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MO rning imw merman The Weather: Trade at Home Tke Mai Order Huae Has Never BrMffht New Ber a Cent Fair and Colder To-' lay; Thursday: In creasing Cloudiness. f OUR GOAL: NEW BERN'S MORNING PAPER IN EVERY HOME Yajume 2; Number 67. NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1917. Single Copy: Five Certs .ME f 9 if Subscriptions fire Seal Vote Betters idates in New Bernian's Contest Are Paying Little At tention to Ten-Vote Coupons Now is Most Opportune Time To Get in Best Work. As each day passes in the greatest vestng contest that New Bern and surrounding territory has ever seen, the candidates themselves, as well as . the entire public, are beginning to i-Mdiue that it is the subscriptions teat count the most votes after all. There are some candidates who as sssned leading positions at the start ay clipping the ten-vote coupons in tke paper each day. These coupons nriU be redused soon, and then these same candidates will be at a loss to kaow just how to keep up in the list ualess they get out and hustle for E Inscriptions. if you are one of these candidates uw is the time to start your cam fign for subscriptions. The first subscription turned in by or for a can Sfate will give 25,000 extra votes, aad the first two yearly subscriptions U THE MORNING NEW BERNIAN r seven yearly subscriptions to the Semi-Weekly will give 50,000 extra vstos. Some of you candidates have been wanting an automobile all these years aad have been wondering how on art you would be able to save up eaongh money to buy one. Some of ymm have been hoarding your money cause you hated to pay out so much fr a ear. But in the meantime you here been letting your friends enter aafa you with their cars, then you tare to figure how in the world you are going to entertain them in return, vaWiout hiring a car or working an Hier friend. Now here is your opportunity to gat that car you have been wishing far, and still keep all your money, and let it work for you while you are steeping or making more. Don't it make you feel just a little kit envious to see a friend or acquain tance, who has a car, ride past with ml her friends, when you might be SECOND DIAMOND RING PERIOD IS JDST STARTING saving the same good time with the same people if you only had a car. THE NEW BERNIAN is going to give away a $845.00 Overland Tour lag Car, and a Ford Touring Car, on March. 19th. You can win either one f them without a penny of expense, if you will only spend a little of the spare time securing votes that you anally fool away. Never mind who you are business woman, professional woman, wife or woghter of a farmer, or just plain filk you can use the car alright. So w your head that nature gave you Jar such purposes, and ride in your m car after March 19th. There are eight other prizes in ad aption to the automobiles, and each candidate who remains active until the Inn of the contest will receive ten per cent commission on all subscrip tion money turned in by them during the contest Those who entered be Jar Feb." 10th have already received the commission due them up to that HOW THEY STAND ALLIANCE Lela Dawson 26,920 ASKIN Mrs. W. C. Ernul 28,360 ' AURORA Mazel Allen J..2,100 Mrs. Morgan Guilford .,2,020 Aana Ola Hollowell 2,490 Maude Hollowell .... 1,320 Mrs. M. L. Hollowell .1100 Wm L. O. Pickering - . 26,500 Laura, Walker R..F. D. '-. .10,140 BATBORO , ; Nona Moore 5,710 BEAUFORT ' - See lubanks, R. F. D. .T.2,00 .? Martha Carrow I 2,410 Tera Hill ---i. 8,140 Margaret Skarren ' 1,520 BONNERTON Mr. Samuel Tuten 1,950 BL0UNT3 CREEK Mm Ida Martin, B, F. D. 2,020 Metti Stilley, R. F. D. 2,010 , BOGUS Xscie Taylor 26,590 ' BRIDGETON , Ada Holton . 23,130 Sophie Ryman . ... 2,400 CLARKS, 1 (Continue on' Page Two) . PERSHING MAT BE SUCCESSOR TD FUNSTON His Knowledge of Mexican Sit 'uation Fits Him For High Military Post. FUNERAL AT SAN WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 20. Major General John J. Pershing pro bably will be designated to succeed Major General Frederick Funston in command of the Southern Department of the army. Secretary of War Baker today formally announced that Gen eral Pershing, as the ranking officer, had automatically assumed tempor ary command. The question of mak ing his appointment permanent will soon be considered by Secretary Bak er and President Wilson. Although the President can name any one of the major generals of the army for the post, General Pershing is regard ed by the War Department officials as the