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VOL LXII.-No.cl61
NEW BERN, N. C TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1914
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ttTT YTra IT A IT
THfe FallJbf Cracow Is
Expectedyat Any Time
Since Saturday the . Russians t Have Been
Shelling the Outer Fortifications and the
Fire of their Howitzers lias Reached
the Citadel. One Section of the City Is
Said to.Be.ln Flames.;
Borne, NoV. 30. (Central News
Cable)h According to advices re
ceived jiere from Petrograd, the fall
of CracoVr 'may bexpeoted at any
time. Since Saturday the Russians
have been shelling' the outer forti
fications 'and the fire of their howit
zers hjjw preached the citadel. One
Tsuburfc is reported as already being
:m &rt and partially devastated.
VIOLENT BATTLE RAGING
, IN REGION OF STRVKOW.
' Paris, Nov. 30. (Central News
Cable) A violent battle in Poland
is still raging in the region of Stry
kow and Lodz says a dispatch to
"Matin" from Petrograd. The Bus:
tian pressure is steadily tightening
around three German army corps
whioh are enveloped between Stry
kow and Brzexiny and fresh 'forces
have been dispatched to meet the
German reinforcements whicn are
advancing from the vicinity of Len
szyca. The Germans, have hastily
sent out 30,000 men to strengthen the
garrison in Breslau in knlicipation
of the Russian successes at Cracow,
At least two army corps have been re
called from Belgium and France to
the eastern war area. The Austrian
army west of Cracow has been dig
membered.
THE GERMAN PRESSURE
APPARENTLY RELAXED.
c London.VNov. 30. (Central News
Cable) The pressure upon, the Allies
front between Dixmude and Ypres
where virtually all of the German as
saults in Flanders 'have been. launch
ed' in the last four months, has ap
parently relaxed. Dispatches from
Northern France "say that the bom
bardment by the Germans in that sec
tion has slackened and it is believ
d that the heavy guns have jbeen
removed' to a new line of defense,
probably along the line s of Ostend,
Roulers and Courtral.
BUCKOWINA IS OCCUPIED
BY THE CZAR'S TROOPS.
vRomei- .Nov, 30. (Central Nejs
' Cable) A dispatch to "Message-
go" from Bucharest, says that the
Russians Ibave ocoupied the whole
of the crown land of Bukowina, cap-
tnnng enormous quantities or ammu-
. nition, arms and provisions. After
i. th i capture i of,, Czernpwitz fo
ithjige. ,Atd; boabrdmear of
, 4&a A nofviAfi nywm Lotvtf ' ria T7.fiacna.ti
WtO- W9VMm VXW? )IUUI AVUHtMMU
s spreadoVer the entire area to the1 bor
ders of, Eoumaa.A The Austrian
JCatholij$ p'iidt;iikofiA
. ' MM J' - ' i.L L i. J I I
, The frontier .is said 'to be entirely
ungarded ' by Austrians and to be
-open for- ttje advance of ..the 'Rus-
sians.
GERMAN COMMUNICATION
. London,' Noyv30.--(Central News
Vyawej ine. unes. oL.cpmmumcauon
. cf the yf rman force under Ueneral
Mackenaen aref not ,' entirely1 severed
by the Russj&ns .and -strong rein
, forcerient8 are pushing up, from both
northeast and th6"8ouJihe8t aocord-
. ng tpj .'idiwfiwVK1.
Whilehe latest reports from Petro-
. graa inaiqaie inp . iiussian vioxory
, was not, as aeqisive as aim aeuiareu.
, The Board of Aldermen will, me0t
tonight in h their .'regular, monthly
seasion, for the transaction of the reg
ular routein of business.'
E. T. Robertson, director of the
Peoples Concert-Band, returned last
night from Raleigh where he left his
child who was recently1 bitten bya
r hid dog, to take the Tasteur treat-it.
Sa fficial Report
AN IMPRESSIVE FUNERAL
7$. WAS KELO MONDAY
LAST SAD RITES
OVER THE
REMAINS OF LATE EX
SHERIFF J.W. BIDDLE
The funeral of Ex-Sheriff J. W.
Biddle who died at his home on New
street Saturday night, was conducted
from the First Baptist church yesterday-afternoon
at 4 o'leok by Rev,
L. B. Padgett of that church and Rev.
B. F. H,uSke of Christ Episcopal
church, .and the interment was made
in beautiful Cedar Grove cemetery.
