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Volume 3; Number 23.
COAL PRICES TAKE
Operators Agree on $3.50 a Ton
For Domestic Coal and $3.00
Ton for Other Coal, F. 0. B.
Mines, For all States East of
Mississippi River Jobbers
To Be Limited to Profit of 25
Cents a Ton.
ION OF
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News Service.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 28.
A maximum price of three dollars and
fifty cent a ton for domestic coal and
a minimum price of three dollars a
ton for all other coal f. o. b. at the
mines for all states cast of the Mis
sissippi river. will go into effect after
July 1. '
These figures were reached tonight
at the conference of the operators
with Secretary of the Interior Lane,
J. Franklin Fort of the Federal Trade
Commission, and Francis H. Peabody,
chairman of the coal production com
mittee of the Council of National de
fense. In round numbers this means a re
duction of five dollars a ton to the
consumer from the prices paid last
winter. Conservative estimates are
that the public will pay from five
dollars a -ton next winter.
It is understood that the agreement
carries a recommendation, in that job
bers who buy direct from the mines
will be limited to a profit of twent
five cents a ton.
Allowing this margin to the job
bers it was said the prices that will
be quoted by the dealer to the small
buyer for h&rhe consumption will be
a question in which public .sentiment
will have a loud voice in deciding.
One of the leading operators at the
meeting said the great cut in prices
would save the consumers annually
$180,000,000.
The agreement provides that the
government shall have a reduction of
fifty cents a ton on the prices which
will be in effect Monday. The prices
shall not apply to any contracts en
tered into before today. And it is
further understood that the prices
shall not apply to bunker and export
coal.
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For Peace Without Annexations
or Indemnities, When Day for
Negotiations Comes.
TO COOTIE IN THE
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Through its exclusive neJs sources
in Europe the International News
Service has just received the follow
ing interesting exposition of Ru
mania's aims in the war from the
pen of that nation's Prime Minister.
This statment has added interest on
account of the near arrival- of a Ru
manian commission in Washington.
By M. BRATIANO,
Prime Minister of Rumania
Now that the Russian republic has
announced to the entire world its
formula of "peace without an-
ations or indemnities and to each
$5 TON TO CONSUMER
FROM LAS
WINTER
nation the right to govern itself," and
wishes to have its allies accept these
terms, I may say that Rumania, for
her part, finds the terms acceptable.
Rumania never entered the war on
the side of the Entente Allies for the
purpose of making conquests or seek
ing to enrich herself at others' ex
pense. Her one and only aim was and still
is the liberation of Rumanian terri
tory held by Hungary and the freeing
of the Rumanians therein who have
never had the right to a voice in the
conduct of their own affairs.
To free our Rumanian brothers, to
give them the privilege of returning
(Continued on Page Six)
DROP JULY
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GIVES HEW BERN
FAREWELL BOOST
Predicts Success for Packing
Plant New Bern Spirit
Bound to Win.
LEAVES FOR ATLANTA
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"Bobby" Ramspeek, who for the
past eight months has been at the
helm of the New Bern Chamber of
Commerce, and who leaves for a new
and different field this morning, lab
ored at the Chamber office until
twelve o'clock last night in order that
he might leave the affairs of the
chamber in the best of condition. Mr.
Ramspeek has resigned as secretary
manager of the local chamber to be
come Chief Deputy United States
Marshal for the Northern district of
Georgia. He concluded his work last
night and leaves this morning for At
lanta. He assumes his new duties
tomorrow.
On his way home to snatch a little
sleep before boarding his train this
morning at nine o'clock, he stopped to
tell THE NEW BERNIAN boys
good-bye and to wish the people of
New Bern every success and the town
greater progress in the future than
ever before.
He could not miss the opportunity
of putting in a word about the pack
ing plant and lie' urges "we" New
BernianB to not stop a minute until
all of the stock is raised. Six hun
dred and seventeen shares have been
sold to date.
He assured us last night and ask
ed that we tell the people of New
Bern that he carries with him a very
warm spot in his heart for New Bern
and New Bernians, that he appreciat
es the cordial spirit of the people
and the splendid cooperation of the
members of the Chamber of Com-
REINFORCE U. S.
To Be Included in Units To Be
Sent Abroad Ahead of New '
jF National Army.
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 28.
Pershing's men in khaki will be aug
mented aF fast as possible by a con
siderable contingent of other trained
troops. It transgresses no censor
ships rules to indicate that National
Guardsmen are likely to be included
in units sent abroad ahead of the
new national army. No one here
thinks the new army can be moulded
into fighting form before next Spring
at the earliest.
You never can tell. Even when
you exceed the speed limit trouble is
apt to overtake you.
PASTOR OFF TO WAR;
WIFE FILLS PULPIT
(By International Nw Service.)
