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p-nwn Pwce Leopold is Forging AheadIn the South
Macnsen is pressing luwaras rmsK un uiner
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in Rome, where it is said the next meeting of the Itaiian
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ONE U. S, TROOPER
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Special to The News. '
Durham, Sept. 13. Reports this af
ternoon from physicians attending
Benjamin N: Duke, who suffered a
nervous collapse while attending (the
funeral of a relative yesterday, were
that Mr. Duke's condition was not
serious. ..
Mr. Duke has not been in the best
of health for some months past.
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A-inro-Genrsn armies on the eastern
ro". s'il1- striving for de unite results,
-e"r3k:r.z progress everywhere ex
ce?ralon? Vnet Galician frontier,
E- Associated Press.
innrtcn. Sept. 13. Acting under
i--rucion from the white house
KentH of me department
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i tsy Associated rrcss.
j Brownsville, Tex., Sept. 13. One
!' United States trooper was killed and
two others wounded, one probably fa
tally, early today when a gang of Mex
ican bandits attacked the American
patrol of seven men at an irrigation
pumping plant several miles up the
river from this point.
I The soldier killed was Private Kraft,
I who received a wound through the
head. Private Fordney was shot
through the back and is expected to
die. Private Walsh also was wounded
but his condition is not considered se
rious. The firing was hear?;by near detach
ments, who located it at the pumping
plant on the Los Indios project. As
sistance which was rushed to the be
leaguered men came too late to pre
vent the casualties. The squad of
troopers was fired upon from the
darkness by a gang estimated at 40
in number. It is thought the bandits
have crossed into Mexico.
The men were from troop C,
Twelfth Cavalry, and were in charge
of a non-commissioned officer.
Immediately upon receipt of a re
port of the fight, Col. A. P. Blocksom,
commanding at Fort Brown, left for
the scene.
The arrest of two Mexicans hy Gen
eral E.- P. Nafarrate, commanding at
Matamoros, has been requested by
Colonel Blocksom, on the charge that
they were ringleaders in troubles late
ly caused on the lower Rio Grande.
While they have been reported as
leading gangs, it is not known whether
they participated in the fight today.
j Before leaving for Los Indios Colo
Inel Blocksom issued orders doubling
ithe United States army guard, both
I at the international ferry and the in
more than $2,000 and TffiplTslSment j ternational bridge here, lest a renew
of not more than three years for its i al of the border warfare should oc
violation. I cur.
! statement mentioning only artillery actions.
.s fr-m various quarters oestnor conaiuons in uonsxantinopie
ri:Cci-w - t , x u n a mil 4! u : I - .n
,uact w'th mucn sunermg etmuna '-'-"-" nun, wmuc uiner reports
a!ii-, t-outf-! Athens, declrre that the position of the Turkish forces
CCThpaGa!!ipol! oenlnsula is precarious.
'sJi': reservists in Italy have been called to the colors, ad. ices
fnn R-"?e stjte.
' E5-d igain has been visited by German Zeppelins, the latest raid
'.jig" "gast coast, occurring last night. 'The raid was harmless to
u!. ifc and property, according to the British official account.
A Ger-nari 'attack north of the Souchez station was easily repulsed, to
ri ,.-s crercH ivar department statement says. Artillery activity, some of
tef a' violent mature, was in evidence intmany sectors.
Austro-Hugarian sentimen regarding the request of the United States
f r the recall Ambassador Dumba is divided, according to indications
B.,jjed by Vr;nna newspapers. -One section apparently is convinced that
ihe ambassador acted without orders from his government, while the other
Leonids h's cctirse.
j'r.e Bntisf: parliament, at its reassembling tomorrow, will take up
t,e pPOb!em of increasing the national income. It is expected the scope of
pa income tax will be considerably broadened. v
11:44 a. m. The 'where the Russians report a further
success.