logical choice. The peculiar nat ure of the border situation, they said, makes it necessary that the new com mander be thoroughly familiar with conditions there. General Funston will be burled in the national cemetery at Presido, San Francisco, in accordance with the re quest of his widow. Colonel Barnum, aide to General Funston, 80 wired the War Department today. His message said: 'In accordance with Mrs. Funston's request communicated by General Bell, General Funston will be buried at the national cemetery at Presido, San Francisco, by the side of his son, Arthur McArthur Funston. Captain Lee, aide to General Fun ston, and a guard of two commission ed officers and six privates will ac company the remains on a special car to San Francisco, leaving San An tonio tonight, arriving at San Fran cisco at - p. m. Friday. Funeral in San Francisco Saturday." The War Department was also ad vised that funeral services for Gen eral Funston were held at 3:30 p. m. today at Fort Sam Houston. The funeral escort, commanded by General Grain, consisted of the 39th United States Infantry, two troops of First Alabama Cavalry, and one bat tery of field artillery. General Fun ston's remains lay in state at the Al amo in San Antonio until the depar ture of the funeral train for the Pa cific coast. Fl I Negro Must Answer to Charge of Shooting Father Some Time Ago. - John Hudson, colored, was given a preliminary hearing in police court yesterday morning on a warrant charging ' him . with shooting - his father, Dave Hudson. ; Probable cause was found and in default of a hundred dollar bond was committed to' the county jail. ; The ; shooting j.f occurred several weeks ago but the victim was unable to attend court and the hearing was postponed until yesterday. However, the defendant, who at the time of the shooting, assaulted his brother, Mack Hudson, and was arraigned in court the day following the trouble to answer to this charge.-: He was' con victed' and' fined, f John Turner, "colored, was held for Superior court in default of bonds amounting to two hundred dollars. He was charged, with carrying a con eealed weapon and an assault with a deadly weapon, and probable cause was found in each case. ;; "Henry, how much did you give that girl in the cloakroom 7" "Only dime, my dear," "I dont believe it I've never seen one of those odious creatures smile the way she did for !ss than a . quarter." Brooklyn Eagle. ' ' FRANCISCO SATURDAY JOHN HUDSON HELD OR CRIMINAL COUR U.S.TIES STEPS TO TIGHTEN ITS Senate Rushes Measures Ex tending Citizenship to Inhabi tants of Porto Rica, and Pro vide System of Government in The Island; To Appropriate $25,000,000 to Pay for Danish West Indies. COLOlii TREATY Washington, d. c, Feb. 20. Under administration pressure to bring the West Indian possessions of the United States as close as possi ble to the home country to meet the present crisis, the Senate today rush ed two emergency measures. It was apparent that the determination of the administration to tighten the con trol of the United States over its out posts in the Carribean and to fore stall any maneuvers by a foreign power in that vicinity was responsi ble for haste in passing the bills. They were: A bill extending citizenship to the inhabitants of Porto Rico and provid ing for a system of government in the island. A bill appropriating $25,000,000 to pay for the Danish West Indies and establish a temporary provisional government in the new possessions. In addition to these measures the administration influence will be put to work to force the ratification of the proposed treaty with Columbia which would pay her 125,000,000 for her share in the Panama Canal zone. The administration believes that all dissatisfaction in Columbia should be placated lest it form a basis of a plot that would be of immense benefit to any nation enimical to 'the United States in attacking the Panama Ca nal. ARMED GUARDS FOR COSTLIEST POTATOES FORT WAYNE, IND., Feb. 20. Armed guards were sent as agents of safe enduct to a carload of potatoes received here by a grocery firm from Michigan. The wholesale price of the carload was $3,250 for the 1,500 bush els, which is the highest price record ed in Fort Wayne. Press of Central Powers Sees Victory Within a Few Months. E F BERLIN, vi Sayville wireless, Feb. 20.- Close scrutiny of the German press since unrestricted U-boat 'war fare went into, effect divulges three main points which, are again and a gain emphasized -" One absolute certainty that the ' U-boat will ' force England to her knees within a few months; two warning . the neutrals, particularly the United States,'' that ships entering the barred zone " Are challenging' fate;". 