WEATHER FORECAST
North Carolina: Fair, cooler."td.
ahf Tuesday fair continued cool.,
"south Carolina: Fair tonight and,
Tuesday, except , probably 'showers
pear the coast j Somewhat; cooler to-
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J, 'AMFRlhANS - IN - P.ARtlAI TV1' JS. t
' . -:.V LIST;
In Y
' . (By Associated Press). , '
AM6 RUSSIANS
.Ottawa, OntV Sept.t10. T,,M.
-Saunders;' Maitland, . Fla., .i's,-X-uX-among
the Americans - reported '
"killed in action'1 in, today's, cas-
-X- ualty list. -M. P. Har6, or lelray, -X-;4f
Pla.,-was-among the 'wounded. .
IS ANTICIPATED
UOUUItK KtlLI
I y M i! I I I ltl II' I I . - f i . - l..iiX -
1 MM : H .ii I'ALjJi'Aixjy) v
OFFER
CAUSES TROUBLE
' , t , S v . .
for the Mastering of the Com
manding Position on Mont
San Gabriele - - .
ALLIES MAKE GAINS
ON WESTERN FRONT
Germans Repulsed in Counter
Attacks With Great Loss
Fighting in Macedonia Re
newed Italians Capture
Many Cannon - Rebellion
In Russia.
The groa t battle which General Ca
dorna is waging for Mont San .'6a
hripiA continuine uninterruptedly.
despite the inclement weather. Tbef
!
Austrian are being" subjected to ui
relenting pressure; but by means; of
heavy concentrations of fresh . troops
they havo been able to keep the Ital
ians from achieving the notable suc
cess which completion of the capture
of the mountain would constitute: Tha
Italians have captured -145 guns from
the Austrians since the beginning of
this offensive. , ' N
General Petain'si- troops Jast night
clinched the success they won north
east of Verdun on Saturday when
they pushed their lines ahead : ma
terially in the Fosse and Caurieres
wood sector.l iTher ' Germans, were
obliged to abandon their furious as
saulting tactics of the day,'; probably
lecause of the heavy losses they sus-
tained in their
French line
Paris characterises the repulse sus-
tamed by the Crown . Prince here as -
an "important" one . and dwells upon l
the extremely serious extent, of the I
casualties in.'iicted by the French .
fire. - r f
There were only raiding operations ,
. .1 . - t,
on the rema ruer of the French army,
front and there was similar activity
or a major sort aiong me onui
. - 1 t 1.11.J.1.! !Nl 41, . M.Vr-UMrAni nNtll.l hill
;uashriMi: :'TfTits availa-blcr ftfairKdwaflcsa- Igr, 6f ff'willingiTesB tft accept: a" status quo
, i three guards' stabbed. . .
er, put in a busy night m successful- The first trouble occurred yester
ly consolidating the positions taken At breakfast call about 20 of
by them yesterrlay northwest Of SL fri nnnvirt hrnk from the line and
Quentin in the neighborhood of Hargi-- seizing a, Spade, is said to have
court, London announces. Berlm:' threatened a guard. The latter, after
however, declares that this ground. ordering the convict to drop the wea
was re-taken by the Germans early j shot, him.
today- . - This morning, at the same hour, the
The Macedonian fighting is again tr0UDle broke out afresh. The men
assuming importance. On the ex-jagain broke from the line and in the
treme wet of the front the French melee whIch followed three of " the
have apparently massed a consider-jguards were stabbed. The guard8
able force. Yesterday they - reported clubbe(J the prisonera ( with their ri
occupymg several villages in the Ma-ifl QT11 ftrr1pr .nnarfltit.lv was restor-
lik lake region .nncl the German war
office today admits that Teutonic
forces there were obliged to retreat
before superior forces' pressure. ,
The German advance in. the Riga
region is definitely halted according
to indications in the current report.
The only "vents reported there today
by Berlin are clashes between Russian
raidinsr pnrHes and Gerioan reservea.
