toe Morning New" Herman W WE USE 3 ALL THE NEWS WHILE IT IS , eft NEWS M 1IHTERNATI0HAL ftr NEWS Volume 3; Number 128 Fair and continued, cold Wed and Thura. NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 31, 1917. Single Copy: Five Cents BALTIMORE SCENE OF COSTLY BLAZE Conflagration Believed to Have I Been of Incendiary Origin, Broke Out Simultaneously In Five Different Places At Locust Point Shortly Before Eleven O'clock Last Night. Great Quantity Pulp Wood for Use in Making Munitions, Falls Prey to Flames. De struction of Whole Section of City Prevented By Shift of Wind E (By international News Service) BALTIMORE, MD., Oct. 30. Fire believed to be of incendiary origin broke out almost simultaneously in five different places at Locust. Point shortly before eleven o'clock tonight. ' The flames spread to piers eight and nine of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail way, to immigration pier and to a British steamer which arrived in port only today. More than a score of laborers were unloading the steamer and these were trapped by the flames and compelled to leap into the harbor. They are still missing. Two others were rescued from the burning build ings. All of Locust Point was thrown into a state of panic. For a time the whole section of the city was threat ened but for a fortunate shift in the wind which swept the flames toward the water prevented the fire from en veloping the whole district. H Great quantities of wood pulp, used in the manufacturing of munitions, which were stored on Pier Eight, fell prey to the flames. Pier Nine, upon which t was said much explosives wore stored, suffered heavily. Eighty submarine shells on tiho British ship exploded. The loss will be heavy. 11.1 B. E Spending Week in City Visiting Parents. Leave Satur day. Lieutenant R. B. Fulford, who is doing duty on one of the United States naval flag ships, arrived in the city Sunday and will spend the re mainder of the week here visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Fulford. Lieutenant Fulford left New Bern with the local division of National naval volunteers a short time after war was declared. At -the time he left here he was lieutenant junior grade but was im mediately promoted to first lieutenant and assigned to one of the flag ships for duty. U.S. COMMERCE BODY F -F Vote of Nine to One In Favor of Governmental Controt of Prices (Br International Newt Service! WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 30. By a vote of more than nine to one the chamber of commerce of the Uni ted States favors complete govern mental price-fixing. A referendum just completed shows this result. The action follows recommendations made at the war convention held at Atlantic City where the manufactur ers of, the country went ou record as being for patriotism without profit. The special committee suggested that the gornment have power to regu late prices Upon all materials needed for the war as well as for the public ESch recommendation has been adopt ed by a decisive ballot. First Church of Christ Scientist The Wednesday evening meeting is held at 7:30 o'clock, at which testi monies to the healing of sin and dis ease by the Christ truth are given. All ara welcome. 80 SUBMARINE SHELLS THE 7TH CHANCELLOR BRITISH FOR VISIT PRICE 1X1 VON HURTLING IS APPOINTED IS aWCEUJI Former Bavarian Premier To v Replace Dr. George Michaelis OF E (By International Ses Service.) AMSTERDAM, Oct. 30. George Michaelis has been replaced by count George von Hurtling, Bavarian prem ier, as imperial German chancellor. Michaelis' reign as chancellor lasted just 107 days. The Kaiser accepted Michaelis' res-1 ignation appointed him prime minister of Prussia. Count von Hurtling, the seventh chancellor since the foundation of the empire, hitherto coupled with his of fice of premier of Bavaria that of chairman of the foreign relations com mittee of the Bundesrath. He is generally looked upon as a reactionary opposing the liberalizing reforms now being agitated. He is known to en tertain intimate relations with Aus trian official quarters and was the first German statesman to come out openly for peace without forceful an nexations and indemnities after the Austrian foreign minister had public ly embraced that formular. I MUG USE Seven More Witnesses to Examined By Grand Jury He (By International News Servite) CONCORD, N. C, Oct. 30. The Cabarruscounty grand jury has seven more witnesses to examine before it can act on the charge of murder pre ferred against Gaston B. Means in, connection with the death of Mrs. Maude A. King. The jurors are ex pected to reach a decision regarding an indictment before noon tomorrow. E Stratford Operatic Co. Puts (hi First of Series of Attractions7 In Griffin Auditorium. The lyceum-course will open n Monday night, November 5th, in the Griffin auditorium. The first number will be presented by the -Grafton Opera Company, who present a splen did program of operatic music, in cos tume and in concert. Their selection is varied, and there will be music to suit every taste. Their repertory con sists of such light operas as Gilbert and Sullivan's "Mikado," and their performance promises to be unusually good. The guarantors of .the course ask that New Bernians give their support to this high-class entertainment by the purchase of season tickets, at $2 each, or at least, by. their attendance at the various numbers which will appear throughout the winter. Tickets can be purchased from any of the guarantors, or frim Miss Robena Benners, who has charge of the sale of tickets. Admission will be 50c to each sep arate performance, there being six numbers in the course, and season tickets are only $2. 