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; WILMINGTON,:, NORTH CAROLINA, 'SUNDAY MORNING; SEPTEMBER 16,' 1 9 1 y
PRICE FIVE CENTDl
. . : ,i : . mm m m m mr-m. mm w-m m i vAwA: .v. v v v.v.v.vw ' - - : .-. " .
I rl r It I 111 h JiUnr &i? I A'-i.'-.u-!-l Kill h III- II Klllt I
: ; - I nu .'.I 1111 u. mill, r'.i iiri iw iiit iiimi 'ffi.f-Tivr.ii'tu.'.ii.'iT.-vfci i ;iijuj hj ntriic 111.11 x u w x . . va. i aawa j. a.iwv . . - waiaBKaaa,.. ... . - .
I A. UV . V M W V . UAXV 1 W il J V- " . , - T ' . . ' . -' . ' I - ' : I - - ' . .
Several Lives and Thousands
ot IJoliars m
Lost.
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
ARE WITHOUT HUMlib
four Known Dead Houses,
Crops and Bridges Washed
Away Rain 'Started Again
Saturday Evening. ,
(By United Pre3s.) ' .
Goldsbcro, N. C, Sept. , 15. An en
tire freight, train on the - Atlantic
Coast Line was engulfed in the flood
today when the engine and nine cars
ran into a wash-out between' Glds
boro and Wilmington, N. C; v. r ,
The death of Flagman Henry T.
Moore in the wreck," brought (the total
tnown fatalities: in 'the flood up to
four. Engineer T. A. Lawther ;and
the fireman on the. freight trains -rere
seriously injured.- L 1 ' ' . , . :i "-:
Several miles of the road bed has
been demolished by; the flood waters.
The rainfall here tonight .contin
ued. Streams are rising at the alarm
ing rate of one foot an hour. J
aAIore houses and crops were swept
away this afternoon. - Whpxe families
who fled to high ground were cared
for in more fortunately , situated
homes. Hundreds of families . have
seen their property and savings, of
years wiped ,out.t , d ' j '- 'r
Stoney creel: here" assumed the
irorjortions of a river, driving resi-
'dents on the .outskirts 01 -the. city
Assemblying Facts For Atten
1 ition of Reassembled
Coroner's Jury.
TRYING TO UNRAVEL
fi CONCORD'S MYSTERy
r-,'f . 1 . .. -
Inquest. Will he Resumed Sep
tember 24 Seek Motive
For. Killing Mrs. King if
- She Was Killed.
The. above Dhotoerraph is the first received of .the; woodland scene heat Concord, , N."C,; where, Mr&; Maude ;
a tno Miio - QfoniTicyo tho roa in tha fnr&irrmrnfT is PJiarlOfi P?: ; Drv: ' ah ' imnortant : -witness'rih ,the T
a. J.4- LKHl-t 1 tL . illilljU -l4,AA aiigj . v . -- ' - . - - - - . . , . T . -
I raco whn hoaH thp chnt that kiiipii Mrs. Kine. v .Mrs:VKtn!.; when she met her death.' fwas standing; besidei this x
tree,' but , with her face turned in the ' opposite direction o that in whicUry: is", looking. V-
" T ' 1 : -- '- -ggj
LOWtR RATES ON
l i n n'
nil till
'from their houses.
The floods are geenral .throughout
Eastern Carolina.' ' . ' .- ,
Three known- dead, property, dam
age conservatively'.; estimated $n the
millions, and war crops ia an area
200 miles hereabouts uprooted, is the
result tonichl of recent torrential
rains. v "'' ' ' . ' .-:
Rivers and streams, converted into
great lakes at many points, are still
rising, while sweeping along debris of
numerous bridges, houses, farm
buildin?;; an trees on the", breast
of the flood. '' ' .' .':-
The business sections of Goldsboro,
Kinston ;md other North Carolina cit
ies are inundated to depth, of from
two to six feet. Communication with
many districts is entirely cut off.
Disastrous washouts on railroads are
feared. - . . ' '.'.
Narrow escapes and heroic rescues
abound. Two milk wagons ,were
swept through Kinston'av Streets, the
drivers hi' rely escaping drowning.