'three increasing glee over the refusal of Dutch and Scandanavian shippers to-risk their vessels in the forbidden areas and gratification over every line of anti British comment in those countries. NEW YORK, Feb. 19. Nation wide' activities are planned by the Women's Military Reserve ' of the United States, just organized here. The organization will specialize in military training and tactics, camp sanitation and first aid. "" NT ME POSSESSIONS FORGE ENGLAND TO HEH KNEES, IS GERMAN 1 one ATE N BARRED ZONE COMMISSIONERS SEEK F1ER TO I BRIDGETON Bill To Be Presented to Legisla ture Would Overcome Com plex Situation. The commissioners of the town of Bridgeton, which is situated just across Neuse river from New Bern, have made several propositions to the Craven county board of commission ers in which they were seeking as sistance from the county in paving some of the principal streets of that town. The board was compelled to reject all of these propositions be cause the plans conflicted with the State laws. The commissioners desire to assist in paving the streets as will be seen from the fact that the board at a recent meeting instructed the county attorney to prepare a bill to be presented to the State Legisla ture, through the county's represen tative, which would give them the power to donate ten thousand dollars to be spent on Bridge and B streets. The parts of these streets to be pav ed are between the county 'hridge and the beginning of the graveled parts of the Vanceboro and Fowler roads. The bill would empower the board to pay this amount out of the general fund of the county or to issue bonds or noes and borrow the money, but the matter of spending the money, and terms and conditions are left at the discretion of the board. TO MEET TD STUDY Prof. Wm. R. Camp, State Spe cialist on Federal System, to Be in Attendance. There will be a big Federal Farm noan meeting in the court house next Wednesday afternoon ( February 28th, at 2 o'clock. Prof. Wm. R. Camp, State specialist in this line of work, will preside at this meeting and full information regarding the farm loan system will be given and a county wide farm loan association will be organized at this time, which will Incorporate all local associations in the county. , Mr. J. W. Sears, farm demonstra tor, has been trying for some time to obtain the services of Mr. Canrp for this purpose and he is very for tunate indeed to get him at this time, since he has dates for several months ahead in all parts of the State. He especially urges all citi zens of this -county who are at all interested in the Federal Farm Loan movement to attend this meeting, so the organization can be perfected at once. The Federal Farm Loan bank for this district, located at Columbia, South Carolina, expects to be able to furnish money by the middle 'of March or the first .of April. , ' Mr. D. E. Henderson, county attor ney, has agreed to be present at this meeting and answer all legal ques tions' regarding the Farm Loan Act free of charge. -,' 5 !r - . DRY WAVE HITS HOP GROWERS; PLANT BEETS DALLAS, ORE., Feb. 20. Prohi bition in the Northwestern States has hit the. hop growers a serious blow and the majority of them are plow ing up their hop fields and will plant other crops this year, The chief crop of many will be sugar beets. . "You can't get around the fact that counterfeiting money is a crime." "Certainly not" "But the average counterfeiter might give valuable les sons in thrift" "How is that!" "He never spends more than he makes." Birmingham Age-Herald. FARMERS TO FORM COUNTY WIDE ORGANIZATION GREATEST BUDGET FOR U. S. AGREED UPON Blf COMMITTEE House Bill Carrying $268,000, 000 Increased to $533,000,000 By Senate Committee; To Be Presented for Passage Today An Increase of $35,000,000 For Submarines, One of The Features. TO SPEED OE WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 20. The greatest naval budget ever pre sented to Congress was agreed upon today by the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs. The measure increas ing to $533,000,000 the House bill ap propriating $268,000,000 will be re commended to the Senate tomorrow for passage. The most important item inserted by the Senate Committee is an ap propriation of $115,000,000 for speed ing up the work of construction of the navy. This provides for the conclus ion in the coming two