Owing to the prominence of the
deceased and the large number of
friends' in this and other cities the
funeral' was probably one of the most
largely attended and impressive ever
held in New Bern. The spacious
church was filled with sorrowing
friends and relatives and this tended
to make the service even more touch
ing. Beautiful tributes were paid to the
deceased by both Rev. Padgett and
Rev. Itbske and these were most
touching. During the service Mrs.
Chas. Hall sung a beautiful hymn
"Shall We Meet Beyond the River"
and this was followed by the singing
of "Abide With'Me" by the audience.
At . the conclusion of - the service at
the church the procession to the ceime
tery begun.
Marching in line were the Confed
erate Veterans, Sons of Veterans,
Elks, Daughters of the Confederacy,
members of the . Royal Arcanum
Lodge and members of the lqdge of
Knights of Harmony. At the grave
the ceremony was simple but solemn.
Attesting the esteem in whioh the
deceased was held was the profusion
of . floral offerings, which came from
all. parts of this and other States.
Among the. relatives and friends
from out. of town who attended, the
funeral were: Mrs. H. B. Wads-
worth of Columbians. C, Mrs. W.
J. Gri8wold of Durham, , (Mrs. .T. L.
Williamson of New York, N. Y.,
Mrs. TJ. 'A. Newland of Black Moun
tain. J. . K. and Kenneth Biddle of
Fort Barnwell: : '. . '. ,
OF
FBIl'iS MATED
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RiAlNTNANCEOF'iSCIPLI.
T NAUT QUARTERS" ABOARD
Y SHIPS IS RECOMMENDED v
f Washington; Nov, gOAbolition of
all but to or the naval prisons in cou
tine'ntal United States', those at Ports
mouth, tyiHi, and Mare Island, CaL,
and- maintenance of disciplinary quar
ters aboardflship were ' recommended
in the annual report' of Capt. Ridley
McLean, judge advocate, general of
the1 . navy, made publio today.
'S)$mhi'i',pMt:-fia3t; prisons have
been maintained at Mare Island and
Eortsm6uth," Boeton,.;Norfolk, Cavite
and 'on alupboard. ( , v : , .
.S In recommending the 'transfer of
disciplinary barracks from shore to
ship; TJaptain McLean proposed ' to
close, the ort Itoyal," B. C., detention
barracks, and Wansfer .the "deten-
tioners from that station to the gun-J
boat JTopeka whioh would be moored
in the Portsmouth yird.' v'he cruiser
Philadelphia would Srve similar pw
pose at the' Mare Island jrard."
The ' reduction; of the number of
naval prisons is made possible. -Captain
McLean thinks by an order al
ready approved by Secretary Daniels
to substitute loss of pay or 'discharge
for'manv c,,,ws which previbusly have
IHE "BUTTON" COMPANY
GET NEW ENGINE
NEW FIRE FIGHTING APPARA
TUS AWARDED TO THEM
LAST JVIGHT.'
At a speoial meeting of the Board
of Aldermen held last night, the com
bination motor driven lire engine
which was ordered several months
ago from the American LaFrance
Fire Engine Company, was officially
accepted, - and placed in charge of
the New .Bern Firje Engine Company
No. 1 (Button), although it was
specified that it was to remain the
property of the city and to be under
the supervision of the Board of Al
dermen.
There was d.uite a little discussion
as to whether or not the test had .been
sufficient ' to show the durability of
the bearings, of the pump and en
gine. The tests held were declared
highly satisfactory, but somef the
members were of the opinion that a
five hour steady running test should
be made.
The board was also a little split
on which company the engine should
be placed in charge of. The "At
lantics" asked through a letter sign
ed by' several members, that it be
placed at their headquarters on
Brqrfd street. T. D. Davis asked the
Board" in behalf of the "Buttons"
that the machine be placed at their
headquarters. Upon motion the mat
ter was brought to a vote, the re
sult as follows: For the Atlantics; El
lis, Scott, Dawson, Brinson and Sat
terwaite, for the "Buttons;" Hall,
Disosway, McCartty, Blades and
Dill. The vote being a tie it was
left for the Mayor to decide and he
voted in favor of, the , "Buttons."
