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! The mojrmng New Bermin THE WEAlIiEK. , Fair 'and Colder , Today THE PAPER, THAT PUTS THE NEWS IK NEW BERN 1 and Saturday kj, L yolume r$ NXimber.!. ,J v NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1916. Single Copy: Five Cents At ' ,- '.'!tL.-;'."H' ' ' .;r . V V ... --- K - - J ' Fate of Roumania Hangs In FILL OF SLAT1 Developments of Next Forty Eight Hours Important Von Mackensen's Forces Preparing To Cross the Danube, It Is Admitted. MHHEST if fill BEFORE ELAPSE OF LONDON, Nov. 23. Two things stand out omniously tonight in the contemplation of Roumania's plight, as brought about by the capture of Caiova, and the subsequent opera tions of General von Falkenhayns. First Slatina, a railway intersec tion second in importance only to Craiova, from which it lies only 30 miles to the east, is threatened with capture within the next forty-eight hours. With it the entire railway "barrier" to the invasion of Rouma nia's interior, the road which runs clear through Wallachi to the Dan ube is bound to fall into the hands of the Teutons. Second The imminence of a cross ing of the Danube by Field Marshal von Mackensen's forces with a view to driving on Bucharest from -the south while Falkenhayn's deluge pours down upon the kingdom's' cap ital from the north and west Either of these two threats of the military situation, if carried out, would definitely seal the doom . of Roumania. Both materializing sim ultaneously or in ' quick succession would bring about the fall of Bucha rest before the elapse of another week. , Meanwhile, the fate of the Rouma nian army at Orsova, cut off ' from escape, still hangs in the balance. The forces sent westward from Craio va by Falkenhayn to place this army before the bitter alternative of '"fight or surrender", have not yet arrived . in the Orsova district, but the decisive battle is looked for momentarily. Funeral of Late Mr. George An- ; drews Held at James City ' Yesterday. V ' -A1" , i'- ' . ' - - r-' V- !" The funeral service over , the re mains of the' late Mr. George An drew was conducted from the home jn James- City yesterday afternoon at three o'clock by Re?. W. B. Everett, pastor of the -J: Free -Will , Baptist church, and the 'interment was made in Cedar. Grove cemetery. The de ceased was a member of the Woodmen of the World and members of this organization ' took part in the cere mony, vv'"'.'" " u. '.; ' ' "U-i r-i ': V j Mr. Andrews was almost" instantly killed Wednesday -When the ; driving wheel of the engine used in operat ing the machinery in the planing mill department of the Clark Lumber Com pany's plant in James City, bursted section of which struck him in the right side. He was knocked through the side of the building and died fif teen minutes later. ' ' . "D'ye think the fiighting'll be over this year, Mrs. Brackett?", "Well, I do an' I don't, as the savin is". My ole Bill's a glutton when he starts and he'll take some stoppin', now 'at he's got the law on his side for oust." London Funch. ' WILD SI THE DOOM OF LITTLE KINGDOM BODY OF TRAEEDY VICTIM INTERRED Balance TO WILD APPLAUSE Renews His Defiance of Nation- . Wide Organization Of Employers. SPEECH TIE MOST CAE OF BALTIMORE, MD., Nov. 23. A Storm of applause which culminated when the delegates, rising to their feet, stamping the floor and cheering, greeted Samuel Gompers, President of the American Federation of Labor to day when he renewed before the la bor convention his defiance of the na tion wide organization of employers. His speech was quite the most def initely radical of his career. A local newspaper had published an editor ial which compared Gompers unfavor able with Charles M. Schwab and had suggested that the labor leader was "raising the red flag" and was be coming a socialist, because of his de mand that the eight-hour day be in augurated on the railroads on Jan uary the 1st regardless of the decision of the courts as to the Adamson law. Denying his challenge of Tuesday was aimed chiefly at the presidents of the railroads, Gompers declared that he had rather call attention to the formation of the new league of big employers committed to a war of ex termination against organized labor. "It. is not we who are going to make the attack." he shouted' "we are pre paring to defend ourselves, but if they attempt to take from the man and woman of labor the advantages they have up to this time secured we are going to fight." "We are going to be forced back. We will resist and resist to the utter most." "The sum total of our offence" he concluded, "is that we have stood true and no power or influence can swerve us. You cannot fool us very much and perhaps you can't frighten us at all." ' . "You phariseeB who stand in the way and try to drive us into the mire of misery and despair beware ero it be too late." Federal Judge Pollock to Make Rulings in Injunction Suits AgainstAdamson Law. .