WEATHER FORECAST
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VOL. XXIII. NO. 326.
: : WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRID AY AFTERNObNSEPTEMBER l'4, 1917.
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Measures Taken, to Restore
Interrupted Economic and j
Social Life. ;
RAPID PROGRESS IN fe
FORMING CABINET
A Stronger .Cabinet : Will Re
sult From Revolt Panicky
Rush From Petrograd Caus
ed by Fall of Riga Has
Ceased. - .'
(By As!?oc!ted Presa.)
Potrograa, 'Thursday Sept.". 13, 7 p.
m Although the revolt Uifli be consid
ered ornially ended only after the an
nouncement that General Korniloff, Its
leader, hns actually surrenderee; the
capital a rur -country ' already l'ow
signs of recovering their ci-i-posnre
and are attempting a new pro
cess of reconstruction. : ,
The provisional' government actively
is taking necessary measures to re
store the interrupted -economic 'and
social life, and, although the funda
mental difficulties which inspired Gen
eral Korniloff 's . adventure remain,
hopes are expressed that 'the cabinet,
which is now under reconstruction
will, in future, show greater vigor and
decision. ' . . . : ; "
Last night the director of commu
nications, M. Liverovsky, was able . to
announce that railroad communication
had been restored on ' the Warsaw,
Moscow-Windau and other interrupted
lines wWliwAU.Jday; resumed -the
. . J. J ' :rml
order giving to the military -governor
of Petrosrad, who temporarily is Gen
eral Paltchinsky, after General Savin
koff's resignation, special powers with
regard to the press. 1 I r
Petrograd has entirelyrecovered its
calm, a remarkable effect of the -suppression
of the revolt being that the
panicky n;"ii from the, capital caused
by the fall of the Baltic port of Riga,
has ceased and the railroad stations
have recovered their .normal 'appear
ance. On the Bourse. where only pri
vate deals are transacted,- there was a
sharp rise in securities. From Mos
cow, it is reported, that refugees have
begun returning to Petrgrad.. Doubt
ful elements in the provinces, who
certainly would have backed General
Kornoloff had he succeeded in his rev
volt, are passing resolutions in sup
port of the provisional government
and in condemnation of tne revolt. V
The new cabinet is rapidly progress
ing towards completion; though fric
tion again has arisen between. the
Constitutional Democrats and the So
cialists. The Constitutional Demo
crats at a meeting last night announc
ed to Premier Kerensky that the gov
ernment must take a lesson from Gen
eral Kernoliff's revolt by removing the
causes and not repeating the mistakes
which caused it. Otherwise, they said,
General Korniloff's adventure would
be repeated by some one else.;
The revolt, declared the Constitu
tional Democrats, undoubtedly was the
fruit of extreme dissatisfaction-exist-in?
in the more conservative classes.
Therefore, the government must ren
der reasonable satisfaction to the con
"vative demands and resist any pres4
sure to move it towards the J-ief t
In the debate which followed. Vice
Premi'pv Nekrasoff and ForeignMin
Ister Terestchenko opposed the Cori
stitul ional Democrats, and supported
bo ministers belonging" to the parties
the Left, whereupon the Constitu
ionai D(mocratic ministers ' left " the
room. Afterwards Nekrasoff and. Ter
stchfnko nnd M, Nikltin,' minister Of
Posts and .telegraphs, . resigned, but
lter y. Terestchenko c withdrew t his
rei gnat. ion. ,' r '-'X'
.Early this morning,' the ; ." Constitu
jional Democratic ministers,' Professor
Kokoshkino, state controller: M. Your
fff. miniscer of public works, and At.