The known dead are twe aged ne
groes hen. and Edmund Frizzelle, an
aged wiiite, who perished endeaver
ins to ford a swollen creek. . (
Green county reports told of heavy
dani:gs of buildings and a number
of factories threatened by the rising
waters. ' . ' ';
&till Raining. - r-
(Six f ial to The Disnateh.)
Golds:,.,,, o, Sept. 15. Rainfall again!
set in here this afternoon at 3 o'clock
and tonight; j.s still falling, which has
cast v. prkom over the entire city.
Fear ?- e7itertained that Goldsboro
will be visited by flood .similar;. to
that oi today, if not worse, owing to
the svoHrn s treams, should the rains
continr.o throughout the night.- ,V
Cit ;z'-as living on the outskirts of
the city have vaacted their homes to
Pighf, i ;any of which are still, shut. in
)ythe depth onhe standing water in
Jheir vicinity. ',' ' -'
iligi-.ways loading to the city have
Eufft-ii ;i fu verely, many "fills" recent
y con ti .icted in the road ; building
havin- been washed awayV'whtte
bridges ;uui crops" of all kinds , have
-suae;v a beyond estimate
htoru-v
, Goldsbr.'p
(By United Press.) i'
Concord, N. C., Sept. . 15. Definite
step3 toward fixing "responsibility for
the mysterious shooting - .'' Mrs.
Maude A- King,weal thy widow with
homes in New York and Chicago, will
be taken next week. . Investogators
will . begin ; assembling facts to pre
(sent .to : the 'coronerfs '' jury which is
to resume its i inquest September 2i.
The jury's original verdict was "acci
dental suicide." '
- Investigators : tonight sought to
,throv some-light on hints and rumors
explanatory of tbo.; motive for; tbe;'JtitUj
Alleged widespread v ! plottings ' of a
group of social )! adventurers who are
believed to have had designs on the
,deaid woman's fortune are being prob
ed. Persons who are thought to -have
had advance knowledge, of a plot
against Mrs. .King and who . sought
to warn her were alsouemg .sought.
Solicitor Clement at Work.
Charlqtte, N. C.,, Sept. la. Releas
ed tonight from a week's prosecution
of three homicide cases in which '. he
secured one r death ; penalty pronounc
ed by Judge Cline, Solicitor Hayden
Clement, o Salisbury, is preparing to
put in a hard, week's work on. the
mass of evidence, documentary 'and
otherwise. Thatr it is believed will
(r result in startling revelations when
the coroner's jury is again assemDiea
in the little town of Concord, N. C,
near whiclj plaice Mrs. Maude Augus-.
ta King, a New lorn -widow, iosi ner
IB SOFT
COAL PROMISED
RUSSIAN TROOPS
: START OFFENSIVE
OilRliilT
Presidential Proclamation Willi A Refutation of Report That
About October 1 Fix
Prices.
Korniloff Had Split
GOVERNMENT TO POOL
I SUPPLY OF COUNTRY (
GENERAL ACTIVITYSC
ON BELGIAN FRONT
Management of Coal Prices I General Haig Reports, Raids in
w Will be Urider r-uel Admin- S ir ana on. ne urouna
istrdtdr GarfieldAssist- ' "T " rchchriptencr
r"lf ed by Local Agents: , Italians re active ,.
- (By United Press.) 1 ' (By United Press.) i .
Washington,.,Sept.M5. Lower retail J - London, -Sept. ;15.-Russia - started
0J v 4.a vigorous : off ensive . n itwo sections
prices on, hard and soft coat will be o , th&e.Riga front7today. H
fixed in Ja presidential proclamation j , The same armies wmcft it had been
about October l. " ' .v 7 .1 faced hero were torn by the Korniloff
Fuel" Administrator Garfield today revolt were; those; which- the -Russian
oAiricA .';,iw A owo? official statement today declared ha
advised ; consumers ; to await the new, maaeigood advances against positions
government prices before buying, and j gained by the - enemy;-in ' the recent
he revealed plans to. prevent indus-1 German s advance. v''
tries " shu Uing , down or - households ; No war news of the day gave gret
ii : --v - . . '. v & s er ' satisfaction here". tonight. than this
freezing for lack of coal. - . refutation of apprehensions that Kor-,
.The fuel administrator will requisi-jniiorrs reebllion had split the Rus
tion millions of tons of coal. From . si? n alines. 'onen-to "the 'Germans. "
this supply, emergency needs of con-1 The Petrograd statement told of es-
KORNILOFF UNDER
iRislfRii
Whole Nation ' is Split Oyer
- What- Punishment1 to' l:v t J
. Administer
4
:;i . ..