years of the work originally proposed to have been accomplished in three years. It cov ers such necessary expenditures as might follow in the commandeering of shipyards and plants manufacturing material needed in naval construc tion and in the manufacture or odr nance and munitions. The Senate has increased the House appropriation for submarine construc tion by $35,000,000 to be immediately available in inaugurating the work upon forty coast defense submarines and ten sea-going cruisers of sub mersible type. The appropriation represents about half the ultimate cost The item contains the specific provisions that twenty of the coast defenders and five of the cruisers must be constructed on the Pacific coast. . All this increase of the navy is in addition to the increased program as initiated by the House. Also the bill contains the provision for the con struction of three speedy scout cruis ers, fifteen destroyers, one destroy er tender, on esubmarine tender and the original eighteen coast defender submarines. Provision is made for two maga zines for torpedoes, one at Pensaco la, Fla., and one at Charleston, S. C, to cost about $125,000 each. BILL TO MEET SPlf SITUATION Measure Designed to Prevent Espionage and Conspiracy, Gets Vote of 60 to 10. WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 20. The administration bill to prevent es pionage and conspiracy was , passed today by the Senate by a vote of 60 to 10, V . The measure included fourteen sep arate measures framed by the De partment' of Justice and revised by the Senate ' Judiciary Committee so that they might be embodied in a single statute. It was opposed by the Senate Progressive element, led by Senator Cummins, of Iowa. When the yoteNcame the following senators were found aligned against .the hill, holding their negative position on the ground that the measure was subser sive of the rights of citizens of the United States in' certain respects: Senator Cummins' supporters ' were Senators Borah, Kenyon, Gronna, La Follette, Norris and Works, Republi cans; and Lee, of Maryland, Land and Vardaman, Democrats, v - '" ' - The design of the promoters of the (Continued en Page Twe) PISSES SENATE THREE DEMOCRATS OPPOSED MEASURE SCANDINAVIAN STEAMER SHELLED WITH CREW ABOARD FIGURES SHOW DEATH RITE HERE EXTREMELY IH Statistics Published Recently Do New Bern Injustice, Says Dr. Patterson. The death rate in New Bern per thousand, as recently published, was more than twenty. According to the rate in other North Carolina cities, this is extremely high, in fact, it is a great deal higher than the actual rate of deaths among the citizens of the city. In compiling this report the death of persons brought here from elsewhere for treatment and who died here but who were not res idents of the city, and all still-boms, were included. Too, in figuring out the report, the population was esti mated at twelve thousand, or at least three thousand less than the actual number of people residing here. Fig uring on a basis of fifteen thousand population and not including still born and the deaths of non-residents, the rate will be very materially re duced. Feeling that the city had been done an injustice by the publication of these figures, Dr. J. F. Patterson, city physician, has prepared the follow ing statement, which is considered a very conservative estimate of the death rate: "A study of deaths occuring in New Bern during the year of 1916, as fur nished by the local register, Mr. D. G. Smaw, is most interesting, as it discloses the fact that instead of the death rate of New Bern being high as reported, it is extremely low. "In computing the death rate of a community it is necessary, of course, to know the population of that com munity. The population of New Bern is debatable. Nine-tenths of the citi zens of the city claim 15,000 popula tion for the city; others claim 13,000. "If 16,000 is taken as the proper estimate, there are approximately 7,000 whites and 8,000 blacks; if 13, 000 is accepted as the correct figures there are 6,000 whites and 7,000 colored people. So the death rate will be given both for a population of 15,000 and 13,000. "The death rate of the white and the colored races differ, and the death rate of a town in which there is such a large colored population as in New Bern of course is higher than the death rate of a town in which the whites predominate. So the only fair way to determine the death rate of a town is to determine the death rate of the two races separately. "The United States