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-ft ' ; - - ', 1 N - . v . , , . - . V 1 1 J 1 - 1 -v ' , 1 - - V Hi ' ' " ' ' . . ... u ifs news if8 to - rr1'; ! I aY A T7TT V;7 , ii7f"TT ,TTT5)1T A THE JOUKNAi',;; ; q WjSJJMUiB UKl A L Read It FIRST ! i : VOL XII.-tNo. 162 : CKEW BERN, CrTlJESDAY, DECEMBER 15. t' ROAfflXPERTS IN CHICAGO "Are Attending the Fifth Am- "i l-4' '- - -' ; ericah-Go6d:,5 Roads- ; mm PROGRAMME Good Roads Building Being Discussed i . . , Chicago, , Dee. , 14. -Mayors, - high- iry dffloial, etigineera, and road j'wpert1 from' 'iU overf fhe - tJmtwl" . atOT 'andfo 8ctjpns of Canada ,,; ar'gattrediAv Cic'afe(X'fJ.he ftkiia6fcriiQ46& tfioada Vont T onV all, jawi ,bf joad builduig.' has ':) WSea arranged, and to iEjiistrate the niodem methods; a ' speoial 'bo'ule viird '20 feet wider composed of &il ,. known varieties of street-paying,; has -JWen- Oongtfucted around the Amphi . theatre ' at , the Union Stock " yards, YjWheteierconventionlwiTl hold forth. Important among ' the problems . ' Sunder consideration ; is -the question of .national participation in road 'building, - for balf a dozen factions ; : U1 try to secure the adoption of , different programmes' for federal aid in one. form or another.. Of these, ) perhaps fthe most important is a plan ;.by;which a system of national roads . may be .constructed, most' of . the ' work, to be' done during periods of . iiu8trial depression.-: It is main--. ttined. -that the '.cbiintry ' -would nia tenally -benefit by the construction roadways at-times when the work t; :'t's ?OB ;.?CBeded "by iyprjtemn jtnC v ' i.wibmktsJB-'-oajt-'.bo- purphaseed . ; - at a minimum cos V v; ; ' : r 14 contest is expected between the ? . advocate of national highways, iuct ; v; ai) the'tLineoln Highway, and -tnpse . who favor ..' national aid for - local r State roads. . A strong demand .for " national aid is heard in- some states, but in other quarters it is contended ' (hat a! national aid bill would be ; come another "pork," barrel,'' like ; j. ine nver ana; namor appropriations. 'fJ : Y An effort will' be made to have , 'the oongrem recummehd', perhaps, to Hi :'V huild- the highway under ( a govern- '"that t& Panama Canal . has been cdnstrttStJi;'ii''i!''.::.' "-J.- ,.. Althoyai the .roads .congress was .scheduled to meet to-day, the visi "x ' "tors will' 'mt get down to business until s tomorrow' J.;wKen -the school for toaybrt 6pensr t Iho ampluLlira; f'V' tre. Twenty-five mayors of . Ameri- , ' can cities have been invited, and i.1-' r a large number lim already on hand, i-, ' .Accompanying then are highway enei- ' , . neers and state omoials from mtihy ,;:.?:)f-,,;'-8tate - here in JQ;-ffParMmbers;'; and Mt . is ' expected rsf:; that .i-fnll !M OJ er;sst';i'rcro-, V r aentatives of; tbo -good, roads . move-'';';:0-;J'?r ?wj,e on . hand, tor the discus- TIl SENATE AND HOUSE ARE ; VORKING HARD Spending ' Many .Hours On I? President fWilson's '.. 'i'l''-:- - - Program ; - . , . GRAVE ISSUES im:i ,'Vaions. .. 'Z&i a;-J . . 'S: 'v;r-:'i.vvv:i3';:'ower8" secretafyof the associa j - tion,'tha,t t costs .every?, m,)- .C-i?!RKyv- and child in. the- United. States iis; 412.00 acyear as' his Jshare in the high '''obit of .bad roads," yu begin to . '," interest him. . .The time has-.como -.when Ve should no longer endure ,a Ai'onditibijjof 'X-'J.hiek'test fKai;'e'merjflan-ifajmer:''r23 ycents;;to ' haul the same weight that a ' Freno h ' c .English or. Belgian.-. farmer-can i haul for 7, or- 9 oonts. It Is time we . TesenWd -a cbndition' in which 5t. is t- - , possipio . xo sena, wneajp -rromv jiew ,:;s''i''j'ork to 'Liverpool for half 'whatsit j ,;, . iV;'j ' oosts to haul it-nine miles along one '';'.Vvvf : our- country roads;-:- ; : ,;V J :.;,-:.'Sv,t'.Hi'iaif-i.- ' permanent, 'improyedyhhk , ' J y f, far greater importencevth&n the ; . " ?''