sail today.' The orljiln of the fire was not de termined, b.:t it was thought It 'night have been started by a lighted ilar erte or cigar tossed Into the held. THOMAS W. MARSHALL'S CON DITION SERIOUS The many friends of Thomas E. Marshall regret to learn of his ton tinned confinement on account of falling while descending the stairway in a Wil mington, Del. store He wis advised by a physician to hurry home, which he did, and has been confiiud there since the accident occured, ten days ago, with his condtion gradually growing worse. Mr. Marshall's s lne was injured in the fall, and he is now perfectly helpless. MAY ORGANIZE SKATING POLO TEAM HERE There Is a mov ement on fool among the lovers ol roller skating to organize skating polo team, and arrange games with some of the nearbv towns for matches. The excellent tloor at Ghent Park affords so ne et client sport for those who are bind til this polular amusement. WORLD SERIES OCTOBER 9 President Ban B. Johnson Makei An Announcement Chicago, Sept. 26 Play in the series for the worjd's baseball championship whl begin on October 9, at 2 o'clock, according to announcement by Presi dent B." B. Johnson of the American League. ' The announcement was made after a long distance telephone conver sation with August Herrmann, chair man of the National Baseball Com mission. , ' ' ' ' ' ' J. W. Stewart returned last night from' Sampson' Groye, Fla., where he owns a large orange orchard.-' In speak ing'of the orange industry and general conditions in that section,. Mr. :Stewart told a Journal reporter that the crop this year I unusually large and that excel j lent prices are being offered for.' the luscious . fruit and that - he;.grower I were greatly pleased. - y GOVERNMENT COTTON RELIEVE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARJT HAS ASSISTED IN MAK ING THEIR PLANS ' THE REGULATIONS VERY SATISFACTORY Are Of Great Importance to Cotton Growers of This Section Washington, Sept. 27 Arrangements were perfected today by t lie interstate commerce commission in connection the treasury department and the fed eral reserve board to relive the cotton storage situation in the South. These brances of the government ha't iolnfr! In n.-;t.!1nr r.itfin t-.1in.-MM nnrl ra:i ..-,,- r , u u ; ,,p extraor(,inarv de,n;i f(,r the stor. ()f co:ton occa,ioiH , h R can war. , The roiiTiumion, in an announce f new tarill a d Iran porta iont ion.- ii'ade today, says that ".orlP I rt'g'. irpi se of proxlltng temporary v ..r c t to 1 i'- for the ftorage of '-"- -i-v CP jt., approvedL v "i tit.- trcas.try antt;:. re b-,..;r,:, a mi for tht. vittirig t! carriers to 1! b. the the federal pi rposc of pe: recognue the uaiciie -se as points for storage of niti.n, in order ili.it such'. ; i.ints should be ji .-en the benefit of', tv.iit privllei.es the interstate com irerce commission has ar.thorized the , carriers ol ire Socth to publish and file" tarll':s establishing on ihcir lines rule, regulations and charges cm er. ling the storage of c.u.m during the cottonf year ending At g m 31, I'M?." The regulations i.-saed by the com mission are expected not only to re lieve the storage situation but, moreim - smumr portaml, , t ie financial situation whlclir to cotton ; I.irttr- '.as become seriou on accoun' of t he i.-;i:uliy in marketing"' the c-tltm crop. With vireouse re ;lpts fur their cotton the i lartera wfiL..-. be abb 1 re (lire at ; c : no:i it andjjj, 1 hen may await a i'.u orabk- tin'e for for-"i- v.ir;!lpg ti'.e Ci'o,; final .le.-., lnatlonri s'-i;.-:r-en!s and. fixe 1 at a min---- The war; hou-l'iu has be: Text of Rt-nilatioii3. hollowing arc the i-i .i:'mission regu- latlons, w! id: ti t railways arc author ired :o p. t into eff ! in -vediately upon: lillus; of th- necessary r.inTs '"1. t'tiiion shlppcl f i- warehous ing and resl lpmcr.'. m.::st be consigned to the warehou-sing point an l freight thereto paitl on basis of the f':!l local rate, upon which the delir ering agent will give n.itl freight receipt, v. 'rich the holder of the rottwi should retain for .u., i- . .. . . .d : . .lit: hhjom- oi sei -iMiig i e.si lipping privilege. -''2. I'pon reshlpmen; from ihc ware- .: hoj-ing point the shipper will be re q.lred to surrender to the aent of I he line brim lne the cotton Into thy ware--ij housing point the p;.id freight bill covering that identical cotton. The number of bales, marl:- and weights of toiler, as forwarded from the ware- : housing pclni in ii--t ct.nl t:-; t: the paid ' freight bill, and In addition the shipper . -. wi-l be req.lrcf to certify on the back of the paid freight bill that the cotton ' tendered is the identical cotton received ' thereunder. The shipper will also be reqilred to surrender to the railway agent it the time of reshlpment the . . bill cf lading cov ering the movement -cf the cotton into the warehousing-.-; ', point, unless the 1 ill of lading for such shipment shai! have been previously ; -surrendered to the railway. . -. "3 Thereupon the agent will issue a through dill of lading to the further- ; final destination at the through rate from the point of .origin to such further , final destination in effect at the time of the original shipment into the ware housing point, pays three cents petr hundreds pounds provided such further , final destination is a point to which there are established -through rates ia . effect front the," o;irinal noint' of ship.'. ment-via the warehousing pir.t Qr vlded,: that at the option of any Inter- -ested line'the. minimum through rates will be that from the warehousing point ; plus' the stoppage' charge of three tents per hundred pounds.) Where the rate from the original roint'ofiaUpment ttv such.' further; final destination r;isi lts. than the rate from the original, I jfcoi J.t...' ' , " ., ' jt: (Continued on Page 3) 'v-