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T v II w u M :i . . JL.Mi AND EVENING CHRONICLE TION PAGES TODAY "GREATER CHARLOTTE'S , HOME N E W S P A P ER ' ' rV!i Kstabllshed, Dally ISi 18SS; Sunday 1910. CHARLOTTE, N. C, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1915. 7 Consolidated ) Tirn. ncii'lir 9 Qnnriav THE ETE30SG CmaaHClE J May 8; 1914. j A iitci iau; kjuuuit; wv HE 1EWB NIGHT EDI 3V8I ry And Infantry Patrols lushed To Texas Town To revent Attack By Mexicans wis That Mexican Bandits Planned Attack on San Benito JcTAV fW TUIC C I f C . ii , DoImI nf II Q Trnnnc hn Rnelinrf flu U I II I UN llllUUlUL QyflQ nC3VJ lailUI VI wr. Jm I I wwpg kW Jj HUOIIbU UUl j The Uprising Did Mot Materialize But Town is Still Heav-j ily Guarded to Prevent Attack Ranchers Arm Them- c'VeS SnCS riall lu UtJICliu iuwii Hydinsi iVlCAIUdll UUl-lBy Associated fress. ... , . . -r. , N ! Washington. Sept. 15 The state laws AH Americans Warned tO Stay On ThlS Side Of BO- j department today made the following nFMPYinaMRRRnFR Ul IIILUUiUKUUIIULII i tier. n- Associated P announcement : 15 Hea- vrcavalrr and infsnrry patrols which d to tn:s city aunag msi tnrtatenea. auai-n u the i:?it kept of Mexican tandits. ' rrrp of a riot to terrorize rv ere strengthened by reports to tv patrol? during: the night of activ itiWcf 3Iexiccii5 cut side of town. Just fcefcr5 dawn., the time which tie ccxnandina oScers here suspect ed Tras cboten for the attack, infantry .-,;. were sent out along the roads I "Owing to disturbed conditions pre- I vailing along the Mexican border, the Rmwneriiia , , . j state department repeats the advice fll ?SIille' 5rell?Ut a troop train! heretofore given to American citizens San Benito citizens were organized ! several days ago into a public safe ty committee. Members of this commit ' iee were put on guard about town and - i-- , i- the outskirts, and a purse of several i the 7 Mexican polltlcal tl0P buy ammunition I r remain nn tViio clrfo nf thd lntpmfl.- tional line for the present." .- - " i A 1 t A t A. J. V. i umciais reneratea aeniais mai iue announcement had any bearing on from town. No bel- hundred dollars to was raised. j Shortly after midnight several ( mounted men were observed some dis ! tance outside the city. These men j pressed close to town without reveal ing their identity. Capt. Brune T. Scher, of the 26th in fantry, and Major Davis filled ten automobiles with soldiers, stationing them on the main street where the 'jrf-ct -Hexicanir uL'f d: cu. ouuu aitci ; suiiicrs siepi unaer arms in tne ma-srL-iieSan Beni'o reamed its normal j chine houses, their drivers ready for L-se! and ranch owners who had j a dash into the country. xze nTc ton for the night started , Plans were made to commandeer back to the country to resume work, i some school houses on the outskirts of 0 cer; here believe San Benito j town and use them as block houses xav be subjected to similar threats ; All these preparations kept the place xr some time. They have been inform- j in a blaze all night. The troop trains' H of an organization of revolution- j headlight coming into San Benito ists. which. ir is said, planned to j hours after all regular railroad traf Eik? a demonstration at some other j fie had ceased for the night threw a point to draw rrcors away and then s glare for miles over the prairies and attack the town. San Benito will be ! officers believe this probably was a c'sely guarded of several days. Three ; strong restraining influence on the companies of infantry and two troops j Mexicans. cf cavalry now are quartered here, j The three Mexican prisoners who Mercedes. 2"' miles from here, also were taken on suspicion after the Los la been threatened. , j Indios fight and who were killed near A few days ago a number of strange j San Benito Monday night were M. Mexicans were noticed here. At the Rincones. A. Bala and Angele Riviera, same time several trusted Mexican They did not escape from jail as re tousehold servants advised their em-! ported last night, but attempted to leap p!oyers to leave because they had ; from an automobile in which they were hrdhat the bandiis were going to ; being taken. to Harlingen, a few miles north of here. - Fire On Town of Simon. Laredo, Texas,. Sept. 15. Mexicans hidden in the brush on the Mexican side last night fired about 50 shots in to the town of Simon, 20 miles up the river from Laredo, and residents de serted the town. Workmen at irriga tion pump plants fled and a hurry call was sent for troops. Cavalry from Do lores was rushed to the scene but no CRAIG OPPOSE! CRAIC OPPOSES MANY ST HEARING HILTON HILL CASE WITNESSES REAR Propounder and Legatee, Mrs. Turbiville, Through Attor neys Offer Many Witnesses, Including Doctors; Who Say Mrs. Hilton Was of Sound Mind. Premier Astiifi Anther far pi ion ana y Moves For Credit Of A iiarter Do ars Inning of Caveator May Not Begin Until To-morrow Morning, When Witnesses Will be Introduced to Show Mental Condition of Maker of Will. S100C FO j (HIDING R WEST TRADE TODAY'S RUMOR PROPAGANDA S?.n Benito citizens yesterdav asked Colonel Robert L. Billiard at Harling en for more troops. Rangers armed rifle? began coming into town -cm nearby farm? bringing their fam ilies in automobiles. They said they ere unsy about the approach of Mexican independence day, September i. tne celebration of which begins to- ilv . Thev 5-air! Tp-imno in -fVia omm. ' .3 ill 111- WVJUU, try were "talking bad."' Colonel Bu!lard"sent in response to Sia Benito's call, infantrv and cavalrT tee. and Col. A. P. Blocksom a"t further shots were fired. All cavalry stationed at Fort Mcintosh was sent to patrol the border in every direction today. Ill II i RUTHERFORD was the largest in the history of the j school. Every teacher was on hand ! and the work was well organized the first day. ' The Presbyterian meeting, which is j in progress, is being largely attend- ed and the singer, Mr. Long; is at ; tracting to the services large congre j gations. Special to The News. Raleigfi, Sept. 15. In declining to comply with a request from Joseph H. Choate to appoint 20 North Carolina members of the National Security League of Equal Preparedness for War, Governor Craig writes Mr. Choate he does not believe the United States is in the slightest danger of attack from an outside enemy; that a spirit of righteousness to all men and just consideration to all nations in diplomacy adopted by the president of the United States has won magnifi cently. The governor writes that the nations of Europe are straining their energies to perpetuate their existnee and "have no resources to send ar- j mies. across ihe sea to attack a nation with more potential . power than any on earth.7 " He believes this war will be followed by an era of peace. He writes further, "The president of th United States and advisors have the proper conception of the situation and are ready to urge congress to adopt any measures necessary to improve our defense and assert in any way" the rights and dignity of the country. With great respect for your organization and the patriotism of the men promoting it, I think it may tend to engender a spirit of militarism that would burden our people with the tre mendous expense of war equipment and create a desire for war rather than the hope that we may be at peace with all the world." Special to The News. Hutterfordton. Sept. 15. Monday af ternoon a.r nhr,-lt !-., .j uuuth, aDout one i .cut from Forest City, at the home! ' 3 Hen.?on woman. George. Wilson ! shot and killed almost instantlv. : M,e iEquet held Tuesday a man bv J-waie of GuCy testified that voun on. son of the Henson woman, i ff-ed the cric:e. A daughter of . fc-n h T mai1 teEtified that a t, did the killing. Henson woman refused to testi- "u sue AMERICAN CONSULS ORDERED TO RETURN TOO. When civil court was convened this morning the room .was completely filled with attorneys,' witnesses in the case and relatives of the litigants in the Hilton will case now bein heard before Judge James L. WebtT. No case in civil court in many years has attracted so wide attention ana the general public was largely repre sented in the audience of five or six hundred which sat for over three : hcurs this morning listening to the examination and cross-examination of witnesses. The propounders, Mrs. Margaret Hilton Turbiville and others, are seeking to sustain the validity of tne will of the late Mrs. M.- A. Hilton, who left her estate, the larger por tion of it, to a daughter of the ca veator, the amount involved being about $25,000. ' The caveator will put up witnesses later to sustain her con tention. It was said in legal , circles that the propounders would probably re quire the remainder of today to com plete their side "of the case, sustain ing the will, and if this surmise is correct the inning of the caveator, Mrs. W. G. Erwin, mother of the le gatee, will not begin until tomor row, when Cansler & Cansler, and McNinch & Justice, for the caveator, will place witnesses on the stand in an endeavor to prove the alleged mentaj incapacity and undue influence as to the maker of the will. Stewart & McRae and Tillett & Guthrie arc rein .sent ing the pro- (Continued on Page Thirteen.) ;- k - - HOT WEATH Will CONTINUE v"as bound a bond of By Associated Press. Washington, Sept. 15. '"-'It fr.p Vr. to- h0J FPcaranc at court, and kroner w e 0 ?1 e Tiie ond was j consuls and consular agents In north-1 J. au" lodged in jail .1 . . i em oonora ana uninuanua nave Deen By Associated Press. . Washington. Sept. 15. Hot weather will continue in the east and south for at least 36 hours, the weather bureau .'announced today. Generally fair weather today and (Thursday is predicted for all sections iof the southeast of the Mississippi ex Icept the South Atlantic coast region : where showers may give- some relief from the heat. Cooler weather has overspread the upper lake region and the upper Iissis jsippi valley but no promise is held out American for lower temperatures soon eastward. An