CABINET IS DIVIDED V
OVEKTHE QUESTION
A Fruitless Search' Made Off
Vf i Nantucket Light For
: ; ; Hostile Crafty
COMMANDANTfD
If NOIlEE STORY
.- 1.';- r. '-' - - , '.I- : 't
ted Earlier in Day That
Submarine Was M
: c Close?- Navy - . Uneasy,
For Distinguished Men -
lyiany 4iaaersy r avor uemency
-While Many ..Others ravorr 3
sumers - will be - met at government
prices: , . . - iy
Dealers "caught long" on coal which
cost them, more thanthe retail prices
..n" nn Tiirht rr Anenict 2?) while the government; fixes will lose.v.as aft
- ' a rienr. -TtiSiinrV ler. -the date . fixed ' by the President's
proclamation ; no coal may. be , sold at
in ..comDany 01 viastuii. duuuiv
Means, at Blackwelder's spring.
Solicitor Clement said tonight; I ac
cording to a Salisbury dispatch, ; that
his office had made no new move in
tho rasp nf Mrs. Kins' and that there!
were no new I developments Saturday ber's profit, plus the retailer's gross
Although lacking a precedent ; in,' maximum ;to be fixed by the procla-
JNOrtn uaroiina . juiyi uucuiic, . ii.-., asj -
assured that ' there ' will be no ,iegai
Kbrhilpffr
By1;Ghepfierd tJni; Press
rji Staff Corresphdeh0V ; ,
Petrograd,? t Sept. JB.-Unayoidabl e
solution" of 'the -cabinet question : has
bejeh reached. :--f-y rh4S':-i V
i With; General i Korniloff and mem
bers, of his "staff under arrestTand!his
remaining adherents in- hiding, Prem
ier Kerensky made - rapid strides to
day .toward again putting Russia's
fighting forces' inmotion.'
Word of victories - from the -front
brought distinct encouragement.
National if Lawmakers t Have 1
Juk Completed a $14;000r
000,000 Week:;:
. , 1 ' ' ' ' i i. -',
NOT A VOTE AGAIST
THE WAR BOND BILL
LaFollette Scores' Ne wspapcrail
l l House Nearly Ready to Pais
' t.t - -r ' r J -.it v
urgent uenciency oiu-rr
Other WbrEFor the Weekl
.
t Conferences, between Kerensky and
various . political leaders were in pro-
tablishment 'of advanced Russian gress: : throughout the iday: iiAt ' tixe
posts in ; the -village of Medug and : of conclusion 1 of ; these deliberations
the capture of Kronberg. Both cities there was a noticeable . political im
are in. the Riga sector not far- from provement. , ;. . ' ; , ; 'f. i 'r ' :
the coast. The wars office asserted I The premier also turned hisattention
prisoners' had been -'ken.'".7;;-.':' -.': : j to ending, dissension in the army and
Further to the feast.', the city of navy. He ordered that these fiehtins
retail rt a price .mgner tnan tne. one; Feme was occupied by. the Russian j forcea cease all political disputes The
fixed.; .This jrice' will .be determined! drive. The attacking; troops,' accord-j arrest, and ..removal of ."commanders
by , the, cost at . the mine, plus the 1 (Continued on .Page .Three), .; . J i. ; (Continued on page Three).
treijgnt. to . destination, plus tne - 300
As Garfield explained his i plan; the
bar to re-onening thej investigation of government will conduct a banking
Mrs. Kinff's - tragic aeam ueiox e me
(.coroner's jury at Concord, Judge Os-
borne, counsel ior uasiuu u.. mcaun,
has held two conferences with his
client since Thursday the last one
in answer ' to a call .from Means to
the ? Charlotte advocate; yesterday. --
It jas anticipated that Judge Cline
would be asked to issue a-Dencn war
T : t rriv. :t .r?ll V. I
tne coai jrequisiuonea irom me pro
ducers and will remain at the mine,
and Garfield will drdw : upon them as
emergencies require.; The mine near
est the, emergency will fill-the Short
age.. .