Russia again has a critcial political
situation to face, however , with Gen
eral Korniloff. deposed from the ? chief i
command because of his demand -for
dictatcrinl powers and with martial
law declared in Petrograd, presuma -
by wav of preparing to cope with
the thronfened resistance by the Gen-j
CTal to h;S deposition, and a possible
am attempt to overthrow the pro-
Tspnal government by force
iTemier Krensky, in a proclama
tion, assures the people, that ' all nec
essary measures are being taken . to
Preserve the fruits of the 'revolution
and counsels them to remain calm and
. -" i . - firom me niaus wi cw mm muucnoi
in the nerformance of their duty jQerman language newspapers printed
preserve Russia against -the foreign tin various ,, sections of rn United
Km?- '. States is under consideration. by the
niioff-s Action Declared Rebellion. '.postoflice Department, as a part of the
"trograd, Sept. 10. Members of, government's determination to pre
Russian cabinet today told the As-vPnt circulation of anti-war propagan
rociated Press that the provisional -, . ". . ,.
wvornny-Tii regarded General Korni- -,y ' ' " ' , .: ...
n s pronuniamento as an act of , re- TIflOROI IS PROTFST
Ion vi irh must be ruthlessly sup- rircAxriyTiriU
f 1 The government, it was FROM OHIO'S GOVERNOR
jaded, beloved it had enough loyal1 ". ' , - . .
roPs and ;ho support of the Russian! n (By Associated Press.? -
wople in ononis Cl Columbus. O.. Sept. 10.--When Govt
rniloff movement.
SHni
wRW MEAL FOR FOOD!
. .composea or iormer uaio nauuiiax
IVnci,- (P,y Asso,i'ite(t Press.)
-"'ill', i on
o i.
pw..a' 1bp Presont hiffh nricea is the !
'Hoov r ,,1,tritious foods, Herbert! fleers, were needed they could be.tak
jR r nnouTicps in a. statement urg-1 ' tfrrr thn non-commissioned offi
W hrnr ':' neral USG of meal for mak-i cers of the Ohio regiments.
I 'Th a(l . 1 He pointed out ihaf these non-com-
1 Valup twicp as much nutritive missioned officers have had Mexican
' ' in ia ,lollar's worth of corn meal -border service and 'would ,-. doa comper
fat th oH;ir's worth of wheat bread tent to fill he positions to which the
Uoovit (?rf'Sf nt prices", says' Mr, ,Atnta officers have been assigned. -,iinpon
' 011(1 corn must play a yery r Secretary Baker, replied,- advising
nea n iPart in the conservation of tthat the "assignment of the Atlanta
els o' roilllr;,f-. There are four busia- officers to the Ohio division: was but
every on"1 lnUM'fl in this country :io .temporary and that it would not inter
na good ot whcat and corn, meal. is ffere with the promotion or selection of
u tor food as is wheat." officers for the Ohio guard.
HOUSE ftPPmUDS
SPEAKER CLARK
For Sentiments Uttered in Ad
vocating Soldiers and Sail
ors Insurance Bill
. - (By. Associated Press.) . '
Washington, Sept. 10. Applause
swept over the ; House floor and
through the galleries today when
Speaker. Clark,' in a brief, speech de
fended the soldiers' and sailors' in
surance' bill as the best measure
brousntt: befoJe Congress - since the
r1fnlarntinn of war.
leclaration of war.
"One of the objections to this bill,"
ie said, "Js " that the government is
liable to find itself in a hole, -as. a
resu1x of it., V don't know whether.-it
; put the i government in a holeior
L not and I am not very much exercised
about that. 1 am in favor .of ' making
the soldiers that go to Europe as. com
fortable as possible, both physically
and mentally. I don't want them to
have to worry about their families
back home. -Jit they are willing to
risk their lives, we ought, to take care
of them. - ' .... -
, Representative Gillet, of Massachu
setts,' acting Republican leader, en
dorsed all, the measur. 'except ' the op
tional; insurance -feature. . Instead of
issuing optional j pension- policies he
bo -equally, shared by aU that need
neip. - - . -,,
:
SERIOUS REVOLT
IN JOLIET PRISON
, . . ..
. k j AJSznjKiaxi x icon.
lfi..t ym , st 1ftiA rW'nmir.
, tl0 Q1.i0 nr;ar,n Vioro tmiavAnr.
g which one convict was shot and ,
fles and order apparently was restor-
e'd. The rioters had become angered
at the imposition of the restrictions
of discipline. . V
MORE CLERKS STRIKE .
ON THE SEABOARD
(By Associated Press.) , .' ;' f
Richmond, Va., Sept. 10. All local
(freight office and yard- clerks in the
service of the Seaboard Air Line rail-
way walked out n sympathy with a
general strike this morning, ; with the
!i result -that .freight traffic over' this
f road is crippled, pending the adjust-.