In the north where the Russians'
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Department of Justice
Officials To Meet
James. F. Archibald
NQ DECISION
REACHED II
MIMIC CASE
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Armertians By j Turks Is
Reportti
PEOPLE FLEE-
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PROVINCE
There was no indication todav of i
of justice any further move by the government ;
u meet James F. J. Archibald, tne m the case of Captain Franz von Fa
American correspondent involved in pen, military attache of the German
tie case o: Dr. Di.imba, the Austrian i embassy, for whom Archibald also
ambassador, when he lands at New j carried a letter and, who was mention-To:!-
on the steamer Rotterdam from ed in Dr. Dumba's report as being con
"Hollani Archibald carried Dr. Dum- J nected with the strike plans,
ia's letter to the Vienna foreign of-! At the' German embassy it was said
fee disclosing plans to cause strikes no intimation has been received from
in American munitions plants. the state department that Captain von
Al! oScials here are maintaining J Papen was persona non grata but that
strictest silence regarding Archibald's j the embassy, of course, would accede
case, b'u it became known tod?,y that I to any request the United States might
United States Attorney Marshall at! make in his case. All that was asked
Ne York has been instructed by the jwas a safe conduct for the captain
cepartment of justice which takes the ; back to Germany. If the United
v.ew tsat there is ground for consider- j States decided that Captain von Pa
whether Archibald violated a fed- pen's connection with the Dumba case
! Question of whether he imade his presence in this country un-
T""' SE?;V the contents of the pa-! desirable, it would only be necessary,
:r;7r carriei Probably -will be a de--according to diplomatic procedure, to
c"r.ac.cr ln what action the gov-; indicate that view to Ambassador
urner.- ii;t;maely takes toward him. Bernstorff, his chief, and communica-
t aiiue on which the
. proceeding fixes
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BLDG. S. CHURCH
U.S.TIDE
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govern-
a fine of not
;tions between Washington and Berlin
; would be unnecessary.
Steamer Sanf Anna With
800
Italians Aboard
s Reported Burning At Sea
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v.i. "i ri ithere were no armc or
ast'inr.a'' V r' ' Tne steamship aboard.
a5:e Z . - on board
davs-" e I ATlantic three or passengers were carried in the first
A MreCt11 'ni Tbe nearest port, land second cabins. The crew hum-
f'ation'pr5:'""3?' 1hat reached the jbered about 100.
brn:?),. .1.. s-ar-'c- late last nia:ht '"Several of nur vessels have been
her plight. ! set on fire recently," said Howard E.
40.23 Jones of the firm of Tames E. Elwell,
"We have
The commercial development of
Third Ward, in the section under rich
development by the Latta-Duke inter
ests, is to be further augmented by
the erection of a three-story brick
building by Mr. A. D. Neal, the mer
chant tailor, 31 South Tryon.
Mr. Neal has bought a valuable lot
from Patterson & Glascock on South
Church street, part of the old Tim
mons property, immediately south of
Colonel Charles BradLhaw's home
place and will build thereon at once,
the building to be occupied by the
United States Tire Company for a
period, at least, of five years, they hav
ing taken a lease on the building for
that period of time.
The Timmons property the big va
cant on lot southwest corner Church
land Second streets was divided into
'three lots and sold in lots.
I Mr. Hamilton C. Jones bought the
j corner lot, and Patterson & Glascock
jthe two other lots. They sold the
; north lot next to Bradshaw's to Mr.
I Neal, the consideration being v-,500.
By Associated Press.
Washington, Sept. 13. Secretary
Lansing announced tcday after a con
ference with President Wilson that no
decision had yet been reached by the
United States on Germany's proposal
to arbitrate the Arabic case.
It was indicated in official quarters
that both Germany and the United
States agree that to arbitrate the
question of indemnity involves arbi
trating the justification and the facts-
Secretary Lansing, after his visit to
the president, returned to the state
department where at noon he met
Count von Bernstorff, the German am
bassador, who is trying to bring the
situation to a point where this govern
ment will agree to submit the question
to arbitration.
It was generally believed that be
fore the United States will enter into
formal negotiations on the Arabic
case in particular or any phase of the
general subject which might include
the sinking of the Lusitania, it will be
necessary first to confirm Germany's
assurances of the cessation of attack
by submarines on liners.
The declaration that the United
States would not discuss the Lusitania
case until it had been established
whether the sinking of the Arabic was
a justified act increases the import
ance of the decision on the Arabic
note.
The German Ambassador's confer
ence with Secretary Lansing lasted
just half an hour. At its conclusion,
as he left the state department he told
inquirers:
"I really cannot say anything about
what I said to the secretary nor about
what he said vto roe. That resets wtih
'Secretary Lapsing, I really cannot talk
you know."
The ambassador made it clar, how
ever, that the situation had not come
to an impasse. FrOm his manner some
of his inquirers inferred that his con
ference with the secretary forecast a
favorable outcome and that probably
arbitration might be agreed upon.
Secretary Lansing, like the Ambass
ador, refused to discuss his conference
in any way. When Count von Bern
storff iturned to the embassy he sent
a report to-his foreign office which
was believed to outline the evidence
Secretary Lansing had to show the
Arabic was torpedoed without warning
and to controvert the claim that she
was about to ram the submarine. It
wac understood that the "conference
developed no suggestion from either
side that the principles of submarine
warfare be included In a proposal for
arbitration. The inference, which offl
cials allowed to go out was that the
negotiations were, so far, proceeding
amicably and were awaising further
develooments between Washington
and Berlin.
