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AMERICAN DESTROYERS GET SUBMARINES
PETROGRAD STILL A SCENE OF MUCH UNCERTAINTY AND DANGER
AMERICAN DESTROYERS SINK GERMAN
U-BOATS OFF THE FRENCH COAST
Navy Department Gives Out a Statement Which Indi
cates That While Two Merchantmen Were Lost in
the Encounter, the American Destroyers Succeeded in
Sinking About Five of the Enemy Boats Making the
Attack.
CADORNA'S GRE
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Sept. 11. A. fieri
can destroyers are believed to
have sunk hostile submarines off
the coast of France on the 5tli of
September, while convoying mer
chantmen! from the Uniitd
States. Two of the merchant
men were sunk, but no loss of i Austnans Are .Being Subjected
Meagre reportsj to Unrelentless Pressure But
BATTLE CONTINUES
life is reported.
on the incident giving a brier ac
count of the battle came from the
steamer Westwego, one of the
ships attacked by the subma
rines. The following is the stalement
given out by the navy depart
ment this morning:
The navy department has re
ceived a report from Paris which
stales that the steamer Westwe
go, on September Sth. reported
that while cruising with several
others -they were attacked by a
mass formation of six German
submarines off the cost of France
on the 5th of September, and as
a result two of the attacked
steamers were sunk and the de
stroyers probably sank five of
the submarines.
Are tJsing Fresh Troops.
SPENCER BOY SERIOUSLY
HURT BY JUMPING ON
A MOTOR TRUCK
THE GERMANS FORCED TO
ABANDON ASSAULT
Were Convoying Merchant Ships
Washington, Sept. 11. The navy
department's only information was
made public in a statement issued to
day. WhUe the statement does not
actually state the American destroy
ers were convoy ships that is believed
to be fact, as it was announced
recently that a policy of convoy fleets
fnr morrhnnts shins across the At
lantic had been adopted and since the K-Russo - Rumanian forces were
Weswego and other merchant craft
which were the object of submarine
attacks were bound for Europe it is
regarded more than probable the
American warships were guarding
merchant vessels on the way across.
American warships have all been
equipped with depth bombs for
fighting submarins. This weapon has
been highly perfected by American
experts and has proven very deadly.
If detailed reports bear out the
first dispatches they, will -signalize
the most notable action against sub
marines since the war began. In no
other case has such wholesale de
struction of U-boats been reported.
It also will mark a most striking vic
tory for American naval forces.
German Advance in the Riga Re
gion Is Definitely Halted, Ac
cording to Current Reports.
On the northern Russian front the
Russians are now offering strong op
position to the Germans, who are
endeavoring to press their advantage
farther eastward from the Riga-Di-vina
line. Thirty-two miles north
east of Riga, near Segevald, "a death
battalion" has even defeated the
Germans and forced them to retreat
to the south, while along the Burt
netsk line to the Pikoff railroad the
Russian rear .guards are giving
strong battle to the advanced Teuton
contingent.
In the Rumanian theater the Rus
sians and (Rumanians have again as
sumed the offensive, delivering re
peated attacks with large effectives
against Teutonic allied positions in
the Trotus and Oituz valleys. No de
tails of the fighting have come
through, except from Berlin, which
Colored Boy Also Has a Close Call
When Struck by an Automobile
Six Births in August and No Deaths ,
Other Items of News From the '
Busy Town.
(By A. W. Hicks.)
Spencer, Sept. 11. Edward Steele,
the bright eleven year old son of Capt.
ger and Mr. H. M. Steele, of Spen
cer, was seriously hurt late Monday
afternoon by jumping from a motor
truck near the passenger station. He
had been with other boys to the depot
to see the soldiers pass and on the
return was riding on the truck. For
some unknown reason he jumped from
the truck while making good speed
and his head hit the pavement. He
was picked up in an unconscious con
dition "nd hurried to a Salisbury hos
pital v, .iere he is improving nicely and
it is said will recover.
Tom McCluney, colored, aged about
15 years, had a close call for hi?
life early today when he was struck
by an automobile driven by W. J.
Hatley, of East Spencer, near the Y.
M.-C. A. on Salisbury avenue. It is
said the boy jumped from a wagon
and ran in front of the machine just
as it atempted to pass the wagon. He
was knocked down, a bad gash cut in
hi head, and was later picked up and
rushed to a hospital for. treatment.