,'ment of demands for an increase in
pay. About thirty-two employees quit
1 work here.
TO CLOSE THE MAILS
CERTAIN NEWSPAPERS
(By Associated Press.) ;." -..?;'
Washington, : Sept. 10 Exclusion
I eirnor Cox learned today that 200 pffi-
cers from the training camp at At-
j Janta had been sent, to Camp. Sheri-
lin n t Mnntsnmfiry.1 Ala., to be as-
signed to regiments in the division
(guard troops, he sent a vigorous pro
meal Vest to the War Depawnent atWash-
ington. insisting that if 'additional of
The Proposal to -Be for Im-
frfmediate Cessation of . Hos-
. . : tilities on a Status Qiio ;
SERIOUS CONDITION :
: AFTER CLOSE OF WAR
Of Domestic Affairs in Ger-
; manyNecessity of Se
:. curing Food and Raw
Materials . -' (By Associated ' Press.)
London, Aug. 27. (By Mail).
is hftM that n; vprv viofini ro nter.
will-come1 from Germany before win-
wr ana mat me otter will suggest im-
r;:r' 1at. . Ul
7 1 ' '
-1 Entente statesmen have fully indl-
cated.that they will refuse such terms
and no doubt Germany is aware of
x.u. uCiiu.u iciutjis iesiiiu a have conducted an active campaign
status quo offer from the German sidejfor the amendment. The opposing
as. an indispensable step in the prep- forces have been led by the Maine
aration of German public opinion for Association Opposed ..to Suffrage 'for
further concessions. Women. Leaders of both sides i said
A high .official, authority gave the they felt confident of victory.
Associated ; Press today the following! While j the weather .was clear, lead-
statement of the situation in Germany'
as regaras peace:.
There is no dottbt. t.ha't. tho Ci
pnvpnmiPflt it! nnTinno tn srof nnt nf'
Z'ZV.IZ i " iFV.:i :.TIul'C0MUS '-v,iU10 v"Vrr , .
the war at the earliest possible mo-
uieuisn auy ierms wmcn wui insurer.
them against revolution at home and
national collapse.
"Great numbers of people in Ger
many today would welcome a peace on
a status quo basis, this meaning prac-.
tically a draw, in which no belligerent
would occupy territory beyond " that
iwhi.ch it possessed in July, 1914, and
in which, moreover; each side would
hear its own burdens in respect of the
material losses. But it , isj impossible
to cay how far this - view; has spread
among '; the German- proletariat," be
cause naturally, where it exists, it
has '.ha-d small opportunity of; public
expression, it is obvious that if the
German people ultimately come to ac
cept vft; net- loss -of territory as -inevi
tably theymust pass to that frame 6f
peace, . if the, war continues to go
against . Germany' tes. offers to con
; ; (Continued on Page Six.)
PUBLICATION OF HES
AROUSES MHf INTEREST
All Sections of The Territory Well Represented - More
Names Tpday -Vote Totals Will be Changed in Tomor
: row's Paper Vote Coupons in Each Day's .
Dispatch. .
4 i 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
THE PRIZES.
$775 Briscoe Automobile.
Ford Touring Car.
$200 in gold.
,. '' $100 in gold.
' $93 furniture suite.
$75 Columbia Graf onola.
$50 merchandise order at J. W.
H. Fuchs' Department Store .
$25 wrist watch.
Two $60 1 diamond rings. , .
Ton per cent, commission to 4
41 all non-winners, who remain 4
4 active, .on money, for new sub- "-fr
Ascriptions;- ' 4
4 .
4. 4. 4, 4, J 4 4J 4
Considerable interest was aroused
t by the publication yesterday: of the ini--tial
list of contestants entered in The
Dispatch contest. Comments had been
freely made before the publication of
he list, but at no time were they so
frequent and favorable as since the
names of the contestants were" made
known...
- . Few, if any sections, of this part of
rthe State but what were represented,
and today's list .contains the names of
Others who have entered the. race.
Coupon votes ihave been received
from nearly every 'section,;-which in
dicates beyond the question of a doubt
that The Dispatch contest is going to
'be one of the most popular iiiovoinents
inaugurated for a long time..
Each candidate started off in .the
ne with 5,000 votes, the. number al:v
1,'wed on each! nomination. Tomor
row's paper will . show the .total' vote
-received by each candidate up until 4
o'clock today. After today the votes
'Will be credited to the candidates each
rday rnd published in the paper.'