!' Egging of the Panama Canal. The , :rv ' reads are used not by the' few, but " by everyone, -They are owned .'by 4 . - the people, pal4 .for by the people." .'y "Among the speakers" at the conven y : : tion are some of the, nation's leaders - ;-- x in the good-roads movement. W.1 A.1 ( ,' , iloLean, chief (engineer of h-'ghways y. w, and commissioners of. Olftario public '''y '"' j.; public roads, is president ;qf -th As-J , , sooiation, . and - ne . will - quaver' tus ' . annual address. s Offier fiektorsVare:': y deorge - W. Tilson, 1 of prooklyn; 'Austin B. ; Fletcher,' state engineer of I "' Califorria; Paul D. Sargent, ongi-,,-.'' neer . of Maine; ' William II.1 Con nc'il, highway cliiof of hila'dephiaf C, A. Hen yon, . presidr-nt 'Indiana Hobson's Amendment Is to f Be y6te;Wpon This ;; V''"''!f;'ssion H , ! Washington. : Deo.yl The Senate Wdi House are hard, at 'work oh'theJ, President s Jprogram; nieyiwui try to pass '.the .shipping bill, the conser vative. measurVs," and the" appro- tipfi bWSory March 4. j. ";. vahpyJttoseji;nimtttee..pn ttuiesmas made it 'poasibW for tha House to vote on.tho Hobson amendment: providing Nationwide prohibitioh,; and, the b nKan' suffrage amendment; t thif ij?, sion,!,.':''it'.:.;ha .agreed!! BP"-' oiai; rule providing: or rtte consider ation if those two important matters, The action of the House Rules Com mittee doeC not: mean that either the Hobson" amendment or ; the woman oiiffriwm.n.mfifiHmpnt will be aDOrOved by the4 Housex and sent'to the couhirj to be ratified; It simjsb provides M a vote. : The .House will discuss the amendments and then pass upon them, It requires a two-thifds vote to send theni' to the States for ratification; It is predict e,d that nether of the amend ments will have a two-thirds ' vote. '.' T4n Pobson, amjBndment provides that . ' " . . X, ' - -'!The sate,-; manufaotpe. for sale, tTRnfportitiDS':f oatfle, U9portation for .sale, iat,xonjS4tt.-fw,,beT jsragei purposes; in'- th6 United States and all territory subject to- the juris-l diction thereof, and 'exportation for sale, thereof, are forever prohibited. "The Congress or the States within thefr,. respective jurisdictions,' shall have power to enforce this article by all needful legislation." The suffrage amendment provides that i - '- . "The right of citizens, of the United Slates to vote shall hot be denied or ISTAL SURPLUS 10 niiiiuuiivL mm V: rrr 11 I vrm Struck MmesfMp Ix)st Relations xiresaen pare. ; Washinirton. Ti. Tim. 14. 'TVirlrV' 4 A r A A f . A In"' his annual report, made public termah Cruiser ',:ftJ jJQfv''.i't Mr" y'T.'y'A'V;' r?.'r',rTy-,T,',' . feceivedhelreytwayff iSatwo sAustrian 5 toTpedp Doats weic suuk ui miv they had struck a mi were lost. -. The nam 1! sHciisea thia afternoon 'after tttcy' had'-8c1c''aixii -liathfe cew of both vessels RELATIONS .'. A ioats fcoiild iibt be learned iinlifcY I! AIV API? QTPATWIMf ROME, Dec. 14. ; '(w;iNcwa Cable) Relations between Italy and Tftrey today are tense, no reply having been received frojbf$iirkey in response to" a. de mand by the Italian gov)mtiient for an apology for the invasion of the Italian consulate at Hodeida where the Turks dragged out the Brtfb Consul General and forced him to undergo many indignitetts. GERMAN CRUIS DRESDEN... ESCAPES FROM BRITISH BEUNOS AYRES, Dec 14. (Central News Cable) The; German consul at Punta Arenas reported this af noon that the cruiser Dresden the only surviving ship of Admiral on Spee's squadron, , had passed that port, having escaped from the British fleet uninjured. StS" RUSSIAN-FRENCH FORCES ; '' ARElNOW IN MONTENEGRO , 1ntrrptiil In Immidratlorf North Caroiinans are very muchj ROME, Dec. 14. .