the Morning star, Wilmington, n. c, Saturday, September 22,'i 9 rr
TWO
L'FOLLEITES SPEECH
EARLE NEVILLE WILL
BE TRIED OCTOBER 8
ALEXIEFF STEPS OUT
AND TCHEREMISOFF IN
New Russian Chief of Staff Highly
Democratic Immediate Motive for
Change Not Known.
MAY GET HIM IN BAD
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Jfegro Taken to the Penitentiary
for Safe Keeping
IGoTernor Gratified That Mob by Sober
Second Thougrnt, Saved State From
, Disgrace State Gaard
1 Planned. i
(Special Star Telegram.)
Raleigh,N C, Sep. 21. October
StVtbeVai-liesVVate on' which it could
be vrSieTed o convent, is- the date
nam by Governor BiBtett for a spe
cial term bfWake Superior Court for
the trial of Earl Neville, the assailant
of Mrs. F. S. Celie. Judge George W.
Connor, of Wilson, will be the trial
judge.
This order for the court is made by
Gov. Bickett in accordance with his
pledge to the crowd of determined men
who stormed Wake jail last night bent
on getting hold of the negro . and
lynching him. Neville was conveyed to
'the penitentiary this morning for safe
keeping. Saved State From Disgrace.
In a -statement this afternoon '- Gov.
Bickett said the demonstration by the
crowd in the early morning was the
natural outcome of reading the acT
counts of the dastardly crime as they
appeared in the newspapers, and by
which no means overstated the atrocity
of the crime, he was glad, he said, that
the men let sober second thought con
'trol, thereby averting possible blood
shed and disgrace to the community
and the state. He says he has no fear
now of any further resistance to the
orderly process of the law in adminis
tering the speediest possible justice to
the negro.
State Guard Planned.
The North Carolina Council of De
fease was in session today and re
ceived from Governor Bickett and Ad
jutant General Young a careful out
iline of plans for the immediate forma
tion of a State Guard throughout the
istate to take the place of the N. C.
(Rational Guard now in Federal service
tin preparation for service in France.
The military organization that Gov
pernor Bickett and the State Council of
IDefense proposeTto create at once is to
!be obtained through a selective draft
tinder the old North Carolina law that
empowers the Governor to draft citi
zens for emergency period service. The
Governor proposed to name a commit
'tee in each county to select the men
best equipped for the service to be
rendered men, he says, of mature
judgment and dependability under the
most trying circumstances. Some of the
smaller counties will have an organi
zation of, say, 25 men, and in the larger
centers the organizations will be com
posed of very many more men, organ;
ized under strictly military auspices
and the arms furnished by the Federal
Government.
The Council discussed at length and
approved a number of activities outlin
ed by Dr. D. H. Hill, as chairman, in-
eluding aid to the food administrator,
' selling second X.iberty Bonds, . aid" to
soldiers' families widows and orphans,
returning soldiers and numbers, of
other activities.
Here for the meeting were Mrs. Ri
ley, Charlotte; Geo. W. Watts, Dur
ham; R. N. Page, Aberdeen; F. L.
Seeley, Asheville; Gov, Bickett, Gen
eral Laurence Young, Dr. Hul, Col.
J. Bryan Grimes and W. S. Wilson, the
latter secretary.
BERNSTORFF 'S NAME IS
CONNECTED WITH PLOT
TO INFLUENCE CONGRESS
. (Continued From Page One.)
States broke relations with Germany
'because of their connection with bomb
plots, passport frauds, spying and oth
! er phases of the almost unlimited op
erations in this country of the German
secret service system.
So complete is the evidence of Ger
man diplomatic duplicity in the pos
session of the government is only con
jectural. It was intimated by govern
ment officials today that the series of
revelations is not nearly complete.
Official repudiation was given a sug
gestion that a diplomat now in Wash
ington is about to be placed under
the spotlight.
'ON TO BERLIN' THE
BLADEN MEN'S SLOGAN
(Continued from Page One.)
Ing the entire length of the coach an
inounced: "Eighteen thousand men, wo
men in children in Bladen county. Off
for France? No, on to Berlin."
The appearance of Dennis Daven
tport, of Tyrrell county, i nthe uniform
of a sailor with "U. S. S. Matchless"
on his cap arousetl the curiosity of the
mustering officer Davenport was in
the Coast Survey and was called before
hie local board. He made no claim for
exemption and said oh arrival that he
Is glad to be here.