. Tliis. capital stock of "spot coal"
wiirbe obtained by-forcing operators!
T-ont tnrinv to cause Mean3 to produce; to scaledown their j contracts. Sev
rortnin oaners which he had refused enty-five per cent., of the coal produc
to turn over to C. B. . Ambrose, of the tion this year has been contracted for,
nnortmont nf .Tust.ice. on the ground
-that counsel " advised him. i that, this
.act might tend to incriminate nim.
Broke up r rie-nusniH
PliolliP
-'a,"-" ' " ' ' ' ' "'"l " - , '
i - ' v - , .v a. i
(By United Pre.ss.l
Washington, Sept. 15-Destroyers,
scouting out around, Nantucket light
ship, near -the graveyard of ; several
Britishy freighter ,U-53 victims had
been unable up ta tonight to: find; any
trace of a German "submarine report
ed by a -British, skipper to be; shelling
an unknown vessel ; yesterday, v; ,
The Navy J Department, r learning
that the-skiper I had ; told of intercep
tion of : ah ' S-O-S i which iranbarentl v
was- signed "Abeyy;". took etery pre
caution , to , learn the truth ithereof
and to round, up .th ehemyl - . ,
Huring thesMay, Xaptain iJtusa;. com
mandant 6t theiWfi.w.aT6rto:;-BaTal' ? diai
ricw iinvesugatt a, ; nut as rar as r tne day, ahd the
liavy uau , revBa.iea. 4 up ; to -Ltonignt,
found nothingr;to. ccflrin the ; skip:
per!s tale., Rush - repor?5ff this after
noon that he did not- believe the re-
aThis was. apparently, based on in
formation , he v had - frone -destroyer
patrols. ' " "j
Thcr navy j took extra precautiohs
because distinguished persons were
known fo have been traveling the
New-. England . coast, who must ba
guarded. ..A ship for which the navy
had especial reasons to be particular
ly watchful,, however, was r
.safe beyond the' danger: zone, "
- "NO : Confirmation. -.',; '
r An: Atlantic -Port, Sept K 15. A 're
port that -a I submarine had attacked
an unknown ship off Nantucket light
ship yesterday jmorning, brought here
today - by the captain of a British
mercharitmah, remained unconfirmed
from any oftcial source tonight. ' ;
' The British skipper declared his ra
dio , operator ' picked up . a wireless
call for help from a vessel which said
a . U-boat was-attacking it,- 'Wireless
operators of. three other ships' arriv
ing, at : Atlantic ports today asserted
they had also heard .the S-O-S
The; British vessel's operator de
clared he heard the government wire
less at Siasconset : reply j to the calls
NEW. RECORD ' SET..: ' "
ir . (By UnitecT Press), .
H ... Washington,; Sept 1 '. 15:-The .
$1100,000,000 Jfwar .. bond;. bill : ia ( : i
. the biggest financial' legislation';.
-in .world' history. H: y--Xjf
t v The ' House : debated It ten -
hours; the.--Senate hours., J"-''.."1'.
;Just;l under . $500,000,000? : -an'
hour. i,:;;;v; -..t-; ; --i?5-
: Would build Panama Canal 30 ; r
imes and-in ? both Houses - not ' .
, one f votfe was cast .against It. -U
? ;
' '''' ; . . ,
With-unani-
? Washington, Sept. 15
mous ; passage ; by. the " Senate today
or-' tne. ?n,aas,uuu,yuu . Dpna Diu s uPn ; ;
gress ended a $J 4,p00,000,000 week, -' a : I '
world's tecdrdjjf Or ieglsiative;"ction ;
involving revenues, i t ' -t
. The . Senate . "opened ; the weec .by
passing , the ,( $2,416,0001,000 war revej : ;
hue;; bill '; the House passed -ihe-$17!?, '
uoVyOOOwar j insurance ;dui: on : :iturs -
Senate put the bond -bill
.through;- making i a'' total of v$14,127r
'oboApbo.yr;;-
The House is laearly j ready ..tQ pass
the' $7,000,00,660 'rge'ntcdeficiecy
bill.r Senate and -House conferees 'are
engaged iri an; effort 'to iron but differ- t
ences over the revenue bill," and to; In- .