interesting rumor which came just as the paper was going to press, is that a $30,000 building is to be erected on West Trade street, on the lot between the old Vernon property and Capt. S. B. Alexander's, those in terested being, as The News was in formed, ' Messrs. F. C. Abbott, Z. V. Taylor and W. S. Lee. Just what pur pose the building will be used for could not be learned as the hour was late, but it is understood that a long lease is to be given. Several contrac tors know of the proposed building. Ground Broken for Hebrew Temple, Happy Occasion Work on the Hebrew Temple be gan yesterday morning. The first shov el of ground was removed by Dr. S. Levy, president, followed by the other members of the building committee, H. Miller, A. Pittle and W. B. Smith. Mr. L. A. Be Hornby, architect, and J. F. Richards, contractor, were pres ent. After ground. was broken, Mr. W. B. Smith invited the other members of the committee to his home, where refreshments were served. The occa sion was a happy one in Hebrew cir cles, marking an era in their life in Charlotte. Tells House of Commons That from July 18 to September 1 Daily Net Expenditure for the War Had Been 3,500,000 Pounds Sterling Huge War Credit is Urged Air raids on London Are Justified by German Critic Although Ger mans Are taking Progress in the East, Russians Are Of fering Strong Resistance in Certain Quarters. . - It was announced in London that Premier Asquith would ask ,the house of commons to vote a credit of $1,250,000,000. Copenhagen reports the blowing up by a German submarine of the motor schooner Norte, owned in Christiania, Norway. The crew was saved. Count von Reventlow, the German naval writer, declares in the Ber. lin Tages-Zeitung that the Zeppelin attacks on London are legal and of a military character, as London is a fortress. He argues that the British government has been remiss in not ordering the evacuation of the city. The attacks are aimed at the destruction of property serving military pur poses, he asserts. . Developments in the vicinity of Vilna lead foreign military observers to expect a decisive battle there soon to 'determine whether the strategic railway lines of the region shall be controlled by the Germans or the Russians. Nearly 3,000,000 men have enlisted for service with the British forces since the beginning of the war, Premier Asquith announced in the house of commons today. - A vote of credit of $1,250,000,000 was asked for the commons by the British premier. This is the seventh since the outbreak of the war bring ing the total to $5,310,000,000. German troops are pounding away at the Riga-Dvinsk line, according to today's Berlin statement which reports sharp fighting west and south west of Dvinsk. The Russians have Vieen counter attacking in the Viliya river district from the south, where Vilna is at stake. In the center the Teutonic forces are pressing on, Berlin reporting further progress east of Olita and Grodno. Field Marshal von Mackensen continues his advance on Pinsk. On the southern end of the line Russian attacks were repulsed with sanguinary losses, it is declared. 1 There has beer a fes3ening in the violence of the artillery engage ments along the Franco-Belgian front. Fighting with bombs, hand grenades or mines in several sectors, and some artillery exchanges, comprise the ac-V tivities reported in today's statement by the French war officft, re German Agents Trying To Prevent Flotation Of Loan To Allies? TteTS:anc at- court. j 'tis alIPgM V:,8 C,rc;;-'?(i of the crime : Tvarr;;"; 11 rhe community. ordered, to withdraw to the United States because of the dangers in bor- uc opening of ,v Prohibit! been issued fori ! der uprisings and inability of Mexican graded school j military leaders to protect them. BERIME SHOT TRIER BOLT ajorit. held 3. b thP JE?rpIete. it was on Forces Win n South Carolina By iajonty Of Nearly 20,000 By Associated Press. London, Sept. 15 "The Germans appear almost to have shot their bolt," I said Earl Kitchener, secretary lor war, today. "Their advance in Russia, which at one )tlme averaged five miles a day, now has diminished to less than one mile a day." v Aldermen and Members Ex. Board to Attend Funeral of Dr. Hawley "'"to do vcn a nquuis, a. ii u is sttiu i to be so drawn as to leave but few loopholes. State Wide Prohibition Carries Fort Mill Over Five to One hire ' V otT U. TTnnffifMQi ! es c raay frnm an a couth r.i.- T n VU. t) 111 lrtWf-.. - M teld v.'h.1116. referendum r.r. 14..M, . "MSa fnV ,e.W today 1 Special to The News. s?era j present lor 1UU iu.i, o. oept. is. m derate v r "Mch'ii -!? ! option election here yesterday upon the ques saottid ?v0r spenarii nowltion of state-wide prohibition very lit ition e Sciai ennn- . , ! tle interest was taken, only 77 voters kcosp ,Xarried, the rW- S.COW Pro-oinS to the polls. - Of these 65 were 'Vp tive Januar-- 1 against the manufacture and sale of 4nt the sa-e U k next' "i'Wskey in South Carolina and 12 were fc cf beers and; in favnr ot iL Mayor T. L. Kirkpatrick announced today that the members of ,the board of aldermen and of the executive board would attend the funeral of Dr." F. O. Hawley, former city physician, in a body- The city officials have been asked to assemble at the city hall in order to proceed to the late residence in a body. ' , ; Dr. Hawley was held in the highest estimation by the city departments, not only the health department of which he was official head, but all others.'