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If It's NEWS It's In THE JOURNAL. , Read It FIRST In THE JOURNAL l i VOL LXII.-No. 162 ; NEW. BERN, N. C.,' WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1914 FIVE CENTS PER COPY Y R-ussians Are Makin Progress Along Lines Have : Pushed Back The Germans All Aloiig the Vistula Bruges Bombarded iBV' Aeroplane Famous5 Church Is jDamaged. '1i LONDON, Dec! 22. (Cen- ; tral News Cable) Fighting vxneir;.way irom riocjt norm ward along the lower Vistu la. thc Russians have pushed considerable forces over the southern boundary ?;of east Prussia ;, between 1- Ilwa and Thorn. This is the newest ..; development in; the 'eastern theatre ; of the 'war aside from r the ! checking;;' of the German advance now battl ing before Warsaw in' an ef fort to cross. the Ezura to Sochaczew, - . , BOMB EXPLODES PASTOR'S BODY; FOUND BY TRACK Rev. L. P. Howard Killed By Lake Shore ., Train V Kinston, Deo. 22,-VThe details of the" killing of Rev. Leslie" P. Howard of Durham, son-in-law'of Mr. J. W. Goodson of this city,, whose death under-a train near. Kingston, N. Y. were. received here today. The. body BRITISH VESSEL S BADLY, BATTERED The Cruiser Glasgow Dam aged In Recent Engagement . was found on the. track about three miles from Kingston, and was badly aboard the flagship Invincible. mangled. e had been dead several wounded German prisoners refused to . JJ 1 mi- ' . come on deck to attend the services Santiago, Chile, Dec. 22 The Brit ish cruiser Glasgow was damaged on bow and stern in the battle off the Falkland Islands with Admiral Von Spee'e -German fleet. The Glasgow and Bristol arrived at port Monte to day 4n a search of the Pacific for the German cruiser ; Dresden. The Bris tol and Glasgow proceeded north af ter spending a few hours at Port Monte. Honor The Dead Buenos Aires, Deo. 22 The Brit ish honored t"he bravery of the Ger man 'enemies in the Falkland Island battle, according full military honors to those mortally wounded who died Un- houra when-discovered. The coroner at Kingston stated that he was killed by a Lake Shore train about mid night Sunday, but the body was not located until 6:30 a. m. Monday Mr Howard had been ill since late in the summer, but friends in Dur- i ham had been informed that he was ROME, Dec. 22- Tonight a bomb exploded in the court yard 01 tne famous cnurcn oi. rfi.Ai4. "a,a "au "ee inrormea mat ne was .-of, St, Clemente, damaging getting aloSlg nieely and understood xne yara ; ana a numoer oi "buildings adjoining it. (An " .other bomb was later found Inside of the" church but this was removed before it caus ed any damage. v BRUGES ATTACKED . AMSTREDAM, Dec. '2 A number of American officers arrived : today .at Berlin from" Munich, bring i ing with them a story of an Aeroplane which, risking the many searchlights last night dropped f three bombs on Bruges. There. was a'vio olent ; explosion when . the bombs struck, but the dam-. ""age by them is unknown. 3UT.IT.IARY OFiiWAR lo. In the opinion of French , " .military authorities theler 1 .mans are beginning' to lose ' their grip ,on France and Belgium. -"An official sum , mary of results achieved by vthe allies in their offensive jnovements recounts oroe Tss at many points, which . .; seems to have disturbed the enemy' ; . ; It is asserted the Germans j are no w fearful of attacks ' and are everywhere on the defensive. ''Latest communis ; -k cations from Berlin, howevef tell of spirited offensive' movements,, with resulting" gains, and make it appear that the German armies arei . firmly, holding the conquer ed ground. . There is a similar conflict of statements - concerning the east. The Russian war office challenges recent ac counts of great German vic tory in Poland by "malevo lent reports" of the last few dys. While it is admitted - &t Tctrcrad thzt tl:; recent retircn:cnt cf the Kuc-Ian forces to new pedtipns vas ' net entirely voluntary the that he hoped soon to be able to re turn to the pastorate of Memorial Methodist church in that "city. seems that he left the sanatariura where he was staying late Sunday night, and was not. seen again until his dead body was found i It was stated at first that Rev. Mr, Howard Was killed in a wreck, but his friend did not expect him to return to North Carolina for Christmas, and did not accept the report without res- ervation Mrs. Howard was preparing to come here to spend the holidays with her father and was on the way to take train when she received the shock In intelligence, Rev.' Mr. Howard was a native of Alabama, but had been in North Car olina many years. He graduated at Trinity College. He has held pas torates in Kocky .Mount, Morehead City, and Durham The body was shipped to Durham Monday night. Besides the widow, who was Miss Nan Goodson, two children survive NEW" BERN COTTON MARKET Middling . . . ... , . . . . 