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i a a jf " associated' ". :, mz& ... . cisrATCirrs, J VOLUME XVIII. p.woacnossEn'Jiisi : -pOFIIISFirCiiTECTIOIS With Mrs. Maude A. King, For Whose Murder He is Befog TriedHe Was Not Questioned as to her Death BANK DEPOSITS ARE - BEING INVESTIGATED Both Those Made By Him self And Wife-Tells- of Furnishings in New York Apartments. ' ' Tbe Friday afternoon . session of court began at 8 :30 o'clock with Gas ton B. Meant still on the stand. The witness raid on July 22, 1017. In company with his wife, baby and nurse he went to Asheville, where Mm. King. Mr. -Robinson and Mrs. Melvln were. There he remained un til 9:46 a. July 28k when be left for New. York city. On the trip he cade from Salisbury to Concord and1 took a night train from the latter place that night. From the hotel In Chicago he brought flies containing Mrs.' King's paper. All then were taken by the witness to New Tnrki In two tripe, and were there placed in ineir proper places. . , On the trip to New York the wit ness remained until August 2 or 8. He then came to Concord, staying here several hours, and returned the same night to Asheville. He remained there until August 8, when he returned to New York dry, reaching there on the utn. He remained there until the 11th, to testify as a witness In a case. n men returned to Concord, spent one day here and went to Black Moun tain, where some of his relatives were. He. took some of them with him to Asheville. He remained there until August Mr when with Mrs. King he came to Halisbury, find'ng when be reached there that the tralu for Con cord had already left They, there fore, registered at the Yadkin Hotel The next morning, Sunday, they came to Concord. Misses Kate and Belie Means had Invited Mrs. King. Mrs. Melvln and. Mrs.. Uohlnson to visit at their home In Concord, and Mrs. King wished to come here to rest up and re cover from an operation performed recently. -, ,, . . .. ..-,...,- . , On Mnmlny She Flat automobile reached Concord from Asheville, and was taken to the Piedmont Oarage In Charlotte for repairs. It was left there. : .-iT. ..v -.... , On Tuesday the witness" said he saw several putties relative to hiring an automobile, but was 'unsuccessful in his search.1":' -"- . - tmr- On Wednesday, tha fcraHfovin main by the nag, of .WaBaejireve fWwlt-J less, his sister, and ' Mn irin ' I Charlotte in a Iteo from the c;t Mo tor Company. There he bought a Reo ear, asking the salesman the price of the machine. He was told It sold for 91.S00. Means then asked the price of five of them, and the salesman made a price of I1.3B0. The witness said he then bought the machine, paying the Intter figure, which was one-fifth the price of five. He told the sales man to make out the bill In the name of the purchaser's mother hut the Ini tials put on the l'll were those of Mrs O. B. Means.,, This car was bought by the witness on his own responsi bility.; The enr was brought to Con cord that same day. x During Wednesday,', Thursday and Friday, Mrs. King bad taken a num ber of automobile rides; the witness being in many of the parties. On a trip to Rlchfleld Mrs. King had engag ed in target shooting with Mr. Wal lace, of the Cirr Motor Company." Bhe had on probably thirty or forty occa sions in Chlbngo engaged in target shooting, using pistol and rifle. The wttnesa always shot a -rifle, baring Shot a pistol but Seldom. ' Mrs. King on Thursday had asked the witness for a .32 calibre Savage automatic pistol.-4 She wanted that kind because she. had seen It adver tised so mnch, and It was aimed just like pointing one's linger. Bhe had en Joyed shooting, the repeating rifle so much that the witness thought she would like to hay one, so he ordered one on Friday, telling Mrs. King about It that evening. She said she still Wunted that Savage automatic and that Means could shoot the rifle himeslf. Agauvon Saturday on a ride to Boat Mill she repeated her desire for a Savage automatic. He told of several automobile trip made by va rious parties on the .ensuing days; of the purchase of tha .25 calibre Colt automatic and of the target shooting done by them especially that done by Mrs. King at l'harr's Milt, She fired the Colt more than any other weap on, he said, and would shoot It with either baud. v. . ' The telephone call from the chauf feur, and the plans for, an automobile ride after supper was next told by the witness. At the time of this call It was fl :30 o'clock, and the driver was told , to bring the ca$ at once. About 0:40 the Hregro