EASTERN CAROLINA FAIR OCTOBER 27 TO 30 COME
VOL. LXIL No. 153
NEW BERN. N, CT. . SUNDAY; OCTOBER 4, 1914
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REFUSE 10 WORK
1
A
Was Made Near
Disastrously
Russian Territory
uated by the Invaders.
Dague Peace Conference
Year has been Called Oft.
of Casualties is given out
Paris, Oct. 3 Tonight's official state
ment declared that there was no new
developments in the war situation,
further than that conditions are favor
able to the Allies. Two striking de
velopments stand out in today's official
statement. The first is that th? French
repulsed a violent attempt of the Ger
mans to break through their line near
Roye. The second, that the Crown
Prince's army failed in an attempt to
slip through the . French ; line in the
vicinity of the forest of Grurie, th
French , preceding their movement at
tacked and drove them back.
SITUATION IN CENTER
IS ALSO UNCHANGED
, The situation in the center is also
unchanged while consistent progress is
being made by the French in the Werve
district. It is reported that the armies
Generals Von Boehm and Buelow have
, been consolidated and they are now
holding the series of lines facing south
from ; Ribercourt to Most In Belgl um
and are turning toward Bahaume.
DISPATCH. TO ROME
SAYS GERMANS FLEEING
. Rome. Oct. 3 A dispatch from Pe-
trograd says that - the - Germans - are
evacuating Russian territory and that
. many of them were' drowned while
crossing the Niemen rjver. .According
: to this dispatch the Germans 'also lost
a quantity, pf siege artillery. It is
reported that the Kaiser was with the
1 , expedition and escaped with difficulty.
(Note The Kaiser was reported sev-
A eral days ago as having gone to Sulalkl
- which is near the scene of this, retreat.)
THERE WILL BE NOT - , ,
. - HAGUE PEACE CONFERENCE
'Washington,', D. -. C.,- Oct. - 3 The
State Departmentthis afternoon an-'l1-
nounced that all pla'ns foe the Hague
-Peace Conference next year had been
, annulled. t t , r . --
l" X i ' 1 ; i"
AUSTRIANS FREE FROM u n-
( ' the Prussian horror"
.Vienna,, Oct, .11 While every train
to" the north is carrying troops, to
-strengthen' the- Galician front, every
"train- leaving, here for, other' points is
filled' with' wounded'-Austrians and
Galician refugees fleeing from what they
.-call the " Russian horror."-i-. .- V
The. wounded are coming in such
Jargc numbers- that some have had
to be cared -for in 'a 'section oC the
Parliament building,, , - v f ' -' ,
, ' All the' churches and schools, which
. have been turned into - temporary hos-
pltals,' were filjcd some time, ago. ' ' '
THE LIST OF CASUALTIES
IS A VERY LONG ONE
- .Berlin, Oct. 3 Major General Frek
herr Von Der Horst, commander of the
20lh infantry brigade was killed while
leading his troops on September 30
according to an official announcement
made to.J'y. . ' 1 "
T. 'sv'.; ( riMiiiiy list contains about
MteEsly
Roye and Resulted
for the Teutons.
Being Evac-
The!
Next
List
ors or any who will join the school.
9,600 names and includes a mention Everything possible is done to make this
of the wounding of Prince Joachim, the 'service both interesting and helpful,
youngest son of the emperor, at Chaet- At 11 00 o'clock the preaching serv
zels, ea st Prussia. jce convenes at which time the pastor
The International correspondent i win preach. His subject being "The
learned at Metz from the adjutant Psychology of Service." It is hoped
of Prince Oscar, fifth son of the emperor, j that every member of the church will
that the Prince on September 24 led
his regiment at Verdun in a most des
perate battle. The French, including
Turdo Sharpshooters in trees, picked
of.J;he officers of whom so many were
led by sergeants during the hottest
part of the fighting.
Prince Oscar led the charge which
was finally successful. He got so ex
cited that he collapsed after the victory
with acute heart cramp.
The physicians ordered him to Metz
where the news of the bestowal of the i
decoration of the iron cross of the first
class reached him. He jumped from
his bed when he heard it, shouting,
1 am well aealn! JNo crosses were
available, so General Von Strantz took
his, given him in 1870, and presented it
to the Prince, who is now rapidly re
covering.
Garrison commanders are taking
measures to suppress stories that the
Catholic clergy participated in cruelt
ies against German soldiers in Belgium
which, it is officially asserted, are un
true. BRITISH BELIEVE STRUGGLE
WILL BE LONG ONE
' London, Oct. 3 Though the German
right is less than 50 miles from the
Belgian frontier, never since war's out
break,' apparently have the people of
Great Britian been more reconciled to
the idea that. the struggle yet to come
will be long and terrible. ;
When the Germans first began to
retreat after, their rush toward Paris,
hope ran. high that some master stroke
would bring complete rout to the in
vaders, '.Now, however, many persons
emphasize-that even should the so-called
battle line -be '.terminated, the Germans
would1 'only fall back on equally strong
entrenchments.