They Travel Light.
The Tar Heels detrained with enthu
Biasm, rand as has been the case
throughput the movement, were in ex
ubernarit spirits. Most of them "trav
eled light,?' with little or no baggage.
One man brought his dog and declared
there would be "Hot dog" if supper
was slow and another had his violin.
A man from Nash county wore a long
duster and was the most comfortable
man ,in sight, when his train arrived
with dust sweeping around the muster
ing office from the sand hills nearby.
TWO MEN ARE KILLED WHEN
LOGGING TRAIN RUNS AWAY
Asheville, N; C, Sept. 21. W. C
Weir and James Clergy, construction
men, were killed, and Gordon Rogers
engineer; George Collett, fireman, and
Tom Jones, brakeman, were seriously
injured when a. logging train operated
by the Adrews Lumber Company, ran
away down the mountain this after
noon and overturned -an engine and
five cars of logs.
MRS. LANSING. TO AID IN
FIGHT AGAINST SUFFRAGE
Washington, Sept. 21. Mrs. Robert
Lansing, wife of the Secretary of State,
today accepted the office of secretary of
the National Association Opposed to
Woman Suffrage, which recently moved
Its headquarters from New York to
Washington. , ... -
Favor SO Cent Cotton.
DtiHaa, Texas, Sept. 21. The Texas
Farmers' Uniori, :in; session here, went
on record today as favoring a minimum
or 30 cents a, pound ror cotton during
to war. . -
Petrograd, Sept. 21. The resigna
tion of General Alexieff as chief of the
general staff has been followed by the
appointment in -his placeof M. Tchere
misoff, whose predilections are highly
democratic. The appointment of M.
Tcheremisoff is the signal for drastic
reforms, but the Immediate .motive for
a change in the incumbency of the post
is not publicly known.
One report is that General Alexieff
resigned in order to free the hands of
Premier Kerensky, with whom he con
sented to take the post on the condi
tion that the new cabinet would be a
coalition one and which condition Pre
mier Kerensky failed to bring about.
Another explanation is that General
Alexieff was not in agreement with the
premier regarding the lattr's plans for
a general reorganization, Kerensky
having insisted on the dismissal of all
higher officials guilty of even passive
support of General Kornlloff.
Premier Kerensky's policy will be
executed by the new war minister
Verkovsky, and the new chief of staff,
M. Tcheremisoff. The latter was for
a short time commander on the south
west front, from which post he was
dismissed as the result of the insist
ence o fGeneral Korniloff. After that
M. Tcheremisoff became popular in
democratic circles owing to his dec
laration that General Korniloff's plan
to re-establish discipline by repression
was inadequate.
BOTH AUSTRIA AND
GERMANY REPLY TO
VATICAN PROPOSAL
(Continued from Page One.)
tween the belligerents for an under
standing for simultaneous and reci
procal reduction of armaments on land
and sea and in the air, by which the
high seas, which rightfully belong to
all nations, will be opened equally to
the use of all, is supported by Emperor
Charles.
The Reply in Part.
The reply says:
"Holy Father: With due veneration
and deep emotion we take cognizance
of the new representations Your High
ness, in fulfillment of the holy office
entrusted to you by Ood, make to us
and the heads of the other belligerent
states with the noble intention of
leading the heavily tried nations to a
unity that will restore peace to them.
"With a cheerful heart we received
this fresh gift of fatherly oare which
you, Holy Father, always bestow on all
peoples without distinction. . . . Soon
after our accession to the throne it was
vouchsafed to us in common with our
allies to undertake a step which had
been considered and prepared by our
exalted predecessor, Francis Joseph, to
pave the way for a lasting and honor
able peace.
"We gave expression to this desire
in a speech from the throne delivered
at the opening of the Austrian reichs
rath, thereby showing that we are
striving after a peace that shall free
the future life of the nation from ran
cor and a thirst for revenge and that
shall secure them for generations to
come from the employment of armed
forces. ...
Conclusion Arrived At.
