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4ft Advertising me dium for Business Men. allslbiuiif y Everainig Post!: MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Local and General News at First Hand, Y01..-J.I. NO. l(i;t. SALISIU HY. XOKTH CAROLINA, I I KSDAY, Jl I V I7,1H7. PRICE TWO CENTS TO PERSONS KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK T NEAR HUNTERSVILLE EARLY IN THE DAY GREECE IN WAR 10 RUSSIANS CONTINUING THEIR CIPUT TP, nMIClJ' VIGOROUS OFFENSIVE AND OTHER I lull i iu union Southern Passenger Train No. 26 Running From Charlotte to Winston-Salem Thrown Over An Embankment and the Fireman, Ernest Kistler, of Barber Junction and a Negro Pas senger Were Killed Outright Engineer Lanyoux, Dr. Adam Fisher, of Charlotte, and Walter Sloan, of Statesville Were AH Hurt, as Was Mail Clerk Choate- -Wreck Was Delib erately Planned and Executed It Is Thought. I RKM HM AN WILL TEACH AMERICAN AVIATORS. I 1 lie wreck morning llie' ig a force of There was a serious wreck on t lie Southern Railway early this morning at a point near lliinters ville on the road from liaYlotte to Winston-Salem. The accident occurred at .") o'clock this morn ing and resulted in the death of two persons and the injury of a liuinher of others. News reached the city today that the wreck had occurred and several officials of the Southern weni to the scene of the disaster. As soon as news was received this work ol asseml) special agents wn Ix'g'.m. this he- ing directed from the chief; agent 's office. Law Agents Vun cannon and J. L. Hatch, of Sal is-,' bury, with members of the local' force of special officers, went to, the scene from Salisbury in au-j toinobiles. Passing through the morning trains were special agents from Greensboro, these go-i ing to Charlotte, and the Char-,' lolte force was also called into; service and everything possible' is being done by the Soul hern to. get a clue to the guilty parties and the motive for wrecking train. An account of the trouble which came to the Post from Con cord early in the day was fol lows: Northbound passettgvtH- train running from Charlotte to Winston-Salem was wrecked one and three-quarter miles outside of Ihe town of Huntersville at .r o'clock this morning. The train was ov erturned and Ernest Kesler, of Barber Junction, and a negro passenger named Walker were killed, while .Enginees J. C. Lan- voux, Walter Sloan, of ville. find Dr. Adam r l.siier, 01 ,askPts and it is predicted that it Charlotte, were badly injured i will nat be long until glass will sub and taken to the hospital at Char-j stitute wood almost entirely in this lotte. i line. Mr. T. W. Summersett yester- The wreck was caused bv 1he"la' became interested in a company spreading of the tracks, thought t0 establish at Chattanooga, Tennes- ' ' coo ci n hnt Fr .. tha m a tint a nf lira rxF . V V j U i :i Ml, IU IIIHIIUJ U l. W U I 7 L I these glass caskets. He has been ex- '111 ' Husband Shoot at Man With HIn Wife in a Movie Show and While AltemptinK Kscape in Killed Wo man Attempt Suicide. Richmond, Va., July It'.. One man whs killed, iin enraged husband seri ously wounded and a panic created in the Odeon theatre this afternoon in a sensational shooting affair, Ihe re cult of a Syrian's attentions tovard another's wife. Albert Kaleel forfeited his life and Aleck Ktosh, was shot in the body. Mrs. Adair Ktosh, the woman in the case escaped uninjured. The woman i then threatened to commit suicide. ' Kaleel shot Etosh, the husband, , but a police officer who happened to 'avinu Company Awarded.be in the theatre, tired the bullet which killed Kaleel after the latter shot the wronged husband and was Premier AnnounrcN that the Country; Will Actively Participate Against ' Central Powers. I'n.ertainty in the world i a way to.liiy with HOLD SPECIAL MEETING Charlotte I the Contract to Pave Between Car j Line on South Main Street Fulton Street Question Again Brought I'p. , attempting to escape. j The board of aldermen held a brief: i called meeting at the city hall last ! ; nijrht with Mayor Woo.ls n presiding and Aldermen C'rowder, Kufty, Lud-! i wick, Norwood and Henderlite pres ; ent. Clerk Rainey, iCity Attorney! Vanderford and City Engineer Wt'bb were also present. j W. F. Kelsey, who has authority to sell lots in the colored cemetery west! of Livingstone College, appeared be fore the l oan! asking certain infor Washington, Juiy lt as t, (ircecc's status war .v.is cleared the leeeipl of official inl'oi mat iin (bit the (ircck uovevnnient not only has se .ered relations w ith all four of I lie central powers, but is actually