1 School children will be admitted at half price. COTTON MARKET New' York, Oct. 30. Closed Spots '; ,...28.65 January 26.94 July .26.25 December .a 27.55 Market closed firml spots seventy 1 Y points advanced. A friend in need needy friend. 1 not necesssTlly MPIRE MONDAY ' FORCES SUCCESSFUL Drive Germans Back From 500 to 1,000 Yards On Limi ted Front T (Br International News Service) LONDON, Oct. 30. Haig's army in Flanders swung into action again at five-forty-five this morning and regis tered signal progress on a deliberately limited front. The Germans were pushed back a distance raging from five hundred to a thousand yards, the British reaching the outskirts of the, town of Paschendaele to the south of which Ypres-Roulers railway crosses the mounain. Late this evening fighting of stub born character was still in progress. The town seemed to fall to the Canad ians. The attack was in the direction of Roulers, the vital railway base where the Hindenburg line communi cation connects s those leading to Os teen and Zebrugge. The Germans lost no time counter attacking but were met by a terrific rain of bullets from machine guns just taken from them at Crost farm. The French also scored success. They recaptured further trench ele ments lost to the Germans yesterday on the right bank of the Meuse, PRES. WILSON IS SHILOM Large Subscription to Liberty Loan Shows Nation1 Firm ly Behind Him ANYWHERE (Br International Neva Service.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 30. With the rosy prospect tonight that the second Liberty Loan subscription will come close around the six billion dollar mark, President Wilson is per fectly satisfied that the country is loyal throughout. There were two places where dis affection has been suspected but; which so far have proved the brightest spots in the known campaign they were N. Y. where on the East 'Side the socialist element was believed to be making effort in opposition to the war; and in Minneapolis where there was a strong pro-German element. Both, according to unofficial estimates, have so far exceeded their quoas for the loan and that there can be no question of their loyalty to the President and to the cause of the waf. TAKEN IN STATE Estimate of State Food Admin istration Office Covers One Fifth of Families RALEIGH, Oct. 30. Seventy-five thousand food pledge cards have been signed in North Carolina, according to the estimate of the State food ad ministration office. A report was made to Washinr.ton yesterday that 50,000 sigrfaturc were r, :ured in the State Saturday, the opening day of the campaign. Complete r u.cs, it was . tited yes terday, an' ict available. The statis tics presented are based on incom plete returns in hand. If 75,003 is the correct figure, it means that pract ically one-fifth, of the families in North' Carolina have been reached al ready in the campaign. Mrs. Wigwag "It looks very much like rain, You had better take your umbrella." Mr. Wigwag "My own umbrella T What nonsense! Ha vent we any borrowed ones?' IT FIE WITH DISAFFECTION 75.000 PLEDGES 1 SCHEMES IRE MADE PUBLIC Planned to Maintain Open Mar kets For Germany In Argentina ll international Newe Service) WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 30. The maintenance of markets in Argen tina open to Germany and the separa tion of the province of Rio Grande from Brazil and the cultivation of friendly relations with Chile were the amazing political aims of Germany in kSouth America. Count Luxburg, dis graced minister to Benos Aires, be lieved as late as August 4 that he could obtain these aims. To do so he wanted a submarine squadron placed at his disposal and he wanted a stiffer policy with Brazil, whose people in common with all South Americans he called "Indians under a thin veneer." These messages turning Argentina's deliberation to Germany's advantage were sent-six weeks af,ter Luxburg had advised the sinking of ""Argentine ships "without leaving a trace. They followed by five weekshis allusion to the Argentine foreign minister as an "ass." These revelations were made public by the state department to night. - IGOOD MEETINGS IT FREE WILL Many Asked For Prayers and Some Professions Were BE HELD TODAY The series of meetings now in prog ress at the Free-Will Baptist church are becoming more interesting at each service. Mr. Waterman spoke to a goodly number at the afternoon ser vice yesterday, from first Timothy 2:t-"I exhortr therefore that, first of all, supplications, prayers, interces sions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men." ( The message was delivered in a very earnest and impressive manner, and that the congregation was deeply touched, was evident from numerous testimonies given at the close of the service. At the evening service, the attend? ance was quite satisfactory, there be ing a large number present, who showed every indication of being greatly interested in the message, also in the song service which is playing an important part in these services. The message was one of great im portance and interest, and was de livered in a very forcible and impres sive manner. The service was