There" is' nothing from the French
battle fine this, evening to indicate a
marked change, in the situation. The
fircest , fighting apparently still centers
on that part "of jthe battle line stretching
due -north for -about" forty miles, in an
almost straight line from Roye. . -
DESCRIBES THE
BOMBARDMENT OF ANTWERP
London, T Oct.' ' 3- Describing fight-
ng in the environs ot Antwerp , tne
Times correspondent says v r '
During the '. early - hours of Fri
day there'was a heavy bombardment
rl 1 f ' W f ik. - -A
Oinvue wuutti ' line ui r uie,-,nui wy
defen&CB from Boom, five.1 and - one
half - miles "northwest of ' Malines to
Lierre, nine miles southeast of Antwerp.
It was especially severe at the fort, of
Wave-St. Catherines. ...Toward mid
day the firing of the .Germans became
desultory and perfunctory. - ' "
"The Belgian artillery continued
active but the German reply was in
termittent dnd chiefly 'directed on. the
bridge in the village of Waelhem.' ' .
During the morning the Germans
(Eeriiaiis
WANTS EVERYOHETO
GO TO SUNDAY
! TABERNALCE CHURCH EXTENDS
i A CORDIAL
INVITATION
The Sunday school of the Tabernacle
Baptist church will convene at the
regular hour today, 9 45 a. m., and an
urgent request Is made for the members
of the Sunday school to be on hand, and
a most cordial, invitation is given visit
be on hand, and visitors are welcome.
At 7 30 p. m. the evening service
begins with good live music after which
the pastor will preach. His subject
will be "The Full Surrender," and i.f
one of the series on the fundamentals
of salvation. Mr. Thlot announces
that this will be an Evangelistic ad
dress and he extends a cordial invita
tion to the unsaved of the city as well
as to the christians to attend this crice.
TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH
Sunday school 9 45 a. m. Preaching
service 11 00 a. m. Sermon by pastor,
subject, "The Psychology of Service."
Evening service 7 30. Sermon by
pastor, subject, "The Fulf Surrender."
A cordial invitation is extended to the
public.
MINISTERS CONFERENCE MON
DAY. The Ministers Weekly Conference
of New Bern will be held in the First !
Baptist Church Annex Monday Morn- I
lng at 1130. Important Matters will!
J be discussed. A full attendance is urg-
SCHOOL
ed. Chicago, Oct. 3 Mrs. Nellie Higsg
At the same place at 12 15 a short 'tried for the murder of William Willis,
Men's prayer Meeting will be held. a married man, with whom she had con
This will be attended by both Minis- ducted a liaison, was found not guilty
ters and laymen to pray for a spirtual by a jury here today. She shot and
awakening in this city. (killed Willis, an Illinois Central con-
All Laymen of whateever Church who ductor, while a passenger on his train
are interested In this service, and who iast; April.
can take the time fifteen minutes are
asked to come promptly. i
penetrated to the ""fort of Wa
Catherines, but were driven back
,-re-St.
FIGHTING IN NORTHERN
FRANCE IS CONCENTRATED
London, Oct. 3 Commenting on
the; status; of., the battle in northern
France, ,the:; Times correspondent at
Paris says .
"The violence of the battle seems to
be concentrated for the moment on
the left-wing,, which has prolonged it
self to a point 1 within thirty or forty
miles of the Belgian border, south of
Arras. Through this line the Germans
have attempted to break with the object
of ; isolating the .forces . of the Allies in
the north. The combats in this region
have been extremely violent but the
Aflies hold the enemy, well in spite of
partial successes by the Germans. .
, "Along this immense battle line-"
to the right, left and the center the
enemy has tried to break through in
vain. Nowhere have the French yielded
On the contrary they have steadily and
methodically , progressed. . . New pro
gress has. been made also in the Argonne
region." ,,.
From
Contributed
Returning autumn brings renewed
activity. in all the departments of social,
Commercial and academic life, and to
keep abreast of this onward sweep of
progress the Woman's club of New Bern
with its sub-divisions is about to awake
from their summer slumbering and will
again take up the work in their various
lines.
The first club meeting of the year
Will be held in the club rooms on Wed
nfeday, October 12th, at 4 o'clock, and
In the absence of our president and first
vice-president, our efficient second vice
president, Mrs. S. H. Scott, will pre
side, and It is hoped that a large mem
bership will be present as there is quite
an accured list of club matters both of
a local and State interest to be discussed
and decided.
