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A WAR RESOLUTION.
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v' Washington, Dec. 4. A jpint res-' j
4 oliition declaring thai ' a state 4o i
war exists between the United 1
States and Austria-Hungary, BuT-' J
' garia and Turkey was introduced !
I in the Senate today by Senator" -1
, vPittman for Senator King, 'of;
'Utah. It wag referred to the For: if
I eign' Relations committee xvithOHt S
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President Wilson Today Delivered a
Ringing Address Before Joint Ses
sion of the Senate and House
RECOMMENDS IMMEDIATE
WAR AGAINST AUSTRIA
No Declaration Against Bulgaria and
Turkey. Advocates Stringent Laws
Against Alien Enemies. President
Was Given a Wild Demonstration.
CONGRESS HITS
WILSON'S PROGRAM
FOR LEGISLATION
11 MUM EVENTS
ill UfHf THIS UUFFK
IIL1IU I I I U f V
to
Cavalry Along the Big Bend
River Front JJnder Arms
Today
TWO FIGHTS WITH
MEXICAN BANDITS
; Americans Killed 35 Bandits
Harry Rich to Give Exhibitions'
Here in the Interest of To- l
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Saturday and 12 Monday-
One Trooper Was Wounded
in Yesterday's, Fight.
Considerable Sentiment in Fa
vcr of War on Germany's
Allies
Inaugurating Our Boys in France
Tobacco Fund, which The Dispatch
will undertake to raise, Harry Rich,
the well-known trapeze performer, will
flirst with death from, the top of the to prevent further firin
Trust Building Front, an Market I can territory or bandit raids by the
streets, Thursday, Friday and Satur-forganized force of outlaws under Ch
day nights of this week. Rich is said 1 co Cann. said tn Hp wnntoH hnth i
j to do the most thrilling and sensa-
(Tly Associated Press)
Indio, Texas, Dec. 4. After two
fights between Mexican bandits 'and
American border cavalry troops dur
ing the past three days, the entife
Big Bend river front was under arms 1
today and every precaution was taken
into Ameri-
TORS TESTIFY
FOR DEFENDANT fN
jtional aerial act of any man - alive.
I Rich will donate a liberal percent
jage of everything he takes in to the
Tobacco Fund. He will do tbe same
j identical act that he has been' doing
AINI lrillNVj I5U1 WAK as the most sensational, startlinsrrand
thrilling acts that are being; done : by
any one today
TRIAL OF MEANS
Territory More than 384,000
Square Miles Falls Into ; J
Allied Hands i : KX
ARMISTICE ALONG
EASTERN FRONT V
LITTLE TIME FOR
Mexico and the United States on se
rious ctiarges.
day when United States troops cross
ed the border and killed 12 bandits.
Col. George T. Langhorne, in com
mand of the troops along the Rio
Other Medical Men Put on to
f Offset Testimony of State's
Witnesses
Russian Emissaries at Prince
Leopold's I Headqarters--,
Inter Allied Conferencd
Ends Infantry Inactive in
Italy :,.':SAi
(By,. Associated Press.),
Washington, Dec. 4 Immediate declaration of " war
against Austra-Hungary was recommended to Congress today
by President Wilson.
The President did not, however, recomrriend a declaration i
of war against I urkey and Bulgaria at this time.
SAY MRS. KING COULD
4 i done by anyone except Rich, proves
(Bv Associated Press). 1 that he is one of the strongest men
Washington, Dec. 4. The in- 1 in the world,
ternational character of Presi- j Great crowds will doubtless witness
4 dent Wilson's address which will 4' his performance here, and inas-
Immediate war against Austria, the President told Con- be delivered to Congress at 12 :30 jmuch as the money collected
gress, was necessary to meet the anomalous Situation the . fact that the government already 4 j Fund it is expected that everyone.
I Qf fo it. ,iT-r nmar. -vti tVriicrri- Vift ' has placed it for simultaneous will bring along their nickles
nic to m " ; J publication in practically every
declared, Austria was not her own mistress and merely a capital in the world.