Ider.hr.rs:. minister of public -instruction,
rosined leaving of - this ; partyis
mmir.tors only M. Kertasheff,? the pro
orator f the Holy Synod;.
o an announcementWdebv!Operations,ofa; coal embaa
tho "'R5rn official news agency; will bunkering restrictions , s.1"'
r-nrnn n tht reorganized SibineV n-r i1"111! a11 f(50J P"
gafinr- M. Nekrasoff as minister of .ments from South. .America. ,
V n, . - . . i . - , Some: of the Latin-American cour
u emir r Keensky has commissioned ! tries,;,although e; have ;broken "ofi
.'ih'.fin to pri,tA with the Mos- relations with -Germany; i are said ;to
industrial circles in order. to ob- havemade no efforts to check their
h i, .M'nno-tvof the rovAmment ' in exports; to the , European . ,neu-
if possible- the' entiryVof-business i tei
mpn into ihe cabinet. :If this - pln ( ; ; !;; : , " - r'"7-o&t
8icro(.(is iir. :
, ..... iaumci.uuuuuui.cui wui:
...... ii ,1 i t'rivrncnon a -n n mo rvQ n - i" a. - .
uiu; or ihp revolt may speedily be
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General ' awmaaaI
H trograd. Sept 13. Further evi-
defection in the ranks of. the
acks from oai :vtrnnrf
ven by ihe arrest nearvLuea of
Skiers' ,n,ir
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4, u' nutation to the trooDS 4 to i exolain i
ation torthT roons'xDlain i
fitna tinn wr n
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Secretary Daniels Describes
Remarkable Development r
of The Navy . ;' -vt
NEARLY TWO BIUJONp
1 DOLLARS IN A YEAR
One Hundred and Seventy
four Graduated Today Into
Corps' of Reserve Naval .
:-:' Officers.
Anapolis ; Md., : Sept: vl4The re
markable development of the ; navy in
the last year was" described by Secre
tary Daniels in an ! address at the
Naval Academy to the graduating en
signs of the Naval Reserve." He cred
ited President Wilson with giving the
initial impetus to the movement that
has resulted in a great expansion of
the service.
of the. .corps of reserve; naval officers
who have i just 'completed ; three
months ; intensive course of instruc
tion to fit them 2 for duty aboard ship
cr on shore.
"The impulse that has made pos
sible 'our rapidly expanding navy,"
declared Mr. Daniels,; "came from a.
speech made by President ; Wilson in
St. Louis on the third" day of Febru
ary, 1916, when he declared, "'there is
no other navy in the world that has to
cover so -great an area of defense as
the 'American navy, and it ought, in. my
judgment; to be incomparably s the
most adequate navy in the world.' ;,
"Following : close upon the - declara
tion, of the President,"' Mr. Daniels
continued,- "Congress took a radical
and . forward step on its. ' naval pro
gram. It abandoned the plan of a
yearly authorization of new ships and
adopted a - three-year building i prci
gram. Shortly thereafter, it increased
the ; naval appropriation' irrri- n 'av
erage in former : years of $145,000,000
to $312,888,060 and since ithe first ol
August, 1916,j has appropriated for
the" support and increase of the navy
$1,344,184,896, while estimates, pending-
before Congress carry an addition
of nearly . $600,000,000. The aggregate
appropriation in little more; than.; a
year, ' to make effective and impreg
nable the nation's first arm of defense
is, including pending estimates, nearly
two billion1 dollars. . I ans not publish
ing a military secret when-1 say: that
while the increase in personnel in the
past few months has y. far surpassed .
the .increase,; iri material, there are
three- times as ;manjr ships in commis
sion: today as there were six months
ago and that, ships and more ships ,
from . enlarged and :: ever enlarging
shipyards, are coming to afford a place
on naval craft to the thousands of pa
triotic young men who have crowded
into tie np-Vy; since;' the call."v
MAY KEEP COAL OUT,
OF SOUTH AMERICA
(By Associated' Tress.)
W.ishineton,. Sept. 14. If ' it - Taei
comes necessary .to.1 preevnt" food ship-;
ments- from reaching - Germany . from
South America through the European
neutral 1 countries,; .the United States
and Great Britain are prepared to'ap
ply the strictest - embargo ' on coal . ex
nnrta to the LatiffiAmericari republic.