The special year book committee with
a program committee in each depart
ment have long been engaged in getting
up the yearly programs, and a most
attractive year book, replete with inter
esting programs, is promised us.
The two new departments, the social
service and household economics, will
launch their work and desire a large
membership. The social service will
! extend their work and make it a body
similar to a Young Woman's Christian
association and we feel that this should
be a work near the hearts of all good
people. The household economics is
a nation-wide, all-absorbing subject,
touching vitally our every day life and
problems of right living, judicious buy
ing and civic cleanliness, and certainly
every housekeeper will not miss her
opportunity in this department. The
work of the household economics,
syonlmous with housewives league, Is
doing a great work everywhere, and
this department will, in a measure,
divide fields of labor with our over
burdened City Beautltul Club who
far-reaching Influence has been such a
potent factor in our civic life.
Some of our members have touched
the earth in "high places," so to speak.
We had representatives at the great
Bi-ennial in Chicago, several of our
members have been abroad, yes, even
as far away as "China Towns," quite
a few have been students at a great
Chatauqua in New York to say nothing
of our daring areoplane passenger and
the experiences learned from friends and
relatives of tourists in the European
war zone all should bring great stlmu
lus to our club life and there Is every
reason to believe that this will be a
banner year ending with the State
Federation practically at our very
doors, in Goldsboro.
NOT GUILTY!
So Says Jury in This Murder Case
Her acquittal adds the seventeenth
name to, the unbroken list of such
verdicts in cases of women similarly
accused in this city.
Denard W. Roberts
Has Passed Away
SUCCUMBS AFTER AN ILLNESS
EXTENDING OVER SEV
ERAL MONTHS
After an illness extending over a
period of several months, Denard .
Roberts died at his home, No. 24 Eden
street, yesterday morning at 4 o'clock.
The deceased was forty-five years of
age and , Was a native of New Bern and
numbered his friends by the score, to
whom he news of his death has caused
grief. t
. Surviving, him are, his wife, who was
before her marriage, Miss Aug sta
Crapon, one son, enard, Jr., his father,
Captain D. L Roh&-;s and two brother,
p. W. and Harry. .Roberts.
-The funeral wTbe conducted from
Centenary Methodist church this after
noon by Rev. Euplid McWhorter, as
sisted by Rev, Wf A. fade and the in
terment will be madcin Cedar Grove
cemetery. V
This Organization Awakes
Its Summer
Slumbering
MUST
GO TO WORK OR
LEAVE
New Bern is no place for vagrants
land unemployed negroes and those who
desire to remain within the confines of
the city must either go to work or have
some visible means of support. This is
the substance of ultimatum which has
been Issued by the authorities of the
:ity and that they proposed putting it
Into effect Is demonstrated by the fact
that during the past week fifty or more
negroes have been haled before the
mayor on warrants charging them with
vagrancy. In about twenty cases the
Idefendants in the cases have been found
guilty and fined. In some cases they
were unable to come across with the
Jfine and have been sent to jail. Every
winter New Bern is confronted with this
same proposition and this year the
officials Intend to change conditions up
little. Unemployed negroes cause a
great deal of trouble. Not caring to do
lany work, they In many cases get hold
lof enough money to order two or thiee
fcallons of cheap liquor as thoir stock
pn trade and peddle this over the city.
Getting enough money from the sale
of this they repeat . the performance
and go on through the winter in thi
way. Such a condition is detrlmenta
to the interests of the city and will no
in the future be allowed.
Loafing in Smith
Town Must Cease
CITY OFFICIALS INTEND
BREAK UP THIS
NUISANCE
TO
"Hanging around on the street corn
ers and In Smlthtown must be stopped,'
was a remark by one of the city- official:
at Police Court yest.rday afternoon
And at the present rate that the vag
rants are oeing convicted in tnls court
It will not be long before it is done.
Mltchel Pender, colored, who was yes
terday convicted and sentenced to py
a nne ot twenty dollars and cost or
serve fifty days on the county roads
makes the seventeenth on that was con
victed of vagrance last week.
CHANGES IN SCHEDULE
EFFECT TODAY
TAKE
In this Issue of the Journal appears
an advertisement, which gives the
changes of the schedule for the Norfolk
Southern railway company which goes
Into effect today. A number of changes
have been made in the schedule, in
cluding both afternoon trains running
between Goldsboro and Beaufort. The
one to Goldsboro will leave at 6 10 in
stead of 6 50, and the one to Beaufort
will leave at 6 10 instead of 5 43.