, The eal battle has, as ,yet; scarcely
Started and the 'winners will be those
who are alert to it. Life holds no
greater regret than the remembrance
hf wasted i opportunities. How; often
have,: we neglected some .shining offer
which was later .; snapped up by anoth
er and how often we had the chagrin
of seeing ' just how much that - same
chance would Tve meant to us had
we embraced It; , v
You have seen the benefits and ad
vantages? which were derived by y our
more discerning: sisters or brothers in
t -X- -X- . X;-X- -X- -X- ,
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ri rnTifui ui nn h i hi
tLtbiiuiy iviam
I
The Contest Oyer Proposed ' enskyCommittee of Eleven
Amendment to Constitution : Holding Conference On -,
-Light Vote Expected V . , : , Situation
(By Associated Press.) rrPR ) ;
Portland, Me., Sept.-10. .The votcs Potroerad.. Sunday, Sept. . 9. (De
nf MftitiR wptit foTthe noils nt n r,Trt
cial election today to,' cast thfeir bal-
lots on the question of ratifying the
CQnstitutional amendment for woman
suffrage submitted to the people by
th last Tnislaturfe. ; Thn Ma inn
Eaual Suffrage League" and the Suf-I
,frage Referendum League of Maine 1
ers of both factions looked for a light
j vote, ' largely because ' farmers were
-k, i. : i- i-u
re especially interested. . -
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MAN AND WIFE KILLED
FIGHT OVERL DRAFTING
' ' (By Associated Press.)
Hawkinsville, Ga., Sept. 10 Thomas
Simon, a Syrian called for the draff
army in spite, of -his. claim that a broth
er in the Turkish army made him' an
alien enemy, was killed with his wife
here Saturday night awhile resisting
arrest for; assaulting a member of the
exemption' board. . After the assault
Simon, his wife and a brother barricad
ed themselves, in .iheir .iitore and greet-
ed a posse of officers and citizens with,
the fire, was returned; Simon and his
wife ..fell dead; the -Jattejr still grasping
Three members of : ; the , posse ' were
wounded, one of them seriously with
a bullet in his lungs.
other cases.
Forestall a repetition.
Do not sit idly by and see the oppor
tunities slipping further and further
from yo'u each day, only at the end of
the contest to remember in sorrowful
retrospection what might have been.
Your friends ' have nominated you.
Show your appreciation of their in
terest by at least calling at - The Dis
patch office "and acquainting yourself
with the details of the plan.
You . cannot expect people to help
you in any way or at any time unless
you give some evidence that their con-
tfldence in you is deserved and appre-
ciated. ,' ' ' ". '. .
Thi. nnnnnnR 'ark, now annefl.riner in
The Dispatch 'daily. Perhaps your; the northern front which bar the way
friends "who nominated you are saving Uo i Petrograd, , and I order General
them, assuming that you will enter J Klembovsky to assume provisionally
and aspire for one ' of the valuable the functions of generalissimo, , while
prizes. They may already have' sent remaining at Pskov. A . .
tsome in to place your name among the "Secondly, I declare a state of war
list of vote getters.' You have plenty m the town arid district of Petrograd.
of time to organize your- forces and I appeal to all citizens to remain
commence a decisive campaign.- The calm, maintain- the order necessary
publication of the names of, the can-! for the welfare of the fatherland and
didates; the first. votes polled for themthe army and navy, and tranquilly and
marks the real beginning of tne cam- faithfully fulfill their, duty in the de
paign for prize honors. - fense of the fatherland against the
"Those who wish to win should BtBAtonl':-'' ' , '
at once in xrder to .insure success.! w.S iJ
There are several - urgent - and com-' Washington, Sept. lO.-Russian em-pelling,-reasons
why a contestant assy officials believe the resignation
should make -an early start.. In the f Gentem f -Ft xST7
first place it takes only a f ew of . the SS SSd
ten-vote ballots to give a contestant a and soiaiers delegates, ppposea xo
total of 1,000 votes. . You can vote' just enforcement of the death penal for
as many of these' ten-vote coupons as mutinous soldiers, and; that General
vmi ran secure each day 1 j'Klembovsky, the new commander, will
you canjsecure eacn oay. 1 modify, the death penalty, order.' . :
In the second Place, the time of the , Representatives of the workmen and
contest has been divided into Periods, 'goldierg in the Kerensky . cabinet it
and. each $15 worth, of subscriptions, pointed out have, been dissatis
turned in during the first period, calls wtb ; thp strinffPnt . measures
Jfor more votes than, will be given dur-
mg lue Beciyiu ur vuu xue to discipline,-fearihg the power might
of first period and second, period menace the new democratic ideals of
amounts to 10,000 votes, which might the repubiic. . They insisted that a
make i h difference between . success lesg- .drastic disciplinary code ! would
and defeat at the finish, , v receive more wholehearted support of-
(V ' ' J, ' ' . ' Jthe ai-my, and, consequently would be
, NAMES OF CONTESANTS. " 1 more effective.' . .-
Mrs-J. JC.VBaldwin
Edna Cashwell ..... v t -
Ida- Siiggs s "
', Acme, N. C. . .