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FOR INVESTIGATION
'. i;; vZ tBv Assocfated Press.) !;- v.';:;i
"London.. Sept. 14. General Korni
ioff .and General Lukomsky. have intl-
mated tnatr.tne . yai;e reauy w yyf
Vbefore;the revplutionary:v; tribunal
7$ Be
'Workmen's and ;; Soldiers' .Delegates,
seveneynourain. -nuiaoer, -are meTBDersonev per ceuu . v .:,v v- cx: c; 1
&
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,t ' TRIED TO KILL HIMSELF! ?X
tByi's'sDciite'
Petrogradl;rhursday ; &ept13,
10 p.. ml After ? being received -X-
by PremierlKer Qnsky at xae. Win-
.ier;; Palace J andinfermed : of ; the
fate, which awaited him, General &
Kruimcff,!? cornmander J: ofi' meJ
- Korniloff troops jwhich-were sdnt
agairfst Petrograd,' returned to
his JodgingH ' tonight and shot
-himself The ? general's : wounds
.werej-not fatal. . '
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McAdoo; Discusserl WitK Com!
mittee; Next Issue of Lib- J
- . " . l'ery Bonds.i':ilv;
; . (By Associated Press.? V -;
. Washington, -, Sepfcv y 14, Secretary
MeAdoo's statement to . the Senate
Finance committee on the war, cred
its: bill indicates that ; the paid newsl
paper advertising; campaign ; for' the
r.ext issue of Liberty bond3 . ad vocated
by publishersassociations will not
be adopted. : ; . ' V : ' :
' Limited newspaper ; advertising at
the most is ;possibi Secretary Mc;
Adoo stated., i He advised tho com
mittee . that only one bond, issue be
tween now and the December session
of Congress is planned or possible. -i
"It. may. be necessary to use. some
advertising,' said . Secretary wMc Adoo.
"I do not know - whether it will be in
newspapers ; or in some other form."
He stated that the publishers' pro
gram 'of. $2,600,000 for paid periodical
advertising could not be adopted, be
cause it virtually-would take the en
tire available expense allowance for
floating the., bonds. The expense -' of
floating the first' issue with no paid
newspaper, "advertising; he said, .was
about '$2,600,000. ' -: .. y ;
Mr. McAdQO also said, that members
of Congress could i greatly assist in
the forthcoming effort by going home
and , campaigning for the bonds, ;
That the cost of floating new issues
would exceed the": last,: was stated by
i the Secretary and the committee in-
Quiet on British FronL ; '
London, Sept 14. Field Marshal
ilaig s report from British headquar-b
ters in France, issued today, by - the I
British war office says: : 4 ; -; a v j
There is nothing jot special inter-
est to report." ' ;
CREASES
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Contestants are to be Congrat ulated " UponPTSpmt 7 in
Which They Have Entered t KeJ-Contest-Thbse Who "
J- Have Been Nominated arid Have Not Begun Active .
Work Should Not H esitate Any Longer.
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, THE PRIZES.
$775 Briscoe ;Automobile. , "; -,
. -Ford Touring Car.
Z " $200 in' gold.
$100 in gold.
- . : $93 furniture suite. ,
" .;'" $75 Columbia Grafonola;
$50 . merchandise . order at ' J. ' W.
, H. Fuchs' Department Store.
' ' $25 wrist' watch.
Two $60 diamond rings.
" Ton per ' cent commission to
all noh-winners, J Who remain
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active, on money for rfew sub-
scriptions. , -;. .4.