crease ' It 1 by . $84,000,000.
but the tact that the. government, as
a war measure,' forces the breaking
ofthe contract protects the operators
from liability: An operator witn- his j
New York, Sept. "15, The , , Ne'W; , ouJput' contracted 'for who is ordered I '
Some People Can Think of Fort-nine Reasons Why They
(' Cannot -.Win a Prize in Dispatch Contest When the Only ( v
. , . True Reason is Lack of Ambition and Energy to ,
Gather the Votes. - - :-
York erand -jury investigating into
the Gaston Means and Mrs. King mys-
. ... jau innQ ifnAnv how carefully
crook, a lew mues. east 01 iwj, .uv , v- ; -
i,., occ, nmnnrtionsiMeans kept Mrs. King, guarded from
of a river, accorrllnt; to renortil reach
ing lu .v .-jviy tonight, and ha. swept
Pway ovfi-ytliing in its 'path, including
Bl'V
to reserve a fixed amount for the gor-' i-rdown in the middle'
withholding the ' necessary percentage ;
from the contracts. If. some of these' 4, .
making friendships. - - r (parlies need more coal they must ,
r First witness w-as SalvatOre Giord- if aw "upon Garfield . i .
anoi. an Italian! grand -opora tenor, pre- r T6e ; arrangement .to gather a stock
-verni f-.rui "dwellings ' ' - u j eumably the "foreign nobleman ' men-0f u'neontracted or "spot"-coal is in- -TJi-iv
i;a!; heen no train from Wil-ltioned in connection; with Mrs. King. tended tomeetthe' demands of small
THE PRIZES.
-: !u!ay and railway -'communication
hr ty rr n here and Wilmington
'll r-f..b;,biy not be restored' for
some u-,yS, as the road bed in many
i'mc. i:- reported having suffered
Hainan.
having
He told of how - a grpwing ; friendship
for Mrs. King, ,at that -.time mw.
Chance and married ;.to : a Paris .; dert
tisfi was c ripening , into Move when
$775 Briscoe Automobile.
" Ford 'Touring , Car.
' $200 'hr gold;
. - I. $100. in .gold.-. -.
"$93 furniture suite.
$75 Columbia,GrafonoIa.
TO TRAIN NATIONAL
APM
manufacturers s' and., those who have
not lam. m. tneir usuaj supply. . , $50 merchandise order atJJ, W
. Garfield will keep, in touch with con- TT F,,rh;' npnartmen. SStore.
'ditions -everywhere through the State . : 9.9 wricsr-watrh -i '
Means' mterererea, . ana uy -mdm omciai ruei a.qmmistrators ana tne ip- ..Two $60 dlimond- rings."
Mr3. Chance believe her husband was ri committees for every county and i,1- - a " , - ' -
threatening, ner, a rorceu. ivira. ( uuyoCi y. . rnQmy coai questions in a, a sTen rjer. cent' commission to
Gir-jcoinmunity.will be, settled "by the locar, all t non-winners, - wiio remain w
f 1)0 not overlook a single ODDortun-
',".' ity to get a subscription..' Do not-fail
; j to see each -friend that ;has? shown a
t willingness to help you. -Tell jtour
- ": friends - that 'every yearly subscription
I j to the daily if new will count 5,400
!vote3 and if eld 2.700 votes."
- Bo not forget that new v subscrip
tions count ' just - twice as imanr votes
as the old' subscriptions, but get ,;ev- (
viy , uue; juu - jjussiuiy ? can,; : wnetner .
new . or eld, - Every subscription pay-
'i'Jment forgone dollar and4 fifty 'cents. or
Despite .this, the Navy Department
early tonight had received ; no official
word from any government station.
The British captain reported that
the 1 call was sent ; in British " code.
First .accounts had if hat the ship
supposedly . under attack was 65 miles
southeast .'of Nantucke: , nghtship.