arrived with 'the car, and drove with the witness to the home of Capt. W. 8. Bingham. When the entire party left the Meaus home, according to the witness. It was twi light. -As the car started, some one called form - the - porch and the father ' of the , witness told them to turn on the lights. This waa done, and the car sharted out the Mt. Pleasant road.. When the forks of the Gold Hill .road waa reached, some one told the driver to turn out the Gold Hill road, as they would be -more likely to see rabbits. As they ' neared Blackwelder spring Mrs. King said that was the place -for her to have her Inter del barbecue. They drove into the old road and up to the spring. . When tei got out of the auto, the witness aabl he put the unloaded Pmlth h Wesson pistol In bis pocket, Mrs. King got out of the csr and the witness told Kniewt Eury to drive the enr bsrk to the bridge whew he had leen in the afternoon, so as to be om) of the wayr- Means told Mrs.. King tney would snoot tne pmitn Wesson rvilvtr, a tha I'oit would get Jstnm C 3 J.R EiTT-rBTTi( 'tr aadPzUHhia ed. She Insisted aa shooting the au tomatic, so Means got at mt of the machine Just before It drove away. He ummxv ih two empty pistols to Mra. King, whele he waa opening box of rannoges lor jd automatic pistol. He then took the little pistol and put ve cartridges into tbe magaslne. They were at that time near the big oak tree; toward ten spring. Mrs. King - uimiwun iam Mroecae an want ed to give. Witness said tu -.-i a drink of water and suited toward tk spring with the loaded Colt auto matic In hla hand. There waa n - image in tne chamber at that time. Waea be came -to tbe forked tree be laid the pistol, with his left hand. In the forks of tbe sycamore tree, on the side toward the sorinc Mra tin. said abe did not want any water, as to was airaia or Dugs, and abe atep ped back several steps. As the witness wss stooping over the spring be heard a noise and looked arbnnd. H Mrs. King standing: by tha forked tree wnu ine automatic in he left hand. It waa his impression she had ntir flr bsck after 'he had called to her tn in si witn tne caution that It waa load ed. He then turned to the spring and struck a match to look Into the spring, and was Just taking a drink out of the tin cup there when he heard th mmt l... , . . -r iiiiwui. in- lurnea at once and saw Mrs. King falling, not to one side, but apparently In a heap.. He rushed to ner sine ana put his arm under her, laying her on her back. He called to Alton ana ipt. Bingham to come, and then went to the spring where he dip ped his handkerchief In the water and was bathing her fact with it when Afton and. Captain Bingham reached the scene. He did not know where they were when the shot was fired. When he saw Afton and Captain Bingham - the witness told them ; "Maude has shot herself with tbe lit tle pistol." , , Captain Bingham said he would go to town for a doctor, but the witness said to put the woman Into the car and take her to town, s They did not know then, if she was dead, and did not know until told so by Ir. Mac Fadyen at the Concord. Hospital. He later went to his' father's home, and did not see the body taken to tbe un dertaker. The next evening' the witness wss In tbe party that took the remains to Asheville. He went up1 to the hotel to And Mrs. Koblnson, who waa at that time asleep. 'About 8:30 or ft o'clock lie got to see her. She wanted the re mains taken to local undertaker's par parlor so she could see the remains. This was done, and Mrs. Robinson, at ner own request, went with Mra. Mel vln to the undertaker's. -Mrs. Robin son said she wanted the remains nut In a receiving vault there In Asheville, ana asxea Means to attend to It for her. -Bhe. In. company with Mrs. Mel vln and the witness later went to see a funeral director na h:ie, there Mrs. Robinson decided to have the body seut on to Chicago The witneaa aiuiiof suggest taking mo tUt,plaoeTp ana saiu mere was.no argument a to where it should be burled. The In structions of Mrs. Robinson, he said, were carried out to the letter. , --. The cross-examination of Means was began at 4:85 o'clock, conducted by John T. Doollng for the State. Where do you liver' the witness was asked. "In Cabarrua county Jail," waa the reply. - Before that time, he aaid he had lived at 1106 Park aveuns, New lork city. -- :;.