- M. 0. & GULF CASE : KANSAS CITY, Nov. 23. Hear ings on the injunction suits brought by the Santa Fe and Union Pacific railroads to restrain the government from enforcing the Adamson. eight hour law was today postponed until tomorrow by Federal Judge pollock. ' The postponement was ordered to day at the request of the attorneys. Frank Hageoman, special counsel for the government,' would not acquiesce in the ra ilways' demand that some larger road instead of the Missouri Oklahoma and Gulf on which Judge Hook rendered a decision yesterday, be chosen for the test He countered with the proposal that' all points the railroads contend are not covered in the Missouri, Oklahoma' and Gulf case be incorporated in it and certified to the Supreme Court along with the transcript of the record of yesterday's hearing before Judge Hook. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Wetherington, of Goldsboro, returned home yester day after spending a few days in the city, guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. Whit FEDERAT DN RAD! HfSCAREER SANTA FE AND -UNION PACIFIC HEARINGS TODAY Hi in CHIHUAHUA CITY Juarez Hears of Attack, But the Result Not Known Defend ers Short of Ammunition. EL PASO, TEXAS, Nov. 23. Forces under Francisco Villa attack ed Chihauhau City at noon today, ac cording to a message received at Juarez this afternoon. The message brought no word of how the engage ment was progressing. An earlier report said that Gener al Triveno, Carranza's commander, had ammunition enough for only a few hours' fighting and had made preparations to withdraw to the north. TO ENFORCE PEACE Former President Taft to Act as Chairman of Meeting in New York Tonight. - WKW lUKK, JNOV. 24. With a notable dinner at the Hotel Astor to night at which many important speeches will be delivered, the Lea gue to Enforce Peace will open a vig orous campaign to unite the nations of the world in a combination to re press the settlement of international disputes by force. Ex-President Taft, the President of the League, will sit at the head of the principal table and act as chair man. RESULTS IN MISTRIAL Jury Unable to Agree on Verdict in Suit for $35.00 in Superior Court. In the case of J. R. Dixon versus W. M. Coward, which was heard in yesterday's session of Superior court, resulted in a mistrial. The contentions of the plaintiff were that he had some timber cut at the defendant's saw mill and that he did not receive as much lumber as he should have. He claimed that the difference in the value and what he received was $35. 60 and he asked for this amount. After quite a lengthy deliberation the jury announced that they could not reach an agreement. Mr. R. A. Nunn presented the case for the plaintiff ' while the interest of the defendant was in the hands of Mr. William Dunn, Jr. ,,,;, J- Miss Lillie Belle Barrus, of Pol locksville, has returned home after a visit with friends in the city.. Indicates Early Run ' of Choice . Fish, According to Local ' Fishermen. , " . .The supply of fish in this section has been rather limited-for the past few months and . local dealers have been up against a proposition in se curing a sufficient stock to ' supply their trade, but they are hoping , for a larger supply during the winter months. Indications now are that the shad run will start earlier this season than has been the case, the advance guard haying already made its appearance. - , f ; .: The fishermen employed by Mr. A. L. ' WillisJ" one of New Bern's lead ing dealers in; seafood, returning from a trip in the sound yesterday brought a large white shad which was caught" in a, net ; in Pamlico sound. This is extremely early for this specimen of the finny tribe and leads the dealer to think that the run this season will not only be large but will start earlier than usual. The shad run usually bfjins the latter part of January or the first of February. REPORTED SEASON IS CAUGHT ALDERMEN HEAD COMPLAINTS AT SPECIAL MEET Citizens Object to Sand Being Dumped into Bay Off East Front Street. E GET WAGE INCREASE A short but interesting meeting of the Board of Aldermen was held at the City Hall last night. The special meeting was called to hear complaints from citizens residing on East Front street between Broad and Change, rel ative to sand being pumped out of the channel into the bay between the Cutter wharf and the Duffy proper ty. The government- is dredging the channel of the river two feet deeper. The sand which is being pumped out is of excellent quality for mixing with cement, and the city fathers decided to have a quantity placed at the foot of Short street to be used on the street work. Representing quite a number of property owners residing on this street, Mr. L. I. Moore appear ed before the board and stated that they objected to the sand being plac ed in the bay on the ground that it detracted from the attractiveness of that section of the city. He pointed out that it was the only place where a view of the river could be gained without going on private property and he did not think that it was ad visable to. obstruct the view. The board informed him that the sand was being placed there tempora rily and that teams would begin haul ing it away Monday. He stated that the board had no right to place sand at the foot of the street without condemning the prop erty, but he did not think there would be any serious objection on the part of. his clients, to the city using the foot of the