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'''i'i-y's'j"'J IN THIS i ISSUE "THE -MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY? 4 NAL Read It FIRST In THE JOURNAL II It'8 JNEWS lt'S ill L M- t' the journal I 0 VOL LXII.No. 161 NEW BERN, N C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1914 FIVE CENTS PER COPY SEN. FLETCHER Joui THE BAPTISTS SPEND DAY AT WAKEFOREST Six Hundred Attendants At State Convention Take Trip to the, College mm ITALY IS NEUTRAL UNTIL OFFENDED IS HERMESSAGE On Day That Her Interests Are Menaced She Will Go to War MONEY FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS OF THIS CTIYT The Journal to Help Them Make Christmas An Enjoyable One i STRIKES BLOW: FOR WATERWAYS V rges OBroader, and TMore Comprehensive Policy " On the Par of Fed - - - eral Government RAPS THE: CONGRESS Says 1 That "Pork -Barrel" Methods If Ever f Used. Should' Be -r N Abolished .. Washington, Deo. 0. A right lusty ilow or, a broader, and more com prehensive policy on the part of the federal government towards the .in land waterways of the Unitdd) States swas- struck by -i SenatorDuncan ' U. Fletcher of . Florida today Wore the Rational Rivers and Ifarbors Con gress now in session in tnis oity Preliminary to a defense of the Oklawaha river profeot, which was , the subject of considerable criticism djuring the long debate of the last river and harbor bill, Senator Flefjcher satircally said that for a Half dozen years he had been attending the annual meetings of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress, and had felt, as he mingled with its mem bers from all. "parts of the country that he was in "if not select, at least reputable society," But, he said, "since your last meeting I must tell you, though you may have read it, that you- have been publicly declared to be gratuitous makers of 'pork barrel" proposals for legislation and the greatest lobby in the country, "If there to be a grain of truth in the reckless 'statements made and published broadcast reflecting on the members of this congress;, then the only course, open to you is to adjourn and, ' hand in hand, hie yourselves, 'unhonored and unsung,' to the ear liest train for home. ' Yes, there is one thing' you should do before you dissolve, and that is adopt a memo rial to the Congress of the United States to the effect that since you have been exposed, it would be use less for you to offer any suggestions or submit any petition to it, discred inted as you are, and you hereby ef face yourselves, individually and col lectively, offer your most humble apologies for evert having existed at all and -ask forgiveness for your pre sumption is assembling in' Washing ton and listening to addresses by , presidents of the United States oab- inet officials-, ambassadors and min- mere 'irom i foreign countries, repre sentatives and senators and leaders in economic ' thought., in order that you might the more clearly under- ' stand these great problems. "You ought to, be ashamed of your- selves or you -ought not. There's ; no half Vay business about jt. . Yoru ' ought to go home and stay there, or j you ought 1 to stand on your rights and let . the people - know you,, are . here. You ought to surrender ab . - jectly, - or stand your ' ground and . fight, -.-To, my mind- the old stoics had : a good working phuosophy- 4 don't jubilate, don't ) whine-flght.' -: Politics having- been injected into -.f. the question of . waterway improve ments during , the campaign , just . closed, . Senator 3 Fletcher reviewed the pronouncements of the. two great political parties on , the. subject of V. river ( and . harbor improvements for ' the past fifty years, and, stowed .by v reading , from the " republican and democratic platforms that both had stood for; liberal appropriations ' for the navigable waterways of the coun .try, V1; V'v-, r.- X.-., s,a ; ''. ;-'i,:t- Address : Relitftou ' ' I ' There. To Bodies "i -i Richmond,: Va.,' Dec'-William '' Jennings Bryan, Secretary of State, -. who is a delegate of the Presbyterian , church to the Executive Committee of the Federal ( Council of Churches . of Christ, in - Amerioa's annual (on V vention which opened today, will address the convention , - : r '' '' ' '.' ;'".V ' p : GREENSBORO GETS ROWE - Greensboro, N. C, Deo. 9 It is of ficially announced that '.'Ned" Rowe, formerly with flie Aslieville, Durham tivMus, )..