"Happy is the t thought that our de
sires from the first were directed to
ward the same object which Your Holi
ness today characterizes as one we
should strive for We have taken into
close consideration the concrete and
practical suggestions of Your Holiness
and have come to the following con
clusions: "With deed-rooted conviction we
agree to the leading ieea of Your Holi
ness that the future arrangement of
the world must be based on the elim
ination of . armed forces and on the
moral force of right and on the rule
of international justice and legality.
"We, too, are imbued with the hope
that a strengthening of the sense of
right would morally regenerate human
ity. We support therefore Your Holi
ness view that the negotiations be
tween the belligerents should and
could lead to an understanding by
which, with the creation of appropriate
guarantees, armaments on land and sea
and in the air might be reduced simul
taneously, reciprocally and gradually
to a fixed limit, and whereby the high
seas, which rightly belong to all the
nations of the earth, may be freed
from dominion or paramountcy and be
opened equally for the use of all.
Prepared for Negotiations.
"Fully conscious of the importance
of the promotion of peace on the meth
od proposed by Your Holiness, namely,
to submit International disputes to com
pulsory arbitration, we are also pre
pared to enter Into negotiations re
garding this proposal.
"If, as we most heartily desire, agree
ments should be arrived at between the
belligerents which would realize this
sublime ideal and thereby give security
to the Austro-Hungarian monarchy for
its unhampered future development, it
can not then be difficult to find a satis
factory solution of the other questions
which still remain to be settled be
tween the belligerents in a spirit of
justice and of a reasonable considera
tio nof the conditions for the existence
of both parties.
"If the nations of the earth were to
enter, with a desire for peace, into ne
gotiations with one another In the
sense of Your Holiness' proposals, then
peace coul dblossom forth from ahem.
The nations could attain complete free-;
dom of movement on the high seas,
heavy material burdens could be taken
from them and new sources of prosper
ity opened to them.
"Guided by a spirit of moderation and
conciliation, we see in the proposals of
Your Holiness a suitable basis for ini
tiating negotiations with a view to pre
paring a peace just to all and lasting.
and we earnestly hope our present
enemies may be animated by the same
ideas. In this spirit we beg that the
Almighty may bless the work of peace
begun by Your Holiness."
GEN. BLISS TO BE
CHIEF OF STAFF
(Continued from Page One.)
and battles with posses had been
fought, General Scott Journeyed
through the snow to the. Indian moun
tain stronghold, accompanied only by
an orderly, and induced the chief to
return with him and surrender.
The appointment of General Bliss to
head the staff does ,not forecast any
change in that body or its operations,
so far as known. -
General Bliss was appointed to West
Point from Pennsylvania, graduating
in 1871, and was a honor graduate of
the artillery school in the class ot
1884. His first assignment to the gen
eral staff was in 1908, and he is now
serving his third appointment to that
important body.
His Arrest Depends Upon Out
come of Official Inquiry
Tells Audience That America Had No
Grievance Against Germany
"You're Yellow," Shonts a Man
In the Crowd.'
St. Paul, Minn., Sept .21. Governor
Burnquist announced tonight that if
an official investigation of the alleged
disloyal statements made by Senator
LaFollette at the closing session of the
Non -Partisan league high cost of liv
ing conference here last night reveals
his remarks were seditious, the Min
nesota public safety commission, of
which the Governor is chairman, will
ask for the senator's arrest :
Senator LaFollette told a large au
dience that he was opposed to war,
that he thought Germany had been
rather rough with the "technical"
rights of American citizens, but tht
he did not think the exercise of these
technical rights in traveling on bellig
erent merchant men laden with muni
tions, was worth going to war about.
The delegates to the conference,
mainly farmers, frequently interrupt
ed his e-peech with applause. There
were a few in the gathering, however,
who did not approve of the senti
ments expressed by the speaker.
When the Senator sought to defend
the sinking of the Lusitania, there
came cries of "you're yellow." Instant
ly there was confusion, but above the
uproar, the Senator shouted: "Any
man who says' that in an audience like
this is yellow himself."
"A passenger on a foreign ship car
rying munitions is technically in for
eign territory." a1d Senator LaFol
lette, when he could make himself
heard. "The citizen who enters such
a ship takes his life in his own hands.
I believe that the American munition
makers encouraged Americans to ride
on such ships to give them semblance
of protection. I was not in favor of
beginning this war. We had no griev
ance. Ths German government had
interfered with our rights to travel on
the high seas' as passengers on mu
nition ships of Great Britain. On
these grievances, which were Insig
nificant, considering the rights ad
oon sequences ivolved, we want to
war.