LEXINGTON, MASS., June 28.
While the Rev. Christopher Walter
Collier, pastor of the Hancock (Jon
gregational Church, is absent in
France with the American Ambu
lance Field Service, his wife will car
ry on the work of the church.
Leave of absence to the clergy
man and the appointment of Mrs.
Collier as temporary pastor have been
voted unanimously by the congrega
tion. The truth in a nutshell sometimes
ON MORNING
RAIN
El SIN TO
ORCEIN FRANCE
READY BEFORE SPRING
NEW BERN, NORTH
PARIS HOPES TO
GET GLIMPSE OF
U. 5.
Capital Anxious for Americans
to Pass Through onWay to
Their Baptism of Fire
CITY BEDECKED WITH
Bv Internal ional News Service. )
PARIS, June 28 There was but one
subject of discussion here today, bat
one thought in every one's mind
the arrival of Pershing's troops.
Of the American fighters who ar
rived at a French seaport yesterday,
Paris, has not yet had a glimpse
They are in camp "somewhere . in
France," getting ready to go to the
front. This capital entertains the
ardent hope that Pershing's troops,
on their way to their baptism of fire,
will pass through here. .
Meanwhile the people of Paris are
showering honors and gifts upon the
American naval officers and blue
jackets from the ships that safely
convoyed the troops to France. The
city is bedecked with inter-twined
tri-colors and Stars and Stripes. Not
a step can an American in uniform
take without being acclaimed by the
crowds. J-
R. V. JONES
FLEET IT
'Arrived Well," Brief Cable
gram Received Here' by Mr.
J. A. Jones.
"Arrived well," was all that was
contained in a cablegram received
yesterday by Mr. J. A. Jones, of this
city, from his brother, Dr. Robert
DuVal Jones, a surgeon in the Unit
ed States Navy, and .which was sent
from a French port.
Dr. Jones was called to the colors
a short time after the break between
the United States and Germany, and
a little, later was given the commis
sion of captain and placed in charge
of the medical department of a fleet
of ten submarine chasers, which was
detailed submarine hunting in Europ
ean waters.
While not definitely known, it is
believed that Dr. Jones' fleet is a
part of the one that convoyed the Am
erican troops who have just landed
in France. He was supposed to have
sailed from an American port about
the nineteenth of June.'
CARDINAL GIBBONS
OPPOSES PROHIBIT!
"Bone-Dry" Law Would Inter-
fprp with Personal I ihrfv
He Declares.
BALTIMORE, June 28.-The fol
lowing statement was made by Car
dinal Gibbons when he was asked to
comment on the "bone-dry" amend
ment to the Food Control Bill now be
fore the Senate:
"I do not believe in the national
prohibition of light wines and beer,
and am of the opinion. that such a law
could not be enforced. I am opposed
to any State-wide or Nation-wide pro
hibition measure. A law f this kind
irrferfers with the pessonal liberty
and rights of the people and creates
hypocrisy on the part of the public.
The history of the world down to theJ
present time demonstrates the fact
that the people have and always will
indulge in intoxicants, irrespective of
any restraining power that it is at
tempted to saddle upon them."
Wigg "It always costs me ait
fort to be pleasant to that fello
Borrowell." Wagg "Gee! You'
1.
WITH
i SAILED FROM AMERICA ALMOST DOZEN OTHER COMING FAIR TO BE
CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE
EXCHANGES TO
STOP DEALING IN
Government Has Assumed Con
trol, Says President of the
Chicago Board.
F
C1E UNDER CONTROL
(By International New Service.)
CHICAGO, June 28. The United
States has assumed complete control
of the trade in wheat, both for do
mestic and export purposes. Grain
exchanges of the country are to
cease entirely to deal in wheat fut
ures. The flour mills of the country also
will come under Federal control. The
wheat will be purchased and flour
distributed by the government. The
Federal government is to make- all
purchases of wheat for itself, its al
lies and neutrals.
The announcements were made to
day by Joseph F- Griffin, president or
the Chicago Board of Trade, on hi
return from Washington, where he
had been for some time in conference
with Herbert C. Hoover.
Trading in futures in other grains,
however, is to be permitted and com
mission men who handle cash grain
will continue to do business as usual.
UNCOVER A SPY
PLOT TO DESTROY
FORT SHERIDAN
German With Bomb and Dyna-
mite in Suit Case, Arrested
Near Powder. Magazine.
PERSONS IMPLICATED
FORT SHERIDAN, ILL., June 28.
A suspected German spy who car
ried a suit case containing a bomb,
several sticks of dynamite, a quantity
of gun cotton and fifty feet of fuse,
was arrested near the powder maga
zine this morning. Hp was discover-
i ed by a sentry of the Ohio Engineers
who are on guard duty at the post.