in a state of war with t'-cm. Information has renche I the state department that the (ireek minister in Paris has n.itilied the l'ren.h gov ernmest (Jree.e considers herself a full belligerent ami will act accord ingly. He said it was not necessary io issue a formul declaration of war, as the government feels it is bound by the declarat'ons previ.msv issued at Saloniki by Premier Venizelos, who toi , with him to Atb.tn all the responsibilities and commitment of GROUPS READY TO SPRING TO ACTION Everything Appears to Be Running Smoothly With the Mili tary Machine But Governmental Affairs Are Again Ruffled Revolt in the German Reichstag Goes On Unchecked and New Chancellor Will Be Demanded to Accept Declaration of Peace Terms Before Given Support by BodyFour Ger man Vessels Captured by British Destroyers-. Important Success Won by French in Verdun Region. OPERATOR HELD ON E I M......1V gARON DC. LAGRANGE' j Huron de ia Grange, one of the best , 1 known French aviators, who has many Germans to his credit, has been given leave ef absence from the army to come to the United States to in struct American aviatois. GLASS CASKETS NOW THE LATEST l ocal Man Becomes Interested in a Company to Establish a Glass Cas ket Plant in Tennessee. d..,..u: 1 .1- c I .oumewiiog new ims maue us ap- "ilatCS- I r . . j (.u nhanp rtf o-lnsa Imrinl ) - - r - v.. .hi to have resulted after the spikes had been drawn and the wrecking of the train being a deliberate art. Wrecking crews arrived and by JO o'clock the track was cleared. TWO KILLED AND SEVERAL INJURED. (By Associated Press) Charlotte, July 17. Fireman Ernest Kistler. of Harber Junc tion, was killed and Engineer J. C. LnnyoAx. of this city, was bad ly injured by scalding, at Cald well station, fifteen miles from this city, when passenger train Xo. 26 running from Charlotte to Winston, was overturned, the en gine and three ears being hurled over an embankment at 5 o'clock Ibis morning. J. E. Walker, a negro passen ger, of Xew Orleans, was also killed. Dr. Adam Fisher, of this pity, and Walter Sloan, of Statesville. were seriously injured, and others of the firs't class coach were shak en and shocked so that medical aid was necessary. J. Choate, mail clerk on the train was so badly bruised that on the hip and leg that he was brought here to the hospital. Tt is thought that the train was deliberately wrecked. SPIKES DRAWN FROM FULL RAIL. Washington. July 1 .' .-r-uemov-al of eleven spikes by unknown persons caused the wrecking of Southern Railway passenger train Xo. 26 at Caldwell station. X. C. early today with a loss of two lives. Reports to Southern Railway her Stuart ere here say all spikes werA djawn f or a full rail length on the west side of the track. Speoial agents, are making an investigation, tmt there is no clue to identity of the wreckers. hibitiny a small size casket, a model, and thdse who have seen it do not see 'iy it would not soon take the I adjourned. place of wood in the manufacture of burial outfits. There are only two pieces, tre ;ody and the lid, and these are grooved and when the casket is closed are sealed with liquid glass, which becomes solidified and forms one solid glass casket, air tight. The glass used is three-quarters of an inch thick and it is said glass will preserve forever in the ground. The cas.kets are to be trimmed and lined the same as tlie wooden style. It is something new and in a way novel in burial outfits and those who have seen the model have formed a favor able impression of the glass casket. j mation as to the disposition of bur j ial sites in this cemeteiy. He also j stated that he had a sum of money j to be turned ove ito t!ie cemetery committee, this having been seured through the selling of burial sites. Bids were opened for paving be tween the car line on South Main street from Dr. West's earner to o point beyond Chestnut Hill cemetery, which street is now being paved, and this was awarded to the Charlotte paving company. This work is to be paid for by the PuMic Service 'Com pany tut the contract is let by the city and the work done under the supervision o the city engineer. This work will be completed within ten days after, having started. The question fj-hcation of the ear line on South Fulton street, from Harrison street, where it turns into Fulton to Mitchell avenue, came up again. There was a delegation of property owners living on that street prtsent. These were emphatic in I stating tiat unless the car line was to be movel in the center of the stieet they preferred that the street be not paved and left alone as at present. The board 