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Two Of The Inner Ring Of Forts
Silenced But City Makes Magni
ficent Defense Against The At
tacks Of The Germans. French
And British Troops Rushing To
Aid Beleagured Town.
LONDON, Oct. 9. The Press Bu
reau reports officially that three Bri
tish airmen successfully attacked the
Dusselldorf airship sheds today. The
report adds- "Lieutenant Marix drop
ped bombs from a height of five hun
dred feet on the shed, they broke through
the roof and destroyed the Zeppelin
inside. The flames from the escaping
ing gas shot hundred of feet into the
air. Three officers manning the aero
planes 8re reported to have landed
safely but their machines are lost".
The admirality says the feat is remark
able because of the distance covered
and of the difficulties met.
BRITISH ARMY HAS
JOINED THE
FRENCH.
LONDON, Oct. 9. A dispatch to
the Central News Bureau tonight states
that the British army is advancing from
Northern France to Antwerp and has
already joined the strong French force
proceeding to the same destination.
The British forces mentioned Wednes
day as co-operating with the Belgians
is believed to be advancing. The force
of the German assaults on Antwerp
today shows that they are aware 'of
the fact that new troops are onthe way
to go against them and are trying to
take the place before the Allied troops
arrive.
ANOTHER AEROPLANE
SAILS NEAR
PARIS.
PARIS, Oct.r 9. Another Taube
-aeroplane approached Paris today.
French monoplane immediately gave
chase and both machines disappeared
to the eastward. No bombs were
dropped -
LIVELY ACTION IN
THE VICINITY OF ROY'E.
. PARIS, Oct. -9 Tonight's official
statement says-;. "There's nothing new
to report' except a lively action in the
vicinity of "Roye where in two days we
have taken sixteen hundred prisoners."
.ANTWERP HOLDS OUT .
AGAINST GREAT ODDS.
GHENT (via Ostend) Oct. , 9.
- Antwerp, though afire and with great
shells bursting at the rate of twenty a
minute, still holds out. -.Two of the in
ner ring of forts have been silenced but
t the city is making a maginificient.de
, " fenceagainst great odds.- Afterlight
: lulls, the morning bombardment' re
newed with redoubled vigor and a fui
. 1 ous attack, followed.',; Several scouting
': aeroplanes have been sent toward Os-
tend where it is believed they caught
, f sight of the 'relieving" army of the Brit-
;, ish and French hastening1 toward the
beleaueuered ; city. The1 roads to Ant
ic .werp arc congested with refugees.
SOME SECTIONS O '
ANTWERP ARE BURNING.
', LONDON,' Oct.' 9. Borgersaut, a
- suburb of Antwerp, is, burning accord
f ing to a.-Reuter dispatch from Amster--dam.
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v The bombardment of Antwerp, has
been terrible, says an; Ostend , dispatch
' to the Reuter Telegram Company
-under date of Thursday.- '!The Ger
: mans threw incendiary bombs,"- the
dispatch adds, "with the result , that
. many parts of tL town between the
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railway station at the south and the
palace of Justice are in flames.
"It is rumored here that the Ger
mans have been repulsed on the left
bank of the River Nethe.
Fierce resistance of Antwerp's defen
ders on the Scjheldt was partly inspired
by the precnce of King Albert, says
the Ghent correspondent of the Chron
icle in a dispatch under Thursday's
date.
"King Albert retains command of his
troops." the dispatch says, "and is con
tinually in the field directing opera
tions, an example almost galvanic in
its effect on his brave forces."
KING ALBERT OFF
TO SAFER
POINTS.
LONDON, Oct, 9. An Amsterdam
dispatch to Reuter's Telegram Company
dated Friday, quotes the News Van
Der Dag of Ghent as saying that King
Albert left- Antwerp this morning and
has arrived at Selszaete, a village near
the Dutch frontier town of Sas Van
Ghent.