There were several applications for
the position of driver but this matter
was referred to the regular monthly
meeting "which will be held tonight.
involved imprisonment, The de
tention ship would deal with minor
offenders or prisoners whose good
conduct warranted their transfer from
shore prisons.
Of results obtained by the deten
tion system, Captain McLean said:
As a humanitarian system it is
excellent in that it requires a recal
citrant to work for his rehabilitation,
and on discharge he, is a better and
more useful man than when he en
tered 'the service and by virtue of
having accomplished his own re
demption he is a stronger and more
capable,,, self-reliant man."
EXPRESS TO SLOW
COMPANY
TARDY ;
MUST PAY, FOR
"MAD DOG'S" HEAD.
o "'r . vt,v 4n r
cause of the alleged delayl in delivery1
.At it I ".'l 'l . 1 Ii !1 . ' .
oi a maa aog neaa, v snippea jrom
Greenville to Columbia the Supreme
Cdurt in ; decision by ..Associate
Justioe Fraser has affirmed verdicts
awardedN.H W Miller, E,. 8 M iller,
and ;,T. . W. sMiller, of . Greenville
against the Southern Express , Co. ,
j (The head , of -a:.dog; thought to be
mad was delivered to ; the express
Company in Greenville according to
the opinion for shipment to Columbia.!
It was claimed that the head was de
layed in 'transit. 1 The "Board oH
Health. physioiana in Columbia, it
was claimed, -were unable . to make
an examination as. to whether the
dog was affected with rabies. The
plaintiffs, not Deceiving - a report as
to the condition of the dog, gave the
Pasteur treatment for hydrophobia
to the children . bitten, , Later it was
found that j. the A treatment was. un
necessary, p' Suit was instituted and
verdicts ' were - returned against ' the
express company in varying 'amounts.
The Supreme Court held that ; the
head should have ' been , rushed , to
Columbia with all possible haste.
CAPTAIN OF THE
WRECKED
i
IS IN THE CITY
Captain R. O. Crisp, Formerly
Commander of the Pamlico,
Is Spending Few Days
Here.
HIS VESSEL WRECKED
DURING LAST SEPTEMBER
Lieutenant John Hutson of South
Carolina Gives Interest-
ing Account Of 1
Accident.
Among the visitors in New Bern
is Captain R. 0. Crisp who was a
few yt'ars ago in charge of the reve
nue cutter Pamlico which is located
here. After leaving New -Bern Cap
tain Crisp was placed in charge of
the putter Tacoma which was wreck
ed in Arctic waters on September
20.
Captain Crisp is telling some mighty
interesting stories of the wrecking
of the Tacoma and the following
letter which was written to the Jour
nal of Aiken, S. C, by Lieut. John
J. Hutson of that city, coincides in
detail with the account given by
Captain West:
"On Sunday morning, September 20
the cutter started back for Unalaska,
Alaska, going south to the islands in
stead of north as heretofore all the
cutters had gone. Well we started out
all right, passed the Semichsland and
Agattu safely and laid a course to the
east in deep water as we thought, as
the chart showed 800 fathoms deep,
that is 4,800 feet, or nearly a mile. At
9:55 p. m. that night, when about 40
miles south by west of Buldir Island,
as I was sitting reading in the ward
room, I felt the ship take bottom, the
engines were backed and the general
alarm rung. I rushed iip on dock, and
found all hands chwrine awav the
boats so they would le ready in case
we had to leave; in the meanwhile, the
captain was on the bridge, trying to
work the ship off, but it was impossi
ble.
"It appeared as though she had pass
ed a ridge and was in a kind of hollow
with rocks all round, but under water.
Waves were breaking on one side of
us, and the ship was pounding heavliy;
it; was just deep enough for (Jhe ship
to float and every swell that passed
lifted her up and let her down on the
rock, with an awful jolt; with so much
pounding we thought that surely the
bottom was ripped up and open, but
strange to say sho did not commence to
leak for an hour or two, and then
slowly. The electrician was ordered to
send out the distress signal, (S. O. S. )
whioh was heard and sent on broad
cast from St. Paul's Island. All boats
were ready and lowered to the rail,
as the pumps were able to take care
of the leaks. Sent out wireless no
tices of condition . frequently during
the night: one was that if we had to
leave the ship would make. for Aga-,
ttu Island, 84 miles away; as condi
ditions seeme'd best for that course.