Government in the mortality statistics, in estimating the death rate of the cities and the country at large, always eliminate still-births, which is proper, and they give the death rate for the residents of the town who have died during the year and the combined death rate for the residents and non-residents who have been brought to the hospitals and institutions for treatment, having died there. . "In New Bern during the year Of 1916 there were 64 whites other than still-births who died in the city. Of these 45 were residents of New Bern, and 19 non-residents that is people who were brought to the hospitals or private homes to undergo treatment and who were taken sick elsewhere. It really is not fair to place these deaths against the community : be cause, these ' people were taken sick elsewhere and the ,". community j had nothing to do with it It is the prac tice of Raleigh and the other cities of the State in sending out their health bulletins to eliminate both still-births and non-residents in estimating the death rate of the city. i "Estimating 7,000 whites in , the city of New Bern, the death rate in cluding, both residents and non-residents was; only 9.14 ' per thousand during the year 1916. Estimating the white population at 1,000 the death . ; (Ceatiaued en Page Jwe) AMERICANS W E or ACTOFJ-BOAT Incident Causes Grave Concern Among State Department Of ficials; Serves to Tighten the Gradually Relaxing Internat ional Tension. s PLANS OF OFFICIALS WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 20. Out of the German war zone tonight came another report of relentless sub marine warfare that tightened te gradually relaxing international ten sion in Washington. Consul Frost at Queenstown reported the shelling ef the Scandanavian steamer Balbeatie while the crew was abandoning th vessel. The Americans in the crew were saved. The significent statement in Con sul Frost's report that the Balbeatie was shelled without cause while a bandoning the ship caused grave con cern among the State Department of ficials, although the department flat ly declined to discuss the incident ia any way. It was pointed out, how ever, that the Balbeatie case would add weight to the long list of culraia ative violations of American rights which the President has now before him and which, it has been sail, might become the basis for the next step in the controversy with Ger many. The report of Consul Frest on the sinking of the Balbeatie was received by the State Department yesterday. It was not given out, how ever, until cable reports of the silk ing of the vessel were published, te day. President Wilson and his entire cabinet discussed the international situation today, but their delibera tions were shrouded in complete sec recy. Both the White House and the President's advisors flatly refused to make any statement as to the matters considered by the cabinet meetinjr. It was understood, however, that final decision as to the course of the President in seeking further authority from Congress had been reached. While State Department officials declined to discuss the Austrian sit uation or to comment on cable reports from Ambassador Penfield, it asked the Vienna foreign office to state def initely Austria's position on the sub marine question. It was learned that such a request had been directed hy the State Department. Ambassador Penfield was instructed by the de partment some time ago to ascertain definitely the Austrian position and it is probable that he has been pressed to hasten the matter. It was stated unofficially tonight that the President was anxious to avoid a break with Austria, if possible. He fears that such a break would alienate Bulgaria . and Turkey. Further assurances as to the safety of Americans in Germany were re ceived tonight. The State Depast ment reported the arrival on Swiss soil of a train load of consular oflc-' ers and other Americans left in Ger many by Ambassador Gerard. On the principal of the survival ef , the fittest, a man must either make a way for himself or make way fer -;. others. WOMAN'S CLUB CALENDAR ' Music Department, Febraary 22, 4 P. M. Practice ia dub 'rooms. ? !,'. ' ' ' Music Department, February 2S, 8:30, P. M. Redprodtj Meeting, t Hostess, Mrs. C D. Life is compensatory-to this ex tent: When a man reaches the point at which his "wife is compelled - te make the living for the family he has also reached the point at which the fact ceases to humiliate him. Topeke Capital.
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