streets for this purpoi temporarily. He admitted that clients feared that plans were b' made to fill up the bay and use i..e property for a park and that this work was the forerunner of the plani. However, he was assured that ni such idea had been entertained by th board. - As no definite agreement Could bi reached between the board and M Moore, more than the board .promise to move the sand, as fast as possiblq Mr. Moore entered a protest for th property owners against dumpind sand into the bay; also against thJ erection of any eye-sore fence to keepV the sand from going back into the channel, and he also stated that he would ask the government to move the sand which has already been dumped in the bay. ' Among other matters transacted last night was, that of increasing the salary of all the employees of . the city who are receiving a salary off less than fifty dollars v per month The increase will be ten. per cent ofl their present wages, for which all members present voted. V . There seemed to be some misunder-j standing in the increase , given ther policemen at the last meeting, Prac tically'all the members were of the! opinion tnat tnose mienaea no De Ben efited by the increase included, the Chief, Captain and Sergeants, but it was pointed out that gie motion did not include these and -all Aldermen present voted for these, members of the police department to receive the ten dollar raise. 1 SJhrinera Have Departed And Citizens are Complimenting . a Themselves.-' 'K, After being thronged with visitors for two or three days, and every body hurrying back and forth trying to give them a good time,;' New Bern has again assumed normal conditions. The greater part of trie Shriners and their wives, who attended the first ceremonial service of, Sudan Temple here Wednesday,' left that night but quite a few remained until yesterday and some are still- here. ' ' New Bern had been in a hustle for some time previous to this event pre paring for the entertainment of the visitors and now that they have come and gone, the Shriners and their friends who helped to make the visi tors' stay here a pleasant one, have taken a seat in an easy chair and are justly complimenting themselves on the success of the event. MPLDYEES CITY AGAN ASSUMES NORMAL C01TI01S MAiMES RECEIVED AT THE WHITE DOUSE Congratulations From Rulers, Public Officials and Others, Come Rapidly. E. WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 23. The White House today announced receipt of many messages of congrat ulations to President Wilson from rul ers of nations, public officials and oth ers which had been held up waiting Hughes' telegram of congratulation. President Wilson today replied to Charles Evans Hughes' message of congratulations upon- the President's re-election with a telegram expressing "my good wishes for the years to L NEXT THURSDAY Dr. Lucian Edgar Follansbee to Speak in The Griffin Auditorium. On Thursday night at 8:30 Dr. Lu cian Edgar Follansbee will deliver a lecture in the Griffin auditorium. Dr. Follansbee is a lecturer of prominece having delivered over two thousand lectures, and he never fails to please his audiences. His subjects range from serious problems of the day to humorous subjects and he is good at either. Those who wish to be both amused and entertained will do well to attend this number. . .. ,. Mrs. Ira Willis, of Morehead City, returned home last night after a short visit with friends. v ' - - ', "SHELL FISH DAY " TO Citizens Urged to Serve Some Variety of Shell-Fish At - "One Meat . Today -has been designated by the National Association of Fisheries as: "Shell Fish Day,", and it IB the desire of the association and Mr. H, L. Gibbs, State Fisheries Commissioner, that the day be fittingly observed through out North Carolina. ; ' ; - I It is suggested that every family make an effort to serve some variety of shell fish at one meal and more if convenient, and thus assist in ob serving the day and in advancing the shell fish industry. ' The supply of oysters and other shell fish has never been more plentiful than now and the quality is exceptionally good this sea son.' Too, this is one of the cheapest dishes that could be prepared. Those in charge of the matter . in North Carolina have been untiring in their efforts to have the day fittingly observed and it is believed that their efforts will be crowned with success. One should wash his soiled linens in private. Napolfeoil. 