. . : . - - By Associated Press. New York, Sept. 15. The Anglo French financial commission heard today that German agents, alarmed at the momentum gained in the. last few days by the movement to lend Great Britain and France a billion dollars to be spent for supplies here, had instituted a country-wide cam paign against the flotation of the pro posed credit loan. Some of these agents, the commis sion 'was informed were known as men who had furthered the spread ot the German propaganda during the presence in this country of Dr. .bern hard Dernburg, , According to information whicn came to the commissioners' attention, the German attack on the proposed loan was launched from the cover ot American citizens of German parent age, nativity or sympathy although in reality " these . citizens were not the prime movers. The attack includ ed not only the negative stand in re fusing to participate which the agi tators hope will be taken by banks with large lists of German-American depositors, it was reported, out em braced extreme measures against' any banks with German-American, deposi tors helping in any way to finance the loan. , This campaign contemplated heavy withdrawals from banks participating in the loan. ' Another method was the proposal to float a similar loan for Germany. The amount of the proposed German loan the commission heard, was to be a half billion dollars. It was de signed, according to their informa tion, purely as an embarrassment to the Anglo-French commission. It half a billion , dollars of American money were tied up in this loan, the proponents of the plan were under stood to believe it would make it extremely difficult for Great Britain and France, to succeed in their quest for a billion dollars. A less drastic method of attack, it was reported to' the commission, was the apparent intention of the pro-German -element to induce every bank officer in the United States with German blood to oppose the partici- THE WEATHER. A. Forecast for North Carolina. Generally fair tonight and 4c Thursday. i " r jr. .St. Jt. -'(- J'. -M- -'- i'' He ik pation of his bank in the flotation of the loaix The movement had its origin in the east and its greatest activity m the middle West. Certain institutions here now plan ning to participate in the loan are already estimating the extent of the losses in deposits which they believe will surely follow. The extent of German opposition to the commission's plans was illus trated today when it became known that officers of the chamber of com merce, an organization of New York merchants of varying political' creeds and personal sympathies, were unen thusiastic about the plan of having the commission, make its headquar ters there. After announcement had already been made that the commis sion wouldmeet there daily the plan was changed, primarily, it was report ed, because it was felt certain that German members would oppose it and international dissensions would ensue. j Members of the commission have made no secret of their annoyance at the widespread activities of pro German sympathizers, nor of the be lief that the agitation is inspired. To the same -source of inspiration they attribute the considerable num ber of insulting and threatening ' let ters they have received. Officials of some of Wall Street's big financial institutions heretofore classed as pro-German have no sym pathy with these attacks, it is known, and are said to be in a receptive mood toward participation in the flo tation of the loan. This group is quoted by spokesmen as believing that thep rosperity of America is vi tally involved in the commission's success, and as Americans they want to participate in aiding anything in reason that will result in a continu ance of good times for the American exporters. One or two communications have reached the state department, the gen eral tenor of which is severely criti cal of the plans of the commission as distinctly unneutral. It was authoritatively declared that the department has no objection to what is known as credit loans, or transactions where the proceeds of the loan were to be used to defray pur chases of goods made in the United States. England Plans Big Credit. London, Sept. 15, 3:25 p. m. Prem ier Asquith in the house of commons today moved a vote of credit of 250,- 000,000 pounds sterling. The premier announced that from .Tulv 18 to Sep tember 1, the daily net expenditure for the war has been 3,500,000 pounds ster ling. - v . " 3,C00,CCO Enlisted Men. .Premier Asquith announced that an aggregate of-nearly 3,000,000 