6 7-8c Strick Middling. . . k . . . . . . 7 l-8c Good Middling, i .... ...... . . ,7 3-8c Receipts yesterday 42 bales. THE MUNICIPAL . TREE ERECTED Put Up Yesterday By the , City Beautiful Club c;-:r.i is mac: ics crp nov strc::"';r r - 1 DLir-- 1 : tk-t ths. arm in safer and 1 George, Brit r rf tl-2 ex- - ' 1 - r- - ri-' T Once, again ; will New. Bernians have, the pleasure of gazing upon a Municipal Christmas tree during, the holidays.. For the first time, last year; New Bern had a. Municipal tree. .1 his year the Citv Beautiful Club again took the matter in charge and yesterday erected at the orner of Broad and Middle streets, a tree which is said by many who have seen similar trees in other cities-, to be one , or the prettiest of them ' all. The tree is beatifully decorated with various eojored lights and its pro minent locations, makes it even more noticeable. The City Beautiful Club have arranged for . appropriate , ex ercises around the .tree on Christmas eve and this programwill be carried out to the letter. - - WILSON ALSO HAS A MUNICI- PAL TREE. Wilson, Deo. 22. Workmen ate busy placing in position the immense holly tree to be decorated and light ed- Christmas" nfarht. This tree will stand on the southeast corner of the court house square facing Nash street and dWfly orosite ths Xrun.1i nk l;- "?' 1 1 Is is to be the first ' ( tree i x the l.'s- and openly declared their belief that the invitation was to trap them on deck, where they would be shot. A firing squad fired a last volley over the watery graves of the Germans'. EIGHT HOURS FOR DISCUSSION ON HOBSON BILL House Members Want Hear1 Amendment Talked Over GERMANS DRIVEN FROM TRENCHES BY THE RUSSIANS to Teuton Forces Forced Get Out of Argonne In A Hurry to WOMEN THERE , .... .-... Hundreds of Delegates W. C. T. U. Are In Cap ital City of FALL ON ICE CAUSED INJURY Mrs. George Green Slipped Up On-Ice Covered Street George Green, secretary of the New Bern Chamber of Commerce, yester day afternoon received a telegram from his son, who on the previous night had gone to Washington, D. C in response to a telegram stating that his mother had been injured. In the message to his father young Mr, Green stated that his' mother had fallen on the ice covered streets of the capital city and had seriously injured her back. Mrs. Green, who is an ardent worker in the ranks of therW. C. T. U. had gone to Wash ington to be present at the reading of the Hobson bill jn regard to national prohibition. THE MUSIC OF THE ROAD Along the road I hear The humming of the wire; It says Chicago beef Is high, and getting higher. New York Dispatch V EMPRESS GETS PINCH OF SALT She and Emperor Are Ac corded High' v Honors Moscow, Via Petrograd, Dec. 22. The arrival of the emperor and em press here Monday was marked by an enthusiastic . reception ' at the rail way station. The emperor was wel comed by the civil and militray au thonties and the delegates of the Zemstyo,. ,;,:.w, ,.?., P M. ) Tcholuvkoff, lord mayor of Moscow, in presenting bread and salt to , the emperor made a" speech of Welcome in which he pointed out the loyalty of the people to the emperor and thanked him for the benefits aris ing from the abolition of the govern mM.-t monopoly on vodka which was lajtfy due, he declared, to the efforts of the emperor. - The lord mayor spoke of the brave fight the Russian army was making and predicted a victory and a resur rection of justice for all slavs and for all peoples. The emperor thanked the lord mayor for the sentiments express ed. - - FAMOUS WRITER ILL. SERIOUSLY New York, Deo. 22. Alfred Henry ivwis, the writer, is seriously ill at 1 ' to. ITe is said to have 1 trouble. Washington, D. C, Dec. 22. Without indicating how they will vote on the final show down on the Hobson national prohibition amend ment, the House members this after noon voted viva voce to pass a rule allowing for a period of eight hours for a general debate on the resolu tion. White Ribboners