"Kiska Island was closer, but there
was bad water to cross on account of
tide bores and ripes, Buldin Island was
the, nearest land, - but the island is
very, small, it would have been .hard
to find and there were shoals to cross
Could not examine around the ship
muoh that night, but sounded round
and could not find deep enough water
to get away with the ship; the search
light was worked about two minutes
when it broke from the jars caused by
the.. ship striking bottom; it burned
long enough to see; kelp all round us.
Kelp is a sea weed that grows ih-long
steamers and is a sure sign of shoal
waters If it .had been daylight it
would have warned us away and I do
not think we would have struck.
! Heard Ships Were Coming.
" "That night was one of anxiety. No
one slept, all waiting for daylight to
see what position we- were in; as the
Mrfght wore on things began to break
in the engine room; machinery was dis-
abled, pumps broke; we" managed to
keep up steam and ran the dynamo all
night; did not get any more messages
through iter daylight.;: During the
night. we 'received word from Capt.'
Reynolds.v&t Unalaska, that ships were
onthway to qur help : that one would
reaoh the "wreck ih) two days, and ' an
other in three days. ' (I found out lat
er that neither came) and that others
were starting.- !
"When daylight broke we found that
. L 1. ' V t ' l L. - J
wo wro on an extensive snoai no lanu
in sight, and breakes and kelp all round
Sent out boat to sound; could find no
BIG REVIVAL TO
BE
Great Feast of Religion at The
Tabernacle Baptist Church
On Last Sun
day. TODAY AND TOMCRrOW
TO IiE LAT DAYS.
Every Christian and Sinner
New Bern Earnestly Urged
To Attend These Meet
ings For Two Days.
The revival at the Tabernacle
Baptist church goes on through Wed
nesday night of this week, the Wed
nesday night service being the clos
ing meeting of the revival.
Sunday, as was predicted, was the
big day" of the meeting thus far. Be
ginning with the Sunday school hour
each service of the day was well at
tended. The morning service of
the day was characterized by a grand
and marvelous sermon by Mr. Calla
way at the close of which seven
united with the church. Then at 4
o'clock in the afternoon the mass
meeting for men only convened at the
Tabernacle with one of .the largest
congregations of men only seen in
any church in New Bern in a number of
years. Mr. Callaway had a great
message for this service and the power
and eloquence with which he deliv
ered it captivated the- attention cf
those present and a deep interest
was' manifest. The closing service
of the day was perhaps the greatest
in many respects, especially so from
the standpoint of attendance. At
the hour of going to church the rain
heiran to fall, but ai)larcntlv ii had
no effect upon those who had planned
to attend this service. It is es
timated that at least nine hundred
people were in attendance and had
the weatlRvr ben favorable many would
have doubtless been turned away ac
count ln-suflicient room to accomo
date them. The subject of Mr. Calla
way's disclosure in this service was
"The Danger of Delay" and a more
earnest and powerful appeal for de
cisions would not have been possi
ble. The singing under the leader
ship of Mr. Jelks, seem to have reach
ed the climax both the largo chorus
and the great -congregatioji mingled
their voices together in song. The
Berean Class of the Sunday school,
under the leadership of their efficient
teacher, Mrs. Thiot. has been a valu
able factor in tin's revival and they
are planning a continuation of great
things. Two new movements have
recently been launched by them, one
of which is the Berean Bible class
which will meet at the church each
week for an evening of Bible studv,
and the other in the prayer circle.
The Young men of this class plan
to meet at the church every Sunday
afternoon at 6:30 for a season of
prayer before the evening preaching
service, and from these two move
ments there are expected to be devel
oped additional strong Christain work
ers for the cause of Christ and His
church. The' revival will continue
through today and tomorrow, clos
ing with tomorrow nights service. It
is announced that- the shop meet
ings have been discontinued and that
only the 3:30 afternoon and 7:30 night
services will be held during the re
mainder of the meeting.