Edgar S. Weaver
Again In City
TELLS JOURNAL MAN ABOUT
THE CROPS IN PAM
LICO COUNTY.
Edgar S. Weaver, of Arapahoe,' who
is one of Pamlico county's most pro
minent citizens, spent last night in
New Bern, a guest at the Gaston Hotel
While in conversation with a Jour-
rial reporter Mr. Weaver stated that
the farmers of that section of the coun
ty are still busily engaged in harvesting
the bumper crops which have been
grown there this year.
When asked about the condition of
cotton there Mr. Weaver stated that
it is slightly improved, not withstand
ing the fact that there is very little of
the product being marketed, owing
to the lack of demand for it just at
this time. ,
The' '.noticeable improvements that
are daily being made in and around
New Bern impressed him very favora
bly.' His conversation in regard to. the
Eastern Carolina .Fair, and the number
of people from this section of the State
who are anticipating attending it, were
very encouraging. , ,
Mr. Weaver will return ; home to
day after attending to important busi
ness matters.
STILL. THEY COME.
New ;Vork - Varnish '. Company
"Buy Cotton.. h ,
to
'S The'( Valentine'-' Paint and Varnish
Company,, of New York City have de
cided to invest one tenth the amount
of their capital. stock in cotton at ten
cents per pound." This cotton will be
held for a profit- which will be given to
some religious cause." The plan by which
they Will purchase the cotton, is through
their" customers ' in . different parts of
the South. 1Di.W.Xoppage, of Vance
boro, ' has recently ' reseived a letter
from this firm stating the above facts.
Dr.' Ernest W. Dunn returned yester
day afternoon from a short profession
visit to Washington, N. C '
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IE WORLDS SERIES
AT JOURNAL OFFICE
RESULTS TO BE BULLETINED
THERE EACH AF
TERNOON. Great interest is being manifested
in the World's series by the local "fans"
and when the returns begun to come in
yesterday the bulletin board in front
of the Journal office, Pinnix Drug
store and Coplon's big department
store, were the centre of attraction.
The Postal Telegraph Company is
furnishing the returns for the Journal
and they are paying every attention
to getting the returns here just as rapid
ly as possible and in consequence the
results of the various plays are received
here a few minutes after they actually
take place.
The second game betweeen the Braves
and the Athletics will take place to
day and the Journal extends an invi
tation to the "fans" to take advantage
of the bulletin floard and keep up with
the game.
LOCAL BASEBALL TEAM VIC
TORIOUS YESTERDAY.
The local baseball team defeated
the team from Grantsboro at Ghent
Park yesterday in an interesting game
of baseball by the score of six to three
The battery for New Bern was Mitchell
and Scales, for the visitors Banks and
Banks.
GIVEN LAST EVENING
TRYON COTILLION CLUB OPEN
THE SEASON IN NEW
BERN.
The opening dance of the fall season
and one which proved to be among the
most enjoyable ever held in this city,
was given in Stanley Hall last evening
by the Tryon Cotillion Club in honor
of Miss Margaret Fagan of Pennsyl
vania who is a guest of her sister Mrs.
William Lansche.
The dance was led by Albert T. Wil
lis and Miss Fagan and those partici
pating were
Albert Marks with Miss Laura Ives
H. Washburn with Miss Nixon
William Howell with Miss Maud
Stewart.
Georee Holland with Miss Bessie
Hyman. ,
David Morris with Miss
Si
Guion.
Joe Guion with Miss Mary Louise
Jones.
Haywood Guion with Miss Branch
of Washington.
W. P. Adams with Miss Lila Mae
Willis.
Wm. Griffin with Miss Jane Stewart.
Luther White with Miss Hazel Tay
lor. Charles Kehoe with Miss Sarah Hol
lister. A. F. Patterson with Miss Mullens
of Atlanta, Ga.,
Stage1 Messrs Clewell, Flowers of
Richmond and Fields of New York,
N. Y.
LOCAL
FIRM GETS
TRACT.