- 'Then followed Questions concerning the amount of Income the witness had received the last year be was in the employ of Cannon mills. After the sev erance of his relations with that con cern he bad gone to New York, where he accepted a position with the Burns International Detective Agency In the fall of 1914. He first met Mrs. Jos. B. Foraker In 1015 at the Hotel Majestic From Mrs. McWhorter's on 102nd street, the witness moved to tbe Hotel Manhattan. At this hotel he bad the services of two stenographers, one of which was Miss Marie Deltch. He did not know whether or not tbe rooms occupied by him had the name of the American Peace Society applied to them. ' ; , ' Witness waa asked about the trust fund at Woodruff Trust Company at Jollet, 111., whether he had not rented a aafe deposit box. Tbe witness replied that he had rented such a box " about that time, but that never a dollar's worth of Mra. King's seucrttles had aver been put In bla box. Court adjourned until 9 :30 o'clock on Saturday morning. ) ; T0DCTS SESSION. , . The twelfth day of the trial of Gas ton B. Means began tbla morning at 0:30 o'clock, with the defendant on the stand Virtually at the beginning of his cross examination .which began about an hour before adjournment yesterday evening. I John T. Doollng, assistant district attorney of New York, was conducting the grilling. The tenseness of the situation at the adjournment of yesterday evening's session waa ap parently relieved, and tbe witness, when he resumed the stand, was calm and unperturbed. . 'When the session had been opened. Attorney Phil O. McDuffle asked that thie bar receive now as a : practioner E, R. Paris, who will leave soon in response to his country's call. In a fitting and splendid reply, Judge K. B. Cline told of b'. personal pleasure in receiving the applicant, and Under tbe dscumatanoea administered to hint the oath admitting lain to the bar. - TJie matter of safe-deposit box. at the Netherlands Bank waa taken up, and tbe witness was questioned as to bis visits to this bank with Mra. King, and bad been to tbe safe box with her. . He also said he had a aafe de posit box at tbe Royal Insurance Bank and at tbe First National Bank in Chicago. The witness waa asked Whether be bad stored anything In Chicago with a storage or. aafe deposit ' . company. Tho witness recalled, nothing, 'except some winter clothes of Mrs. Melvln's had bene placed in the Empire Storage Company. - ' Statements from Illinois Trust Com' pany Knowing account nf the defendant, were identified by him. They showed that the account with that bank wai closed August 20, 1014. A now amwnnt wa ojxucd thera lccwubrf , 1914 ONGO CONCORD. N. Ia the so at Mr ot1913 Means aald be also kad aa aeeeoat- la IABeoht Traat Company, la Cttieaa. His wlf alao had aa account then. He did as re call what balaace waa to hla credit te Tha aeeoritJea from tha Woodruff bank were transferred rrentnajly to the Irvine Natlaaal Bank. Aa ae- coant waa opened there la tbe Basse oc Mrs. Maode A. Chance, .Oa leaving Chicago wbea reUtloaa wtu tha Cannoa Bill la war sa the witness said be waa Indebted to F. M. Beret t and other basincas part aera an accoant of a business venture, snd gave hla note, dated August 14, 1013, for 111,108.79. Part of this waa to cover tne obligations of Dereaet and Franklin, two of the Dart ner. Thla obligation, on tbe part of tha witness waa purely a aaoral one, be aald. The payments made oa this note, according w us witness, were asaae alter he had oecome Mra. Klng'a bealneaa ma rarer Several cheeks in favor of Mr. Dereset were laentued by the witness as hav ing neen paid on this note. A letter dated Febrnarv 14. 1MT from the witness to Afton Means, was luenunea ny tne lonner. The question as to whether nr n the wlAies had registered or voted In New York was taken no. Ha said tnat ne may have registered them sv. era! times, bnt did not recall ever hav ing voted, unless It wss a mnnieinal pal election of some kind. Tbe Park Avenue aDartmenta were4 next inquired into by tbe cross-examiner. The apartments were leased oa an agreement signed by the witness, snd 'possession wss had about August or. September. 11)1(1 .The apartmenU jurunueu ujr me ueienaanc ana bis wife, and paid for by them. The furniture, he aald, belonged to his wife. A list of the furnlshlnn was nanued the witness, who said he could not identify the list handed to htm as tne list ol furnishings in their snart, ments. He was asked whether the list prepared did not show that tie far- nwuings were worth" I1B.U22.25. This question was ruled out py the court. The witness In reply to a question as to the value he would estimate his fur niture, replied that It murht be 12(1. 