Rena Bradt L , i-. ." . . . . -. . s
, vjCcuunued; en .age Two)
5,000.
- -"
5,000
peneral Korniloff Starts An-
. . i f other Revolution Against
. the Government
- DECLARES HIMSELF ; :
L COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
: Proclamation by Premier Ker-
iayeaj. Eleven . caDinct 'ministers
lve been in continuous session in the
w nLCI lou;iy ccinsiaoTjig meas-
ures j to lace uenerai Korniion; s re
volt which; in conversations with xthe
Associated Press cdrrespondent, the
ministers admit is the gravest event
since the revolution. - '
; ' So far, except"; for the deposition
of -General' Korniloff; which the gener-
al yis . apparently determined to defy,?
no. measures have been decided upon,
but the discussion Is proceeding on a
plan to constitute a directory - of fi ve
men vested with full power,
l The- names
. iuc
so far submitted
for!
J membership m-this body are Premier
j lverensity, , vice rremier JNeKrasou, Mi
Skobeleff, "the . minister of labor; M.
Terestchenko, i the minister of foreign
affairs,' and M. ; Savinkoff, the assist
ant minister of war. , . ,-v
In a talk with ' the correspondent,
Foreign Minister "Terestchenko said:
"The plan for the; directory is under
discussion and may. be . decided tonight-
So far the government is -unable
to make any statement.- f At 12
o'clock, we expect the arrival of Gen-
oral 1 Alexieffc withxwhom we :will con
fe, Mv nersonai oninJon iR'th oPn.rbpdy was this $1,905,53 which went 'tot
ous and is" partly . due to a misunderr
standing iWhlchV3yiJL,be cleared xw" j
-. Regarding tie rumors of widespread
arrests in Petrograd . today in connec-1
tion s with : the revolt, the Associated
t Press correspondent is authorized- to
j declare that' no arrests have -yet been
made by order of the government, al
though" there may have been some, by
the judicial authorities under -the ordi
nary process of law.
Premier KerenskyV has ' issued , the
following proclamation: if'
"On September 8, a member of the
Duma, M. Lvoff,' arrived m Petrograd
ad called upon me j in tb e , name of
G eneral Korniloff, to hand, over all
civil and military, powers to '! the gen
eralissimor who would form , a new
government at his pleasure.' , The au
thenticity' of - this summons was after
wards confirmed by General 'JCprniloff
himself, who had a conversation with !
mp nvpr th Hirpit 5 fplpfrrnnhio wire!
between Petrograd : and main head-,
quarters. Considering ' this summons
addressed through me to the provis
ional government : as ; an attempt by
certain quarters to profit by the diffi
cult situation of the country to estab
lish a state of things contrary rto the
interests or the revolution, the provis
ional government has recognifcga'' the
necessity of charging me, for the safe
ty of the : republican regime, to talM
the urgent, indispensable mearur s
necessary to cut at the roo,
tempts against the supreny - i ud
rights of the citizens 'v i . tue rev
olution. " -
- "I, therefore, the maintenance
in the country of liberty and public
order, f am taking ; all measures which
I shall . announce at the proper mo
ment to the people. At the same time, I
order General Korniloff to hand over
his funstions to General Klembovsky,
commander-in-chief : of the armies on
opted'to restore the .Russian army
J - ; The embassy had not received offi
cial4 news of General Kornilpft's re
5.000 moval. v- " ; ": 1 .
- An official statement says that . Gen-4
-B.OOOCeral L6komsky 'also prpyed a traitor.")
refusing to take command of jhe Rus-
sian armies in succession to. General
Korniloff.