way out. At this time it was doubtful
if the ship could have moved, even if
a way had been found, as the machin
ery was disabled. ; At a conference of
the officers it was decided to remain
by the ship as long as possible in hopes
that we would be there when a steam
er was expected next day. Made ef
forts to move the ship "but could not
do 80. ' .r ; :
"The day wore on with water gain
ing on the pumps, the, ship was gradu
ally filling. ; It was hoped that we
could stay by the. ship if - we had to
take boats, but this was found impos-
ible later, as it was too rough on the
shoal. It is quite an undertaking to go
84 miles in a small boat in the open
sea around the. passes between the is
lands, so we did. nq want to undertake
it except as a last resort. The boats
were all provisioned with canned stores
and water enough for about six of sev
en days water and grub.' I had more
tgrub than that In my boat. It did not
bother me much about leaving all my
effects getting J safely ashore, was a
CONCLUDED
WEDNESDAY
SIMMONS
SEES RELIEF H
DECREASING CROP
Says That Farmers In Eastern
North Carolina Must Plant
Less Of The Fleecy
Staple.
BELIEVES PRESENT CROP
WILL BRING EIGHT CENTS.
Golni Back to Washington Satur
day To Resume His Official
Duties After A
Vacation.
Senator K. M. Simmons, who came
to New Bern at the close of the last
session of Congress, will leave Thurs
day for Washington to resume his
official duties. When he came to
New Bern the Senator was complete
ly fagged out from his strenuous
work and for several days did noth
ing but rest up. After that time he
became more active and has had sev
eral trips around in this part of the
State. One of these was to his
farm in Jones countv. This farm.
while not so large, is one of the
finest in the State and the Senator
takes great pride in it. Being a far
mer in addition to being one of the
heads of the nation, the senator is
vitally interested in the "cotton sit
uation" and is well informed in re
gard to this. In an interview given
out yesterday Senator Simmons stat
ed that he believed that the price
of cotton would go to eight cents be
fore the end of the present month.
When asked if he thought the ten
cents mark would be reached by the
present crop, he stated that such
was not his opinion, but that it might
'Oinmand a higher price than eight
i-i nts. The Senator is a staunch ad
vcirator of the movement on foot
tif decrease Mie acreage in cotton and
will put this into effect on his own
place. Me stated that the demand
for the raw product was not as great
as the supply and that the farmers
had overloaded the marker. "Their
salvation", he said, "lies in planting
less cot ton next summer.
doubtful proposition.
Small Boats All Crowded.
"I put on heavy underwear, wool
socks, high shoes, and my newest ser
vice uniform ; thought if I reached land
I would have something decent to
wear; and if I did not reach land, it
would not matter. (All I saved from
the wreck was t he suit of clot lies I had
on, my overcoat and my watch and ser-
vice ring.) About .' o'clock it was ne
cessary to put out tires in the boilers.
The water was coming in fast; so all
preparations were made to leave at a
moment's notice, and the sea valves
were opened to expedite the sinking of
the ship, with the hope that she would
remain upright on the hoi loin; up to
this time she was practically on bot
tom, but lifting with each wave. She
began to settle, but instead of remain
ing upright she began to list over to
starboard, so there was a hustle to get
away in the boats. We waited almost
too long, as we just got the last boat
away in time.
"Had quite a time with my boat, as
she caught on the side of the ship, be
ing listed to the other side. There
were seven boats in all and all too
crowded for safety. I had the largest
boat, but had the greatest number ot
people; a native woman and children,
an engineer officer, (Troll), the boats
wain and 18 others, making 26 in all.
Just after getting my boat in the water
for this island (Alad) and I made a
landing at 7 a. m., Thursday, Septem
ber 24. We could hardly walk or
stand having been cramped up so long.
My overcoat felt like it weighed a ton.
it was full of water, and as I jumped
out on the beach my krtees gave way,
but soon recovered. Land, land, .bless
ed land, our troubles were over.5 My
sole and only worry than was that I
could hot let you and the others
know that I was safe. We built fires
from driftwood, dried out our cloth
ing and had hot coffee.' Oh; my, how
good that coffee was, though it was
very poor coffee. , Found two small
tents erected; some dry socks stored
there ahd 'a small cooking stove and
some cOal for it. We were well prrVr
vided for. Gave one tent to the wottf
an and children. "
.Rescue Steamer Sighted. ' ' .-
"That afternoon we had a fine-din- i
nor at j o'clock, consisting of a hot
Mulligan stew of fish, canned vegeta i
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