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The Morning New Bernian The Weather: Partly Cloudy To day; Showers Tonight or Sunday. Trade At Home The Mail Order House Has Never Brought New Bern a Cent. YOUR PATRIOTIC DUTY: "BUY A LIBERTY LOAN BOND" Volume 2; Number 148. NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1917. Single Copy: Five Cents WSTHMS IN DEI Catdona Continues His Drive in Pace of Terrific Counter Thrusts. , BUT IN VAIN ; I (Br I;itr. national News Service.) LONDON, May 25. All the hatred and bitterness stored up on both sides during many months of activity is unleashed on the Austro-I talian front. Men plunged into battle like crusad ers with the frantic belief that the other sides embodies all that is evil and must be exterminated for the good of the world. Since Cardona struck his great blow along the Adriatic loop in. the direction of the coveted Triest, bat tles of indescribable fury have been underway incessantly. Out-generalded, the Austro-Hungarians ace trying to avenge the, suprise blow against their left by hitting back violently in the center and on the right. But scarce ly have they rallied for -a new coun ter thrust than the Italians invaria bly forestall them by resuming their concerted drive. . They were discussing racial traits. "For my part," remarked Wigwagg, "I stick to rye myself," interjected Guzzler, just waking up. UNUSUAL FOOD SUPPLY SOURCES ARE TAPPED (By International News Service.) CHICAGO, May 25. The woods waters are .being invaded in the nation-wide drive for food. Iff Michigan potatoes have been planted in the forest reserves under orders of the State public domain commission. ' Every available acre has been put to use. In Wisconsin rivers and lakes are being seined for coarse fish that can be put on the market at a low price to offset the rising price of staple foodstuffs. The State conservation commission, which -ordered the sein ing, did so under instructions from Governor Philipp. Farmers in Carteret and Pam lico Counties Soon To Begin Shipping. - According to persons returning from visits to Carteret and Pamlico counties, the digging of Irish potatoes is getting weil under way and indi cations are that the crop in those counties this year will be 'equally as large, if not larger, than last year's crop, which, wad a record-breaker. As the price paid for potatoes now is very high, the farmers are taking advantage of it and are. rushing their product to the northern markets as fast as it is ready for shipment. MBER DIRECTORS TO MEET TONIGHT Number of Important Matters To Come, Up For Con sideration. The meeting of the Directors of the Chamber of Commerce, which was , to have been held last night, was postponed on account of the . com mencement exorcises at the school. The' meeting will be held tonight at eight o'clock at 'which time the directors' will consider many things of importance, including methods of ob taining cans for the canning club girls and others who wish to preserve vegetables and fruits that otherwise "would be lest. ' The Jocal Chamber of Commerce has been ' asked by the Chamber of CoBunerce of the United States to be prepared for speedy cooperation; in matters referring to the war situa tion. It is probable that the direct ors will act as a "war council" for the organization, or will appoint such a body, the duty of which will be to promptly render any service asked for in the natureof assistance to the officials the Nati r austrians GETTING ED. HUH HELD FOB DEATH Lenoir County Man. Surrenders To Authorities; Liquor Cause Of Tragedy. FOR MANSLAUGHTER KINSTON, N C, May 25. De Witt Barwick, who was shot by his brother, George Barwick, in Fall ing Creek Township last Sunday night, died in Parrott Memorial Hos pital here Thursday evening about 7:30 o'clock. Ceorge Barwick, who came into the city Friday morning voluntarily, was arraigned before Magistrate H. C. V. Peebles during the forenoon. At the conclusion of the hewing shortly af ter noon Barwick was held in $500 bail, which was given by Messrs. G. R. Pollock and Paul and Robert Hod ges. aA number of others offered to go on tile bond. Mr. N. J. Rouse re presented the defendant and Mr. Frank Lilps the State. . f , Attorney Liles indicated that the State would not prosecute in 'a de gree higher than manslaughter. Physicians and other witnesses tes tified before Judge Peebles. The Barwicks, lived together as bachelors. They had a reputation for being peaceable citizens general ly, although they were drinking ,on Sunday night, and were men of large stature and excellent farmers. The Coroner's jury was impanelled and viewed the body, but the inquest was postponed owing to the lack of evidence to' begin with. It may be held Saturday, Coroner Wood stated. The funeral of DeWitt Barwick was held in Maplewood Cemetery at 2 p. m., conducted