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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 191?-19??, 1914-10-22
PRESIDENT HARRISON
SEEKS COOPERATION
Wants People of South TO Patiently
Understand Cutting Off of Trains.
Will Give Good Service.

Washington, Oct. 15.-"Owins to
material and progressive decreases in
the volume of its traffic and the con-
sequent necessity for retrenchment OF
operating expenses, Southern Railway
company has found it necessary tenn
porarlly to decrea@e its passenger
train servi ,e," said President Fairfax
Harrison today, land, after conference
with the railroad commissions of the
various states affected, will on Octo-
per IL discontinue certain trains which
1t Is thought can be removed without
affecting the actual requirements OF
local travel under existing conditions.
This is a disagreeable duty, in the
performance of which the management
of Southern Railway company asks
the understanding and patient co-ope-
ration of the people of the South.
1.-THE changes have all been careful
ly considered 80 as to cause q mini
mum Of Inconvenience. ARRANGEMENTS
have been made whereby other trains
will make all stops now being made by
the trains to be discontinued. That
Southern Railway company is able to
take off a number of trains and still
have a passenger service ample to &C
commodate the travel along It's lines
is due to the policy it has followed
of giving liberal passenger service, a
policy which has accomplished much
for the upbuildins of the South, but
has from time to time SO increased
the passenger facilities afforded that
for the last fiscal year the passenger
train mileage aggregated over So per
cent. of its total train mileage, and SO
actually exceeded the mileage Of
freight trains, although the evenu
from passenger traffic was little more
than One-fourth of the total
from transportation. As these figures
reflect the result Of operations in a
fairly normal year, it is believed conf
IDENTIFY that the southern people will
understand the imperative necessity
of curtailing passenger train service
temporarily under the extraordinary
conditions now obtaining.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 191?-19??, 1914-10-22
TO ELIMINATE USE OF
ALCOHOLIC STIMULANTS.

Chicago, Oct. 15.-Resolutions pledg-
ing the members to strive for the elm
ination of the use of alcoholic stimu-
lants among employees Of their plants
and factories were adopted today at
the closing session of the third annual
convention of the National Congress
Of Industrial Safety.
Arthur T. Morey, Of St. Louis, who
introduced the resolution, said that
500 members of the organization had
direct control over more than 1000, 900
workmen covering almost every line
of industrial endeavor.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 191?-19??, 1914-10-22
ROADS WILL SHIP
BY SHORT ROUTE.
They Inform Corporation Commission
They Will Conform to
Order.
(Raleigh News & Observer.)

(Ra1eigh News & O~bserver.)
The railroads of the. State have no
titled the Corporation Commission that
they will comply with the short haul
order refusing them to withdraw their
special commodity rates they have
not as yet stated their position.
Yesterday Mr.. L. Green, traffic
manager of the Southern, Mr.. L. E.
Cha1oner, freight traffic manager of
the Seaboard, and MT. E. D. Kyle,
traffic manager Of the Norfolk South
-ern, appeared before the commission.
These officials stated that their
roads would conform to the order of
the commission making it mandatory
for the roads to ship freight by the
shortest route. A letter was received
from the Atlantic Coast Line stating
that it would obey the order and had
issued corrected instructions to thelr
agents in this matter.
The Norfolk Southern and the Sea-
board had issued no such Instructions
to their agents.
AS to the withdrawal of the special
commodity rates the officials stated
that the legal department of the road
would present the position of the
roads on this matter. 1t appears to
be their contention thai under the
Justice act they are not permitted to
allow these rates to remain in effect
The officials who appeared yester-
day gave assurances that the roads
were doing their best to put the new
rates into effect with as little annoy
ance and inconvenience as possible tc
the public.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 191?-19??, 1914-10-22
FAvORs GERMANS

Not since the latter part Of August
and early in September, When the first
Colossal German ,rusb into France
was at its height, has the situation
appeared so d-iscouraging for the al
lies.
There is one striking feature. For
days the Russians have been an
nouncing victories. all of which were
denied by Vienna and Berlin, yet
which eventually proved to be true;
when the Russians really were forced
to retire the announcement came sim
~ultaneously from Vienna and Petro-
grad.
In the French and Belgian theatres
OF war, nothing Of Importance has
been allowed to pass the censor. What
little seeps through indicates that the
allies are still pressing the effort to
get around the German right.
Sc far as the world knows, an 1r-
resistable force has come in contact
with an immovable object on the
French frontier. What Is really goins
on behind the screen-that is a diff
ferent matter.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 191?-19??, 1914-10-22
A HOMICIDE
HENRY MOORING MURDERED In
SAULSTON TOWNSHIP
LAST NIGHT.