000, or $15,000 or possibly only $12,000 The rent paid for the apartments was $2,750 per year. in the spring of 1915. at.th Man. hattan Hotel, the witness said he had made a loan to Mrs. King In the pre sence of Mrs. Melvln, amounting to $7,000, on two occasions. This was giv en to Mrs. King in thousand dollar bills, which he bad received from Ger man interests through a man named Hellar, at the Manhattan Hotel. At that time he was staying in this hotel, working for German interests. About that time there were a number of ex plosions in industrial plants in this country. At this point the court ruled this out of the evidence. The witness said he and Hellar were buying sup plies ior tue uerman government lust as business Interests were buying pro vistona for the allies. At that time there was no threat of war between the United States and Germany. Heller had his office at 11 Broadway, at the same place Capt. Boy-Ed had his office. He began getting money from the Ger man government in December 1014. While staying at tbe Manhattan Hotel, he carried tthis money around- with him. .y .. -AiHher4o4BM?f-t6000 was made to Mrs.' King by the witness In October 1016. : i'.'. -In 1915. when' the witness went to the Woodruff Bank at Jollet. a check for $17,82852 was received, which rep resented the .net amount received, after? deducting the -amount due Mr. Melville, attorney, and amount due the auditor. A check of $3,0X8 was cashed by Mrs. King, of which amount he said be received none, unless proper vouch er and record for same appeared for it on statement made to Mrs. King. He was handed a paper which showed that he had received the $3,088, and had expended all of it, as per state ment which had been made out and ap proved by Mrs. King. ;..' Another check was cashed by the au ditor who made report for Mrs. King, and out of this were paid the amounts due Mr. Melville and the auditor. There was left a balance of $272.00, which was paid to Mrs. King. The check for $272.90 received by Mra King waa held np by tbe bank when presented on account of endorsement Mrs. King had endorsed the check at the wrong place. Witness said that In his recollection his own name was-not endorsed on this check, except possi bly for Indent location. ,'r Witness was asked about a check drawn by the First National Bank of Jollet for $11,756.25, and cashed at the continental and Commercial Bank of Chicago,-' He said he had no recol lection of such check, and did ,not know, without hU records, whether or not the proceeds bad been turned over to him. The pass book of Mrs King's account aj the Irving National Bank was ident ified by tne witness, it showed the to tal deposits between August 13 and October 1, 1915, amounted to $140, 820.73. . . ;'..::: w;,.V.; A check dated September 7. 1915. for $8,224.77 in favor of Means, signed by Mrs. King, was Identified by the wit ness, who said he endorsed it, but did not know whether or not be cashed It A few days afterward he made a de posit on his wife's account at the Lin coln Trust Company, be said. : On September 106, 1015, a check from Mrs; King -was made to the wit ness, who identified it, and . aaid he had cashed the check. Tbe witness did not remember whether -or -net he was handed 21 thousand-dollar bills. Be tween that date and September' 23, 1015. there waa dnnoalted to the credit of bla wife the sum of $21,000, which witness said might hava been In thous and dollar bllla. , A pass- benVfiHmt'-(jrn. Exchange Bank .for Gaston B. Means waa Ident ified by the witness. It showed a de posit on September 23, 1915, amount ing to $6,000. - He was asked if thla were not a check from his wife on the Lincoln Trust Company, to which he replied be did not remember. A check dated December 20, 1916, in favor of G. B. Means, signed by Mrs. King, amounting to $706.18 was handed tha witness, who wss asked If he Mrs. King sign the check. Ha could not recall whet heir be had seen her sign It or not. This waa deposited to the credit of the witness in the Illinois Trust A Savings Bank. A check dated December 13, 1915, waa Identified by the witness, It was for $ In favor of Mary 0. Mel vln. About that time a note for $35r 000 was given to Mra King by Mra. Malvlu, Tblt not In 1016 In til print flit oi Mr. Klnf. B.AILS C, SATURDAY. DECEMBER 8. 1917. illEIIFIGilTOKv '' y The German AviitorvBeing Hard pressed By Their Opponents Were Forced to Go on Sviss Territory FIGHT LASTED 1 TWENTY MINUTES beven bombs Dropped , oa Swiss Soil. The S wiss Sol diers Bombed Both Parties With' Shells. !