NICE CON-
Potter and Seifert, two local engi
neers have designed the new brick
school building that is to be erected at
Oriental.
NEW SCHOOL BUILDING TO BE
.READY-SOON.
Within , a few, more weeks several
of the grades in the local ' graded school,
will be moved out of the old buildings
into., a twenty thousand dollar brick
building '.which i is . how tinder course
of construction i H. S. Hancock, the
contractor .has stated that he will be
ready to turn it over to the authoriters
about the first or middle of November,
and also stated that he wa9 rushing
the work as fast as he can, and if possi
ble,' will finish it sooner ,t vt
i; ;m THE WEATHER.
' Partly cloudy, with gentle to moder
ate winds mostly southerly, is the wea
ther forecast; for New Bern and vicin
ity today., i , n,,i, 'I
PISTOL
LD MAKE AUTO
SPEED TO ALTAR
With Weapon At Head Of Former
Finance She Orders Him To
Take Her To Minister
For Bridal.
CROWDS IN PITTSBURGH SEE
A REAL MOVING DRAMA.
Man Felled Unconscious With Re
volver Butt, Machine Wreck
ed Then The Girl
Seized.
Pittsburgh, October 9. "Marriage
or death" was the subject of a melo
drama in real life enacted in an au
tomobile on several downstown streets
to-day by Lill'm Kreps and Benja
min Werner.
Werner, who is an automobile dealer,
was fornerly engaged to the girl. To
day, at her request, he took her out for
a ride.
When they entered Fifth avenue,
the principal business thoroughfare
downtown, the girl drew an automatic
revoVer, thrust it against the back of
W erner's head, in plain sight of hun
dreds of persons, and ordered him to
drive to the home of an East F.nd min
ister or prepare to die.
Werner tried to cajole her, but was
curtly told "Its marriages or death.
Drive to the miniser's. If you stop
or signal a policeman, I'll shoot!"
Running the car at the lowest speed
vverner sent it tnrough several more
downtown streets. The girl reaizec
that he was playing for time.
"You're not playing fair," she cried
"I've changed my mind. I'm going to
kill you now and then myself."
"Don't shoot me on Fifth avenue.
Shoot, me on Grant Boulevard," said
Werner.
The girl agreed. On the nerve
racking journey she explained that
she had five bullets in the pistol for
him and one for herself.
On Grant Boulevard, near Wash
ington street, Werner dropped the steer
ing gear and vaulted into the rear seat,
but his strategy failed, as Miss Kreps
brought the heavy revolver butt down
on his head, opening a big gash and mak
ing him unconscious.
Deprived of guidanre, the car ran
into an embankment and piled up in
heap. Men seized Miss Kreps. Wer
ner was taken from the wreckage by
policemen and rushed to the hospital,
where his injuries were dressed.
Miss Kreps is the daughter of a
restaurant proprietor in Elizabeth.
Werner is prominently connected
here.
FLINGS IWATERI90
FEET
MISSILE TESTED AT NEWPORT
STATION EASILY PIERCES
A STEEL PROTECTION.
Newport, R. I., October 9. Within
a circle a mile in diameter in Codding
ton Cove hundreds of dead fish floated
this afternoon, killed by the detonation
of more than 200 pounds of a new ex
plosive which had filled the war head
of a torpedo fired into a steel torpedo
net from the torpedo boat Morris. The
boat running at a 20-knot clip, was
under the direction of Commander
John K. Robinson of the naval torpedo
station.
The torpedo went easily through the
net. .
The trial was a secret one. Nobody
except the officers immediately con
cerned had been informed in advance
by the Chief of the Bureau of Ordinance
of thtflnavy.
When the torpedo exploded about fif
teen feet below the surface a column
of water shot ninety feet high.
40,000 i POUNDS OF TOBACCO
, SOLD YESTERDAY.