Saulston township was the Gene of
another shocking homicide last night
about 8 o'clock when Henry Mooring
was knocked in the head with a bottle,
death resulting in a few minutes.
Leonard and Emmett Howell, two
young white men, brothers, of that
section, were brought to this city to-
day and lodged in Jail charged with
the crime.
Mooring is a brother of the Mooring
who some a ago shot and killed
his stepmother, while in a drunken
stupor.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 191?-19??, 1914-10-22
CALLS A HALT ON
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Corporation Commission Orders Com
pany to Rescind Instructions.

CORPORATION Commission Orders Com
PAW to ResciHd Instructions.
Raleigh, Oct. 14-Yesterday's News
and Observer carried a story to the
effect that the Atlantic Coast Line had
issued special instructions to its
agents that where freight was tender
ed the company destined to a point
reached by it's line it was assumed
that the shipper desired the freight
transported entirely owe the line even
if at a higher rate han may be OBJ
tainable if forwarded by another
route. The commission issued an or
der directing the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad to rescind these Instructions
as it was in direct violation of rule 20
| established and promulgated by the
commission.
On yesterday the commission was
| advised that the Southern Railway is
following in the steps of the Atlantic
| Coast Line, having advertised in the
public press of the State and filed
with the Corporation Commission copy
of Instructions to it's agents through
out the State to become effective at
once, reading in part as follows:
eff shipments are rendered to
agents of this company and destined
to a point on it's own line, but without
specific routing instructions, it will
be assumed that it is the desire OF
the shipper that the shipment move
over the Southern Railway at its aW-
fully established rate, ven though g
lower rate lay be in force via an
other route"
The Corporation Commission or
yesterday took notice of these In
structions of the Southern Railway
and issued the following order:
"The foregoing instructions being
in direct violation of rule 20, estab'
1ished and promulgated by he Cor
poration Commission, which reads a:
follows:
"sWhen a shipment is offered at
point where there are two routes Owe
connecting lines to destination l
shall be the duty of the railroad com
pany making shipment to FORWARD
same by shortest route, unless tn
rate charged over the longer rout'
), does not exceed that of the shorter
OF uu10SS liz "
shipper.
t "It is, therefore, ordered, that tn
Southern Railway Company at one
5 withdraw the said instructions give
ito its agents and direct and instruc
them to route all shipments in stric
accord with rule 29 of the Corpora
. ton Commission herein quoted, an
that the commission bel furnished
l copies of such instructions"
1t is not known just what move tn
1 railroads will next make but doubt
q less a fight between the railroads an
the Corporation Commission is
prospect and the courts will in a
probability be called upon to settl
the matter.
Chairman Travis who had intende
going to Jefferson, in company wit
Commissioners Lee and Pell to a
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 191?-19??, 1914-10-22
COAST LINE ASSURES THE
CORPORATION COMMISSION
That It Doesn't Intend to Violate Rule
20, as to Freight Routing.

Raleigh, Oct. 14.-The Atlantic Coast
Line Railway Co., through Assistant
General Counsel George B. Elliott, no
tilted the Corporation Commission to-
day that the railroad company has no
idea of violation of Rule 20 Of the
Commission in the matter Of routing
freight, which the company will, he
says, forward in evc.y case via the
shortest and cheapeat route for the
shipper, without the necessity of spe-
cifc directions from the shipper. He
submitted an amendment notice to the
public as to the matter that makes il
clear, he assured the Commission, thai
the routing will be done on the lowest
rate. without regard to combination OF
lines.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 191?-19??, 1914-10-22
FOREIGN TRADE OF THE
UNITED STATES IMPROVES
Slow But Steady, Says President VIII
sOn-IRcreaSe I'm Exports.