- I (By The Assamafa Bint Geneva. Switzerland, Friday Dec. , 7. The first aerial" battle Jietwaen 1 lied and German airmen over Swiss). territory occurred around Basset to day. It appears that the Germans were hard pressed by their opponents and Intentionally .. entered Switzerland. Fighting took place at a great height and tbe number of airmen '- are sat known. .Tbe encounter lasted- twenty nrinutesT- - -w ' I -A , Seven bombs were dropped on Swisw territory bnt only material damaee resulted. Even the airmen who steered toward Alsace, are still fighting, while the Hwiss soldiers bomb both parties with shells and anti-aircraft guns. Residents of Bassal and the neighbor ing territory are indignant over the violation, of Switzerland's neutrality. WAS RESOLUTION IS , NOW nr EFFECT Only Negativ Vote .Waa Out by Socialist Member . of House, Lon don. v"-':.Y ' l" AViashin? on. Dee. 7. Wr between the United States and Austria-Hungary was formally declared today. Congress with one diaentine vote in the House adopted and ' President Wilson approved a resolution declar- insr existence of a state of warxbe. 'tween the "Imperial and Royal Au: stroungaran government and the government and people of the United, States." '.authorizing the President to emnloy the -nation's armed forces and pledging its resources to victory. -The resolution, the ; response - of Congress to the President's request in his address Tneday is similar, to that passed April, 6,' declaring war with Germany. If, became effective at 5:03 p. m. today (when it was 'sign ed by the Executive without forma liv. An Executive proclamation will follow shortly. A - After hut one hniir'at detuttA the esolntion was nnamimouslv adonted by the Senate with ani affirmative vote of 74. It was aoDraved bv the: House 3fi.W..l.. Representative Lon don of New York, Social ist,- casting the only dissenting: 'vote. A few min utes later Vice-President Marshall and Speaker Clark had sisrned the document and sent it to the White House where President Wilson at tached his signature with Secretary Forester as the only witness. CONQEESSMEN P0U AND SMALL WILL VOTE NO All Qther N. 0. Coagressmen for Pro- L . hibmon Amendment. Washington. Dec. 7. North Caro linians are ready for the show-down cn the .prohibition and "woman guff. rage amendments before Congress. Those who will vote for prohibition are: Kitchin, Hood, btedman, Uod win. Robinson. Douehton. Webb and Weaver. ... . Representatives Small and Pou will voteagainst.it. iteuresentotive Weaver is the on ly one who will vote for the woman suffrage amendment .although Repre sentatives Godwin and Stedman favor eoual suffraire, but would obtain it through the states rather than by an amendment to the federal consti tution. . Therefore, those who - will vote against the suffrage amendment are Representatives Small, Kitchin. Pou. Hood, Stedman, Godwin. Robinson, Douehton and Webb. Senators Simmons and Uverman are for the prohibition and against the suffrage amendment. . SEVEN DROWNED X WHEN STEAMER CAPSIZED. Wave Caused Cargo to Shift and Ship -'-.Turned Over. . ,v,.. (By International Newa Service.) . Chicago, Dec. 8. Seven men were drowned here today when the steamer Desmond capsized In the harbor off the mouth of the Calumet river. The waves churned up by a strong wind caused the cargo of the vessel to shift and it turned over before the men could leave. Six members of the cw were saved by tha men of tbe South Chicago coast guard atatlon. ' j K Borni' Information Befora Pneident .Washington Post 6th. ' . The information secured bv Wil liam J. Burns from Gaston B. Means regarding German plans for sabotage in Canada. laid directly before President Wilson by the President 'a secretary. Joseph P. Tumulty. . "Burns called ma on the telephone and told me he had some confidential information of interest to the govern ment," aaid Secretary Tumulty thia afternoon. "I -went to Philadelphia and met him. He gave me the infor. nation and I communicated it to the President. Means was not mentioned ip theeonversation. I did not know the information came from him orig in ally. I? . 