'had previously voted to adopt a recommendation of the street committee that it be placed on the east side. However, after some little discussion, it was decided that as' three members of the board were absent, one being chairman -of the street committee, the matter be deferred until the next meeting. There being nothing further to ccme before the board the meeting the temporary Suloniki overnnient. , As a belligerent! Greece is exp.vte.l I to lose no time in mobilizing her war . ; resources and j lining effectively in the common allied operations in the ' Balkans. . The strength of the Venizelos army ' is placed at about (iO.OOO men, and j the remnant of the former reirular J I army, a hile not over .'10,(100 now, has I at times been mobilized to a total i i of 200,000 men anl is finable of ' reaching flOO.OOO, if munitions are j provided. i The regulars practically were de- i mobilized by the allies whiyi former ! King l.'on.Unntine held the organiza l tion as a thr?at to the allies' rear, but can quickly be called to the colors i again. While it is understood tie new KADICAL NEWSI'AI'EK.S. r.vc George E. Tompkins, Jr., of Philadel phia, Held in Connection With Mysterious Death and Shooting of Man, Wife and Son, Near Johns town, l'a. JohnstoAn, Pa., July Hi. George K. Tump'uns, Jr., a Philadelphia coal operator, arrested in connection with the mysterious deaths by shooting of government has not yet mobilized this Edward Humphries, his wife and son army thp 0assi.s of me and 19,7, yesterday m an automobile on a coun-, pi.eviouslv prevented ty the allies try road near here, was formally from Mng called out, were called to charged witn jnurder before a juc- j the coiors about two wce,9 aK0. tice of the peace today, and is locked ,A Greek mjgSjori mttv ,e sent to up in the Cambria county jail. 1 the Unitei) .states, not onlv to negoti- The charge' was made by a county , ate for guppieg for thig armv, hilt detective, and Tompkins immediately j alj0 ta gent Greece's situation as declared his innocence. Tompkins, on j to the eneral world reconstruction his way to jail, declared tha the had nfter the war por tne p,Csent it is forgotten a few details in the state-! probable Greece will be munitioned by ment he made yesterday and he was tne ajeg. - given opportunity to make another! jt is understood here that while statement in secret, the purport of , some pro-German anti-war spirit re which th suthorities refuse to dis-. n1ajns jn Greece a great majority of cl08- ; the people are happy that a flat de- A letter in the hands of the detec-, cj,,jon nas at last been made and that tives is said to have a bearing on the j tno perjs am uncertainties that have case, but no statement will be, made , neset the nation's attempt to I e neu regarding it scontents. The letter is tral are ended. said to have been written by Tomp kins' ,wife. According to Tompkins, who was one of the automobile party, the three members of the Humphries family were held up and Bam1 ftf M W7 ill If v London, July 17. A Renter's dispatch from Ymuiden says four German ships were sunk by Brit ish destroyers in the North Sea, four were captured, three strand ed and three forced to return to Rotterdam. JnAXIrllL.AN iMRUtCl Maximilian Harden, whjse radical newspaper, Die Kukunft,,has enjoyed peculiar immunity while most other redical publications waru forbidden in CJermany has at last' tcen SuVnred. His newspaper' has ttien suppressed for the remaincder of thi wat.'and he has been compelled to jftin the auxil iary civil iwrvict; .whtje he must serfe us a rlerk. ARMY DRAWING PROBABLE FRIDAY OR SATURDAY. DEMONSTRATION IN RUSSIAN CAPITAL AVIATION BILL IS FAVORABLY REPORTED. (By Associated Press) Washington, July 17. Another speed record in considering the $fi 10,000,000 aviation program bill, passed last Saturday in the House in five hours, was made today when the Sen-ite military affairs committee at a 45 minute session unanimously or dered a favorable report without amendment. Tl (By Associated Press) Atl.nta, July IV. Representatives of Railways and civic bodies of the South and Southeast are here today for a conference to devise some plan of presenting to the war and navy de partment the advisibifity of using the ports of the Gulf and South-Atlantic waters in shipping men and supplies to Europe. Representative from a number of the port towns are present and the suggestion will be made that the ports in this portion f the country are available for the rtuo that the- ports of the East or congested. HENRY C BEATTIE DEAD. With onlv ten States to be heard shot by three from on