,S Although the address was not
Grande believes he has the situation
General Legislation May Be ny.tMfy- " announced mat, well m hand with reinforcements at j. fJt r Fadsen Savs Womnd
. . m 'in addition to his trapeze act On the hia command sufficientlv laree to run 1Y1 r U6CI ays ,W oana
remitted Detore Christmas, ; Trust building he will, on the sec-! down and. annihilate any bandit band Could Have Been Self-In-
But War Ouestions Will i ond mght' puiI three loaded automc-' -which . itfight attempt reprisals for i fl. . 1 n. jjAU. T.UU1
oui war vjuesnons w,biles by his teeth in front of -the the kiifeg of 35 of their number sat- meted, But Hardly Probable,
Dominate the INew Year, Trust building. This act shosUhe! urday and 12 yesterday. Other Doctors ' as; Wit-i
afreat streagtb of the man hlmSelU : . ... ; i . ; ;. -? . -vp r
WORLD-WIDE MESSAGE. i something it is sard has never beea
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MADE ELSEWHERE
and; iSecretary Baker Says Germans
vdssdi 01 vjermciiry. entrusted in advance to Ameri- 4-
The same logic, he added, would lead to war aganist can newspapers or news distrib-
Uling assuciauuus, it aneauj uas -r
been placed with the London of-
T. .i 1 r .1 J t 1 :J uting associations, it aireaay nas
1 urKey ana ouigana, oui nicy , uo iiul yci, iic sam, simiu m
dimes and help the good cause along. '
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BELIEVES A RAIDER
IS IN THE PACIFIC!
Realize Futility of Trench
Warfare
(By Associated Press!.
Washington, Dec. 4. A realization
German East Africa has been clear
ed of enemy forces and Germany's last ff
colony has fallen completely .into Al-' ,.
HAVE SHOT HERSELFlied hands. The campaign in this ter- -.
ritory with an area of more thari'-348,''t':'
000 square mies began nearly three
years ago. British, Belgian and Por- .
tugese troops ,. were engaged ; against (
the German troops, mostly natives whoV. .
Other Doctors as Wit-1 prolonged the Acting by carrying-on, v
"An ..arnstiee-.betwefsn; ;
naan ana Russiatrbops "on the east U,
era front is in' force in Gallcla, Volhy .
nia and northward. Russian emissary
ies have reached the x headquarters o
Prince Leopold of Bavaria, the tGei iV;
man commander, in an effort to, ar-i
range a general armistice. - Bulgaria
announces it is prepared to negotiate :P'
for cessation of hostilities with- the ti; I
1 Russians. German newspapers print i f ': I
Interest in the trial lasred tnflav rnmnrs that Rn'tAnnin ia tmrloavoHnti' " '
Testimony was largely of a minor na-'to arrange an armistice with Germany, .
tur eand the attendance in the court and Austria-Hungary. ' , .
room was unusually small. . j The Inter-Allied Conference 'al Par- f;
The defense in the trial-of G. B.is has come to an end. No announce V ? f
Means, charged .with the murder of jment was issued but resolutions adopts
Mrs. M. A. King, continued today the ed yesterday will be made public short VS f
(By - Associated Press.)
Concord, N. C, Dec. 4. On motion
i of the defense, Judge Cline this after
noon instructed Sheriff Caldwell to
take the jury in the case of Gaston B.
Means to the scene of the killing of
Mrs. Maude A. King at Blackwelder
Spring, for ari inspection of the prsm
ises. The trip is to be made toda.r.
(By Associated Press.)
by Germany that the trench warfare J presentation of testimony of physi-;ly. Colbnel House expresed the con-
' i vvre Vxr V " A limn in f V "X7TiC? f 1 rTQTla Q Tl rt Vl OTCJ looi'cnnrl f rk TiVattq trin?M tliof fl-ii- iimUtr nmrl k a "
i. iL r 1 1 T 1 i. J Ci-l :4- PtooUn oiifrp- a fino of Pontcrc tli nrinpinal Flu- San Francisco. Dec. 4. What
uic pain or me uaueu tidies 111 iL& wcii cgcxxnoL x iu.au tt a,v ! Rhin'R cantai nhelieved to be a Ger- cannot be endured and a decision must that it would have been entirely po- ition of purpose arrived at would en-
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racy. . which, in turn, is to supply others
I ; ,' J JC; Avmo P-ci.T-f rlrlarrl tViat in Europe. Indirectly, the ' ad-
" " t. c c -nrll crof f r Hop!
man raider operating in the Pacific be forced at some point is the War De- sible for Mrs. King to have inflicted 'able the Allies to reach their desired;
nnH trvino- thrmi-h flar in imitation partment's view of the military situa- the wound that caused her death. One goal.