There Debate on the Hobson national pro hibition bill in the House was begun today by Richmond Pearson Hobson, who was greeted with vociferous ap plause. Women wearing white rib bons thronged the galleries,, and most of the officers of the National W. T. C. U. were among them. Temperance workers and anti-saloon league for ces from all parts of the country are assembled for the battle. Another Bill. The Leverbillproviding for federal li censing of cotton and grain warehouses was on its way today to conference of the senate and ho.use. The measure, a substitute for a senate bill which would have applied only to cotton warehouses, passed the house late yesterday. k l i . .aavocates oi tne bill contend it Will enhance confidence in agricul tural products, while the opponents assert it is unconstitutional. Representative Lever of South Car olina, its author, m a statement today, declared it would result in uniformity of warehouse receipts for agricultural products and enable far mers for the first time to know the class or grade of his products and their commercial value. Debate Continued. Debate on the Immigration bill, pending in the senate, was continued today with indications that action would be deferred until after the holi days. That was made practically certain as a result of the announced intention of Senator Lewis t6 intro duco an amendment to eliminate from the bill the proposed illiteracy test on the ground that it is not fair test for one seeking admission to American shores. Sponsors of the measure assert that to strike out the literacy test provision would not cause the defeat of the bill, because no substitute method of restriction has been agreed upon. NEW POSITIONS Attempted Offense Between Lys and Aisne A Failure ALABAMA RAIL ROADS GRANTED BIG INCREASE In Some Cases They Are Allowed to Go Up 10 Percent FORMER SENATOR DIES IN GEORGIA Ex-Senator W. S. West Sue cumbs to Attack of Heart Trouble Valdo8ta, Ga., Dec. 22 A sudden attack of heart failure caused the death1 today of ex-United States Senator W. S. West at his home in this city, v.; - Ex-Senator West 8 term of office expired on J November 3, last. He was appointed by '.'Governor Slaton to serve the unexpired term of former Senator 0. A. Bacon who died. '.' OSSE SURROUND ; ARMED SLAYER Matthew Jarrel Will ' Soon ' Be In the Hands of the Law, . Charleston, 8. C.if Deo. 22 The sheriff of this county and a posse have surrounded i Matthew Jarrel who is alleged to have' shot a deputy sheriff and wounded two other men at Esk dale. , . 1 . " ., The shooting took place" when the officer attempted to ! "place Jarrel under arrest and the later escaped a short time later. He is said to be Berlin, Dec. 22. (Central News Cable) The Germans are greatly pleased at huge shoals of sprats which have-been sighted in the Elbe river. This mens that a new source of food supply has been found. 50,000 Men Wounded uerun, Uec. zz Medical papers declare ' that during one week fifty thousand only slightly wounded sold iers returned from the western battle front. Austrians Progressing Vienna, Dee. 22 In the Upper La- toreza river district of the Carpath ians, the Austrians are progressing in the severe fighting. The fighting continues along the Krosn and Tuck ow fronts and in lower Donajee. In southern Poland the situation is un changed. The Russian Action London, Dec. 22 The Russian forces on the line of defense around Warsaw are directing a strong coun ter attack on the Germans between Rawa and the Pilica river. According to reports today, Skicrnic-Wicc, an important rairoau ponn Lias nee practically aiiundoned hy the liussi ans, who are endeavoring to swing the main contact of the engagement in Poland further to the south avoid being cornered against the fort resses of Warsaw and Novo Gorgi evsk and the Vistula river. Germans Driven Out 1'ans, Dee. sj, uriving the tier- mans from their tranches in Argonne at the point of the bayonet and tak ing new positions in Northern France and Belgium on the western end of the battle line, is the Allies' work to day, ft is officially announced that the Germans attempted and offensive movement between Lvs and the Aisne, but were repulsed. About Carencv Manetge and Lihons, where violent fighting is in progress, there have been gains by the French at several points. In the Chainpaigne district and Argonne the French have advanc ed by bayonet charges. Between