the Oreanizatior. of local ex- mas-Ved highwaymen. iPosses scoured I emption boards and with the serial the countryside yesterday, but gave ', number list of registrants from all up Cie search wnen .nerirr Muinolien . except ti4! of the 4,5$!' exemption announced that statements made by Tompkins were at variance with facts brought out at the inquest, A WHISKEY CASE HEARD. Richmond, Va., July lfi. Henry C. Beattie, six-four years old, father of Henry C. Bettie, Jr., who paid the death penalty for murdering his young wife, died today in a local hospital. Mr. Beattie was a wealthy merchant and bank officer. hitricts on file in Washington Pro vost - Marshal General Crowder was hopeful that the preliminary stages would be completed In 48 hours. If no unexpected delay is encount ered it seems likely th drawinsr can John Kerr Fine $50 and Costs for j he held Friday or Saturday. A single Having More Than One Quart in ! district, however, can hold up action His Possession Affray Case of ! indefinitely. Last Week Also Tried. j In the county court this morning1 Two Demonstrations Made and hiring ' Was the Result, a Demon titration Was Made Against the Government -Rifles and Machine (runs Used. Petrograd, July 17. two demon- j stratioris against the government re sulted in the firing of a number of shots in the Vensky Prospckt at mid night last night as a result of which a number have been killed. The firing apparently resulted from stray shots which brought on n pan ic which brought firing from rifles and machine guns which were the fac tion turned on each other. Quite was soon restored. The demonstration was organized by the majority party The Sucessor of the Former Foreign Minister is Not Yet Selected Bern slorff Is Bein Urged by Some for the Place New Chancellor is Working on Program. By Associated Press) Copenhagen, July 17. The selec tion of a successor to the late Minis ter of foreign affairs, Dr. Zimme mann is still unsettled and pressure is being brought to bring about the ap pointment of Von Bernstorff, former minister to the United States. Chancellor Herr Michjeals is de- j scribed as working night and day on his program speech and the selection of new material for the new Prus sian imperial administration. The Tageblatt says that Herr Micheals is reticent to express him self on his political policy. The Reichstag is to be adjourned on Fri day until the first of September after the passage of the war budget which will go through almost unani- Berlin dispatches say that the ma jority block presents peace terms on Thursday and will demand from Chancellor that he accept them ma terially. Bernstorff Goes to Copenhagen. Paris, July 17. A Zurich dispitch to the PatiU Parisen says that Count Bernstorff has been appointed Ger man mister to Copenhagen in place of Borkirrff-Rantzau. The rain of this afternoon caused a Mr. John Kerr, a well known and ' cancellation ot the Silencer Metho- aged man, ,as given a hearing on a , fiist Sunday school picnic, which was ' of the Socia, Democrats charge of having more than one to haw been held at 5 o'clock in a ' quart of liquor in his possession andij,rove near the city limits. It wil1 be being for the purpose of sale." Offi- j n(,j later. cers searched the old restaurant 1 . building on East Council street, just 1 around the corner from Main, sev ! era! nights ago and found four quart and several pint bottles of whiskey, and this led to the indictment. Judge: Wright found the defendant guilty , and imposed a fine of $50 and costs! and suspended further judgment 18 months on good behavior, especially 1 Getting I'nder Way in Southern Sec- given and bond fixed at $100. An affray case between a negro man and a mere white boy in which the boy cut the negro in the htad with an axe resulted in the white boy being fined $10 and costs and tl.e ne gro $7.50 and costs. Another case against a jroung ne gro man and woman fir violation of a recent city ordinance resulted in each being taxed $5 and cut.-. WEATHER FORECAST SB PARK A V EN IE CHURCH NOTES. Large Delegation to Re Sent to Dis trict Conference at Albemarle To Apply fcr License to Preach. Park Avenue Methodist church will send a good delegation to the District Conference at Albemarle with a splen did report. Two young men will ap ply for license to preach. The dele gates are Rev. G. W. Vick, W. A. Smith, A. S. Morgan, F. I. Morgan, E. A. Rozzelle, E. W. Plyler, J. N. Moose, A. C. Tippett and W. A. Dea ton. Mr. D. M. Phillips and son, PeWitt, leave tonight for Baltimore where the later will enter Johns Hopkins Hos pital for treatment. FOUR GERMAN Local thunder showers tonight and Wednesday. tion of the County and Attracting No Little Attention. 