The sale of tobacco -on the" local
market . ' yesterday was s good, there
being more than forty thousand pounds
sold at as- good , prices as have been
paid during the season. ,t' ,? 7t; ',
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BOSTON
BRAVES
TOOK FIRST GAME
IN THE SERIES
Put it All Over The Philadelphia
Athletics By a Score of Seven
To One 20,562 Fans See
Conflict.
BENDER TAKEN OUT
INNING.
IN SIXTH
Ideal Weather Conditions Prevail
ed and This Helped Make
Crowd of Spectators
A Record Breaker.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 9. The op
ening game of the worlds series between
the Boston Nationals and the Philad
elphia Americans was played today at
Shibe Park Philadelphia, and result
ed in a victory for Host on by the
score of seven to one. The weather
conditions were ideal, it being partlv
cloudy, with the temperature just
right. Long before the hour for the
game to start, the "fans" began to
gather, and by two o'clock, the hour for :
the game to start, 20,562 had gathered'
to witness the game. !
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i m i . nm- un IN US SllUVU IN NIC
first inning. Boston pu! t wo men across,
the plate in the second while the Athel-
iics scored tneir only run. Boston
scored one in the fifth, three in the'
sixth and one in the eighth. Wvekeff .
relieved Bender in the last half on the
sixth after Boston h.ul scored three
runs. This was the first time Bender :
has been knocked out of the box in a '
world series. Lapp took Schankr,
place behind the bat in the seventh in
ning. SCORE BY INNINGS. I
First Inning.
Boston no runs, no hits and no er;--,--Athletics,
!!" runs, no Li's and p.-.
errors.
Second Inning.
Boston- Two runs
Athletics One run, one hit and one
error, one man left on base.
Third Inning.
Boston- No runs, no hits and no errors,
none left on base.
Athletics- Xo runs, no hits and no
errors, none left on base.
Fourth Inning.
Boston- Nonius, one hit and no errors,
none left on base.
Athletics' No runs, one hit and no
errors, none left on base.
Fifth Inning.
Boston- One run, two hits and no
errors. None left on bases.
Athletics- -No runs, no hits and no er
rors. None left on bases.
Sixth Inning.
Boston- Three runs, three hits and
no errors. None left on bases.
Athletics' No runs, no hits and no
errors. None left on bases.
Seventh Inning.
Boston- No runs, one hit and no er
rors. One left on base.
Athletics- No runs, no hits and one
error. Two left on bases.
Eighth Inning.
Boston One run, two hits and no er
rors. None left on bases. '-
Athletics' :o runs, one nit and no
error. One left on base.
Ninth Inning.
Boston- No runs, no hits and no er-
ors. None left on bases.
Athletics No runs, one hit and no cr
or. One left on base.
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Line Up.
Athletics- Murphy rf, Oldring If,,
Collins 2b, Baker 3b, Mclnnis lb-
Strunk of Barry ss, Schang c, and Ben
derp.
Boston Moran rf, Evers 2b, Connelly
Naranville ss, Deal 3b and Rudolph p.
Umpires Dineen, behind the bat;
Byron on Bases; Klem and Hilder-
brand on left and right field foul lines,
respectively.
SOME SIDE-SHOWS CLOSED UP
BY POLICE.
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WILSON, Oct 9. Chief Wiggs or
dered several of the side shows with
the Wild West Show to close- up here
Thursday afternoon. The entertain
ment Was of a character entirely too
suggestive. yiv -.y-a,".; -i';;
MUCH ACTIVITY
IN THE PUBLIC
Budget of News From School Bu
reau Throws Some Light on
Subjects of Timely In
terest In New Bern.
MANY PUPILS ARE ENROLLED
IN INSTITUTION.
Prof. II. B. Craven and His Corps
of Assistants Greatly Pleas
ed With Prospects for a
Successful Term.
jg
(By Schoold News Bureau.)