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'A' number of
1 interesting. . changes
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were -maaeL 'in ; j. ne visyuiun cuu.vi
a. result, of the voting ytsterday.'
ijui eumuuj u7aw7'"ieB wmu'ui .e 6uu. '" "l7!ofl0(ooo,000 for war expenses will
dreda of votes which brought .them the example of the sjccessf ul I poUti-Je appr0priated by the urgency defici-
ueai" luc w- - - ,
.-Those already in' the race 'are. be-
their friends and supporters they.mul- your name. ana you are nesuaung, destroyer . building pro-;Swedishminister?..InArgennaa8-;fa
tiply their results and chances for euc- about 'JAAY gram, the merchant fleet of the ship-'bearer of dispatches had not been pub
cess. It is safe to say that the winners good judgment -would show you that 'b d munIti0ns, arms and ar-"lished in Germany. VH ;--
at the close of-the interesting batUe . the chances of winning any prize you f arp .dpaltr- It is-not expected. that this govern-
of ballits can ascribe their success to-
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t.l.At;nn . ne mnoh if nntmnriv than
to any other single factor, it is tq
2ientS0I tne COiOBBW uuwuws "'t.
w.'U be fully as much, to organization
that the contestants will owe their suc:
eef at the close.
m oHirijitfx nrp to be consrrau-
late 1 UDon th v spirit -with which they.
Th inspire wlthla finrCdetermi-l
natton:B-secuf5;therwinnmg
matter tQw; hot thecompetitior marl
become anU are devoUng thci
thought and eies to the awnmenti
of tlS victo-"vTh. people bf
tion ha
hero;6;
formed
-ientsof the colossal business enter-1,
Jse of the present day is -dus; and it
l-n ,1P fiTv as much to organization
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.Mr, Lindman, Foreign Minister . of
Sweden who is said to be the 1 man 5r.e-
sponsible f or the transmission of mes
'sages via the " Stockholm Foreign Of
fice, to Berlin. ; Several of $ the a dis
patches gave information in regard, to
'ship jmovemenis to 'make it easier f or
OREGON CAVALRY
- : X F AT CAMP. GREENE
- tG (By Associated Press.!
Charlotter N. Ct- Sept. 14. A cav-
airy squadron of :; 600 men from " the
State of Oregon, arrived here today,
and detrained at Camp Greene.
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rspv - -7$$.- mmmm:i-erai
. i: V Fren
congratulated himself; he would fight
v equally as Well in' the shade..' -
' . . Of course, with "such loyal assistance
at the hands of the people the contest
' ants have no heavy burdens laid upon
their fortitude; but "were matters other
' wise they" would be in every way equal
!to the occasion-:'; ; t f s-
l X Some of the eleverest;people in the
, vicinity will-shortly; be planning vari
pus ways and means for securing the
' ballots that ; mean so; much to them.
, T;hose who get the? greatest number are
jtVthose ' who realize . that . the time tot
fr f their accumulation is quickly slipping
by,, and, appreciate and make use of I
' every sinning uiuuieui. aiyiueir. wui-
r v 'A.:.'''-r',','','('"'C'''!"t :' -i-.r' -r'''". i.wit'
mana. ...
f; Don't; overlook any; practicable plan
if you" are in earnest.-
Think!
And smile, candidate, smile! If you
1rnt .JArtlr cnomira trait - and v oVioorful
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you win never give me impression 10 a
prospective subscriber -that your
! ai" ""jency bill brought Into the House to-j
campaign. - , ' .dav hv the Amironriations committee.
desire are PejWan ;
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ClOinST VOU-Can flOI -l"he. VOteS are Wait-
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oi-;4eaui y uu tu .
.f vn:many. , , T
Remember; the oia . saying: xou
;never can tell till you try."
1 . And why not? . -
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Tomorrow is '"Get Acquainted Day"
in - The Dispatch's great contest; Every
candidate who either nays-m a-suD-
scription, or ;,has :one, paid for her . at
VOT
iown candidat
wm be feiven cred
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I f lArmy in Ithe-Mbrtnern! Cector
jLispiaymg a r igntmg m
Spirit.-
f KORNILOFFS - REVOLT
With Trobp3 Gone;, the -Gen-
elplessly Awaitsii Ar-
, rival of Alexeiff to Siirreh-
der-errnans Attack the
ch in Aisne District. '
ITALIANS VICTORIOUS.
