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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.
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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?"
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