Washington, Oct. 15.-The foreign
trade of the United States shows slow
but steady improvement, in the opin-
ion of President Wilson, who told cal
lers today he had learned through let
tiers and personal talks that the de
mand for American goods abroad has
shown a marked increase recently,
The call for American made cotton
fabrics is particularly noticeable in
Spain, the Scandinavian countries and
in South America, he said. Buying Of
raw cotton has not been resumed on
a large scale, he added, largely be
cause OF the difficulty in getting quo
tations.
The president indicated his belize
that the cotton situation soon would
be improved.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 191?-19??, 1914-10-22
men FROM SOUTH
INSIST ON ACTION
Progress ON Tax Bill Is Made i'm Sen
. ate and Senator Simmons Expects
Vote This Week-DemOcrats
Reply to False Charges.

AOPAJ
Washington, D. O., Oct. 13.-Ef-
gress to procure legislative relief for
the cotton States aroused doubt to-
day as to the time of adjournment.
Democratic leaders would make no
predictions.
Representative Underwood, the
House leader, said this issue prac-
tically had made impossible adjourn
ment by next Saturday night.
Senator Simmons, in charge of the
war tax measures, insisted a vote
would be reached by Saturday night.
An amendment will be proposed to-
morrow by Southern Senators to pro-
vide for a $25O,OOO, 900 government
bond issue, purchase of 100000 bales
of cotton, or one third of the seasons
crop. No one would venture a pred1c-
ton upon the fate of the amendment
Should it be defeated Southern mem
bers may delay final action on the
measure pending another effort to Sc
cure relief.
Considerable progress was made on
the bill in the Senate which agreed
without a roll call to the proposed in
creased tax of rs cents a barrel on
beer, taxes of five cents a gallon on
rectified whiskeys, one dollar a thous-
and on bank capital and surplus, and
the amendment eliminating taxes or
gasoline and life insurance. Some OF
the proposed stamp taxes also were
approved, sections relating to pro
prietary Medicines express and
freight, tobacco manufacturers and
dealers and wines being passed ovel
for further consideration. Action or
some of the administrative features
also was deferred, Senator Simmons
giving notice that he would ask for {
night session tomorrow.
Senator Martin, chairman of the
appropriations committee, replying tt
the charges of extravaganza which
have characterized practically ever.
Republican speech in opposition tt
the tar bill, started a heated argu
ment when he asserted the large ap
propriationsj were due to making
right the wrongs committed by tn
Republican party" He cited the pro
posed $25, 0OO, 900 indemnity paymen
to Colombia.
Senator Bristow declared If tn
$4,000, 900 was paid it would be pai'
to ga lot Of blackmailers."
Senator Thomas suggested that il
all probability after the European wa
'if any indemnity is demanded b.
Belgium of Germany, it will be de
nounced by the German reichstag a
blackmail."
1.-THE Senator from Colorado" re
Joined Senator Bristow holly, "woul'
imply by. that remark that the gov
eminent Of the United States ha'
treated Colombia as Germany ha!
treated Belgium. There could be n
greater SANDER pronounced agains
the government of the United State
and nothing more unjust, and in m
opinion it borders on treason"
Senator Martin said Democratic az
preparations for 1915 exceeded thos
for 1913, the last year of the Repuh
lican administration by $96,888,0 6e
but he classified as extraordinary ez
penditures," $1O3, 600, 900 of the Dem
ocratic appropriations which b
claimed were incident to the Mexica
crisis and the war in Europe. Appro
priations for Routine governmental
expenditures, he said, were in realit
some $500, 900 less than the last RI
publican appropriations.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 191?-19??, 1914-10-22
HARD TO

Cummings and Weisner were bust
fell to talking.
do you carry any life insurance.
queried Cummings.
"Yes," was the answer. II have $780,
ooo."
Made payable to your wife?" ask
ed Cummings.
EYES," said Weisner.
WELL" asked Cummings, what
kind of an excuse do you pull off &c
your wife for living ?"-New York
Times.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 191?-19??, 1914-10-22

The British soldiers sing Its a
Long Way to Tipperary," and the
amicable French soldiers sing lie
Chemin a T~eeperaire," but what causes
unrest in England is the fact that it's
such a short distance from captured
Antwerp to the English coast.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 191?-19??, 1914-10-22

tend the Jefferson depot hearing, was
prevented from going on account OF
this unlocked for complication in the
rate matters and remained in Raleigh
to be on hand to attend to these i'm
portant questions coming up.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 191?-19??, 1914-10-22

The County Democratic canvass is
on lin the open," and the Republican
candidates for county officers are
bush whacking'-the latter cannot
or dare rot come out N the open.
And there you are. Wayne County
and the Third Congressional district
will give increased Democratic major
tiles next month.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 191?-19??, 1914-10-22
SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY.