The first grade has 95 pupils enroll
ed. These are divided into sections,
one taught by Miss Mary I). Summerell,
the other by Miss Mollie Heath.
The school is so crowded that the ad
vanced first grades have to occupy
both rooms from 9 to 12'.i0 o'clock.
Then (he First Grade conies from 12".i()
to 3 45 o'clock. We are a nxiouslv await
ing the time when the new building
will be completed, and we can come iti
the morning. The children are inter
ested in their work, and are learning
many things.
We have enrolled .vS p-ipiis in the
1A Grade. The children are now hard
at work. ()n Prida;, inoniin,-.-. the P.'i
niary Department conducts t'le morn
ing exercises in ("kapel. I'll this Fri
day morning, F.Ii'.diet'i Scales and
William Scut1'
Liu le Mice."
The 2 A ' i
esting "Table
being (( u s'. i "
the following r
i-ry sv. ee: ly "Six
had a ur inter
on Friday. After
u enl y minutes,
.ed .landing An
' -'imp- . Furr.ey
an I S.ilae 1 1 unter
na Clark,
I Spain, on
111'
side.
ball on t lie ot n r.
i ue 2i lir.tii.- .ue l.nviiu s'c.tt in-lcre-4
in dr.imaiiing Moric-. We are
I' now working on "Grand Tusk" and
"Little Nimble," and hope to lie able
. to play it well enough to give it in the
higher second grade. Wul'.un Smith
I takes the part of (ir.nid Tusk, the el
ephant, Allien l .cll. Little Nimble,
the monkey, and Charles llibbard.
Grave and Wise, the Owl. Margaret
Armstrong will introduce 1 he players to
the higher second grade.
The 2C Grade held ils fir.-t "Spelling
Bee" on Friday. Perfect cards were
given to those pupils standing at the
eluse ol the period. The following
received cards' Mary Dixon, Nina
Willis, Ardell Colliding, and Edcep
Bellamah.
The .5A Grade had a very interest
ing "spelling bee" on Friday. The
pupils were divided into two sections,
the Reds and the Blues. The Blues
won the victory over the Reds. Those
standing at the close of the period on
the side of the Blues were- Mary
Louise Jackson, Flora Bell Ml lis, Thel
ma Cannon, Charles Duffy, Camera
Banks, Furnie Dupree, Muriul Parkins,
Frederick Whitty, Carl Morion, Vio
let Wade, Lonsdale Duval, Katie Duke,
Beatrice Smith, Francis Duffy, William
Ireland, Herbert Watson: while those
standing on the side of the Reds were
Worth Kby, Myrtle Doughty, Claud
Everett, George Joyncr, Roxie Dicker
son, Thelma Gaskins, Marl Davis, and
Clara Bell Jackson.
The 3B Grade also had a very inter
esting Spelling Bee on Friday. Those
pupils who failed to miss a word wore
Flora Smith, llattie Dupree, Fannie
Brinson, Mary Skinner, Sara Elizabeth
Cutler, Lillic Suskins, Lizettc Law
rence, Kate Wiley, BcrthaThalley, Rose
Gaskins, Genoa Thomas. Ruth Small,
Elsie Rhodes, Daisy Simpkins, Robert
Kehoe, Kenneth Jones, Benjamin
Moore-,Louis Banks, Hamlin Fere
bee, Edgar Elliot, James Groom, Lcin
ster Lilly, James Ferrell, L'ral Rhodes,
Frank Walters, Jefferson Davis, Harry
Ange, Leon Huff and Jesse Eaton.
On Wednesday, the pupils of the
4A Grade had a test on Geography.
The following received the highest
grades Elizabeth Richardson, Ma
tilda Harrell, Jack Honrine, and Maude
Whitehead. We have a new language
book. Studies in English No. 1, and
the pupils are much interested ia their
language work.
The SB" Grade has settled down to
good work.,. ' All seem interested, and
happy to be busy again.' . Several of
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