(By "Associated Press), r ;W
' Washington Sept.. 14. Italian
troops have taken from the - Aus-
tro-Hnngarians. the " fortified hill
i of Dol and the Gargaro basin and 4
now occupy. the slope; ahd top of
1 Mount. San Gabriele, after severe
fighting. ; The Italian. embassy in
announcing ? the J capture f today
Ssaid J it ' is Cthe - greatest . victory
4 gained $ by: the Italians - since, en-1
trance into : the war.-' :
:- Convinced that; General i Korniloff '3
rebellion is "; definitely at an end, al
though the - General . himself ha3 'not
j formally surrendered, the - leaders at
Petrograd are setting about the- re-
mation of a new cabinet is said to be
I well; along toward completion. The
. sjioii(jLi many uifg iiie j iropps
jGeneraV Korniloff apparently; has : left
the leader of. the reyolt in a position
,of helplessness. ' He'.is said to have
jnotified the. government of his Inten
tion to. surrender upon the' arriyal at
his headquarters of f Genera f Alexieff,
who has become chief ot staff for Ker
ensky, commander-in-chief of the Itufc'-
slanaies;:;.:;One"ptjornilolI'8;'prin-
. :. Meanwhile;' the Russian armyat the
front; particularly -in . the northern
sector, is displaying fighting Spirit
and, . according to the official state
ments is regaining some Of ; the
ground recently abandoned to thGer
mans in the Riga dIstrict.;V- Several
villages have been- occupied probably
in a movement to consolidate the Rusr
sian ; "positions and organize a defen
sive line; which Would be cohesive in
case of attack. rfy'):y::2:
Activity on the other.battle-trontSj
except the AustroItaliai, where.: Gen
eral Cadorna is; still fighting, determ
inedly for . Monte, San Gabriele, is not
notable. M
The ; Germans are, apparently more
demonstrative ; in fthe Aisne district
on the French 'front- than elsewhere,
and Paris today reports an attack last
night v on ; French : positions qn the
Casemates plateau. ;;
Berlin reports an f action,? on the
Aisne front which may be the one al
luded .to . in ; the f Paris communique.
The German 'statement 'characterizes
the operation as a raid by "shock"
troops which carried the - raiders to
the second French line, where heavy
losses were : inflicted on the French
forces. ' ,
r' 'Again the Berlin ; statement; men
tions the artillery fire in . Flanders in
creasing to the ' drum " fire Intensity,
which usually heralds an infantry at
tack. Evidently the Germans are ex
pecting such an attack, but they an
nounce that none has as yet been? de
livered. '',' ' ' 1 " '
The German - forces ': have.; been on
thev offensive in one section on the
Flanders front, however, and - if is' ciecoration tpr,nim,.as regaraea Dy ai
claimed by Berlin thaton Wednesday , lied diplomats here as : further ; eyi
night'the British were expelled from dence - of their charge that Germany
the wooded section north of Lange-
marck, the' Germans taking -numerous
prisoners in 4 the? opera tion;
CClCM Oil T IfXhS ETlD .s;".'.-.ii:vv-4Dave
DLYp OILUUIN rUK ;
- " EXPENSES OF WAR
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1 - (By Associated Press.)
than
' of hundreds 6f millions
:"f - . ZTr . ' . ..
The OiJl also inciuaes a sman sum
rrfiof American citizens in Ger-1
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VIRGINIA HAS HER',
" -
COLDEST SEPTEMBER
frosts In the v mountains or v ir -
thie OBir'
.f. Oi,?ri,o-' 9nri thr cold-
the sec
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Septem-
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ULIIVIUL rilLLLI
More Evidence of ; Transmit
ting Forbidden Commiini
- . , cations to Berlin. ;
MORE LIGHTTHROWN
( i ON VON ECKHARDT
Recommended Decoration of
mat -Secret v Practice ; f i
.v'c''-:--1'By Associated Preaajv'' i-r:
& Washington, Sept, ,44-lIbw J Ger
many 's secret . practice of' using Swed
en's diplomatic services for transmit
ting j forbidden! " Communications be
tween Germanlaggnts and the Berlin
foregn, bfficei prevailed: in Mexico,. as
wetf.Xs;!