0 Winston-tSalem, July 16. Mining operations of more than passing im portance are getting under way in the southern part of Davidson county, with several of the old mines being re-opened, new shafts contemplated and slag piles being prepared for re smelting. A Davidson correspondent learns that at one place a medium sized smelter .ill be put into opera tion at an early date. During the past six months scattering mining men have been attracted to Davidson on account of the unusual prices of certain metals and minerals, but in recent weeks they have come in com panies and battalions. Investigation, it i ssaid by several mining experts, has divulged the fact that there are very important deposits of silver, zinc, copper and a number of other metals and minerals in the lowlying ridge of eistern Davidson. Many of these properties have been abandon ed for years, because the old methods and difficulty i ntransporting the out put to railroads made it unprofitable. Vf mininir method And ffood roads have changed ths face of things and AH six made for the Dutch eeat Important announcements are expect-1 and two reached there in safety, but d to b made belors many days. J were bady damaged. The Admirty Announces the Cap ture of Four Ships While Two Though Damaged. Made Teir Es cspe Ships Taken in the North Sea: By Associated Press) London, July 17. The admirty an pounces the capture of four German steamers by British destroyers in the North Sea. Two other steamers with them at the time they were signaled were sighted (Ry Associated Press) The KuNNinn nniiieH 11 re contin uing their vigorous offensive iu Ktistern Galicin, iintl other gronpH ol the Kmpirf's vast forces np pnreiitly nre reml.v to spriujur into action at various jmintH along the 800-mile front. Everything appears to be. run ning Ninoothjy with the military machine, or at leant seems in for better shape than even tlio fVW iest forecast indicated. Meanwhile Russian governmen tal affairs, which have appeared to, bo going well for some time past, are again ruffled with cab inet disagreements. Four minis ters, including Financiul MiiiHter Shngearoff, has resigned because, be objected to the policy decided, upon by the other ministers re gjwding affairs in Ukraine, which, like Fintand, bus desires for an independent, governnwnt. "r"" '" A meeting of the Council of Ministers has been called to solve, the crisis and it is hoped the res ignations will be withdrawn. Coincident with these resigna tiins come reports of disorder in Petrograd, instigated by the rad ical eJement of the social demo cratic party in demands against the government. Rival parties in demonstrations appeared and fired on each other during a panic brought on by a few stray shots and a number were killed and wounded. Quiet was soon restored. Notwithstanding the change in the German Chancellorship aud before any declaration of policy has been made by the new occu pant of the post. Dr. Georg Mich aelis, the Reichstag's revolt against existing conditions ap pears to be going on unchecked. The majority are iu favor of peace declaration terms, it is de clared and will present their res olution Thursday, the day the new Chancellor is scheduled to speak, and they will demand that he accept the declaration in prin ciple before agreeing to co-operate with him. The early days of the war when German ships were being blown up on Southern seas by the Drit ish fleet were recalled today by the announcement from London of the capture of four German steamers by Hritish destroyers. The capture was effected in the North Sea. None of the quartette were large vessels, the averages being about 1,300 tons. They were accompanied by two other German steamers. All made for the shore when sighted and the two that finally reached the coast were damaged by gun fire. Important successes have been won by the French in the Verdun region. As a result of an attack last night all positions west of Hill 804. which remained in Ger man hands after the attack of June 29th and' 30th, were recov ered; German prisoners to a num ber not yet ascertained by the French commanders were taken.' In the Champagne the Germans made an attack last night in an'?, attempt to retake lost obsfrvnlinie' positions at the Peton heights. General Petain;' troops repelleI the assaulting fircea in iistirdor -Russian Evacuate Kalusz. Berlin-, via London, July 17. Rub- sian forees which rently cartored tho J (Continued on Ff -) .
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