-s 1 i) nr.vn to mannge tho (' - ' 1 ' ' i liot yonr. A GREATGATHERING The Reports of Work, Done In the Schools Were Read and Addres ses Were Made (By T. W. Chambliss.) Raleigh, N. , C, Deo. 9. This morning "more than six hundred messengers and visitors to the eighty- fourth annual Baptist State Conven tion went to Wake Forest by special train and the sessions to-day wereMield in the chapel of Wake Forest College The reports from all eduoational in stitutions were read this morning and this afternoon. Rev. John R. Sampey, of Louisville, and Rev. Dr. John E. White, of Atlanta, addressed the convention. Later the special train brought the convention back to Raleigh and the evening session was held here. Trustees' Report. The report of the board of trustees of Wake Forest College to the convention shows a healthy condi tion. This is the eightieth year in the history of Wake Forest College and from the modest beginning of sixteen students in 1834 there is now the enrollment of 445, an increase over last year of elevea. The first graduating class "numbered four in the year 1839 the last graduating class numbered seventy-seven in 1913. The student body is better provided for than ever before. The college hospital with its' staff of three physioians insures medical attention. The new dormitory completed dur ing the year 'at a cost of $40,000, provides rooms for seventy-five stu dents. The old dormitories have been vastly improved by the intro duction of steam heat and running water. New members of the faculty re ported by the board are of more im portance than the physical improve ments. Dr. John W. Newell, Ph.D.; of Johns Hopkins, and A; M. of Wake Forest, is appointed as associate pro fessor of chemistry; Mr. Clarence D. Johns, graduate student of Harvard and master of arts of Chicago Uni veristv. has been elected associate professor of political science; Prof- Roger P. McCutcheon, A. B. of Wake Forest, and master of arts at Har vard, has been chosen to. conduct the department of English during the absence of Dr. Sledd, and Associate Professor Ira E. Hubbell, Prof. Mc Cutcheon come from the University of Minnesota. -. . . ' : Student Body. i Ninety-two per cent, of the student body are members of churches. Re cently a remarkable revival meeting beginning in a faoulty meeting, and extending through the month of No vember, was ledby Dr. W. R. Cuk lorn and the result was far-reaching and permanent. The annual budget of the, college is now $62,850 and about 40 per cent of the amount, the remainder having to come from the endowment. An enlarging (budget fs made necessary by enlarging patron- age, to say notning or permanent improvements. 'i ' i ; Report Chowan Colledt f The report of . Chowan College,, located at Murphreesboro, tells the story of better . conditions. Dr. T. T. Speight has recently been employed to . tako'tfte field and seoure a-Suffi cient sum , to meet the indebted ness against the ' institution. Prof. G. E. Lineberryt for fiveVears secre tary of ,i the ; board of - -secondary sohoqls, was chosen to the. presidency ast . August and is now in charge with a faculty of fourteen, ' He re ports ninety-five students enrolled. Qhowan clubs are being . organized among the alumni of the institution and these clubs have now a loan fund for students of $400. - . ' ; Oxford Report. ' Oxford College reports through its president, Prof. Hobgood, an enrollr mint of over 100, and bright pros poets. Wednesday morning a special train bringing seventy of the- yoing Ladies from Oxford College attended the eonvciH''" - ', ' Forest. i TIE The Scharnorst, Gneissenau and Leipsig Sent to the Bottom Off the Falkland - Islands. Hundreds of Lives Were Lost. Two Colliers Were Also Captured. Lon don Goes Wild when News Is Heard Emperor William Seriously 111. The Allies Said to Be in Dixmude. j LONDON, Dec. 9. (Central News Cable) The wild est excitement prevailed here following the news that the German cruisers Scharnorst, Gneissnau and Leip zig had been sunk by the British fleet. The German boats were sighted yesterday off the Falkland Islands and an action followed during the course of which the Scharnhorst, flying the flag of Admiral Count Von Spee, the Gneissenau and the Leipzig were sunk. The Dresden and Nurnberg escaped while being pursued. Two colliers which followed the German boats were captured. The Vice-Admiral reports that the British casualties were very few. ' Some survivors were rescued from the Gneissenau and Leipzig. UNCONFIRMED RUMOR ARE