document published by! the State De:
partmenti whJchv passed- between; i the
Celebrated Herr von Eckhardt, German
1 minister; in Mexico, and the Chancel-
charge of Ihe Swedish ' iegatidn ,; in
Mexfco; 'practically acted as a messen
ger boy for ; von Eckhardt, personally
transmitting: as his legation's own dis-
patch; 'messages'-for the;Gpman lega -
tion, of en ; going to; the point of deliv
ering thenv personally . at the telegraph
office, "and ; how : von Eckhardt recom
mended that a decoration ; be secretly
bestowed upon Cronholm for hisserv
ices, ;;;;; -. ; h; &$&AZhl :'
As' an added chapter to the story of
the recently ; revealed intrigue in Ar
gentina, the. disclosure gives .a hint of
the nature of the evidencef in this gov
ernment's possesison if Germany's il
legitimate .use of neutral - diplomats!
The' full extent of this evidence may
never be published j but it is known to
be complete, and this government's
action in making some of it public is
not felt to ' be directed so much; at
Sweden, , as toward ; further Informing
the world at large of. Germany's prac-
ticesl i-y-rt ;;' ;-V'--; i '-'O-y
; It does, however,", raise some specu
lation as to how the Stockholm for
eign office will explain it. i Stockholm
has declared that Baron Lowen, Swed
ish minister to Argentina; transmit
ted messages for Count Luxburg, ! the
German -'charge there, without' know
ing their contents. Whether the same
defense will be made for Cronholm, is
not known.1; He no longer ia in. the
Swedish diplomatic service.'". The in
teresting point, in the minds of offl
cials and diplomats here, is how much
the Stockholm foreign office knew of
the affairl-'""-'-'" ::,
Von Eckhardt's letten to the' Ger
man" chancellor, recounting the . extent
to which Cronholm used Sweden's dip-
lomatic privileges ; for Germany , and
his . recommendation of . an imperial
diplomats.of friendly, neutrals for such
services probably- in other instances.
, Copies of ; the von-; Eckhardt : letters
oeen iorwaraea Dy; inevotaie
I Department 'to- Ambassador Fletcher
in Mexico'and : to ; Minister I Morris
i at Stockholm, but; neither; has instruc-
tions to present the Information to the
government toT which he:;is accented.
. Despatches to the department from
The Hague dated yesterday, were that
up to that time the disclosures made :
by. Secretary: Lansing, of vthe, mer
Count Luxburg had used the
ment will take any further action ex
- i .0im aAA iA tY,a iatnrr
ceyt -ysoxujr. iy.u v;!U.,. r,
intrigue by revealing m
m its possession, - , ;: ' ;- : ;:
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LUXBURG EXPOSURE
(Br, Ass related Tres.
men u , - - iTL!:" a;
ment. telegraphs i the . correspondent
at Stockholm of the Central . .News
Agency says that O. H; Ewerloef
the omect oi assisuug m m yuu
Investigation" in connectionwith the
Swedish-Argentinian; revelations.
Solicitor Clement Says Cirf
. cumistances Point to Foul '
' Flay(
ORDERS REOPENING
OF INVESTIGATION
New Evidence Leads , Officials
- to Set September 24 as Date
i : For New Investigation-
Seek Sender of Mysterious
Telegram, f; -o; f'-y'JiA
;'.';. (By As
Associated Press.)
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INVESTIGATION
RE-OPENED j
--A ; (By Associated Press!
Salisbury, n: '. , C;,- Sept.
Expressing the belief - that the i
: death :. of Mrs. .Maude AV i King,;'.
who was mysteriously killed near
Concord, . . on Augucst . : 29, was r -'
- neither the result of accident nor 4
' , suicide but that conflicting yclr- ' r
cumstances - indicated foul . play.