(Central' News. Cable) Both the interested iii the immigration bill now ) prencj! an(j Russian infantry are now fighting the armies before the Senate. Thef ?iwould like - or- A -MrntPnrn apmrrlinff to a disnatch from i vi uvi via caav Atv-vvfc wj - o x Prague, The Montenegrin army has again crossed tne frontier into Bosnia and again occupies part of the rail way line rom Vishegrad, to Serajevo, having captured the former town. tosee it passed and signed by the President.' It is believed, however, that the President will veto it, as he does noli, like the section which pro vides JiT a literaoy test that is that an immigrant must be able to read before it is admitted to this country. The of ties sof the East and West pro pose; this measure. hey do not think that a reading cst is a fair one. The Soutn would bar out everybody from certain- sections of the country. 5' 't The Republican loiflt a very able ConsTeflsman whnSereno E. Payne of 'New Ywk died last - week. 1 Mr. PaynH'was one of thb few well-equip ped- men'of Congresa, IfeTstood firm fot a protective tariff, and was a Re publioan of Bepublioans buj he had sense; and, could- argue dike a full grown man. - Everybody listened when PV PllDircAM Ul UU1V LiiLOl11 For Second Consecutive Time There Is a Balance On Hand ' THE ANNUAL REPORT Postmaster General Gives Out SomeFigures most Interesting ' IN GPAV? WH The Fanatical Turks Kaye Threatened to End Their Existence AID IN FIGHT BIG BASEBALL ON DISEASE b Pennsylvania ;;& ''' Bradt,; Seo- retary.Ilhnois Highway Commission Henry W. Bowlbiv Oregon ' Highway engineer? ' ' Frank "-W, Buffuni, ' Mis souri Highway .engineer; George ; W, Gpoley, Minnesota state engineer; P;Tloodrioh, New York oonsult- ing.: eligineer Walter O. Xeininger, -superintendent of streets of Chidago; Thomas H. 'MoDonald, Iowa state eugineer, and " Fi- i, Robinsoh, of Saskatchewan' highw'ar oommisaion. n?JTisn mm ; , . IS III DISTRESS t :', a- :' .' : yi.u.'-' - Went ; Ashore J Yesterday . : . Near Cape Hat- :. vci as ;v,: ;yV';: i-f,- tti V t i-1-"' ."'"yji.-! ': Norfolk,v Va.14r-vThe,Britr. ish steamer, Ile of Iona, with Cap tain John Quack in -' oommand, - is ashore two miles south of Cape Hafe teras Inlet, . - '-y ' The crew of twenty-seven men were I:i titled1 tor' ;t ii r?otor surf boats v 1' 1' '-:! c a r ::""s Railv;ay Medical Experts ta 1 Assist tatei:;Offie- ' ials -, Washington,. Deo., y 14. Im com pliance . with a request;; from the United.. States. Department of Agri culture and,, by . direction of Presi dent y Harrison, - leaves ' of absence have, been granted -Dr. O. M. Mor- DEAL IS OFF Manager J. McGraw Gives ;iVcQut Interesting Statement. New York, Dec. 14 The deal be tween the Giants and the Philadel phia. Oiub involving Dpojn, Lobert and Magee and; several players under contract to play with New York has been abandoned, according to Man gan, .Iiye Stock; and 'Dairy Agent 'age? McGra. The trade failed, the .ol."the '.QwipaniteWiater SorrellJGiantsT, leader said, because the Phil Aasistant -J Li ve Stock , and Dairy; adelphia management refused to con- Agent at Greensboro, :'N .C, and'wder ..any; deal wMch . liObert and Magee- were . mentioned. It also Dr, Ci ,D. Lowe, Assistant Live Stock and Dairy Agenl!uat Atlanta, ,was-.state4. McGraw considered D00- in,s .demand for $7,500 a year for Georsria. to Dermiit: them' to (accent temporary service ''fh1,'tO:'Departi!t excessive, -especially when ment, ; dtl'A t0 Pve several Deme aone to stamp. out. tne loot wayero w iur, ' . a.nA ' mniith ' Hiiin'aBn "kmnnaii? nnftlA. i - A week aeo Dobin served ten days' and' to ; prevent its spread into lo-i.aotice to hia intentions 0 leaving the iiA.:: 7' L - :--X7 'ih'j:'- 'ji. ''. : a i, - M oalities now free from: it- , All of these y men are, veterinarians : and Dra,$forgan an'dbrrell have, had experience with the- foot atttt ntquth disease in the 'Philippine Islands, where they were in -the government seryioe': before ' being employed by soutnern . vauway. uompany. i ; . - Anus far tne root and moutn dis ease has been, found in only two States South of -the. Ohio and Poto mac Rivers Virginia and Kentucky, and. President Harrison believes that it is of the utmost