A GOOD SHOW
To Be Seen at the Athens This Week
For this week the managers of the
Athens theatre haw arranged an espec
ially good program both as to pictures
and vaudeville.
Read t heir Monday's program on llu-
eighth page of this issue of the Jo.irnal.
FRANK IS INNOCENT
At Least So Says Prominent Georgia
Lawyer
Atlanta, Oct. 3 1 eo M.
under death sentence lor t!
14-year old May Phagan, 1
frank,
ic miirdi
vas dec i
innocent In a statement ti
mlLiM is
by Willaim Smith, formerly .11 tort
for James Conley, the negro now si
ing a sentence of one year as access
after the killing. Smith refused to
tonight, who he held to be b;:ilt .
MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUED
YESTERDAY'
License were Issued vesterdav for the
marriage ot Miss Sarah L. Griitin to
L. H. ilson. Miss l.rifhn is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. YY . Griihn, and
Mr- Wilson is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
ilson. All arc residents ol Craven
county near Dover.
Mrs. Enoch Wadsworth and Miss
Mary' Fowler, returned yesterday morn
ing from the -mountains of Western
North Carolina where they have been
spending the summer. -
UNEMPLOYED NEGROES
PER
N
CENT
In addition to all of the labor troubles
which have taken place in New Bern
the past week, more dissatisfaction has
arisen among the machinist.; employed
in the local plant of the John L. Roper
Lumber Company and they have given
up their positions. Some days ago the
company announced that owing to the
fact that money was tight just at this
time it would be necessary for them to
cut the wages ten per cent in all depart
Thls decrease in wages was put in effect
and following this the machinists at the
plant here walked out and are refusing
to return to their work unless they are
given their full time pay at the rate
they have for months been working for.
They do not claim to be on a strike, but
say that the rules of the union will
not allow them to work under such Con
dons and state that they intend hold
ng out in their demands until they are
either reinstated or secure work in
some other town. Just what action the
company intends taking is not known,
as they have not given out any state
ment in regard to it. The strike at the
local shops of the Norfolk Southern
railway company remains unsettled.
D. W. King of Birmingham, Ala., who
is in charge of the Railroad Depart
ment of the American Federation of
Labor, arrived in New Bern yesterday
morning for the purpose of conferring
with the local officials of the company
and to hold a meeting of the local union.
The restdt of these conferences is not
known but the men have not returned
to work up to the present time. It is
believed that the matter will be amica
bly settled within a few days.
WOULDN'T PAY TAX
The Authorities Have Trouble with
Alonzo Rhem
Alonzo Rhem, colored, w ho conducts
a tailoring and pres.-ing establishment
on lower Craven street was tried and
convicted yesterday of doimr business
without paying the license tax of twenty
dollars which is required for this busi
ness. The Mayor suspended iudament
tpon the payment of the cost in the
case and tne license tax, ten dollars
of which was to be paid at once and he
was given a week to pay the remaining
ten. Rhem told the chief that he did
not have the money with him but if
he would let him go he would carry
It to the city hall by six o'clock. After
the negro had begged for some time
Chief Lupton decided he would let
him go after the money. Six o'clock
came but Rhem did not, and at eight-
thirty still he had not made his appear
ance and the Chief went to his place of
business, put him under arrest and car
rled him to jail w here he v ill remain
until tomorrow, when he will be carried
to the chain gang to serve thirty days
unless he raises the money before then.
EXCURSION TRAIN TO KINSTON
TUESDAY'
The Dover
coinpany w ill
K'lehla ml- to
t he ixt ! , on
Wild West j,
ton t hat '!., .
111. ;,;- an
mil o ;thboitnd railroad
penile an excursion from
Dover Tuesday October
, , (.::i of the 101 Ranch
.1,-
N 111 1
ie in Klns-
tare from
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Comforl, n- will be
I be ;,oo,l
i a, ri ing
m 'it han
m',i. The
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fifty ,'i in
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, lidnuhs
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,f '1
HOG
TO SPEAK
Goldr.boro M
in to Make
Heie
Addr
V. L. 1 111!, chairman of the Democrat
ic congressi-ioal ncommlitee announces
that George E. Hood, Democratic can
dldate for Comrress, will speak in New
Bern on Friday, October loth, at 8
o'clock, p. 111.
The following other places are an
nounced in Mr. Hoods itinerary
Jacksonville, Oct. 12 at noon; Snceds
Ferrv, Oct 12 at night; Vanceboro, Oct.
16th at noon; Ernul, Oct 17th at 3
o'clock. '-
Miss Rena Godwin, of Havelock, was
a visitor to New Bern esterday.
DON'T LIKE A TEN
DECREASE
WAGES