by Mr. B. P. Smith. SEVERE BLOWS BRITISHFHEM1ER Losses to Shipping in May Less . Than in April, Declares Lloyd-George.. . TO U S. DESTROYERS LONDON, May 25. "We dealt more severe blows at the submarine menace during the last three weeks than during any corresponding per iod," declared Premier Lloycl-George in the House of Commons today "Our ship losses for May," he added, "probably will be under ttiose for April. We are making satisfactory progress," The: Premier paid an eloquent tri bute to the American destroyers in. the submarine fleet. "We can con gratulate ourselves on the early and unexpected improvement in dealing with the submarine menace," he de clared. E French Soldier, Captured By Germans, Takes His .Own Life. (By International New Service.) BERLIN,' May 2&. A French sold ier in the prison camp at Oldesloe, Schleswig-Hotstein, recently commit ted suicide by jumping into-the River Obertrave. His comrades were un able to explain his sad act until a let ter was found among his .papers in which his sister had, informed him that his three brothers have been killed at the front. The suicide's body was buried with full military honors. German and French; soldiers followed hio coffin to the cemetery ad a detachment of the landstUrniera who' guard the prison-! OF HIS BROTHER PROBABLY BE TRIED TOO ITS ELOQUENT TRIBUTE KILLS SELF 3 BROTHERS AR GERMAN SPY SYSTEM IS IN OPERATION WITHIN THE UNITED STATES LAND AND SEA FORCES ATTEMPTS TD 'S Moore in House and Reed in the Senate Would Defeat Food Administrator. F S (By International New Service.) WASHINGTON, D. C, May 26, No easy time has the administration had in "putting over" Herbert C. Hoo ver as. food dictator. Despite Presi dent Wilson's statement announcing Hoover's appointment and his wish that Congress sanction his choice, Representative Moore, of Pennsylva nia, tried to block the appointment today. In the Senate Reed, of Mis souri, said the appointment of a food dictator would mean despotism in stead of democracy. Food bills took up the attention of both houses today. The Lever meas ure for a survey was discussed in the House , and the Gore bill, providing stimulation, and conservation, was taken up in the Senate. THE SUBMARINE CAN'TDEFEATUS' -LLDIfDJEOBEE England Is In No Danger Of Starring if Patriotism Pre vails, Says Premier. WARNS THE PEOPLE TO (Br International New Service.) LONDON, May 26. "If everyone 'does his 'duty patriotically, each in his own way, to the common stock, then I say the submarine is not go ing to defeat us."- A storm of cheers broke loose in the House of Commons as Premier Lloyd-George thus summed up the situation today. Great Britain, he asserted, was in on danger of being starved, provided "we all behave like reasonable beings who want to save their country froni disaster, privation and distress." MRS. EUGENE McSORLEY DIED , THIS MORNING Mrs. Eugene McSorley died at 4:15 o'clock this morning at Fairview Hos pital, following an illness of a few days. Funeral announcement later. RESEMBLES WILSON, SO GETS $10 Hotel Clerk Lands Position With Movies at $250 Per Week. (Br International -News Servke.) LAFAYETTE, IND., May 25. Paul Westphal's face is his fortune. He was night clerk in a hotel here for the meager, salary of $10 a week or so when a "movie" company dis covered his striking resemblance to President Wilson. He will take the part of the ""nation's chief in a war BLOCK HOOVER APPOINTMENT BEFORE BOTH BRANCHE REMAIN CALM drama for $250 a week. BERLIN KNEW IN E Even Port of Destination Was Known to Germans Before . Arrival of American Fleet in Europe, Admiral Sims Re ports to Navy Department. IT That Germany's Espionage Sys tem Has Extended Its Arms Into Very Heart of American Naval Establishment, Shocks Washington Officials. . (Br International News Service.) WASHINGTON, D. C, May 25. The German spy system is in opera tion within the United States army and fleet. Not only are spies obtain ing the information they want in this country but they are able to get it to Berlin in time' for German subma rines to menace American warships and soldiers on the seas. This was admitted by the Navy Department this" afternoon. Secre tary Daniels announced that word of the sailing of ah American destroyer fletiall for Europe had been wired ahead to Germany and that German submarines had succeeded in scatter ing mines at the entrance of the har bor for which the American warships were bound. ' The feilowing statement was is sued: t ' j "Four days before the arrival of the American destroyer fleet aboard, Berlin knew that the vessels were on the way and to what pert they were going, according to advices today from Admiral Sims. , "He reports that he has positive information- that Germany was thus informed' in advance and sufficiently far In advance that the pert of en trance of the destroyers