importance that its spread into other Southern looalM ties' shall be prevented and that it shall be stamped out in all parts ef the United States a soon ' as pos sible so as to permit the unrestricted movement of cattle into the Soutlt. Philadelphia otnbv He promised he would, do nothing until- the time limit, was npC; Now-J)ooin contends he is a free agenlIt is expected Dojwjump-f.'TO-ihe:Baltimore Federals. ivvi y b'f 'ji''yi I For4 this , reason, , he believes . that Drs. Morgan, Sorrell, -and Lowe can do no . more valuable .work for the benefit of the livestock, industry of the South at this time than . by aid ing i. the government in the work against the foot and mouth disease. loft 'last night for a business visit to Wilson. ' . ' yW.' L, Wiggs left last night for a business visit to Kinsuon. : AMERICANS BANGED Their Bodies Strung Up From Telegraph and Lamp Poles today, Postmaster General Albert 8. Burleson announces the second conseo utive postal surplus of his ad mini a tratioa and points out that now, for the. first time in;jts history, the postal establishment has been securely placed Iipon. asellsQataining basis. . The Teport contains many other in teresting and important features. It recordsman astounding growth of the parcel postr points, to the service per formed by the postal, savings banks in steadying financial'. Conditions during the crisis precipitated in this country by the war in Europe; tells of reorgani zations and improvements introduced in the Railway Mail Servioe and in the larger city postoffiees which have assured prompt handling of the addi tional bulk of mail created by the par cel post; and reveals the aggresive and effective work of the department's law officers and inspection service in renewing the enforcement of the fraud order statutes. Among the numerous recommenda tions made, to congress, these are the most important: Recommendations. That early action be taken look ing - to Government ownership of all telegraph and telephone facil ities. That ' the telegraph and tele phone systems of Alaska, Porto Rico, and the Hawaiian Islands, including the Alaskan cable now operated by the War Department, be immediately taken over and operated by the Post Offiee Depart ment. That the space basis of com pensating railroads for carrying the mails authorized in H. R. 17042, known as the Moon bill, which has passed the House and is now pend ing in the Senate, be adopted in lieu in the existing weieht basis. That, to partially eliminate the $40,000,000 annual loss in the de livery of rural mail, the contract or "stair-route" system of - deliv ery bo substituted for the present salaried Rural Delivery Service That while the present salaried system remains in operation. Con gress sanction the method of com puting rural carriers' pay adopted in the Postmaster General's order which grants "the pensation only in case of the maxi ,, 1 ... . ... mum performance, ana wnien, oy bmcd screen v. gon and citv collection making pay somewhat dependent aad tUiverv u . ueks .t- upon the bulk of mail carried, will ' ifn.c:r'" -F V ' ' 1 --'-!-. v. l;ich saved Petrograd, Dec. 14. (Central News Cable) Armenian refugees arrive ing today at Sebastol, reported that Turks in Erzerum threatened ta massacre twenty thousand Chris tians because their attitude toward the Turks ic pro-Russian. Groups of Armenian prisoners are being re moved from the prisons and hanged in the streets without trial. Their bodies remain swinging from lamp posts and passing Turks spit upon them. Dreadnaught Ready. Rome, Dec. 14. The fourth Ital ian, Conte C'ivour, will be ready for service in Felruary and the fifth and sixth will be completeted soon after wards. A small army of men are now employed in working on these ves sels. Nobleman Wounded. Paris, Deo 14. The son of the German Imperial Chancelloe, Von BotliLiiaiui-Iioiluwi'i;, was badly wounded at lVsrokoff today and wasr taken