js. -j oni Wa a i c 1 s t.i on as summarized in becretarv hsaK-:
ui coo nn gci uciiiii o-uu me (ji it tcooci otuc iu aiinn,i. 11a iulciiu.-, . -
these witnesses was George w. Southwest of YDres In Flanders, the - v if
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n5Thing shall turn the United States aside until the war IS other Central Power capitals. ied victims has been reported bv him'ei's review of operations for the wek Means, uncle of the defendant, who British have advanced their line slight- ; s
The let- cnuing ueceiuuer , issueu iasi. mguu Muauucu o an .yn. m vuc use "t'xy near ruygun woou. very neavy
i Tne irksome pressure on tne west- meanus. ueciarea n ms posinye artillery actions are taking place nortn 'J?-s A
11 j? x n . ' i; rTini r-n lo o rrfa r-n mi1 A r r1 f i-w i 11 a 11. t?i . ' - 3
1 r- All ill 1 , J t Tta world-wide distribution is also 4-'! in n lpttpr to fripnds here.
won ana ueramyn IS Dearen. 11 01 ptc 11c ji uuuuulou - -,dfinred bv the fact thatit win 4. j tPr maflp niiblir, herP todav. said: il The irksome pressure on the west
out 0? the question. Peace, the President declared, could be available for publication today i "We were warned by wireless tcH2 front the review says, explains
rnm. 1 1 .1 c 1 1 Q ;f. fl0,lcrU rill. in China and Japan. ! look out for a raider that might em-. the invasion of Italy and the desper-
comc only when the German people make it through rulers The fgct thg government ej , strange methods. AbSut innate efforts of the Germans to regain
the world can trust: when they make reparation tor the de- has also taken steps to have the 4', miles south of Capulco, at night, weJost ground about Cambrai
nt....,:. l U 1 nJ document piaced in the hands ot
ouuLiion uieir present ruiers nave wiuugm cn l Ambassador Francis in Petrograd
many recedes from all the territory acquired by armed con-(' is taken as an indication that the 4m
. DtiAoi'rlfliit'o n r A faces trrill dqI Qcn A :
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The review points out as a marked
4 4-' feature of the recent developments,
the tenaency toward greater activity
firearms.
opinion that a person could self-m-'of the Aisne on the French front. On
flict a pistol bullet wound such a3 ( the right bank of the Meuse the Ger- " i
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ma.ua esssaieu aa auacK nortn 01 . r 11
rev in the Woevre only to be checked J
killed Mrs. King, either intentionally
or accidentally,
quest
4 President's address will deal aso 4 4
I with the situation in Russia. 4i4
A wild demonstration greeted the President's recom-'4
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AN ARMISTICE SIGNED. vvof movement. Trench warfare, it Hayden Clements questioning. Judge
Under cross examination of wit-1 with heavy' loss by the British,
ness, Means became apparently angry) Infantry. activity on the Italian front.,;
and expressed resentment of Solicitor , has not been renewed, although the .
(By Associated Press).
says, is giving way to open fighting.
4-!
4. crongress to-
mendation that war be declared against" Austria-Hungary. Washington, Dec
senators and Representatives arose in their seats and cheered day awaited the coming ot president
1 , 1 1 1 .1 ... 1 r i j- i i.' .Wilson and the delivery of his annu-
and aopiauded while visiting membrs ot the diplomatic corps, al address, which leaders admit vir-
London, Dec. 4. An armistice 4
smiled and applauded.
Senators LaFollette and Gore, however, did not applaud.
Another outburst of applause greeted the President's
decla. aion that reparation must be made for the damage done
by the German army. Again the assembled law-makers
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jumped to thir reet and aDDiauded. I him to ask for a declaration
The closing declaration that the whole energy of the j TmU for
nation should be devnted tn winning the war evoked more a declaration against Germany's al-
'i between Russia and Germany has 4j
Armistice in (Operation.
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4 been signed at the headquarters 4 Rrlin 0 fvi ATT1stfirdam to
Of Prince Leopold Of Bavaria, t. rmilnnV: An rfnrnnl rmisti.A nlrPfldv
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Ciine quickly took u&td and prevent
ed whatt threatened to develop into a
dramatic situation. .' '
Austro Germans are busy with troop
n
tually will outline the session's legis- 4 patch from Amsterdam today
lative program. 4 The armistice is valid for a pe
At a joint session assembled in the 4 riod of 48 hours.
House at 12:30 p. m., the President 4 4
alarmed to amiear before Congress ! General Staff Surrenders.
says an Exchange telegram dis- , in operation in sections of tte -Rus-
movements behind the lines, probably.
in preparation for a supreme. Mow 4
against the Italian northern., fronts - : ;:
Dr. P. R. McFadgen, of Concord, I Teuton forces have been.; in
who examined the body of Mrs. King motlon north of the Asiago plateau :?
the night she was killed, testified thatnd between the Brenta and the Piavfe;
he believed it possible for a person UUL Luey nave Kepi Deyona reacn 01
for the first time since the memor
able days in April, at the opening o
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so-German front, a bulletin from Ger
' man great headquarters reports today.