Thurman Holt, aged six years, son
of Engineer fltld-Mr.'-." Ti Hott, of
Spencer, made an unexpected trip to
Lexington on No. 46 late Monday af
ternoon. When Mr. Thurman kept
his seat and was not missed until
after the train had left. He soon fell
into the hands of a family acquaint
ance on the train and was returned to
his mother that night being brought
back from Lexington by automobile.
Keeper of vital statistics E. S.
Blackwell reports that there were six
births in Spencer in August, all
KERENSKY REPORTED KILLED
London, Sept. U.-The Swedish Aston Bladet,
says a correspondent at Copenhagen of the Ex
change Telegraph Company, publishes a rumor,
eminating from persons arriving at the Danish cap
ital from Petrograd, that Premier Kerensky has
been killed by a member of the Bolshivikl. The
rumor was not confirmed.
RUSSIA STRUGGLING BETWEEN
KERENSKY AND KORNILOFF
THE KING CASE
Awaiting Developments Now Case j
is Lacking in Interest Brothers of
the Dead Woman Are Said to be
Making For Concord to Investigate j
the Matter Fully.
Concord reports awaiting policy I
in the case of the mysterious death of '
Mrs. Maude King, which has been so j
prominently discussed in the news
papers for the past week. The de
velopments seem to be waiting for
the arrival of the twe brothers of
Mis. King, who are reported to be
en route to Concord from Chicago. It
is said these brothers are going
to Concord from Chicago after a visit
to New York in the interest of the
ANOTHER FEDERAL
JUDGE FOR DISTRICT
N
BAXTER CAIN MURDER
TRIAL SET FOR
Tl
Senator Overman's Kill I'aNsed the
I Senate Today and Three District
! Judges Will Be Given This District
New Englander Has Been Hold
ing Courts in the District
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Sept. 11. The ap
pointment of one additional Federal
circuit judge in North Carol ina was
authorized in a hill passed by the
Senate today.
Senator Overman, who is at home
Henry l ewis Submits to Murder in
Serond Degree for the Killing of
Harry Esterminjrer Cutting Case
Disposed of 'Perjury Case Taken
IV.
The September term of Rowan Su
perior court got down to real busi
ness immediately after the noon re
cess Monday, this following the
charge of Judge Cline to the ;rrand
jury. The murder case in which
Jlenry Lewis, colored, was indicted
for the killing of Harry Esterming
er, also colored, in a gambling game
in East Spencer last February, was
taken up. It will he remembered that
I eis escaped at once and was caught
several weeks ago at Pittsbu'g, Pa.,
No Clashes are Reported as
Yet, But the Two Forces are
Close TogetherAmbassa
dors are Holding Conferen
ces In Petrograd Kerensky
Believes That the Railways
Loyal Will Prevent Korniloff
Imposing His VVjlt On Rus
siaFormer President of
the Duma Goes Over
LornilorT.
to
(By Associated Press.)
Petrograd, Monday. A coun
cil of all the ambassadors in Pe
trograd,! including those of neu
tral countries, is being held this
evening to discuss the grave sit
uation in Russia. Following this
conference there was one attend-
and made a sensational dash for lib- l by the Lntente ambassadors.
tv by jumping from the window of . No Collisions Between Troops
matter, hoping to find something of , for a few davs, was leid the above
PAlrfLEZE TO FORM CABINET.
French Minister of War Undertakes
the Task of Getting Together a
New Ministry Now Holding Con
ferences (By Associated Press.)
Paris, Sept. ll.Paul Painleze, min
ister of war, who last night accepted
the task of forming a new ministry,
immediately began to hold conferenc
es with party representatives and the
prevailing impression in political cir
cles is that he will succeed in forming
a cabinet.
Delegates to the Socilist party were
to meet with Painleze today to son
sider the possibility of the Socialists
haveing several representatives in
new cabinet.
HUTS TO HOUSE TROOPS.
Big Order Placed With Swiss Con
tractor to Build Houses for Amer
ican Troops in France.
(By Associated Press.)
Berne, Switzerland, Sept 11.
American military authorities in
France have placed through a Swiss
contracting association an order for
a mililion franca worth of wooden
huts to House the American troop
asserts tnat the combatants met in
hand to hand encounters aad that the i white, and that there were no deaths
r. . m ' , .1 . 1
re-louring tne montn.
mi ri 1 i T- 1
ine spencer cnapier oi neu iross
will meet Friday night at tlfb school
auditorium and all members and in-
pulsed.