the very best yet held. Much concern on the part of the unsaved was mani fested, and several ask for the pray ers of christian people. Some came to the altar knelt for prayer, and al together it was a time of rejoicing with christians, and it is expected that many will make the surrender ers the meeting closes. Services at 3 o'clock this p. m., and again at 7:30. The public is invited. MB. TYSON LEAVES FOB VISIT WITH PABENTS IN GBEENVILLE, N. C. Mi. M. E. Tyson, a member of Bat tery A, Field Artillery, who was in St. Lukes hospital recuperating from an operation for appendicitis at the time the battery left for the training camp, left yesterday for Greenville, N. C, where he will visit his parents. Mr. Tyson's physician has recom mended to the commanding officer of BatteryA, that he be given a sixty day leave of absence in order that he may fully recuperate before beginning the intensive training for military service. It is expected that the re commendation of the physician will be complied with. - WANTED SQUADRON WILL RAISE ABOUT SUBS. AT DISPOSAL QUARTER BILLION I 7: ' i . .1 BAPTIST CHURCH TWO SERVICES WILL HUMS CO III EFFECT Measure Which Will Make Ev erybody Help Bear Burden, Operative By International News Serviced. WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 30 Beginning tomorrow, the American public must individually dig down in its jeans and pay additional war taxes expected to yield $218,000,000 annual ly. The new levies going into effect tomorrow are a part of those injp'osed by the $2,535,000,000 war revenue law enacted by Congress in the clos ing days of the past session. All of the new taxes are of a char acter, to fall upon the average man. They will have nothing to do with the "conscription of wealth." They are a part of the programme of tax ation to make each man, woman and child in the United States feel a di rect personal part jn the war. They apply to freight, passenger and ex press transportation, pipe lines, Pull man seats and berths, telegraph and telephone messages, insurance poli cies, admission to theatres and "movies" and to club dues. The ef fect of . most of them will be felt, (Continued 'on Page- i'lya) ITALY'S BUTTLE f TIE E Believed Italians Will Make Desperate Stand Not Later Than Thursday TAGL1AMENT0 RIVER (By International News Service) LONDON, Oct. 30 Tomorrow night Thursday morning at the latest probably the greatest battle of the war will begin on the Venetian river ; Tagliamento, "Italy's Marne." A race is on between six batallion armies and at least that many Teu ton army groops to reach that river. On its east bank the Austrians one hundred and twenty years ago made their last stand in Napoleon's Italian campaign. This time the Italians mean to make their stand on the west bank against the combined military forces, of their former allies. Meanwhile a game strategy is be ing played. Cadorna is staking his wits against those of the vaunt ed Hindenburg-Ludendorf-Maekensen trio. - Down from the Carnic Alps a great Teuton army has swept into the north ern Flanders of Veniria. In its head long southward dash lurks a menace even graver than borne by the whirl wind Teuton advances from the Is onzo. CIBCUS TENTS WEBE BLOWN DOWN IN WASH INGTON YESTEBDAY New Bernians who went to Wash ington yesterday to attend the Barn urn and Bailey circus were disappoint ed, for there was no performance. Like" New Bern, Washington was visi ed by a windstorm yesterday which reached almost gale proportions, and the big circus tents were blown down. MR. D. W. BASNIGHT IS CON FINED TO HIS HOME WITH ATTACK OF MALARIA Mr. 'Don W. Bas night, a member of the firm of J. S. Basnight Hard ware Company, is confined to his home on East Front street suffering with an attack of malaria. His ren dition is not considered Mriotv and was reported last night as being slightly improved. Everything depends on the point of view. A bird in the hand may be worth two in the bush, bat you can't make the bird in the bush believe it. TOMORROW M EXPECTED 1 TEACHES TROTH 1 IN A SERMON; R IT TABERNACLE A! Dr. .Elackwell Makes Lasting it is Thought This Course will Impression On Hearers ( Be Pursued Prevent Repe Last Night. , tition Italian Disaster. HI IS A STING FEATURE Last night's service of the reviva which is in progress at the Tabernacle J Baptist church with Dr. C. S. Black-1 well, of Norfolk, Va. doing the preach ing, was a most interesting one, and Dr. Blackwell's sermon was gTeatly enjoyed by the large crowd in attend ance. Ihe song services which are under.-j the direction of Mr: Hugh Rowe, are , proving very interesting. Dr. Blackwell's sermon last night j was one of the best ever heard in a revival meeting in New Bern. His way of teaching Bible truths puts the old things in new forms. His illustrations burn like tire. His sermons are unforgetable. His last story of Elijah drinking or the brook that dried up, and then the burning thirst, and still Elijah stuck to his job and prayed on that God's plan to bring backsliding to its knees might be accomplished. So prayer is to will ing to endure any personal pain or loss for God's glory. Stick to God's service when our brook of prosperity, pleasure, or peape dries up. Real prayer then is rfn attitude of mind rather "than a flow of words. When Elijah got so far along as that he could perish of- thirst for God's glory, God sent him to pray the widows dead child back into