1 fill LECTURE BE OBSERVED TODAY Push Test Through Courts THOM MAKES ELOQUENT PLEA FOR RAILROADS Accept Government Regulation But Not on Lines of Oppres sion, Tells Committee. s WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 23 The railroads of the country accept government regulations as an under stood principle. But they wish this regulation to be founded on construc tive lines and not on the lines of op pression. This is their idea, as ex pressed today to the joint Congres sional Committee by A. D. Thorn, gen eral council to the advisory board of the railway executives. Mr. Thom also made the point that failure to extend the railroads within the past year contributed to the high cost of living. The failure to con struct more than 1,000 miles of new track in this country during the last year, he said, was because confidence in railway securities had been de stroyed and he presented seven rea sons. One of these reasons was The railroad business is largely controlled by politics instead of business con siderations." and in this connection Mr. Thom said: The railroads are business enter- iprises. They must not be subjected f they are to survive to political considerations any more than any oth er business. The American people have declared the railroads must stay out of politics. And the railroads with which I am acquainted do. I plead for a nonpolitical judgment of the great systems, for regulation bas ed on business rights." The counsel to the executives made the first speech the committee has yet heard. It was really the opening day of the committee's work. Mr. Thorn's speech continued for two and one-half hours and will be resum ed tomorrow morning. Regret and reform both begin with the same syllable, but they often have a different ending. E DUPLIN COURT Grand Jury Fails To Find True . Bill Against Alleged Green County Lyncher. UP BY A DETECTIVE KINSTON, Nov. 23. Not a true bill was returned by the grand jury in' Duplin' county Superior court at Kenansville Thursday in ' the' case against Sam Stocks, of Greene Coun ty, alleged to have beeh a member of the lynching party who took Joe Black a negro from the Kinston jail last spring and killed him at some point between Kinston and Maury section of Greene county. Several -witnesses including Chief of Police Skinner, of Kinston, Deputy Sheriff JH. V. Allen, Claud" Russell and Ed Phillips who went from this city to appear before the grand jury Thursday afternoon returned here last night. . , Detective Barnes, who was, engaged by Gover nor Craig to work up the case was also at Kenansville Thursday to ap peared as State's witness. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Granger, of Kinston, returned home last night, after attending the Shi iners meeting. While in the city they were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs.' J. M. Howard. , -'" - ,.' , , STAY OUT OF POLITICS m stocks CLEARED BY TH Case GOVERNMENT TO LETATTORNETS FOR RAILROADS SELECT SUIT Agreement is Reached to Rush Decision as to Constitutional!-, ty of Adamson Law Rail roads to Pick One Suit And Suspend Others. SI SANTA FE CASE WILL WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 23. . An important move, looking toword an early decision by the Supreme court on the validity of the eight- ' hour law, was taken up today when ' the railroads through their legal rep- -resentatives, signed an agreement with the Attorney General's office to : co-operate with the government in rushing the case to the highest court. ' -. The agreement, which was in the form of a stipulation, binds the railroads'' attorneys to select out of the great number of suits filed, one case which v tney regard as typical ol all views involved in the dispute over the act ' and, to suspend further proceedings t in the other cases until the Supreme Court has passed on the case heard. The government agrees to let the rail- -roads make the selection and to join J hands with the attorneys for the com panies in speeding the hearing be- fore the Supreme Court. " ' ine stipulation was signed today after a further conference between members of the Attorney General's ' staff and the attorneys who represent the advisory committee of all the frrpflt rnilwnv Rvstpmn Affpr it. .hnii H been signed the text was immediately it wired to the assistants of the Attor- r ney General's office who are now in Kansas City attending the hearing of -the Sante Fe and Union Pacific cases. Indications are that the Sante Fe' case will be selected by the railway . lawyers as the test case. It was announced at the Depart ment of Justice that there will be no L further conferences with the attor- ; neys for the railways until word is roppiveH fmm If A nan a fitv nf tlia ivi- suit of the conference held there. ' E - IIG NIGHT Austrian Champion to Meet Draak Linow and Stecher Coming Later. The next attraction for the mat de votees of New Bern Will take place Thanksgiving night when Hans Fa-., erst, the Austrian champion will meet Tommy Draak at Ghent Park. Fuerst is one of the fastest and most Bcien- , tific heavy weight wrestlers' in the east and when Draak gets mixed up with the big Austrian, it is" said that he will have little time to give thanks and it is suggested that he attend to this matter earlier in the day. . ' ' There are other noted ' ; wrestlers booked for matches with Draak dur ing the next few .weeks, among them being Linnow, who will make his ap pearance on the seventh of Decem ber. Joe Stetcher, who is said to be the f'y, greatest v catch-as-catch-can wrestler in the world, "has agreed to meet Draak at Ghent Park December the fifteenth. ? ' The Draak-Stetcher match promises to be the greatest ever pulled off in New Bern, or in the State as to that, and it is expected that hundreds of mat fans will be here from all part i of the surrounding country to see this famous wr.-'tler inlrtion. THANKSG S3
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