'n i - - ' 'tl':' : Friday, though shunned by matrl monal couples in most lands. Is consld red a lucky wedding day in Scotland. ' Court, adjourned mill 2 :30 o'clock (111 ((rrutfONr MOU THAN THKEB . -f THOUSAND WUlADEa Dattarm, Karat aaal Are l absrtaf Dmj Warkan Mrf at (By iBOrraatloaal New Serrlea.) Halifax m -V . foaton Kill reigns la this atrickaa city J tbm dead thla aanrnlog Is atiU s4krred to BWBber around two thousand aa m result of the trtruV crploatoa in tbe naroor XDoraaay. - afore thaa three tnonaand are wounded. Tha injured are everywhere la hospitals, public puuaings, cnurches and school houses. uoctora. nurses and rescue vorkera ara laboring manfully day and night looking after the maimed and horac- The exact number of dead mar m be known for several daya, If ever but It Is certain that ha disaster will ba numbered among the world's grt'at tragedies. TRYING TO ENFORCE THK PEACE TERMS. The Teutanle'Afllea Seek to Enforce Terzas with Bnsalana and Hrt (By International New Service.) Copenhagen, Dec R With hostlll- tiea stopped all along the front lvina- between tbe Baitlc sea and Black aea representatlvM of the German-Austrl- i uuiganan ' ana Turkish govern ments are now trying to fore the peace tersM upon the Russians and Rounuui- A dispatch received from Berlin to day) said the preliminary work, tbe future sessions of tbe delegates who sagncd the honorary armtstlc. Is be. iaT hastened. .The .Bolsbevikt con arfwtoners who' crossed the Germaji lira are atll at B rest-Li tavsk. THE COTTON MARKET. Census; Report Was the Signal far Ae- , , live Covering. ' (Br Tka A alataa Paaaa) New, York. Dec 8. Tbe census re figures almost exact In line, with pri- ngueres almost exact In line with pri vate forecast recently published and seemed to be the signal r for active covering by brokers with Wall Street and v west - connections. There was some' spot 'house selling of December and January at tbe opening which was 2 to 25 points lower '.with the near months neilAtlve week. December 2&88, January 28.00, March 27.88,, May 27.70, July 27.40, August 27.05 bid, October 26.22 bid. CENSUS BUREAU COTTON REPORT Shows That to December 1 9,704,617 Bales Had Been Ginned. ; (By International New Service.) 'Washington, Dec'' 8. The census bureau" cotton report issued today shows 9,704,617 bales counting round bales as half bales,'.vere ginned from the growth of 1017 to December 1, com pared with 10,352,081! for 191 and 0, 703,612 1 for 1915. . Round bales this year to 173,339 compared with 177,328 for 1916 and 83,361 for 1915. i . Bea Island yield was 77,638 bales for 1917 against 102,998 for 1910 and 77, 165 for 1915. , . , i V "v 1 : -l MM DEAD IJl THE, W HALIFAX DISASTER; llessagea Asked That 4.0M Coffins Be Sent There at Once. By Tha tmm Hatea Fraaa)l Nov, N. 8., "Amhurst Dec : 8. -An estimate of 4,000 dead in the Halifax district is contained in private tegraph messages received from the stricken city today by an undertaking; firm here. The message asks that 4,000 coffins be sent to 'Halifax at once. I REVOLUTION BREAKS I OUT HC LISBON lOntbreaxaIti is Said, Also Appeared in oporto. ; (By Tha,Aaaoaata4 Praaa) Madrid, Spain," Dec.' 8. A revolu tion has broken out in Lisbon, the capital at Portugal, according to a dispatch received here via of Oporto Tuesday. Outbreaks, it is also said. Appeared in Oporto. : Red Cross Seals on Sale. Red Cross Seals have been on sale at AVhlte-Morrison-FIowe Company's and at the drug stores. The girls of the sixth and seventh grades also are selling seals. The chil dren are doing this work for the good they can do, so please lena tnem au the encouragement yon can. , Nobody la paid a penny for their work and every cent goes to relieve some unfortunate sufferer or to . light the . great white plague in any way and every way pos sible, -i :.-';; V" v.. It is suggested that as soon as yon liave bought aU the seals you feet that (you can afford that yon place a tag on your door knob and place a red cross seal on the same. This will notify tbe children that you have been waited on and they will be asked not to trou ble your further. Let s place, a red cross seal on tbe back of every letter, check, and pack age that leaves onr hands this month. THE CONCORD ANTI-TUBEBCULO- 8IS SOCIETY. -:- .. -j Youths of 18 and 17 Most Fight, Says -.- jaaeroy. ... ,. -Amsterdam, ' Dec 6. Intimations that Germany la planning to force boya ot sixteen and seventeen years Into the army are contained in an appeal ap pearing In the Essen General Anselger tliat they Immediately Join the Juvenile corps. .The paper aays: ;,- "This great struggle between the na tions will necessitate those who are now sixteen and seventeen being called np at no very remote date for army service," . .5 German Artillery Active. :, (By International News Service.) , London, Dec 8. German artillery all night knur were active south of Cambrat and in west Flanders. The war office stated that Cambrai British positions - around Fleaqulrers ; were shelled and the British trench lines north of Xpres were bombarded. First Relief Train Reaches Halifax, 1 Bv International New Service. I .'