By Associated Press. .
London, Sept. 13, noon-
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jation of the Turkish-Army and Government Said to be
Unsatisfactory-TPosition. of the Turkish Forces Defend
ing the Dardanelles is Said to be Precarious Armenians
Being Shipped to Concentration Camps in Box Cars and
Many Killed. ; ; ' :.
sale exodus of the people in . virtually Sept. 13, 11 a.! m. An-American citi
By - Associated Press.
Athens," Sunday, Sept. 12 via ...Paris,
all of the townships and villages of
the Russian province of Grodno is re
ported by the correspondent at Minsk
of Reuter's Telegram Company. The
people are fleeing afoot toward
Baranovichi, the junction' pOint; of the
railway leading to Vilna, Rovno, Brest
Litovsk and Minsk.
The refugees, numbering thousands,
are sleeping m the. woods , at night,
drenched by. the. cold rains. The au
thorities are doing their utmost, to re-
ieve distress.
By Associated Press.
Rome, Sejt. 12, via Paris, Sept. 13,
5:05 . a. m. In discussing the recent
visit of Cardinal Gibbons to President
Wilson, the newspaper Romao which
often is considered . to be inspired by
the Vatican; says there is no idea at
present of offering mediation to thp
belligerents but that the pope's object
is to influence public opinion in favor
of peace so that mediation may have
every chance of success when the cirr
cumstamces seem favorable. The pon
tiff is said-ta, realize that if he were to
propose intervention now there is no
possibility that his good offices .would
be accepted by the quadruple en
tente.
ammnnitinn i The lot sold Mr. Neal has frontage on
The Italians, gathered , from Church street of 25 feet and extends
corth: W?,.!!0'-11.1!1 Attitude
-Vin.il-- u WPSt. nr nhnilt aconto fvr tlio ViKro lino
Effort hv 0 Halifax. .had the vessels under the closest kind
io. t a o-iiciais of -the
tn --K-iiiis ut .me jraDre or watcn while m nort ana no uer-
obtain tvj.. SIfamer belongs, j mans or Austrians were permitted on
'aiH durn 'fe,r iRtcrmation had ithe pier. We examined every piece of
raTe ffars-erp J"a.rly paorning and'! freight offered as cargo to guard
e ssfot,. . v !,r: ertained herpi for ao-ainst hnmhs nnrl infprnfll -marhirip?!."
-fers. ' e Vtssel and her nas-s- ! It. was sairl tndav tnar the sailine
en?e
-antAnna
!. rZl9r S' she carried
rs. A.?n.s tan? largely of food-
ft her owners here
or the Sant Anna from this port was
delayed 24 hours to permit a thorqugh
search because the suspicions of her
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WEGIAN SKIP
By Associated Press.
London, Sept. 13, 12:15 p. m. An
attack with gun fire on a neutral ship
b- a German submarine is reported
in a dispatch from Christina to Ren
ter's Telegram Company. The sub
marine is said to have u-ed upon the
Norwegian ship Presto, with a cargo of
wood, last Friday. The crew was
saved.
DR. DUMBA PLANS
TO LEAVE.
By Associated Press. .
Lennox, Mass., Sept. 13. Dr. Con
stants Dumba, whose recall was re
quested by President Wilson, was
preparing today to leave his summer
home here within a very short time.
He has engaged a furniture packer to
prepare his personal effects for ship
ment and has also notified his chauf
feur that he would not require hi3
services after the end of tho week.
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advices from Constantinople, which he
says are trustworthy, that the situa
tion of the Turkish ; army and govern
ment is unfavorable. According to this
information, the position of the Turk
ish forces defending the Dardanelles
is precarious. . ... '
It is said the Turkish front; thinned
by. the heavy losses which the fighting
has entailed on both sides, is finding
it increasingly difficult ; to hold the
lines against the French and British.
Turkey's position at sea is described
as disadvantageous. The former Ger
man cruisers Goeben and Breslau, re
named the Sultan Selim and Medulla,
are said to have been incapacitated
while the Russian - fleet preys upon
Turkish shipping.