The arrest of the suspected Ger
man agent uncovered a spy plot
which the secret service agents have
been working on for a month. Almost
a dozen other persons are said by
agents of the government to be im
plicated in a plot to destroy Fort
Sheridan, .
Tommy "Pop, what's a crank?"
Tommy's Pop "A crank, my son, is
almost any person who doesn't think
as we do."
L0ND1 PAPERS
PAUSE MHERIMNS
Devoted Many Colums to De-
scribing Arrival of Pershimr f
and His Staff.
NEW YORK. June 28. London
papers received here show graphical
ly the tremendous welcome that Gen
eral Pershing and his staff received
in England. The London Times, on
June 9, devoted several columns to
describing the Americans' arrival and
biographies of the officers.
All the newspapers printed de
scriptions of the American uniform,
and how to tell the rank of the vari
ous officers. Several printed lengthy
laudatory, articles of the Americans'
past achievements.
RECTOR,' BARRED PROM
ARMY, ENTERS FACTORY
GREENVILLE, PA., June 28. Un-
WHEAT FUTURES
LOUR MILLS ALSO TO
ible' to serve in the army because of t pleted the workmen will be moved to
htis age, the Rev.. E. A. Lemoino, reo-' the Oaks road.
Por of St. Clesitent'i Episcopal church !
will work in a munition factory in' The man whose motto is "every
Cleveland during July and August as thing goes" might make some-effort
lis contribution toward the defense to have them go in the right direc-
29, 1917
HUG CONFIRMS !
SUCCESS BRITISH
DRIVE NEAR LENS
Report Shows "Considerable
Further Progress" Outskirts
of Avion Reached.
PUNS TO TAKE THE
(Br International News Service.!
LONDON, June 28. First official
confirmation of the new gains toward
Lens came from British headquarters
in tonight's bulletin. It announces
that "considerable further progress
has been made by us during the day
south of Souchez river."
The British line, it is added, has
been advanced on a Front of nearly
two miles and the British have reach
ed the outskirts of Avion, the south
ern suburb o Lens.
West of Lens the road is stilt
blocked to the British by strong for
tified works and large German forces.
But Haig expects to take the tows;'
from the South and in that plan he is
making steady progress. The. Ger
man war office reports are non com
mittal of the Lens battle.
The Germans are trying to create
a diversion by picking on the British.
JOHN R. PARKER
ACCEPTS POST OF
FAIR SECRET
f .
Well Known New Bern1 Business
Man to Give Practically All
His Time to the Work.
THE BEST MELD
Mr. John H. Parker, of this city,
has accepted the position of secretary
of the Eastern -Carolina Fair Associa
tion which was offered him at a meet
ing of the directors held Tuesday
night. Mr. Parker desired to consid
er the matter a few days before ac
cepting the position, and for this rea
son his name was withheld by the
directors until he made his decision.
Mr. Parker is' one of New Bern's
leading business men, but has so ar
ranged his affairs that he will be able
to give practically all of his time to
the association, and there is no boubt
but that he will handle the affairs
of the association in such a manner
that the coming fair will be the most
successful in the history of the asso
ciation. He has always taken a keen
interest in fairs' and especially in the
agricultural -exhibits.
1LK0OIOS
Never Before Has Craven Coun-
lv unuei taKen Jsuch inor
oughfavc Improvements
The progress being- made in build
ing permanent roads in Craven coun
ty at this time is the greatest, in the
history of the county. The county
chaingang is now engage 1 in prepar
ing the section of Neuse road known
as "Red Hill" for the brick pavement
which is to be laid during the near
future. Hired forces are working on
the road to the Oaks getting that
ready for an eighteen foot pavement;
also the Vanceboro read near Askins
and following the ' paving of the
Vanceboro road and getting the sides
of the road in shape.
The Georgia Engineering Company
is engaged in'paving five miles on the
Vneeboro road. After this is com-
CITT from the south
ran
CONTROL
PRICES
SENATOR LODGE
BEGINS ATTACK
SILL
Declares Ban on Beer Will Re
sult in Division of Public
Sentiment.
El1
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 28.
"I do not at this time want to offend
and anger a great mass of the Am
erican people who see no harm in
drinking a glass of beer. I want to
see all distilled liquors stopped from
manufacture. But I hope the Senate
will pause before going further.
Don't forget it is sentiment that will
win' this war. It is more than money.
There is one thing the American peo
ple will not forgive, and that is an
issue that will divide public senti
ment and hinder the nation in doing
all that it can to win the war."
These were he words Senator Hen
ry Cabbott Lodge sung to the Senate
this afternoon as he opened the de
bate on the prohibition amendments
to the food control bill. Senator
Lodge predicted a division of public
opinion and sentiment if the people
were deprived of the privilege of
drinking beer as is proposed in the
amendment. s.
ine Dill is destined tor a tierce bat-
j tie- Tne attack upon the idea of
! eliminating beer has freightened pro
j hibitionists. They'fear tonight that
all the liquor amendments may be
: cut from the bill.