life. Scores all around us are dead in tresspasses and in sin waiting for some Elijah like soul to pray them back into a quickened spiritual life. Persons who have not stood firm in faith while their own brooks died up can't do this sOrt of praying. Then Elijah is sent to Carmel to the fire test with 460 Baal priests. Baal's priests yell and jump and have a holy rolling time, stir up a good deal of fox fire human emotionalism but no heaven consuming fire falls on the altars. Then Elijah repairs the old altar of God that was broken down. Wherever the people are back slidden the altars of personal devotion and the family altars are broken down and no live coals from heaven's altars ! glow thereon. Quietly now the man i who could pray while his own brook ' dried up asks God for fire it falls. , Seeing this the people who had been halting between two opinions came . over on the Lord's side. The great God sent revival is on. This kind of a revival is needed in New Bern It ! will only come where men and women pray in the spirit of Elijah. CLEBK OF COUBT W. B. FLANNEB IS ILL WITH ATTACK PNEUMONIA j. will be held at Centenary Methodist Mr. W. B. Planner clerk of the ! chuJ"c, tonight at eight o'clock, which -Sunerior court, is confined to nis room ! wil1 be addressed by two of the coim- suffering an attack of pneumonia. Mr. ; Flanner has been confined to his home for a week with lagrippe, which de veloped into pneumonia a few days ago. His condition yesterday was re ported as being somewhat improved, and his condition is not considered critical. -.'.' BROAD ST HOME Mr. J. W. Sears' Home Entered While He was Out of City. When Mr. J. W. Sears, county farm' demonstration agent, returned from a business visit to Danville, Va., last night he found that his home had been burglarized. While the building was ransacked from' one end to the other and trunks and dressesers rifled little was missing. Mr. Sears staled last night that he was sure the burglar was looking for money, or probably provisions, as he departed leaving a watch in a dresser drawer. Clothing valued at six or. seven dollars was missed. MR. A. D. ROOKS IS ILL AT HIS HOME IN HAVKIOCK According to a report reaching New Bm vpslerdav Mr A. T l?.-uika a merchant and farmer of i. seriously ill Just what ths nature of his trouble is could not be learned last : night. ' 1 BURGLARS RANSACK ELIEVED WILL mil ITALY STAND BEHIND ARMY ROME ASSERTS WASHINGTON, D. O, Oct. 30. Centralization of the allied command js expected here to be one of the im- portant results of the Italian disaster. The state department today receiv e4. assurance from Rome that Italy is solidly behind its armies and that there will be no collapse. Retirement t0 the Togliamento river is assured, Retirement even to the line of the v;ver p0 may be forced. But Wash- jngton is now assured that there will De nn catastrophe such as the elimi- nation of Italy from the war. But there is" no disposition to min- imize the importance of the losses al ready inflected on the allied cause. In the bolstering of the German spirit at these accesses there is seen a pro longation of the war. Facing this situation all reports of the allies today turned thier attention to preventing any recurrence of such a .disaster. There is no-disposition anywhere to blame Italy or the Ital ian command. It is generally realized that General Cadorna believes in his offensive as not only a great thing for Italy but as the most valuable thing that could be done for the allies. He started this offensive and he then ap pealed to the allies for help. The al lies had decided that attention must be concentrated on the western front an as a result Italy was left with her supplies exhausted, her armies ad vanced into enemy country and her whole situation laid open to the sud den German attack when it came. PROMINENT TO SPEAK HE HE TONIGHT y M. C. A. Workers to Make Address At Mass Meet ing. AT f J O'CLOCK A mass meeting of -unusual interest trv s lading M. C. , A. workers. The- mass meeting will be perecededs by a luncheon to be served in the lecture room of the Presbyterian church at six-thirty. The mass meeting is being held for the purpose of promoting the cause of the Y. M. C. A. as regards the work of this organization' the army. It has no connection whatever locally or in the country at large but merely I to devise plans for making army life ! i i. a? .L Srt 1 Ji - , i. more attractive ior me soituers ooin from a spiritual and social standpoint. Dr. W. T. Elmore, religious work director at Camp Greene, Charlotte, will be one of the speakers. Dr. Elmore was missionary to India for six years, and prior to going to Char lotte to take up the work among the soldiers was pastor bf the College church at Colgate university. " He is a most interesting speaker and his address will no doubt be greatly en joyed. Among other speakers will be Mr. E. A, Bagley, physical director at the Camp Greene Y. M. X. A. This meeting is not merely for men. Qn the contrary it is moBt earnestly desired that laides and children, at tend in large numbers. S Members of the central committee on Y. M. C. A. work from the coun ties of Jones, Carteret, Lenoir, Pamli-. co and Craven who represent the beat citizenship of those counties, are ex- .... ,.;:. fkA . ..... ;n u at the luncheon. W igg-"B jones is crazy on the si l nf 0,d clockg wth moons on faces." Wagg "A mild sort of tjck, eh?" TI