NOW IN POSSESSION OF DIXMUDE AMSTREDAM, Dec. 9. (Central News Cable) An unconfirmed rumor reaching this place is to the effect that the Allies now occupy Dixmude and that their ad vance has extended as far as Zeveqote, near Chistelles While unpfficial, this news is believed to be true. EMPEROR WILLIAM SUFFERING WITH BERLIN, Dec. 9. (Central News Cable) Emperor William is seriously ill with is violent to those who are. attending his bedside. The court physicians are administering every aid to the afflicted monarch and it is their opinion that, unless some complication occurs, However, he has been advised not to return to the front THE BLOODHOUNDS TRAIL FUGITIVE Easily Pick Up Scent ofjWill Be Erected About One Man Who Fired Into Convict Camp A dastardly attempt' to wreak vengeance on some one, eitner tne guards or one of tho prisoners, was made last night by an unknown party who fired a bullet from a rifle into, one of the tents at the convictl camp near the county home, in which were sleeping a number of prisoners. The guards heard the report of the rifle and a second later the bullet plunged through the side of the tent and lodged in a trunk near which a prisoner was sleeping. - Sheriff Lane' was notified of the affair and upon his suggestion, Dep- utv Sheriffs Bayhss and Wethenng- ton took the bloodhounds and . went to the oamp. The dogs struckthe trail and followed it to a point where the person who fired the bullet is be lieved to have gotten into a carriage and driven off. Fortunately no one was injured. n ' ' ; 0 . r STATE DEPARTMENT TO ' " - INVESTIGATE. ' ' - . 1 Washington, Dec 0. The State '-Department will , con. dact'an investigation into the charges against James Mark . Sullivan the American minis- f, n Snnt-n Tin nil n Jn. It wa announced today ' ' ' I- BffllSi SAYS ALLIES SEVERE ATTACK OF PNEUMONIA an attack of pneumonia and he will be out again soon THE MUNICIPAL TREE IS ASSURED Week Before Christmas It is now an assured fact that New Bern will this year have a municipal Christmas Tree. The Journal has for several weeks been urging this and Mrs. D. S. Congdon, chairman of the City Beautiful Club, yester day informed the paper that all ar rangements had been made for the erection of the tree. The " Municipal Christmas Tree will in all probability be erected at the corner of Middle and Broad streets (the same spot occupied by one last year) and' wjil be erected about one week bef)?e.' Christmas'. It will be brilliantly ftiunninated with colored lights and will De most attractive. : On . Christmas eve or Christmas day, , appropriate exercises will be held around the tree and these will without any doubt prove to be a real feature. . ' - BOMB'S DROPPED ON DOVER . : f."-'' ' , ,' r . . . ; ' .'. ''..'" ... . .i ' London, Dec.9 Five bombs i have been dropped on Dover, Eglaad,sixty miles from Lon- don. Lieutenant Kaspar and Lieutenant Otto of the Kai-! . ser's arnvy flew to Dover, star t' ; ind nar Ostend. ' v: ' ' FINAL UJJIKATUM If the Powers Don't Want Further Trouble They Must Be Very Careful Rome, Dee. 9. (Central News Cable,- Italy's attitude of neutrality will be abandoned on the day that the interests of Italy are threatened in the Adriatic, Balkan peninsula, the Levant or Africa. Until then she will remain neutral. VIOLENT COMBAT IS IN PROGRESS IN BELGIUM Paris, Dec. 9 Violent artillery combats are in progress in Belgium along the Aisne river on the heights of the Meuse. The French guns are maintaining the advantage. WARSAW IS NOW THREATENED FROM NORTH Lodon, Dec. 9 Tim city of War saw is now threatened from the North. The (Jcrinan forces from Milwa are pushim; forward all along the railroad lendini; through Novo Georgievsk on Russian soil to the Polish capital. London; Dec. 9 An official coin mi nication issued tonight says that British-Indian troops arc now in possession of the country from the junction of the Tigris Euphrates to the sea. SWITZERLAND WANTS TO OBSERVE ITS NEUTRALITY Berne, Dee. 9 Prof. Hugo Clap are do of the University of Geneva, son of the Swiss minister to Berlin, has been dismissed from the Uni versity by the Swiss federal council on the ground that his expressed views concerning the violation of Belgian neutrality are inconsistent with the observance of neutrality by Switzerland. ALL WAR'S ATROCITES ARE NOT OF THE ARMY. Rotterdam, Dec. 9. The police today raided a building which they suspected was being used by men who were exporting cocoa to