men. had enlisted since the beginning of the war. The Premier made this statement in reviewing the financial and military situations, so far as military exigen cies permitted; but this requirement necessitated in many instances only vague references to the trend of events. . The growing expenditures for the war were emphasized by the Premier. He said the average daily cost from April 1 to the end of June was 2,700, 000,000 pounds sterling. From July 1 to 17, 3,000,000 pounds sterling; from July 18 to Sept. 11 3,500,000 pounds sterling. Thus the total for this pe riod in round figures is 500,000,000 pounds sterling. There has been re paid 50,000,000 to the Bank of Eng land, 30,000,000 pounds sterling has Deen lent to foreign governments and 28,000,000 pounds sterling lent to the Dominion. Comparing actual expenditures since the last vote of credit with estimates, Mr. Asquith said there had been some abnormal items to disclose which would not' be in the public interest, but the House might take it that these were expenditures incurred for the purpose of financing necessary opera tions. Part of this amount was to be repaid in a few months, and the re mainder represented advances for fu ture expenditures. Mr. Asquith estimated that the week ly gross expenditure henceforth would not exceed 35,000,000 pounds ster ling. It was his opinion that the new vote would carry the country through to the third week of November. "These figures throw some light, in money, terms, on the conribution we are making to the war," he continued T do not wish to say even that we are doing all we can, all we ought, but as attempts are constantly being made with whatever intention, but with the most mischievous effect to belittle and discourage our efforts, I give some comparisons between peace and warj figures. "Since the outbreak of the war, it will be found an aggregate of not far short of three 'millions has enlisted in the army and navy. Recruiting on the whole, has kept up well, but I re gret to say, in the last few weeks has been falling off." The premier said all that was now necessary to complete the work of the munitions department was an ade quate supply of la6or, unskilled - quite as much as skilled. There was no field wherein woman could do more useful work. The minister; of muni tions had established twenty shell fac tories, and eighteen more were in course of construction. In all 715 con trolled establishments were under the department. In these factories, , he said, 800,000 workmen were employed. Russians Offer Resistance. London, Sept. 15. Although Field Marshal von Hindenburg's cavalry is astride the Petrograd railroad and the Germans have made large captures of prisoners and guns in Courlanxt, the Russians are again countering these efforts not only by checking the at tempt of the Austrians to resume the offensive in Galica but by inflicting another reverse on. the Austro-German forces in thte same vicinity. Svientsyany, where the German cav alry cut the railroad, is half way be tween Vilna and Dvinsk and about 400 miles from Petrograd. The Russians assert this raid by the Germans has formed a dangerous salient in their line, of which their opponents are likely to take advantage. It is clear, whatever strategic move may be in volved in this advance, that recent' events indicate the near approach of the important engagement in the Vil na region which was predicted a fort night ago by General Polivanoff , the minister of war. Farther along the line, the German armies operating on both sides of the Niemen have not yet formed a junc tion and Russian rear guards are still withdrawing eastward. Russian military writers are warning the people not to expect too great de velopments from the Galician offensive movement. i THER NEUTRAL VESSEL SUNK By Associated Press. London, Sept. 15, 12:42 p. m. The destruction of another neutral vessel by a German submarine is reported by Reuter's correspondent at Copenhagen. According to his dispatch the motor schooner Norte of Christiania was blown up near The Naze, off the Nor wegian coast in the North sea. The crew was saved. The only, vessel named Norte and owned in Christiania which is given in maritime records isa small steamer flying the Brazilian flag. Her port of registry was Parao, Brazil. HAITIEN PORTS UNDER U. S. CONTROL. By Associated Press. Washington, Sept. 15. All open cus toms ports in Haiti now are under United States control. Rear Admiral Caperton telegraphed today that this was accomplished when, the cruiser Sacramento, with marines, occupied Jacmel and Lecayes yesterday. ' Hyde Trial Continued. By Associated Press, Kansas City, Sept: 15. When the fourth trial of Dr. B. Clarke Hyde, charged with the. murder of Colonel Swope was called' in . the criminal court today. Judge Porterfield granted the state's application for a contin uance until the January term. Today's was the eighth cotrunuance. i ii 1 "Dollar Bay'i n oiuursaayi sepit. n
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