Around Monte San Gabriele Gen
eral Cadorna continues to hammer
away at the Austrian positions, with
the enemy vigorously defending
themselves. No claims to further
progress on this ector are made by
the Italian official communication,
but it is announced hat attempts -by
the Austrians to lessen the intensity
of the Italian offensive have been re
pulsed. To the south of the Carso
plateau, the artillery duel is still of
great proportions.
NorteftsJ of Verdun the French
troops have consolidated the positions
taken from the German crown prince
in the Fosses and Courieres woods in
the fighting of Saturday night and
Sunday, and the Germans, doubtless
because of their enormous losses,
have ceased'for the time being their
violent counter-attacks.
Russians Begin Offensive.
Berlin by way of London, Sept. 11.
Russian forces have begun ai of
fensive against the Austrian and Ger
mans southeast of the Austrian
crown lands of Bukowina. The Ger
man general staff reports that the
Russians have obtained onjy local
advantage near Solka.
Battle Fleet to Back Government.
London, Sept. 11. (British Admi
ralty per Wireless Press.) A Rus
sian message receivd here this after
noon and signed by the Russian prime
minister states that the entire Baltic
fleet, together with theegeneral staff
officers, has unanimously placed" it
self on the side of the provisional
government.
McAdoo Before Senate Committee.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Sept. lit Secretary
McAdoo appeared today before the
senate finance committee to explain
the $11,500,000,000 war credit bill re
cently passed by the house unani
mously, its consiaeraiion was ue-
gun by tlte senate committee which
plans to report the measure in a week
nun ui mv( - "i
action.
To Throttle Seditious Press.
Washington, Sept 11. The raid
n the Philadelphia Tageblat by Fed
agents is regarded here as the
tjfot step in the government's cam
paign to summarily throttle seditious
press utterances.
A Texas County Goes Dry.
(By Associated Press.)
Dallas, Texas, Sept 11 In the
local option election in Dallas coun
ty yesterday the "dry carried the
1 election by a majority of 1,952.
interest. Nothing new is reported
the past few days certainly rothing
that would throw further light on
th case and lead to the establishment
of any facts.
The Second Will Which Is of Interest
Chicago, Sunday. William Miller,
counsel of the Northern Trust Com
pany, declared today that the sec
ond will" of James C. King, which
Gaston B. Means says he discovered
eleven years after his death and
which he brought to Chicago care
fully encased in a brass tube, is a
foreerv. Mr. Means guarded this
dispatch, received this afternoon by
the Post, and he stated that the above
was hit bjll and that it was reports;!
by the commit tea bst week.
In explaining his reasons for intro
ducing the hill Senator Overman stat
ed tnat practicnlly all other Federal
circuit districts in the United States
had from three to six judges, while
this district, composed of Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina, W.
Virginia and Maryland had only two,
these being Judge Pritchard "f North
Carolina and Judge Moore ofSouth
Carolina. The work in this district
second will with care and while here has required more than two and Judge
had it encased in glass, as further Knapp of the New England' States
protection. It is a brief document of District has been sitting in thiB dis
about one hundred and fiftey words, trict at times, and Mr. Overman was
I 1 nUAAi- nonn. n A nil. ' 1 . 1 , i .
desirous oi naving a man resiueni oi
on a single sheet of paper, and pur
ports to give to Mrs. King all the
estate. Mr. Means told the bank of
ficials here ,it is said, that he was to
receive a large fee if he succeeded in
establishing this will.
P. C. Mcduffie, an Atlanta attor
ney, who represents Mrs. Robinson,
mother of Mrs. King, is expected to
arrive in Concord, N. C, tomorrow
and start an investigation of the
death of Mrs. King and demand an
accounting of Mr. Means. Word from
Concord tonight says there is possi
bility of a clash between the friends
of Mrs. Means, who are powerful in
Buncombe county and around Ashe
villo. and neonle who believ Mrs.
tcrested citizens are urged to take
part in the work.
Rev. Luther Martin is to occupy
the pulpit of East Spencer Methodist
church next Sunday morning.