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n c a jj
liinnrn iirm i Bin ' t,
UNUtn NLW LAW
GOVERfUQR'SAUTIQN
IN GIVING PARDONS
Takes Quite a Good Sized
Sum. of Money " Out of
, , State Treasuiry
i WHEN THE PARDON
1 WAS NOT APPRECIATED
j Woman Who Had Been In the
Penitentiary for Years Re-
fused to Leave' the.'
. i - : ...... n .
Institution '
(Special to The Disnatca. l"
Raleigh, t Sept.' 10. Governor' Bick-
ett's raid on the State prison last week
when , he delivered from bodies of
death a dozen infants alongv with. 16
men, was likewise .such a raid upon
the State treasury 'as to . make many
such surveys a financial embarrass
ment . . The largest amount . of money
ever; paid to '.'prisoners1' who. left in a
the men and the one woman who had
made such splendid records:! Not until
the late, the rvery late, :tardy, but not
gave authority ; to 'pay, prisoners small
wages, was any provision made in law
j for this ; financial , return but a prison
policy that- gives, a , pittance f of the
laborer's earnings .back, to him when
he went out. has always been sanction
ed. These 21 were entitled to consid
erable on that basis. . Then :they had
been drawing regularly pay .under the
new prison" act. j It has, not been ope
rative long enough to make a big dent
in the State's finances, but it got away
o a ' good start and Class - A men , and
women all get . more than they ever
drew.. This, added to the fact that the
Governor released" the best block of
prisoners ever turned loose by a single
order, was responsible : for : the big
amount of jmoney that was paid out
when the men received their- dis
charges. -
The pathos of ' it all is the. more
plainly seen that, each 21, snowed; a
perfect record, but- "no human being
was interested in their release." Thev
had lost interest in it themselves, one
woman who had been pardoned, declin
ing to leave, although she had served
38 years. She predicated this remark
able caprice upon natural causes. She
had been here since 1879 and' all
fri.mds ' and relatives in. whom ? she
ffiuld have been interested were dead
naa gone - trom tne . community
which sent her up. She is now t75 arid
has spent nearly "of her life in prison;
The current issue of. the Raleigh
Christian Advocate, - edited by Rev:;
Mr. L. ' S. Massey, continues the
search for the ' authorship of the, lay
men's address which was printed two
Wfiplrs Jlfrt and in txrliiVi lotfor ra1Iril
changes in church policy were demand-
ea. , ., t . i ' , t '
executive and legislative. ' ' ' . T ;
Sherwood. Upchurch. ancient alder
man and political leader of . Raleigh,
has been 'made manager of the Raleigh
theatre and opens his house this weec.
Mr. Upchurch managed the .local play
house six years ago when ,the' city and
if s official attempted suppression of a
play that resulted U in sundry suits
which remain oh Ithe -docket, n The play
.was stopped ' by 5 Former -Chief VJ; P;
Stell and his patrolmen and out of it
grew bitter suits. C ' - ' v'.
Superior Court,' which convenes here
tdday will try, for assault on a prison
er, Warden -S, J. Busbee of the State
prison. Mr. Busbee waived examina
tion when the case was taken before
a magistrate, August 28 arid' has there
fore given no testiniony. i The prisoner
who hi-ought the indictment against
him 'charges that he was severely
whipped a year ago .when Warden
Busbee i detected him t in the act of
sending a newspaper clipping to ah
Vher prisoner in iWhich narrative" was
the amusing comment' on Warden
Busbee's1 loss" of ' four cooks -at the
prison. 1 -
STATE GUARDSMEN ?
. BREAK LABOR PARADE
( Tiy - Associated " Press.) "
, ' Springfield,- 111.,: Sept. 'lO.4 Two men
were - shot and wounded and others
were beaten - with revolver butts yes
terdayr.afternoon when the 9th Illinois
Infantrv brok nn a labor narat. nlan-t
ned as a demonstration of sympathy
With striking stfeet v car conductors
and - motormen. - A leader or' the pa-)
rade Was- knocked down . while', carry
iQg an American'flag. J Several arrests
were made, and -soldiers v re patroling
J the streets.
Illlilllll
In Matter of Use of Swedish
Code By Germany to Trans-"
mit "Secret Information
THE TRANSACTION;
SEVERELY DENOUNCED
By the Semi-Of ficial Organ of
; Argentene . Government
' Recall of . Both Ministers
Likely to be . Demanded- '
. Comment of British Press. ;
(By Associated Press.)