was mined previous to their arrival. v "The department calls attention to this fact as proof that the German spy system is still at work in this country making imperative the need of secrecy in connection with our na. val operations. The premature pub lication of ship movements is partic ularly a source of danger. "The department, while realizing that newspapers did not give this information, would be pleased if the facts were brought to the attention of editors by way - of showing what extreme care is required in shielding military information from the enemy whether it be published through the press or otherwise." Involving1 even, the destination of the destroyer fleet information con cerning it could have come only from two sources the navjj department or the fleet That the German espionage system could have extended its arms into the very heart of the naval eg-. tablishment has been a shock to of ficials. Department of Justice officials have been working day and night in an effort to uproot the spy system. Numerous arrests of enemy aliens have been made and a number are in jail awaiting action by the govern ment. All Men Between 21 And 30, Inclusive, Must Register! REGISTRATION DAY JUNE 5 There Are 10 Days Left. ADVANCE OF TH MHNTSOE HARBOR NCE STREWN W H MINES iMtMMAMMMMeVMti AMEfflGA MUST Terrible Drain Has Weakened France, Says Pershing, In Addressing Red Cross. START CAMPAIGN FOR GREAT RELIEF FUND (Br International News Service.) WASHINGTON, D. C, May 25. "Upon America is to rest 'the brunt of the terrible burdens to come. France is under a terrible drain. The more the French nation is drained in her material resources, the more she is weakened in power to fight and it is the United. States upon, which the burden falls to meet all o'f the defic iences caused through this drain." Major-General John J. Pershing, who will bat the first force of Amer ican fighters to France, so declared at the meeting today of the Ameri can Red Cross War Council, called to start a campaign for a $100,000,000 relief fund. Ex-President Taft intro duced General Pershing as the man of the hour. Thousands of Peasants Have y. Launched 'Expeditions Of Piracy. T . PASSAGE OF NEWS' (By International News Service.) PETROGRAD, May 25, Anarchjd is sweeping many pans oj nussia. Thousands of peasants have launched expeditions of- piracy. Whole villages in southern and central Russia been sacked. While this grave situation was for the first time officially recognized and permission was given to foreign cor respondents to transmit the alarming news pouring into the capital ' from all direction, a dispatch from Finland quoted War Minister Kerensky as saying: "Thejre is danger not only of losing Armenia, but also possibly a part of Caucasus." For weeks the situation in this province has been viewed with alarm. Since Grand. Duke Nichalovitch, the former czar's uncle, has been dismiss ed from the army service, the Rus sians have, suffered from serious re verses in the theatre where, he was commander-m-chief. DIES SUDDENLY AT 771 Veteran Writer Has Been oh New York Times Staff For Forty -Six Years. NEW YORK, May S.Edward Cary, since 1871 a member of the editorial staff of the New York Times, died last night of neunalgia of the heart . at his home, No. 204 South Oxford Street, Brooklyn. He was 8eventytseven. Two years ago he had a paralytic stroke, but recovered so as to resume his work, and as late as Monday he wrote editorials, for his BEAR BRUNT OF BURDENS AHEAD Mil IS NOW SWEEPING MW PARTS OF RUSSIA CENSORS PERMI ITOR THE CONFEREES AGREE ON PRESS CENSORSHIP Combination of The Thomas, Cummins And Gard Amendments. CALLED "VICIOUS" BY (By International News Service.) WASHINGTON, D. C.', May 25. Conferees upon the espionage bill a greed today to accept a combination of the Thomas, Cummins and Gard amendments regarding newspaper censorship. Johnson, of California, who is one of the leaders in the bat tle, characterized the accepted amend ments as "vicious" and far worse than the original censorship provis ions written by the Department of Justice. The provision agreed upon by the conference reads in part: "When the United States is at war the publishing willfully of informa tion with respect to armed forces and naval forces or military operations of the United States is prohibited. The President may from time to time( by proclamation declare the character of such information which is or may be ueful to the enemy and in prosecu tion hereunder the jury trying the case shall determine not onljrwhether the defendant wilfully published such information, but also whether such information was or might have been useful to the enemy." Mr. C. T. MMgett yesterday pre sented the editor of THE NEW BERNIAN with a basket of large Irish potatoes, which he raised in his garden. The potatoes were well de