Ar gonne and the Meuse the French made progress today. Trenches were taken despite wire entanglements. to The gas freight boat Fannie arrived in port yesterday from Gatlins Creek with a cargo of potatoes and cotton aeed. TWO WHITE MEN SCARE NEGRO Attempted Hold Up Elijah Wilder Early Monday Morning A bold robbery was attempted Monday morning about one-thirty o'clock, when two white men at tempted to hold up Elijah Wilder, colored bootblack employed in the Banks barber shop on Broad street. Wilder stated that he was going down. .Broad street when he en- (Continued on Page 8) SOUTH CAROLINA HAS RACE R01T Three Negroes Killed and ; Four White Men Are Wounded - Walhalla, S. C, Dee. 22 Following the serous stabbing of a white man on Sunday by a negro at Fair Plains, Oconee county, a race riot has occur red. " ' - ' Since the trouble started '' three negroes . have been tolled and lour white men have been seriously wound ed. ' 1 ' . - - heavily armed and it is probably that J Further trouble Is feared and the the officers' will be compelled to fight entire force of officers of the county before he i taken. . .... . , . , have gone to'Fair Flains. ' 33 COMMODITIES This Number of Articles Come Under New Puling t ? , Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 22 In some of the most far-reaching and important cases ever handled, the Alabama commission yester day afternoon permitted railroad operating in Alabama to make a ten per cent increase in intrastate rates on thirty-three common commodities which do not bear percentages, issued orders requiring railroads to with draw all special coal rates not open to the public except those to pig iron furnaces and steel plants, denied petitions of Montgomery. Dothan and Alexander City for reductions in coal rates from Hirmiii'iliam and adopted Southern classification Xo. 40 of the Interstate Commerce Com mission, which makes intrastate rates in Alabama on a uniform liasis with the interstate rates. In addition, t he commission granted several petitions ot railroads tor the discontinuance of local 'passeng er trains, denied the petition or railroads for another hearing of the Mobile pin iron case, withdrew its or der lor a lower rale on coal irom Birmingham to Sclma, denied peti tion of railroads for an increase in rates on coal from mines to Birming ham and uuthori.ed the Louisville Xashville railroad to d s-ontinu the double daily passenger service on tht Camden branch. In the commodity cases the rail roads asked for increases ranging from ten to twenty-five percent. In granting a ten percent increase the railroad comission stipulated that it was to meet present conditions onlv and that it would not be effect- after June 30. 1915. The rail road's petition asked for increase on thirty-four commodities bv the com- . mission refused a change in rales on fertilizers. In manv cases freight ates bear a certain charge plus a certain percentage which averages twenty-five percent. STEAMER ASHORE ON CEDRO ISLANDS. San Diego, Cal., Dec. 22. An un identified steamer is ashore on the Cedro Islands, 200 miles south of here, wireless advices reported early today. The steamer Arizona, of the American Hawaiian line, reported that she was standing by. SEVERAL ROADS ARE MERGED The Lake Shore and New York Central Are Combined Cleveland. O., Dec. 22. Merger of the Lake Shore Railroad Company with the New York Central Railway, $300,000,000 project, was effected here today at a meeting of Lake Shore stockholders. Stock holders of the New York Central road voted for the consolidation July 20. Under plans for the merger every share of Lake Shore stock will be traded for five shares of stock in the new corporation. The Lake Shore was incorporated on August 14, 1869. It comprises 1,872 miles of road extending from Buffalo to Chicago The Lake Shore has filed a deed of record here to the Central Trust Company-and G. F. Littleton, of New York, securing an issue of $100, 000,000 twenty-five year four percent gold bonds, covering all equipment, real estate, etc. It is dated July I, 1914. This is one of the first legal steps in connection with the merger. RAILROAD WAS SOLD AT AUC ;- . i - TION New York Deo. 22 The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway was today bought at auction by James Nj Wallace, - president : of the Central Trust Company, for $7,135,000.
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