Buenos Aires, Sept. . 10. Argentine
officials," according to newspaper ac
counts today,; are 1 still unable to be- .
lieve that the despatches sent o Ber- .
lin through the Swedish legation here t
were accurately translated. - -The
foreign office today! said that. If
was without official advices from Am-"
bassador; Naon or, American' - Ambas'
sador; Stimson.'- , .
Newspapers ; and officials generally.
wuys mui ui suvei uuieui wm ,ue-
tnand tthe recall of ' Count: Luxburg,
??rmaJ ' 'Charge d'Affalrs at. Buenoa
Aires, but abrupture in diplomatic re
lations with Germany is not antlcipat '
ed at present the Argentine govern.
ment preferring, it is said,, to consider.
the affair a personal one between thj
German and' Swedish representatives
here , v' : -
a;
La Bpoca, the recognized mouth-. .
s j party, .
s,aysj .."?"-,' ' ," '
"These. 'documents' .'show discour
tesy , arid ' duplicitjj:' so. great .that ,wa '.
wre'uilaBle' at'-'first 'to Deneve' jirae. -
tices possible 'by such" !jneni f We :"
mustr confess, "despite the unlmpeach
able source of information. . that' we
f did not' believe possible', such ' moo '
strous conduct, which is so exception
al in these times, . when . diplomatic
customs have acquired a splr.it -of sin- .
ceritv and; frankries.
Before such
stupendous duplicity calm ; perplexity
is possible arid It Is impossible . to be
lieve that a natioji calling itself our -
Iriend (we refer principally to Swe-1
aen, uermany s , metnoas oemg ; ai- -ready;
: doubtful )could: observe such !
conduct-without, any, cause for, ..a I
grudge against us at- the .present mo
ment with, its terrible : events .re-,
awakening; the . worst instincts ;W '
thought forever 'dead! . ..,"
. "Although unable to ? foretell what
action the government will take, 'Jsv'
certain that it will take energetic
measures tp assure - the dignity of the -nation's.
highest .officials, who are thus
insulted ( iij.an unprecedented manner.
despite their best efforts to treat Ger-
many with dignity, during the delicate
situations arising through the tramp- '
ling under foot of the : Argentine flag.""
La Nacion in its issue today, . de- .
clares that, it is absolutely necessary
that both the German and Swedish
ministers . leave ; the country Jmiue- '
diately , ',"J
" British Press Comment.'
London,, Sept., ID Th. Dally Mall,..
in an editorial,, congratulates the Am-v
eriean intelligence, service on 'the'
iNecond great exploit of , this year'
and says:. ,-.
f "A- blacker piece of , diplomatic dev '
:ltry on .Germany's part never ; was ex-;
posed, while, on . Sweden's part an , of-1 '
fense against . neutrality and against,
every decency of international inter
course, . deep, . . deliberate " and despl-; ?
cable how despicable can only, be re
alized when we -recall xthat Sweden -
herself suffered.; from'; sucfi outrages;
as she is assisting Germany to 'inflict '
upon? Argentina.. , , j
"As matters, stand; the Allies have, .
every excuse for4 treating Sweden as?,
a country, that has-one over .to j the
nemy. We are : confident; however, .
ihat ; hp;, allied government wishes to;
visit upon Swedish , people" the ex- ;
treme punishment of war,for the crlm-y
Inal acts of their rulers But the Al- .
lies, "especially the - .United t States,; '
have a sharp weapon . in their hands ;
in the form, of a blockade." ' .
' Attitude of American Government . ;
i" "Washington,. Sept.? 10. The govern-."'
ment ; today, still was waiting for. some ;
indication 6f how ;the Swedish govern- .
ernment .regards, the disclosures of
the part takenhy its legation in Bue-,
iios Aires; in transmitting the German
legation's dispatches . to Berlin. ' - '
" Neither the Argentine : ambassador '
thor the Swedish minister has present
ed any message from their govern
ments, and it was .indicated, that until .
one or both had. communicated with
the State. Department this government :
would take.no step towards the deyel
opment of what may lead to a serious
alteration of. Sweden's position among '
the neutral governments.. , 2 ';
; - At the State Department today, it
was made clear . that there was no
disposition to questipn. the good faith
pn nonesty ; or tne.. sweaisn peopie.
- aistinctiQn . petween me peopie
-and the. government . was carefully.
pointed out.,. . - - . ,
That ' Argentina will take prompt
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