The Southern Railway Company an
nounces discontinuance of trains Nos.
145 scheduled to leave Raleigh 12:4O
n M. and 146 scheduled to leave Dur
ham 13:45 p. M, between Raleigh and
Durham, effective Sunday, October Ii.
1914.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 191?-19??, 1914-10-22

Those German soldiers who carried
gramaphones with them to the front
are evidently determined to make wal
as horrible as possible.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 191?-19??, 1914-10-22
BRITISH CRUISER SUNK
BY GERMAN SUBMARINE
Cruiser Hawke, Built in 1889, Is De.
strOyed in the North Sea, With
Loss of More Than 800
Men-The Account.

London, Oct. 16.-The British cruis-
er Hawke has been sunk in the North
Sea by a German submarine. Out of q
crew OF 400 men, SO were saved.
The Admiralty today gave out the
following announcement concerning
the loss of the cruiser Hawke:
His Najesty's ship Theseus, Captain
Hugh Edwards, was attacked by
submarine in the northern waters OF
the North Sea yesterday afternoon
but was missed. His Majesty's shil
Hawke, Captain H. P. E. T. Williams
was attacked and sunk.
"The following officers, with SO mer
of the crew, have been saved.
Lieut.. Commander Rosoman; Boat
swain Sydney Austin; Gunner James
Dennis, and Acting Gunner Harry
Evitt. The remaining officers and me1
are missing.
1.-THE Hawke was a cruiser, built il
1889"
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 191?-19??, 1914-10-22

More detailed descriptions of the
German trenches indicate that they
would make irst-class winter quar-
tiers.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 191?-19??, 1914-10-22

The Hawke is the British cruiser
which eo1lided with the White Star
line steamer Olympic, September 20,
1911, near Osborne Bay on the north
side of the Isle of Wight. She received
serious damage.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1914-05-29
GOVERNOR EBERHARDT TALKS
AT VICTOR SATURDAY NIGHT.
DENIED EXISTENCE OF A
POLITICAL, MACHINE

Governor A. O. Eberhardt spoke
ON issues Of the present gubernatoriai
campaign to fair sized audience at
the Victor theatre Saturday evening.
The address was given after the first
show. c. B. Buchanan, deputy U. S.
Marshal, acted as chairman OF the
meeting. r. G. Gordon introduced
James Nichols of Minneapolis, membe,
sf the state immigration department,
who gave a. short preliminary talk.
Mr.. Nichols was formerly resident OF
this city and well known locally.
lr. Buchanan then introduced
Governor Eberhardt, who opened his
talk by saying that the charges made
by his opponents that the state is
machine controlled are untrue and
that they are without foundation.
They had found much fault with his
appointments, he said, but he knew
that during the past administration
there had been less criticism of Off
eials than ever before. The governor
said some people say that he was
trying to fool them by making good
appointments, which had generally
seen his fortune. The credit for this
was not all his, he said, but to great
extent the credit was due the APP
Pointees.
Fhe speaker kept the crowd jolly by
4 few short stories and said in regard
to his being in this city, that when he
came here for the White Way cele-
brntion he brought rain but that this
time he brought sunshine. .
In speaking of the primary election
law, the retention of which to his
.iad is the chief issue in the cam
pmgn. He said that the people are
equally competent to nominate cand,-
dates for election as they are to elect
them and there should be no reason
for the abolition of this law. He de-
naanced the elimination conferences
A. being contrary to the will of the
people and that as a result they must
vote for men whom they do not wanv
S8aause one certain man has been
selcctea. He said that he will not
stand for any change in the present
primary laws, that would make them
unavoidable.
The speaker dwelt shortly upon the
taxation problem. He said that high
taxes are not because of high state
Jevies but are due to local taxation.
Morrison county, he said, receives two
dollars from the state for every dol
lar turned in. This is possible through
the law which provides that each
county shall be assessed one-mill
scaool and a one-mill road tax. The
money which Morrison county gets
above her assessed proportion comes
from counties like Ramey and Henne-
pin, and St. Louis, he said.
The governor said that he is in "a
vor Of the budget system Of caring
for state expenditures and that he
had recommended to the legislature
tho passage Of a bill providing toy
this, and providing that printed
copies of the budgets be distributed
among the people Of the state so that
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1914-05-29