Mrs. Daniel Lane, of New Bern,
was severely hurt by falling on a
railroad track asvshe was alighting
frm a passnger train at the Spencer
station Saturday night. She stum
bled over an obstruction and fell on
a rail, her hip being painfu'ly hurt
in the fall. She has since been con
fined to her bed. Mr. Lane came to
Spencer with Mrs. Lane and he has King was murdered,
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alU UVtril luillllicu lu ilia ucu ttivi.
grip since reaching here.
Rev C. K. Deal, a returned mission
ary from Korea, will address the
Spencer Methodist congregation next
Sunday morning in the school audi
torium, giving a discourse on mis
sion work in Korea. Rev. Mr. Deal
is a native North Carolinian and has
been in Korea for the past seven
years. With his family, a wife and
two bright little girls born in Korea,
he is now spending a vacation in
Spncer with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
E. P. Deal.
Secretary Wilson Indisposed.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Sept. 11. Secretary
Wilson, recovering from a severe at
tack of ptomaine poisoning, has been
kept from his desk for a week.
AMEICAN LAD
F
LIES OVER VERDUN
American Colors Presented by Red
Prnaa Worker Now Waves Over
The Ruined City Hall of French
City of Verdun.
, (By Associated Press.)
Paris Sept 1L The American flag
new waves over the city of Verdun
The flag, which is the gift of a prom
inent Red Cross worker to the city,
now floats over the ruins of thecivy
nalL after a ceremony which was at-
" . . . . mr 1
tended ty prominent oniciai.
Chica-ro papers are publishing sto
ries said to be credited to the detec
tives who investigated the case, that
Mrs. King, in 1913, when she was
abroad with her sister, Mrs. M. C.
Melvin, of New York, was pursued
WEATHER FORECAST
4S
Continued cool tonight and Wednesday.
Rise In Temperature Promised.
Washington, Sept 11. The pres
ent cold spell extends from the Mis
sissippi eastward to the Atlantic
coast and south as far as Virginia,
but it is xpected to moderate by Wed
nesday, when the bureau predicts a
eenerai rise In temperature will be
felt.
There was a general frost this
morning from the upper Mississip
pi valley eastward to the New En
gland sUtes and as far south os the
district of Columbia and Northern
Virginia.
the district appointed to this position.
by international swindlers, who drove
her from Monte Carlo to London and
followed her to America in an effort
to obtain her fortune.
Attention also was drawn in the
papers here to a damage action by
Mr. Means against the Pullman com
pany, a few years ago, in which he
asked $75,000, but compromised for
a much smaller amount. He was
riding in an upper berth from De
troit to Chicago and asserted that a
wire holding the berth broke, hurl
ing him with great violence to the
cement floor of the sleeper. Based
on this claim he collected damages
from some accident insurance com
panies. Hirvts were made today that an
other wealthy widow has become
alarmed since the killing of Mrs.
King and has been travelling about,
seeking an interview with Mr. Means,
but has been unSble to see him. It
is said she arrived here the day aft
er Mrs. King's body was placed in
a vault, but Mr. Means had left.
Gratuitous Slander of This State,
Says Bickett.
Raleigh, Sept. 10. Replying to a
New York paper which telegraphed
him that it had been intimated poli
tics would hinder a proper investiga
tion into the circumstances surround
ing the mysterious killing of Mrs.
Maude King, wealthy New York and
Chicago widow, which occurred near
Concord", N. C, on August 29, Gov
ernor T. W. Bickett has forwarded
the following message:
"Have iiust read yosr telegram of
September 8 relative to investigation
of death of Mrs. King in Concord.
Immediately after hearing from the
authorities in Chicago regarding post
mortem examination of the body of
Mrs. King, the attrney general of
the state instructed the solicitor of
the district, who is the prosecuting
officer, to make a thorough investi
gation of the affair. The solicitor
immediately went to theescen of the
death of Mrs. King and is personally
conducting the investigation! Any
intimation that the courts of this
state will permit politics to influence
them in the performance of their
duty is a gratuitous slander of North
Carolina." '
j fast moving train, but was appre
hended and brought on to Salisbury
hv Sieriff Krider and Deputy Nasht
Solicitor Clement stated before the
trial began that he Would not usk for
a verdict of murder In the first degrte
but would contend for
serond degree murder-
Yet Reporter!.