According to this information, Turk
ish affairs are under the control? of a
triumvirate with autocratic powers,
consisting of Enver Pasha, Minister of
War; Taalat Bey, Minister of the In
terior, and Bedri Bey, chief of police
of Constantinople. . Dissatisfaction
among the Moslems is reported, and
it is said Shiek Ul Islam was dismissed
because he did not approve, of meas
ures taken against the Armenians. The
committee of. union - and progress is
reported to have been virtually super
seded by a secret committee which is
responsive to the wishes of the tri
umvirate. , , .
The informant states that Armen
ians are being shipped to concentra
tion camps at various points,- being
driven afoot or forwarded in box cars.
He adds that the earlier massacres of
Christians Jn Asia Minor .are beings cUt.
plicated m the present instance, and
i that in some cases only-a compara
tively small part of the expelled Ar
menians reach the concentration
camps' alive.
Henry Morgenthau,- ," American , am
bassador at Constantinople has - exert-
ed " every influence to protect the Ar
menians, but apparently his endeavors
have been unavailing. - It. is stated
that American ' women who attempted
to go with the refugees to care ; for
Armenian children were turned back,
and a number of young Armenian girls,
students at the American . college at
Constantinople, fell into the . hands of
the Turks.
Owing to . the interruption - of sea
transportation it. is almost impossible
to purchase coal in Constantinople and
wood is being used 'for locomotives.
The crops were good, but it has been
almost impossible to harvest them. Pe
troleum costs , $1 a gallon, and the
price of sugar has increased - seven
fold.
Conditions in Constantinople.
London, Sept. 13," 1:26 p. m. Condi
tions in Constantinople . are described
as chaotic - by Reuter's correspondent
at Athens, who bases his dispatch on
statements made by persons arriving
in Athens today from . the Turkish
capital. The correspondent telegraphs;
. .".The . inhabitants of Constantinople
are suffering greater hardships, than
is necessary, because the committee
of national defense, run by Ehver
Pasha," minister of war, and -Talat Bey,
minister of interior, has cornered' all
commodities and is selling " them at
high prices.
"The resignation from the cabinet of
the Sheik Ul Islam, representative of
the Sultan in religious affairs, is con-,
firmed. He disapproved of the exter
mination of the Christian elements
-figajhSt which he protested to the cab-:
inet. The Greek-Armenian patriarch
has been deprived of all powers.
"The Black sea end of the Bospho
rus has been closed - by a chain of
wire netting and by mines."
Foreign Bankers Come to Borrow a Half-Billion From Americans.
ON BRITISH COAST
Bv Associated Press.
London, Septr 13, 2:55 p. m. An
other Zeppelin raid was made over
the east coast of England last nignt.
Thpre were no casualties.
The attack is described m - the foi-.
lowing official statement:
"The east coast was again visited
hv hostile aircraft last night (the
12th-13th.) Bombs were dropped but
there were no casualties and the only
renorted is that . some tele
graph wires are dqwn and some glass
broken."
The demand is made by the Globe
for effective measures of reprisal for
the Zeppelin raids.
"It is useless to disguise the fact
that nothing big or strong will be
done unless the government is
aroused to action by public opinion,"
the Globe says. It mges that a public
meeting be held to force the govern
ment's hand and calls attention to the
fact that property valuec at millions
of pounds, owned by Germans, is now
in the hands. of a public trustee.
"Let the Germans realize," the
Globe continues, "that for every peace
ful town in this country that is bom
barded a dozen peaceful towns in' Ger
many will be bombarded from the air.
Let them also know that for every
life lost or every humble dwelling
destroyed we shall exact a liberal
toll from the .monies of wealthy Ger
mans who fattened on our commerce
and who draw their, dividends from
our people. The effect would be mag
ical." '
Dr. Hawley's Condition.
'. The condition of Dr. F. O. Hawley is
practically unchanged, yet he seemed
a trifle better this afternoon. The
change is not considered permanent,
his condition precluding the possibil
ity of permanent Improvement.
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Left to right: ' J., P. Morgan, Baron
Reading, Basil P. . Blackett, Octave
Homberg, Ernest Mallet.
These British and French ' bankers
have come 'to the United States to
borrow a half-billion dollars, if re
ports that, preceded them1 are correct.
They were received by J. P.. Morgan,
of the big banking house which acts
as agent - for the British govern-'
ment in the " United States. Baron
Reading, who heads the British com
mission, was Sir Rufus Isaacs. HS
was given the title of Baron when
he was made 'lord chief justice ot
Great Britain. Mr. Blackett was here
last year with Sir George Paish in
connection with British loans and fi
nances. ' '
SIR H. BABBINGTON SMITH.
EDWARD H. HOLDEN. V
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'For Charlotte: Fair tonight
and. Tuesday, not much change &
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