a prison t by the Russians. Refuses Command. Paris, Dec. 14. Eiiver Pasha, the Turkish minister of war, has refused to take command of the Turkish army in the Caucasus. This has caused seriou? complications. German Mines. Stockholm, via London, Dec. 14. The Swodish foreign minister in a statement today regarding the sink- ing of three Swedish s!amers by mine :n the Oulf 0? Bothnia said: "The Germans declare the mines wore Russiac as no German mine-' laying had h.icn done up to the time of the disaster. Offieial inves tigations by Finland disclose that several groups of anchored mines were German ar.d not Russian and that they had been laid during the time the germ an fleet was in the Oulf of Bothinia. No floating mines it was stated, had been tound." Government owned automobiles and motor trucks in certain of the larger post offices authorized in view of successful i'pc-ni!riciit;- eoudaet- ed during lasl year. Outlines Policy. In addition, the report outlines the general policy of the department; an nounces gratifying progress toward securing stront-er railway post-offieo maximum com- i ears; records advantages r.ncruing at large offinp Vv ti.o of nrri fttimuln.t.A the Hnvfllnnmpnt-. nf rnvo.1 nue-producing business in the rural districts. . . That wherever road improve ment promises compensatory econ omy in te handling of mail, the Post .-Office Department oooperate with. the States in building modern highways. As To Salaries. That salaries of postmasters be readjusted - to aooord with changes in the flow of postal traffio inci dent to the development of the par eel post. That the Post Office Depart ment be,, legally reoognized as hav ing authority ' over the seleotion of sites' 'anbT in passing upon the de signs yf or buildings to.be used for postal purposes. ,Th.at ' postage rates on : Beoond elass matter be readjusted, as here tofore .recommended,' so that the rates on publications other than news papers" issued 'as; frequently as once a week he increased from 1 cent a pound to2 cents a pound. 'That the' limit upon the amount which may be accepted in. a calen dar , month from a depositor in a postal ' savings bank be ".removed and that the maximum balance which may" be 'accepted from . a depositor be; inorea'sed from 1500 'to - $2,000, limiting the " amount to which in terest shall be paid to $1,000. y- That, aerial : mail servioe be in troduoed wherever topographical con ditions make it desirable. ' . .That extensions of the use of tory in the Divisor case the Government $35,000,000; reports negotiations with a- view to the conclu sion of monoy-oKdcr conventions and the adoption of the 2-cent letter rate throughout tho Western Hemisphere; records figures showing an enormous growth of the money-order systom: refers to the progress of experiments in the free delivery of mail in small towns and villages; speaks of econo mies achieved through the adoption of more modern business methods and of new types of equipment; tolls of the $100,000 per annum saving accom plished by the abolishment of th Dead Letter Office; details economies resulting from securing wider compe tition among bidders who Seek to fur nish department supplies; recites in detail the work of the reorganization of the larger post offices on the "two: - division plan"; gives exact and com plete statistics upon the financial op- -erations of the Postal Establishment: and submits drafts of the numerous legislative measures which will ba -necessary, to carry out the depart- J ment s recommendations. BASEBALL DEAL RUMORED French Lick. Ind Dec. 1- Following a conference with ' Col. Jacob RuppertJr., and - J A. Gil more, president of the Federal Baseball League, it Is ' rumored tfeat Ruppert is to " 1 buy the Kansas City Feds, and "move the club to New York.. ". -,; " ' ' ' c'.i M MMAr.tt nt Hni-i'i Mi is jiy i ill iiimHH il lift TTTv
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