. Boston. Dec. 8. Word reached , here at noon that the Massachusetts relief train had reached Halifax. Thla li tha nmt.relirt train to roh tb rkfr tn oily, Price, Five Cents. IHEAnERONDESTROYEF IS TORPfDOED AHD SUKK CI TflE mlolt vd it. TO StTS tXS DRAFT, CUaaa Win Be. Oaa ExaaauW laaVr Crawler Banat- WaabingtoB rast Blid regulations to go rem tatima of dependency under the draft tkw were Prewtted yesterday by Brig. Gen knock H. Crowder. .pnmut marahal Kwtnt TJader the rale, which ara deriaed for local draft officials. It la regarded aa Impossible for any one to vain servioa wao la not entitled to n exemption. w, in ue term lag whether a claim de- pnmau u -mainly dependant on a rcgistranta labor of support." the draft boards arse instructed to consider all existing xx available reasonably cer- uiim or support other than the labor yf the retrlstrant nwi,. r He charity. Even gifts are to be """utreo aa income. 2n the case of a wifa ho hni. p. w nuNutrr wiu( possioie l i,uw sue wouia nave iz she went to 'ur. I SNOW AND COLD WAVE. Causes Much Discomfort and Delays Br Tka 4 aa. elate Fraaa) Washington. Dec 8. Snow rhmnrh. out the entire northeastern section of country, accompanied by a cold wave throngs the middle mx or-. tending southward to tbe Gulf of Mex- . causing much discomfort to- uhjt ana aeiayea tne movement of traf fic already congest eL The continuation of tbe snow was preuwura ror tonight, and tomorrow by the weather bureau . Cold wave warnings were issued for uenncssee aad the east gulf and South aiuuuic Hiates. BEDDCT30N IN RATES ON LUMBER PROPOSED a Apply in North and South Carolina and Virginia. (BT Tha aaaaelatea Prau) ' Washington, Dec. 8. A slight re (Baetfttti of lumber In North and South Carolina and Virginia to Central Bates Association territory, waa proposed In an application filed with th. innK... Commerce Commission by Rhodes, serv- in njoi. lerntory. It is thought to re-estahllsh tha rl existing sixth class rates recently dis- lurueu Dy tne general rate revision allowed by the commission. FEAR FORMER CZAR MAY BE LYNCHED Bolshevik! to Remove Him to ome Other Place. (By The Aaaeelatea' Pnaa) London,-Dec 8. The guards sur rounding Nicholas Romanoff the fm-. ier JtusaiiMi. Emperor, near Tobolsk, Siberia, have been dliiarmed' by J. the Bolsheviki soldiers and sailors, accord-1 uig to advices received - in Petrograd j" forwarded by the Exchange Telegraph Company. The Bolsheviki leaders In tend to remove Nicholas to some other place, fearing he might be lynched. REPORT THAT FORMER CZAR HAS ESCAPED. American Consul at Tislis Reports This Bumor. . (By The AsMclatea' Preas) Washington, Dec 8. The American consul at Tislis today reported a rumor that the former Czar of Russia has escaped. The messages contained no details and made it clear that there was no confirmation of the rumor. No other news was received here today from Russia. ? m, r v I " Cold Wave and Snow Are Forecast by Weather Folk. . Washington, Dec T. Cold wave warnings were issue tonight by the weather bereau. A cyclonic denrmtsimi of considerable Intensity is central over ine lower Mississippi valley, the bu reau said, and as it moves northeast ward there will be general rains in the soutn ana snow In Tennessee, the Ohis valley and the middle Atlantic states. Sharply falling temperatures tomor row in the lake region, the Ohio valley, Tennessee and southward to the -gulf were forecast with cold weather Sun- day In Florida and the Atlantic coast districts. -v ; v Spectacle of Soldier Life. New York, Dec. a To raise money to build a gymnasium and theater at Camp Upton, soldiers of the National Army have arranged an elaborate mili tary spectacle to be presented tomorrow night at the Hippodrome. "Your Boy's Day's Work" Is the title of the spec tacle, it will be an exhibition of camp life from the time the 'soldier rises in the morning until be retires when tans is sounded. More than 300 men, now in training at Camp Upton, will take part In the spectacle. Canadian defrosted fish two years old, but still of perfect - flavor, was recently served at a luncheon In honor of a Canadian officer In London. - The rarest and most expensive gold fish In the world Is the Chinese brush tr.ll, a pair ot which sell for $1000. Christmas Club Matures December 13. No payments received after ; Saturday, December. Members can receive thejr money by presenting book or card on or after the : 13th. NEW CLUB OPEN NOW. ' For white peo ' pie only." f .;' ; , 't v . ' Gfet"s C::.!i , dlfcl Cc-"7, ' - I :'.'' ' ' ' . IllllllUIlt TCOAITI p : xrws m J TOOAT. A NO. 73. mm With Uss of Large Part of Crtw. Ship Was Sunken December 8, While Patrol Duty. ' : on WAS LARGE AND ?' NEW DESTROYER The Jacob Jones Was Com manded By Lieut. Com mander Bagley, Brother-in-law of Secretary Daniels.' (By Tha laaaiiflai fram.) y Washington, Dec 8. The American destroyer, Jacob Jones, was torpedoed snd sunk In the war tone Thursday, with the loss of a large part of her crew. Thirty-seven survivors were taken off in life rafts. The names of ten ' survivors have been received np to -this time. They are: Lieutenant IT junior rrade)' John ' Richards; Ensign Nelson N. Gates:' Assistant Surgeon L. L. Adamklewics ; ' Charles E. Pierce, fireman, first class ; Timothy Edward Twoney. seaman: John C John C. Johnson, seasan; Henry A. Stutzke, chief machinist's mate; Edward F. Grady, fireman, sec ond class; John J. Hulvaney, seaman; oyron r iooa, seaman. The sinking occurred December fl. at 8 p. m., while the ship was on pa trol duty. She was commended by Lieut Commander David Worth-Bag-ley, brother of Mrs. Josephns Daniels, wife of the Secretary of the Navy, j Commander Baelev'a hrnther waa the first American officer killed in the ' Spanish-American War. Jacob Jones was the shin whinh saved 305 persons from the Orama. a P.& O. liner converted , into an ' auxiliary crusier on October 19. The Orama had been toneoded bv a sub marine while she was acting a part of the convoy of merchant vessels under escort of an American destroy er. The Jacob Jones was one of the convovg. -.- - The Jacob Jones and armthsr do st rover were detailed to remain by " tne Orama after the anhmarina had - ,. been attacked and put out of action. -Wben the Orama began to settle it -had grown dark and the emw a Kan i doned her. The Jacob Jones picked np ' in darkness 305 of the-,478 persona on board. - . The other vessel standing bv 1 r-" cued the remainder. ii . , i ihc Jacob Jonea neana time xnm- . liment. was fitm nettv nffiuM' k. ' " 87 men. She was one of the. newest ' and largest of the American destroy ers with displacement of 11,150 tona ' . and length of 310 feet over all. She was completed in 1916 at the New ' Yerk Shin BriildWCo.-af CnmAo New Jersey. She burned oil. : waa riven by turbine engine and had a" speed of 2957 knots per hour. HRVY LOSS OF UFIV The Name of Commander Bagley Is not 4 I Among the Surrivara. (By International News Service.) . '. Washington, Dec. 8. German sub marines have claimed another Ameri- ; can destroyer with heavy loss of life. - The Navy departmetn this afternoon -announced that the destroyer -Jacob Jones, one of tbe latest type, had been ' torpedoed and -sunk while on patrol duty in foreign , water on Thursday ' night, December 6th, at eight O'clock. s Only 37 of the members of the crew -of the Jacob Jones were rescued any -they suffered, greatly from exposure. ' All of these rescued were picked rip 1 from life rafts by other destroyers ' which had hurried to the scene, ' . It is understood that the Jones car- ried a crew of about 100 men and .'t also is understood that among the" S3 : or more who are missing were many of the officers of the craft which had , a toiuiage of 1,150. , ; i , ,t , .- 1 t Lieutenant commander David Wortn. " Bagley, brother of Mrs. Daniels; wlnr of the Secretary rher Navy, comniauT ded the Jones. His name Is not among the survivors. - - - 1 "The United States ship Jacob Jones" ' says the Report-of the Navy Depart ' ment "did excellent work in October upon the occasion of the torpedoing of the steamship Orama at 0 p .m. Octo- ' licr 10. The Orama a former P. & 0. vessel, converted Into an auxiliary cruiser, was torpedoed by an enemy ' submarine. The Orama at the time -was part of a convoy of merchant ves- sels under escort of American destroy-; era, of which the' Jacob Jones waa last. The submarine's periscope was seen after the explosion. She was Ini- mediately attacked and put out of ac- ' destroyersRfl 11 dvetaolnshrdlcmfwy . tlon. The Jacob Jones and 'another destroyer were detailed to remain by the Orama to save life. It was dark ' when the Orama began to- settle and ,the crew abandoned her.' The Jacob 1 Jones picked up In the dark three huir dred and five of the 478 persons on board. All on board the Orama were saved by these two vessels." ' Lives of great men all remind ua how easv it is to be a small man,
The Concord Daily Tribune (Concord, N.C.)
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