4
to inflict such a wound as killed Mrs.
4 Petrograd,
4 Krylenko, the
Ded
4.- Ensign 4' A
Bolsheviki com- 4',-
IMMEDIATE ACTION.
the special session, called to permit ! 4 mander-in-chief, telegraphed to- By Associated Press)
of a
King. Dr. J. W. Wallace testified to
the same belief.
41 1 Chief of Police Robinson and G. w.
Means described experimental tests
4. by firing pistol bullets into paper blot-
4. ters and hair switches ' at various dis
4, tances. Chief . of Police C. A. Robin
son, of Concord, told of experimental
Italian guns. Artillery activity con-
tmues . heavy. . - v ,; . ' '
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HOOD WOULD PENSION I
LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS.
(By George Manning). ; (1
Washington, D. C, Dec. 4. Con- ?
on
--to '-j'-uuiaLs. 111 ims passage, uie 1 icdiuciu apji vciii an
remains a matter of conjecture
And the center of sDeculation. The
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? ?fS FVt rr.Sn . 6 aU" t ood of the House Foreign Af- tests In, which a .25-calibre automatic j aSnof ?
thonty of the Bolsheviki, has sur- fairs committee, announced that !Pistol fired at a distance of six inches nUj an mcreasof,,
' rfinrlRrprt . , ..-x-.j..-- ... t nr Ioqc into nnnpr hlnttAra farpH Ttrith M2U Per Cent, in . me Salaries OI llgnt-.
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unusually dramatic delivery and as he turned down the last
Pflg? of his manuscript and bowed slightly, the entire as-jj 7or such action
semor,ae rose ancj tjie tumult lasted a half minute.
general belief is he will not and Con- i4
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gress will tonow nis aesires. oenti
A Battle Expected.
Petrograd, Dec. 4. A battle be- 4'
call the 4a switch of hair, the result being no;
keepers
give them -a
lie
pockot
President smiled, tucking his glasses in his vest
is widespread
however, and war resolutions may he
' introduced by various members
4 tween detachments from the Pet- 4
. v liuju nuiuiiun uiuium, -" . inension after serviPfi of .-to vpara
4 . ... si ; uu. ! nnwflr mnrVs on th hlotter or ritia 1 P"Biu" . auci tsvi viwe ui du years.
rlA U IjTi IT UirO f f ITTI III II I I-1M I IIVMI ll ' ' ui v A WUN' Mwwv V & wunvi , m
dieted the resolution ought to 4, Counsel for Gaston B. Means, on
rograd garrison commanded by both Houses 0f Congtess by trial . here chafed with the mur,
4 Ensien Krvlenko and Cossacks. 4 . t.. j , ivt a '
- wjf JCinuay IllKXll. ' - uci ui iuio. mauuc xi. xwu.,
is rpnortfirt TmnenniTip- at Vitphslr. .
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f'r the Congress:
have elapsed since I
honor of addressing you.
;"fn months crowded with
u'lonsn and grave signifi
T shall not undertake
' ' on to summarize those
inactical particulars of
liavf pjayed in them will
" on in the reports of
(i apartments. I shall
''.!' present outlook upon
rl ; rt mi-.- nroaOTi- rllltipci
is reported impending at ViteDSk. sf Tv,Q cjoto -nrill he rpaHv to were relvinc tndav on testis
I Congress awaits the President s suul-j According to a telegram from Kry-4', pass a resolution next Friday 4 mony of half a dozen North Carolina
icians to convince- tne jury 01 tne
of the State's, claim that -the
roiilrl not have hfilri in her
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again and with a very grave -scrutiny, exchanging views today, declared tnat. a circumstantial, report is be- v ablv will drafted at the State hand the pistol which killed- her near
our objectives and the measures tw legislation would be connnea largely 4, mg circulated that General Korn- , Department. Some debate, but 4 here last Augusts The six physicians,
which we mean to attain them; for T.TJtZ tyoh wno appeared ipr aeiense,-'. uu:
' He steoped dovn from the rostrum and went out of ance m matter of legislation looking iy ienkos adjutant the Cossacks 4 4, decIaring war against Austria, physician
, . 1 1 .n j. . I to the prosecution of the war is tac-j4j have gathered on the flanks in 4 ij senator Martin, majority leader, falibility
Joer with cheers Still resounding. itly agreed and members everywhere,, the rear of Krylenko's forces. ,v anounced The resolution brob- 4 woman (
the purpose of discussion here in th'
fn the Senate, and Representative; revolt against the Kerensky gov- 4
place is action, and our action must itchin. House floor leader, both an-; ernment, escaped from
move -straight towards definite end3. 1 nounced, after an informal confer- iast night.