. Although Lodge's speech was the
feature Of the day, an earlier speech
by Hiram Johnson attracted much
attention. The California Progres
1 sive came out flatly for the bill say-
ing that while usually opposed to
j autocratic authority, yet the presence
I of the war justified it.
HERSELF; THINKS
IT
Only Great Prudence on the
Part of Germany Can Avert
Hostilities.
T
(Br International News Service.)
RIO DE JANEIRO, June 28.
Brazil's War Department is proceed
ing vigorously with the reorganiza
tion of the army's various arms, in
order to facilitate an immediate mo
bilization for home defense, or, if
necessary, the equipping of expedi
tionary forces for service m Europe.
The Government munition facto
ries have been working day and night
for several months and have largely
overcome ' the deficiency, which is
known to have existed, in the way of
heavy shells. The Government was
particularly worried at first for mu
nitions for the German Krupp guns
when importation was cut off, but
the Brazilian factories are now turn
ing out these shells rapidly.
New complications are likely to
arise at any moment which will
make a status of war inevitable.
Only great prudence on the part of
Germany can possibly avoid a declar
ation similar to that made by the
United States that the country con
aiders a state of war exists.
Maintaining- her rights as a neu
tral, Brazil has made no attempt to
hinder the trading of her. vessels in
blockaded zones and, as a conse
quence, Brazilian cargo ships are
sailing almost daily through the sub-,
marine cones with the Brazilian col
ors flying and with Brazilian citizens
ON W
BRAZIL I
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Single Copy: Fire Cents
OF WHEAT
IS CERTAIN
Hoover Regrets That Griffin
Exposed Plans of Government
But Does Not Deny That they
Are SubstantiaUy True To
Control the Grain From Time
It is Sold by the Fanner Un
til it Gets to the Table.
IN EFFECT WHEN THE
IS
.. (Br International News Service. I
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 28.
Wheat is the key to the food prob
lem of the United States, and the
food problem of the United States is
to be the food problem of the world;
Wheat and all its prices are to be
handled without gloves by the food
administrator. With this great sta
ple once controlled it is believed that
the other food products will fall in
line. This situation was outlined here
tonight.
Already the wheat trade is co-operating
with Herbert C. Hoover. Fol
lowing stories as to various radical
steps contemplated .here, President
Griffin of the Chicago Board of Trade
today made public a sketch of the
Hoover plan. While regretting that
this statt.pei i had been made and
insisting that the plan has no ef
fect until his administration has been
made official by Congress, Mr. Hoov
er at no time denied that the plan
was substantially true.
Control of wheat prices from the
moment the grain is sold by the farm- '
er until it gets to the table is con
templated, iis
Berlin Papers Call Attention To
The Fact Difficult to
Ascertain.
(By International News Service.)
BERLIN, June 28. German papers
call attention to the fact that July 8
will be the hundred thousandth Sun
day of the Christian era. To ascer
tain this has been somewhat difficult
because it is not definitely known
whether the fourth year after - the
birth of Christ was a leap year.
During the first fifty years after
the reform of the calendar by Julius
Caesar the leap years were inserted
rather irregularly, but there seems
to be no doubt that the year 8 was
the first leap year of the present era.
If this theory is correct, July 8 wjll
be the first day of the one. hundred
thousandth week since the birth of
Christ. Sf
A PROCLAMATION BY THE
MAYOR OF NEW BERN i
Whereas, our country is engag
ed in war in which the happiness
and freedom of our America may
be endangered and the present
situation the gravest in our his
tory; and
Whereas, our representatives in
Congress have determined that all
men between 21 and 31 years of
age, except such as are exempt
for the civil needs of the country
shall be first to serve; and
Whereas the Government of the
State of North Carolina has called
for the formation of a volunteer
unit of the National Guard of
North Carolina to comprise a unit
of the Fourth Regiment of the
National Guard and assigned to
Craven, Pamlico and Jones and
Carteret counties the privilege of
a Battery of 190 men; and
Whereas, the draft will be made
between July and iuly 15th, 1917,
after which no man may select his
branch of service and may be
placed in foreign ranks;
Now Therefore, I do earnestly
recommend that all young men
volunteer in out local Battery of
Artillery before midnight, Juno
30th, 1917; and
Further, I do earnestly recom
mend to our women, whose influ
ence over the lives of men is as
always the controlling factor for
good, that you urge upon yew
men TO VOLUNTEER.
ALBERT H. BANGERT,
Mayer City of New Ben.
OFFICIAL
UOOTH SUNDAY OF
CHRISTIAN ERA JULY 1