" Solicitor Hayden Clement -today -5-X-
ordered the investigation Into her
death re-opened and set Monday,
- September, 24th as the time. v
k ;
;;iNeys York: Sept., 14VVhat: purport :
ed; to', be the original (of the alleged s
second ; Wfll of r the ? husband '. of, - lira.
Maude A. .King mysteriously shot Au
gust 29, , at Concord,'1 was brought' to
cording to an ' agreement "with. Mrs
King, was to receive five ier .cent. ,o
whatever , was recovered ' under the in-,
J strument.
: By this 1 agreement,- which was at-
ready in the hands, of the district at 1
torney, - Gaston; Means, Mrs. King's
business ' agent, was to receive 22 : 1.-2
per cent, . of - the- proceeds M . thA.
amount , were $2,000,000- or less,' or tr
flat sum of .$950,000 if greater Prior
to y its production here ! the ' original I
will was Kimnosed tn he n affldft-'
posit , vauljt in Chicago! When' brought
to the prosecutor's Office, It - was . in a
frame under glass. It was dated Oc-i
tober 9, 1905, and fiore the . names" as?
witnessies of Mary C.Melvin, sister of
Mrs. King, Addison S. Melvin and Byv
Ton L.: Smith.; ;; ; ' : ', . ';
A Jetter indicating futile eiforts by
Mrs. A. L. Robinson, , mother of Mrs. '
Maude A. King; to get.into direct,cqm
municatlon with ; her daughter about
that time, has been found here .in the
effects of Gaston B. Means, the, dead
woman's business - agent; ; Jt was an
nounced , today , by .District . Attorney
Swann, who is investigating the case
here. !;;''' ,:' i - '...;-. ' " ;'-.:': ;i
The; letter," dated Asheyille,; N. ;C,
'Aug. 28, had apparently been opened
by Means, he said, and never reached
Mrs.j tKing. It was . registered and
return receipt demanded having been
addressed to Chicago and forwarded
here! . With reference in . it to. "Bud,"
a nickname for Means, .the letter read
in part: " .?'-'.
"Why don't you write to mother dl .
rect and" let me know, where you are
and J; who is with you? - fun : surely
must ' have some maid or woman com-
j panib i know, how r timid you are
and" think; and worry about your, being
alone.: , Ask Bud why he ; does
not answeriny wire.-, : , Destroy,,
this jind answer for yourself when you
are alone.'' : ? '".: ;:-, -n::;''-;;'.: .
- This letter was regarded by the dis-
? trict attorney as supporting other eyi-
dence ; found that i: those about : Mrs
King were carefully; keeping her out
of touch with her relatives. ;; : - :
District Attorney . Swann has in tiia
possessloil,!; it became; known today, a
mysterious telegram," received -here by
a close friend of Mrs. King's family,
from: an ' unidentified person which-
Q tnrr0aniinri intn wrt
v-
: ''Mrs; King, 1135; Park aVenue, died
Concord, ' very , preciillar ; clrcnmstant s
ces. 'Investigate.' -v- t'v
The prosecutor Is now Inyestigating
to discover who was its author and
what: facts aroused the sender's ; sus-
. . aJ Tt viatod at Asheville the
It was dated at Ashevllle the
asIhuse oi the womV
U'a'th uro niibHelv arouaed; Tha
0 vx--
district attorney has asked the author'
ities" ; at . Ashevllle to - obtain hand
Writing -samples of all persons wh ..
knew of Mrs. Kirig's death at the tlcaa
and : tokeep : them ; with, the original ,
copy of the telegram: . ; ';'' '--
The original of the alleged seconi
will of MrsKing's husband, James C;
King; millionaire lumberman, has been
found here, the district attorney an
nounced ThisIs the document be
queathing $2,000,000 additional, to Mrs.
King," the authenticity, of which Is be
ing investigated. V ; " . - ,".
Mr: - Swann said that' the will had
been located Jn; a safe deposit vault
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