Petrograd, Tuesday. No re
port of clashes between the
troops' of the government and
those of General Korniloff, now
. . i i r-i j ! - .a.
a verdict of . coming inward x rirograu, is yei
I received. It is officially report
The evidence was all introduced, ed that a portion of the troops of
both for the defendant andthe State, ! the rival factions met near Luga
Monday afternoon and argument was ' mj communicated with eaon oth
to begin this inornl but the ttors w. fc exchange of hos-4
" ... . I I s tW 'c Hrtf a nhwi Aif-a Ifl emm.il ff- sv Km
ond degree. Sentence will be pro
nounced Thursday. '
This morning the case in which
W. H. Welsh, a young white man,,
whose home is in Gastonia, was in
dicted for an assault with a deadly
weapon on Archie Shuman some
weeks ago in a restauvont in an al
ley in this city camw up. .It will be
remembered thBt Sfhuman's neck
was badly cut up and that he had. a
close call. His part of the affray
was settled in the county court
Baxter Sheets was also drawn into
the case. The jury returned a ver
dict to the effect that Welsh was
"guilty of engaging in an affray and
that he was guilty of using a deadly
weapon in self-defenBe." This wss
somewhat of an unusual verdict and
Judge Cline was sure that he under
stood it thoroughly before having tt
recorded. The jury also found
Sheets guilty of simple assault. Sen
tence has not been passed in this
case, either as to Welsh or Sheats.
Juat before noon the perjury case
against Gaither Chllds, a negro wo
man and growing out of statements
made at a recent trial in the county i
court was called and was in prog
ress when adjournment was taken for
dinner.
The Baxter Cain case is set for this
afternoon. This is the one-legged ne
gro who is charged with the brutal
murder of Abell Harris at the street
car barns one night several weeks
ago.
DOLIM
COMING NEXT WEEK
Salisbury's Second Dollar Day is Set
For the 20th of September and
Business Men Are Preparing For a
Day of Splendid Values For Shop
pers iChalk it down in your hat, make
ready for the coming of Dollar Day
September 20th-be prepared to
trade with the Salisbury folks whd
invite yox to come to their place for
the bargains. Thursday of next
week, the 20th of the month is Dollar
Day in Salisbury and it will be a day
devoted to bargains for shoppers.
Plan to come to Salisbury that day
and make !t a day of dollar values.
In this time the average man wants
the dollar to buy as much of the es
sentials of life .is is possible, and
every little counts, so Dollar Day will
come as a intervention in these days
of hicrh nrices and souring figures.
Watch the Post for advertising toJ
count Let the columns of this pa
lter be vour guide, for the hustling
business men will surely use the Post .
to tell you of their values on the 20th. J
loft's detach meuts is said to be
advancing from Narva. Both
sides are still organized and are
appealing for support and help.
Premier Kerensky is reported
to have sent out wireless mess
ges to all railroad officials and to
railroad employees instructing
them to refuse to obey any orders
from General Korniloff. The
Premier is also in receipt of a
message from the Baltic fleet an
nouncing its loyal support' of tho
Kerensky government.
Tt is said that General Kaln
dines has sent a telegram to Ker
ensky to the effect that if he does
not accept the demands of Gen
eral Korniloff he will cut the
Moscow railway, thus isolating
Petrograd. A division of Gener
al Korniloff army is said to have
occupied Writze, 54 miles from
Petrograd. "
Another Leader Joins Korniloff.
Petrograd. Tuesday. Tt is said
that General Guchkoff, the Octo
berjsts leader, who formerly oc
cupied the position of president
of the Puma, has gone over to
the Russian headauarters in the
command of Korniloff.
Tn a conference with the Pre
mier today the leaders of the
Petrograd council of defense ex
pressed their belief that their
trump card was the fact that the
employes of the railways aro
with them and that the orders
from Korniloff to them will bo
disobeyed,' thus resulting in a
strike of the men. and depriving '
Korniloff of any means of vim-.
posing his will on Russia.
Troops Ordered to Besiege ?etro
. grad. '" "',
Petrograd, Sept. 11. General
ICoroiloff has ordered his troops
to detrain t Dno and march' on
and besiege the city of Petro
grad. Government infantry is
still moving out of the capital to :
oppose General Korniloff's
forces. ' T
General Denkifle, eommandef .
of the Russian armies on -the
southwest front, has telegraphed ;
to Pretuer Kerensky that he-in.
tends to support , General JCornl-
Korniloff Supporter aas Mt -
Petrograd, Sept 11 Accord
ing to reports from the Winter .
Palace where the government '
council is in session this after- ,
noon a considerable force of sup--
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