Our object is, of course, to win th j e yesterday, that there would be .
war; and we shall not slacken or suf-: little time for other than war prob-; 4-' 4. 4. v 4 4
fer ourselves to be diverted until it is len t, 'but it was understood the first: ' -
won. Ut it is worm wuiie asKin wee S OI tne sessiuii uciuic luc uun-
and answering the question, when da'y ecess will be open to general
shall we consider the war won? ( legislation. - '
custody 4.
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From one Doint of view, it is not
necessary to broach this fundamental
matter. Tdo not doubt that the Am
erican people know what the war is
Al;
' ;' .'"mnte means of.accom
' " hjor, we shall hold al
' ' ;'". I shall not go back to
f-'i'H-.os of the war. The
!" 'vroners
!: ihe sinister masters of. their 'purpose in it
")''c loner since become too
" ' v'":;s and odious to every
"i;(an to need to be rehears-
- Railroads' Petition Denied.
(Special to The Dispatch.) '
Wash ngton. Dec. 4. The Interstate
about and what sort of an outcome Commerce Commission today denied
1:m. 1
n V 1 Athtr will regard as a realization ofjthe application 01 western ranroaus
nc.s done and planned they. vH regard as a the comomdity rates on iron
L i i nniHt and intention. I and steel irt -"rn'territory and from
nay little heed to those who tell me, points cr-,i r. tSa .Mississippi to the
otherwise. I hear the voices Of dis-'West, but allowed the filing of rates
sent'---who does not? ' I hear the criUj-psllghfly higher than those maintained
' - YContinuea oa rage a wo;. - jiiwcui. , &
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fied yesterday in contravention to
4 New York and Chicago experts who
4 previously had tohi the jury that it
j would have been a physical impossi-
bility for Mrs. King to haye shot her
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At opening of court the defense
4 : prepared to go- on 1 with its side of
the case, which was begun yesterday
men live isolated ' lives away '
from the pleasures of ordinary peo- -;. ;
pple and after working 30 years. ir&:::.
justly entitled to' a pension that will '
enable them to spend the rest of their . ;
Hves in comparative comfort," j said Si
Mr. Hood today. , .
(By Associated Press)
Petrograd,' Dec. 4.- General. 4 after the State unexpectedly; rested.
; 4-. Dukhonin, who took over the post A.t least one more "expert", was to
; : of commander-in-chief of the Rus-4 go on the stand for Means, but what
siah Armies, after the overthrow 4. other testimony would be brought in
, 4 of Premier Kerensky, was thrown his , favor was not announced in'Vad
' from a train and killed as the re- 4 .vance. " .
i-4 suit of lynch-law, after; Ensign The defepdant's :-; counsel also ,;'re-
Krylenko ; had captured Mohilof, mained . silent as to whether or not
I it was Officially, announced by the 4 he wouid take the stand. . . V
4 fense introduced Dr. J." v. Wallace,
j.
-urai present. v. ?.-'v.- -:; i- . t .-.mt i.
rperimental teets he bad observed) 'in y?t 1 i
rring a .j& cai.Dre automatic pistol . '
at paper blotters, and hair switches'-; , v
and declared that in his opinion a v' V v
person could self-inflict such a wound ;
as that which caused Mrs. s King's : ' -r
"death. . '" . fr-'- cl:' -
Dr. P. R. McFadgen, another . Conif' v'
cord physician, testified that; he be-; :
lieved possible, ' though not probable,i:
that Mr:?- King could have fired- the
shot that caused her death.' Dr. Mc-. '
Fadgen had i appeared as a State's; s V
wintess last" week. : ' r; '
Dr. ; McFadgen ; was the physician"" "
firsttb ; examine -Mrs. King's f body v
when it was brought to the Concord
hospital immediately . after the shoot-
ing. ,On direct examination.:, he V re-f ,; '
viewed his testimony at the corone's :.yr
inquest. ; This, followed eonsidemble ; A U
argument by - opposing counsel while i
the jury was i retired ,The witness- , :
had testified before .the. coroner, that,,' '.
he y believed, the fatal wound might
a ; local - physician; who described ' ex- have been self-inflicted
I ' a 1 1 ask' you to consider
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