they might know where the money Il
going to. During the past session the
governor cut out one quarter OF
million dollars from appropriation
bills-more than any other governor
ever did. The budget system was
adopted at the state university some
time ago, he said, and since that time
the university account has never been
overdrawn. Many Of the boards and
commissions should be done away with
and the departments placed uncer re-
sponsible heads on civil service
basis, he said. and stated that he had
suggested this.
The state efficiency commission,
said the governor, has served faith
fully for some time, without pay. The
people should make suggestions to
them, he said. The commission has
been working hard and is now ready
to make report to the people. The
governor said that all Of the measures
for which this commission is now
working may not pass the legislature
at the next session, but that the COM
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1914-05-29

I in the regulating Of public service
corporations. The only alternative to
state regulation Of public utilities is
socialism, he said. A municipality
should have the right to own publls
utilities. aud conduct them them
selves, but they should be required to
use a standard system of bookkeeping
and should make annual reports to tno
state department. The governor gave
as his reasons for vetoing the Minette
bill that it contained no provisions for
the regulation of the amount Of stocks
and bonds of public service corpora
tions. The issuance of these, he said,
should be controlled.
In speaking of county option the
governor said that if the people want
it he will sign the bill if it passes the
legislature. He also assured the
people that he will enforce the liquor
laws, if reelected, as he has in tho
past. He had signed number of the
temperance bills, he said, and claimed
that no one instance can be pointed
out where he failed to act when
complaint Of the violation of the
liquor laws was made. 4.
The protection of labor and to
bring about closer cooperation be-
tween capital and labor, has oeen one
Of his great aims, he said, and to tn.
end the compensation law has been
passed. During his administration
labor strikes generally have been
peacefully and quietly settled, he saiG.
He admitted that he has made MIS-
takes while in Office but held that
others have done the same.
In his closing remarks the governor
stated that his one promise is to en-
deavor to give the best possible SER
vice to Minnesota, the greatest and
best state in the union.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1914-05-29

everywhere to work. The governor
does not. do the clerical work in the
Office, inefact he has NO time for this,
and clerks are hired to do this WORK,
he said.
mission will get them before the
people.
The work Of the governor is not
only to sit in his Office and rest his
feet on mahogany desk, but he
should and must 60 anywhere and
During the past four and one-hali
years the consolidated schools Of: thi.
state have continually increased, until
at the present time there are lo2 in
the state with $4,000 children en-
rolled. He stated that he had acvo'
Gated the consolidation Of the schools
and that it has been found to be q
great success.
The establishment Of state utility
commission was advocated by the
speaker. He said that the state ca1
do far. better than. the municipalitie.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1914-05-29
sAWMILL EMPLoYE INJURED

William Lemieux, who has been
employed as lath trimmer at the saw
mill, sustained a painful injurv Fri
day morning at about II O'Clock,
while trimming bunch of lath. His
hand slipped and struck the circle
saw, which practically severed the
hand from the fourth finger to above
the thumb. The young man was TAX
en- to St. Gabriel's hospital, where
al operation was performed and over
half of the hand taken off.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1914-05-29
GAVE PUPILS RECITAL

Mrs. Esther Erhart Vol of MiHnea-
polls, who has a number Of piano stu
dents in this city, gave a recital at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. H. o. H.
Munsoa Saturday afternoon. About
thirty friends were present. Those
who took part in the recital were Mae
Briese, Aileen Grimes, Mildred Bur-
ton, Alice Musser, Isabel Hughes,
Hazel Falk, Marion Hoist, Tessa Dali
ton, Vina Holm, Janet Chance, Cecil
Beattie and Mildred Barnes.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1914-05-29
v1cToRs LOSE TO BowLus

The Victor Clothing company team
was defeated by the Bowlus nine at
Bowlus Sunday afternoon by score
of 1 to l. The: local team secured Is
hits of. the Bowlus pitcher but were
unable to make more than one score.