Ger many. They discovered not only quantities of cocoa ready for ship ment, but many barrels of sand and sawdust with which the thrifty ex porters were plentifully adulterating the cocoa. FLYING EAGLE IS VERY SWIFT Racing Boat SurprisesLocal Marine Craft Enthusiasts Several hundred motor boat en thusiasts yesterday went down to the foot of Craven street and inspected the "Flying Eagle," the speed boat which was brough here on the prev ious day by H. H. Kramm of Torririg- ton, Conn., who ia demonstrating engines for The Standard Company who manufacture marine engines. Many persona who read the ac count in the Journal yesterday morn ing of the boat making tho trip from Oriental to New Bern, a distance of twenty-sjjc miles", in fifty-five minutes' were rather doubtful of its powers, but Mr; Kramm opened their eyes by pulling off a few speed stunts. i Fr 6m in4 black beacon to the red buoy' in ythe'1 mouth of Neuse river just below, the city is said to be two miles. Mr. Kramm says it isn t that far, but an official timing showed that he covered the distance in two min utes and fifty-seven seconds. M ' Mr. Kramm wiJMeave this morn- ing ' for i Wilmington, shipping ;' his boat by rail, and will giVe demon strations there for a few days.'ju , - - TO GIVEJASH Attractive Proposition to Lads and Lassies Who Will Do Little Work Knowing that the boys and girt 3 . of New Bern are anxious to make some extra money for Christmas, the man agement of the Journal has devised a plan by which they can do this with but little effort ; whereby they can make several dollars between now and the day of Old St. Nick's visit without being compelled to ask father or mother for it. The plan is this: Go to some one of your relatives or friends who iar not a subscriber to the Journal and get them to agree to take the paper for a period of ten weeks and to pay the carrier-boy at the end of each week. On another page will be found, a coupon which you may have them sign and collect the first week's charge, ten cents in achance. Bring this to the Journal oHiee and you will be given a ten per cent commission on the entire subscription or ten cents for every coupon which you bring in. Any bright boy or irirl can easily get five or six new subscribers each afternoon after school hour.; and that will mean fifty or sixty cents each dav. There arc two remaining woeks before Christinas l)-iy and if you .tart early you will have several dol lars by that time. Don't be afraid to start in to work today. The soliciting of the subscrip tion is an easy matter. Tell your relative ir friend that they need to take a home paper, a paper which keeps them informed on affairs of the home city and its surroundings section and of State, national and world wide interest. Tell them that in the Journal they get all of this and that they get it for a small sum of one dime, ten cents of the tenth ( part of a dollar. Its nine chances to one that you get the subscription and each one means a commission for you. If you don't thoroughly understand the plan come down to the Journal office and the circulation manager will be ; glad to more fully explain but don t delay. There will be other boys ..: and girls at work and you know its the early bird that catches the wor m" v. Remember that it must be a '; new sunsenner and ami i iorgei w have them fill out the blank. The Journal reserves the right to refuse and subscription which it does' not ; see fit to accept. FRANK DIES ON FRIDAUAN. 22 Judge Hill Re -Sentenced Slayer of Little Mary Phagan Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 9 Leo M. Frank, convicted of killing Mary Phagan, a girl employod in a pencil factory in this city, was today re sentenced to death for her murder. Judge Hill fixed the day of exeou- ' tion on Friday, Januray 22. Frank vigorously protested his in nocence and he and his cousel both declared that they would flight to the end. WASN'T DOROTHY. j San Antonio, Texas, Dee. 9J A young woman, who had in her posses- -sion a Bible, on the flyleaf of which , was writtten the name "Dorothy :Av nold," today denied she is or ever knew, the missing Eastern V heiress. -" The police are inclined to believe; her statement. .,,.," i ' TRAITOR SENTENCED TO DIE London, Dee. 'O.NiohoIas' Ah- lers, former German Consul of Sun derland ; Borough) i today; .was con victed by the Durham Assizes cf high treason and. sentenced to death.
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