Officials of the company : to "whom the
British - skipper made his . report this
afternoon declared . the ' ship was 30
miles (from Nantucket. ;.; . ; ; ' r
A. naval lieutenant late today met
the captain-of anv American; tank
steamship which also reported hav
ing heard" the' distress; signals. , The
captain: of this ship declared he was
only 20, miles from , the vessel which
None of ' the " operators f who .T heard
the s S-O-S were able to decipher the
name- of the ship "wnfch was calling.
The nearest to it they could get was
,the word lA-bbey.' .' 4-v---V,.T :
It : was - learned 1 naval Circles
tonight v that no general submarine
warning had been given to vessels
preparing -to z sail - from ; American ;
ports? ' -. - ; " 0'3:
:l Vessels ;which heard the help.' calls
With vthe hope of .a, recess before1'
the December , session; Senate leaders',
tonight sent out pleas to absent' mem-5
bers to "get onthe " job", next week. : f .
, President r Wilson's insistence - ons ;
passage of the war , insurance j bill"- isf
the principal feasohKWhile a: sub- ,
committee goes to work on it Mon
day, Senate leaders will poll theSen
ate to learnt how much debate is in
prospects '; -; - ;.;' 'h --j-5 ; . V. S y ,:' :
If it appears' opposlt!on: will serious
ly delay? passage .of the measure, clo
ture petition , will-be presented when
the bill is reported,; and debate will
be shut off after a reasonable time. ;
. The Webb export X. bill,. ' -allowing
'combinations of exporters' ordinarily
kP. 1 . I- A. V '
l nannea unaer . tne onerman . aci, wiu
be;taken up .Monday. : . ; s
. mi 1 J '1.111 . , 'tViiiir1. V.
al ue uuiiu ; uiu weui uui uufeii mo
to break" a mutual attachment
1
more will .give you a certain number
of 1 votes.
f failed to' go to . the rescue, ; It ; was ex
plained, because , of ' standing orders
J to get away from the. scene of sub-j
,marme oyerauuus as Byetsuuy, as yua-
Cami
V a t nrrM7if t T? . i , " -, -v -; - - "VI acuve,- on mouy xui new
II art. A - VJlvCfaCal V ILjIJla mm to aavise mm w ive """-aaminisiraior, . ana in inu . naiuu. y 4, SOriptions- 1
- .try. ' ' V'.'V"' ' ;Gatf;-W. . - v " ;t-. -t ,4,
u-ty united Pfss.l t Anotner .witness was auair:ureci .. Ak retau coai aeaiers wui oe con-: & a:, a a a; a At 4 4 h
p
1
sub-v ;; subscriptioi
In addition to .t'lis, .the first twojsibIet Although it is' 36 hours since
ibscriptions to the -daUy for one : ' fir5t ' A1emn.lR nf' distress iif Wftre
11
who became a - confldante of 7 Mrs, trolfed by license regulations. , Care 1
U-W Ii::! in., -1 -ii i - i :.. ... . " WiUiJ'. ' . ai.- - a. -i--jf
ten
s latf.
This i-;
today
: . a . ... ; . .
Hia.... "t-n,.VRa lo no , tne nrst m-
trai,, 7 "nt butted men would , be
Somo i any national guard camp,
em ' ? in completing. the South
bo r, l0,ial army cantonments may
i-onsibl,., it is-thought. ; w
Which ;'nnouncement dld not . - state
-toe i, J RtrictR the drafted men com-
e are Irom.',
v
brought the widow when the -two became too
announced at headquar-, f riendly ( . ' , .
. . ..-.v.'-'. - . .-.' ' r h,; lii-
x.- ' Korniloff Arrested. -"
London. ' Sept 15.-General , Korni
loff and his conspirators in- the ' coun
ter revolutionary plot wore arrested
t 10 o'clock . Saturday night at their
lieadouarters. according to a dispatch
received by the Exchange - Telegraph:
How. ton have you been annoyed
a - b??k" door' to consumers already ; and vtxed by., just a little oversight?
svulied. -v : ic '-testa nts in The Dispatch contest
T.he . retail; pricey to be : announced ( shouid leaye ; no - stone r: unturned,; to
October J ot - will apply throughout the i makt ; victpry certain, Some, of you
country -regardless--of the- progress .'who' desire to , win --are asking how
made :in. appointing ''State and , local j. many votes it will take .TO insure- sue-1 .r,
fnol adminiatrationSa ' The' brices will ross. T-aThi.'? is something that no onel
r. ' -" . r . - ... i - . - - t r ' ' " K a
Senate today practically as the Ilodse
passed it, after LaFollette had 'failed
in"-' seven attempts to amend It.;- f
His .principal amendment sought"-to
take from Secretary McAdoo Xhe pow
er to fix' thejlife of the-$4,000,000,000
new -4 per cent. ; bonds to be Issued. , .