MEDICAL AND PISTOL
EXPERTS TO CONCORD
Assistant District Attorney Dooling
Leaves With Documents "Vnlu-
able In King Case
New York, Sept. 21. With ' thTee
trunks of documents found here and
accompanied by Dr. Otto Schultze, the
district attorney's medical expert, and
j Detective Jones, picptol expert of the
police department, Assistant District
Attorney Dooling left today for Con
cord, N. C to co-operate with the
authorities there in investigating the
mysterious shooting at Concord on
August 29 of Mrs. Maude A. King. A
telegram was (received by the district
attorney from Hayden Clement, state's
attorney there, asking that the most
pertinent documentary evidence be
sent with Dooling. The documents
were for the most part found in the
apartments here of Gaston B. Means,
Mrs. King's business adviser.
Concord, N. C, Sept. 21. It was
announced tonight that Illinois fed
eral officials will confer here tomor
row with local, state end federal au
thorities in conection with the inves
tigation next week of the death of
Mrs. Maude A. King, ehot and killed
near here August 29. There was no
developments in the case here to
day. PLANS FOR THE BANKHEAD
PATHFIIfDING TOUR. ANNOUNCED
Will Make Survey- of Proposed High
way Early in November.
Washington, Sept. 21. Pl,ans for the
pathflnding tour over the Bankhead
highway between Washington and At
lanta about November 1, were an
nounced here tonight by J. A. Roun
tree, secretary of the Bankhead Na
tional Highway Association. The start
will be made from the capitol steps and
a number of congressmen have been
invited to make the trip, the exact
date for which will be announced
later. v
The route taken will be through
Fredericksburg, Richmond, Petersburg,
and Clarksvilje, Va. ; Henderson, Ral
eigh, Durham, Burlington, Greensboro
and Charlotte, N. C. ; Spartanburg,
Greenville and Anderson, S. C and
Hartwell and Winder, Ga., and into
Atlanta. The tourists will then return
by this route as far as Greensboro, and
from there traverse the Shenandoah
Valley route through Lynchburg and
Danville and up througn the Valley of
Virginia. Stops will be made at all the
towns mentioned.
The highway running from Washing
ton to Los Angeles already hks been
gone over between Atlanta ana Mem
phis. Senators Bankhead, Martin,
Overman, Smith of. South Carolina and
Smith of Georgia are among the con
gressmen invited to accompany the
pathfinders. -
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TRANSMISSION OF MESSAGES
TO V. S. IN CODE STOPPED
Copenhagen, Sept. 21. The Frank
furter Zeitung says that the Swedish
embassy, which has taken over the af
fairs of the American embassy at Con
stantinople has been ordered to cease
the transmission of clpner messages to
America.
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Part of a complete program of
physical, social, educational and
religious activities for boys.
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BRITISH CAPTURED 3,000
PRISONERS ON THURSDAY
London, Spt. 21. The number of
German prisoners taken by the Brit
ish in yesterday's fighting on the Bel
gian front now exceeds 3,000, accord
ing to the British war office statement
tonight. The British yesterday re
pulsed several strong counter attacks,
inflicting exceptionally heavy losses.
Chiropractic News
A large percentage of deaths In
this country is premature. A large
percentage of sickness is preventa
ble hy proper preverotiv measures.
A periodical Chiropractic examina
tion of the spine would tend to re
duce the death rate and to lessen
sickness. Manufacturers have found
it advantageous o examine machin
ery periodically to detect defects,
instead of waiting for an explosion
or a breakdown before applying
the proper adjustments.
Why should not the same .princi
ple be applied to the human ma
chine? Consultation and Analysis Free
(Continued tomorrow)
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(Licensed Doctor of Chiropractic)
Office Hoarit
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ALL MY TROUBLES
Said a business man who had just come to his own in a
financial way, "Have been due to the fact that I didn't com
mence early enough to save money. Opportunities have slip
ped through my fingers for lack of money ; my progress has
been retarded because I was so long learning the 'alue of a
dollar. I could have been independent years ago had I been
a money saver in my youth."
Does that suggest anything to you ? .
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subscribers of the Liberty Loan Bonds.
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