veloped, especially for the time of the season. FLEETS AIDING ENTENTEALLIES Powerful Squadrons in Atlantic, Mediterranean and Indian Oceans. (By , International Newa Service.) TOKIO, May 25. Three powerful Japanese fleets .are aiding the En tente Allies in combatting the U-boat warfare. The first. definite statement on the subject was issued by the ad miralty tonight. It disclosed that, ex ceeding to Great. Britain's request, the Mikado's naval forces are actively cooperating with the Allies in the At lantic, Mediterranean and in the Ind ian Ocean. .; The Japanese squadron now operat ing in the Mediterranean is comman ded by Rear-Admiral Sato. It con sists of cruisers and destroyers, and works hand in band with the" Franco-' British Mediterranean fleet E OF Drawers of Dressers Ransacked, Probably in Search of Money; None There! The home of Mr. Ben. fi. Nelson on Pollock street was entered last night and robbed of all the , provisions in the house, but nothing else was missing. The marauder ransacked dresses, r but it seemed as they they, were only looking for money, as noth ing Twas; taken from it. The robbery was committed in the early part of the night.' Mrs. Nelson went out to call on a neighbor after supper, and when she returned, which was. before nine o'clock, she found that some one had entered through the dressersi but it sr-eme!! that" they made his exit by unlocking the screen SENATOR ANNOUNCEMENT OY MIKADO'S ADMIRALTY THIEF RODS 11 ALL PROVISIONS I door on the back porch. COL. BLDSWARNS THE GRADUATES AGAINST NEGLECT Education Must Go Right On, Even Though The Country Is At War. CLASS LARGEST IN HISTORY OF SCHOOLS The commencement exercises of the New Bern graded school were held last night, and were attended by the largest crowd that has attended a similar occasion in a number of years. And, too, there was an absence of any restlessness on the part of the andienee, for each person gave their full attention to the rendition of 'the program. The principal address was made ftf Col. Fred A. Olds, of Raleigh. Col. Olds, who is known throughout the state as being a most interesl speaker, made an address that wa greatly enjoyed by the entire aud ience. He complimented the school very highly, and spoke of the erl dence of good work by both the teach ers and pupils, which could be seen on every hand. The theme of Co!. Olds' address was "What Can Y?ti Do?" He developed the idea of giv ing one's best and doing one's beet jn the time of war as well as when the country is at peace. While there is more to be done now than before this country entered the war, he warned against students neglecting their studies to do this. He drew a contrast between the helpless, incom petent and inefficient class of people bound down by ignorance and preju dice and the educated, trained and prepared class. He made a strong appeal to tfie people of New Bern, as well as to the people of the State, to develop, enlarge and enrich their public school course so the practical side of education may command more consideration. The program included several mus- Lical selections which were Tenderer in a very entertaining manner. The graduating class this- year was the largest in the history of the school, and each member of the class was presented with their diploma by Mr. T. A. Green, president of the board of trustees of the school. BRIGHT JEWELS TO ATTEND IN A BODY Illustrated Lecture on "Child Life" at Centenary Church Sunday Night. The Bright Jewels of Centenary Methodist church are requested to meet Sunday evening at 7:45 o'clock in the tadies' parlor of the church to attend the Illustrated lecture on "Child Life of the Underworld. Mem bers are requested to bring in their tninte boxes, the proceeds of which go to the pledge to missions. The fol lowing, little girls will act as collec tors: Leah Jones, Virginia Styron, Elizabeth Duffy, Ruby Thomas, Janet Hoflister, Mace Deppe and Mary Em ma Hurst. '' NEXT MONDAY NIGHT Packing Plants and "Keep Bus iness Going" Subjects For Consideration. The Members Council of the Cham ber of Commerce holds its next meet- s ing ,on Monday, May 28th, at eight o'clock. Mr. William Dunn, Sr., Mr. J. W- Stewart and Mr. T. A. Uzzell, who recently inspected some packing plants in Georgia and Florida, will be asked1 to tell the members of the chamber of their impressions regard- , ii , i - ing tnese prams. Mr. Charles Coplon ha been invited to address the meeting on the im portance of keeping business going -during the war. He will accept the invitation unless business matters car ry him away from the city on Mon day. Nothing has ever been before people of this city that was of mo importance to them than these subjects. The membership of. W4 chamber and any others who may ' come will find a cordial welcome.
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