LaFollette wanted .them - redeemable '
in seven .'years Tand maturity,, definite- ,
ly ; fixed at 30 years. His ' plan ,! losp . ;
15 to 3. . .;. -'-ifS ---v . --i
' . The Wisconsin - Senator, made his
fight ' the occasion for an- attack on
newspapers- which he i said held ; him ;
up as an obstructionist i v.- -" '
"It has come !tb a point said La-'
Follette, "; ,'that Whn a Senator tries f
to ; do -his duty in -safeguarding the .
people's interests, he is' criticized for, '
hampering thej; government in thd ,
conduct of .the war...' 1 .r - v K .
'i "l say' that Che8e Senators who are
striving to put' legislation through
der the- whip , and" spur; are . not1 doing,
their duty. They are introducing, prer ""
cedent which will : in time destroy 'the ,
Senate's 'usefulness." ' - : y' . ' i
1iRbore;4iSf & t A:
fONTHEOFFENSIVE
, : -(By United- Press.) ':': -- " ; ,'
' Petrograd, -Sept;. l.r-Russian troops .
tonight: were vigorously; assuming thd
initiative in Riga region. Progress m i
-re-. r
rrear each. ' will count SO.ftOO- ; extra. ,
votes.v Each-$15 worth of jsubscrip-J'activities off this coast has been' re-J ported in the day statement of rtho
tions, old or..: new,, or both combined, eiVed. ' Several skippers said they j was -office was emphasized In the night
wilt count 150,000 extra votes, if turn-: saw American destroyers i rushing to, report. , . . : - . "-"';v--' ':
ed in by Dctober. 6. tbe scene.; - They were United States l , In the direc.ttonf the Riga region
' There lis no n?ed of you failing to ; patrol vessels. .They; found no ; trace 6ri the Pskov, high road, after captur-.
win one of ther prizes' if you exert a of U-boats "J thia af ternoon, according Jng an" important jehemy sector near
little effort v. Your., personal .appeal! to -Washington reports.. . ;: . .li'Krbnbrg; farmV:ifnrth.er'pr6'gfes8wa
will have a magic? effect. - Your dashj . ' : " St. ' ''- 1 repulsed by. ,a counter-attack": the yrar
'iif . onth uciaam ".will TCi-ri -vn.oa a fro inet i ,,...Th.' (' UaiHaa" AccIi V. - V I nffina saM ' '. rx ,'"(; ,?" -
i VU.V
1 t j- T
e pessimism of the less active: , -! r Washington, Sept, 15-? The. siibma-"Northwest of Husiatkn we captured
the contest . does hot close.until rme reierrea to is unaerstooa jo uave-a wooa, near uarrzian.. -.. , r
-k-r - a 4 . it' nV.aKanHAA-M aawIw timc u n a Tfi o trnniirn . it ; tr - i 'oiina once w en n ocn a v " t n a
n.flu n,nnH;ft-rnfw v;Vft,,- K-.af iw i n r0f Wot-v , isovemDer xz mere as sua plenty . oi, ueeu vi,u muj v.:0uCuD.,uwni.-. IU vut, vuvuB. v
bodies...' r -'. f' ' 1 i subscription 'possible and, then some
rCompaily.
given.'
No further 'details were The first group of State fuel adminr,1 impossible ones. .; Grab every one that
istrator will ibe appointed, todays ;; is loose at both' enas ana not nauea
t'me' for-." anyone ' to - enter
Timei is flying, - how
v tCcnunueu oa
and . win
as a "hoodoo" vessel according; toire-: Turks pressed us. back; , from the line
ever,, and' every ports5 from New ..England, where ithe - running: from Shi va to Richtu- in the
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