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-; j . r . LEATHER FORECAST ; -worth Carolina: Fair: -tonight, armer except extreme east poiv . Thursday fair, warmer; South Carolina: Falr ton9ht and Tu..rc;f:ay. h:. XXIII. NO. 324. LMINCTO NORTH i . . : 1 . ., - ' : today sent "to; the; German lega- ,4 ,tion passports- to be delivered to German piliipiiipiiii i IlilHff PRICE FIVE CENTO : llSliIllliaEiiTiiiiai l liilliliiiiSiiiliilliiloi: filllliiilllilliiiis TO IfJBIGT FOB : i:-- - -Vv .rv'Vf'fcK'f?;? mm fflc i fiiiiiiS Son of Peasant and Cossack Swears to Lead to Victory PEOPLE TO CHOOSE THEIR OWN FATE Declares He Wants No Per sonal Gain, and Only' Ob ject is to Save Fatherland From its German Enemy Says Army is With Him KERENSKY TO COMMAND. (Co Associated Press). , r Potrograa, sept. 12, y:su a. ss-l x Thn AsnrifltPi1 PrPSR was in'-. about to assume the position of r comm;tnder-in-chief of all " the r the revolt has been crushed." 4'. JiCv-lji. ; Petrograd, Tuesday, Sept. 11... 11 a. m.-Tho texts of General Korniloff's proclamations are published here to day. The first, dated at Mobile v, de nounces premier .KerensKy s descrip tion of Vladimir Lvoff's mission as un' Irae and ' declares that Komiloft did jot send TiVtiftrenskF Kerensky first sent Lvon to the aim to create trouble. "Russian men," continues the proc: lamation, "our fatherland is perishing. The government, . under pressure of the Bolsheviki majority of the coun cils, is acting in full accord with the plans of the German general. Over whelming consciousness V- of ; - the; impending ruin of the fatherland com pels me in this nienacing moment to summon all Russian men to save per ishing Russia. All in whosebreasts beat Russian hearts, all who "oelieve in God, let them flock to the temple and pray God to perform a great mir aclea miracle of saving the father land. - : - "I, General Korniloff, son of a peas ant and Cossack, declare to all that I require nothing personally, nothing except th salvation of mighty Russia, and I swear to leadTthe nation by the road of victory over the foe to a con stituent assembly through which the nation will decide its own fate and choose thf organization of its own po litical litv. But I shall never betray Russia into the hands of its tradition al fop-iho German race, or make the Russian people the slaves of Germany. I prefer to die on the field of honor and battle, rather than, to witness the shame and infamy of Russian land. "Russian people! In your .hands rests the fate of your country. Signed ) "KORNILOFF." In the sppnnrl iirnrilnmnHrm neTier- al Korniloff declares he is supported oy all of thf liiehpr rnmmanders on the front, denounces the government tor incapable government, weakness and indecision, and declares that "in ordpr ,n veil its unfitness the govern ment is creating the chimera of "a non-pxisiPnt counter revolution." . The provisional government ' has un- the martial law regulations pro nibitins the. emulation of General orniloiV's manifestoes, or-the publica- of unofficial news concerning mil iary measures taken against the re- formod unofficially early this 1 syciioiogicai ciicci,or vues- aeatn ; on August jDy a pistol snot. morning at the ' Winter Palace - tioninff the Act IS Declared I Mr, Dooling was accompanied to the Uiai rremier lversnsKy was -sc ; o j ' v Korniloff n.nnerf guarded, on tne principal lines out tew fi0"" v.-i.6m w..? Bo' swM,jor- General Psons were riding in-them. ? comi ;J, ;VZV"'1 ,hasbTun ini:ed r17I7I7D C D A ni T ATTHM - said to.bavo been committed in con omnund or-m-chief of , the Russian DEFER GRADUATION Section with the ; trust -fund : given to loff. lu ueuai xvwu State of War in Moscow, 'rograd, Sept. 12, -The provi3- a sht-nr','nmfnt'-trdy Ifcl?red thal ':'hasrdefeiTedniQbiliatIoh;:;hegro33fMrH6yn3 was asked to 'find' out district of nar exists in tne town a;inthe national army, the' War .Do- whether. Mrs. Robinson's 1 signature RESIDENT OF BANK " ' WAS AN EMBEZZLER I (Rv A 2Cirk-.la Dman .:' "nam issued a statement Inst night iKlPTtinrr i'nTrtn!vnii T J J! J. B. Martindale. ! lit Mt' I I j taic i Of the Chemical National troller ann i taRcn' tne comp- of a wfmiti i from the account ha arrii1 d.ep03itor' and the bank tirQ '-nsea to make erood the- en-1 maKe gooa tne- en- Can-:tr,i . vv i a surptasr of the bank, PaiVe.1 ims anntnced, were not im '"Uecort " the subtest degree by the tca opcraUons of Martindale. : ; surphtsbf the SELECTIVE DRAFT Hardwicks Proposition De nounced in Adverse Report of Senate Committee - - Tvrtrr - rrr nr-si r a : MILITARY EFFICIENCY ;ry Man Drafted Can Be Used ; iHi ' Associated Press. V ": Washington, Sept. 12. Denouncing -J - 1 I I I L. LM t L I 1. ... . . . . . ... . . oaa cvt the introduction of such 'a propositibn,!Mr- R0O!inig1!uIt.nerl.said ?at Afton the Senate Military committee today reported ? adversely Senator Hard- wtfir e frosn ntmn -07111011 -nrrtnlri- nrn. pr-'in vide that the consent of every drafted' man must De ootamea Deiore ne is; re-j quired to perform foreign service. tThe ' committee, the . report, says, believes; the draft law is constitutional and that' enirit nf nnnnsitinn to the? 'fielprrtivp draft act is serious," says the rejort, "and taken in connection with the un-i The assistant district attorney fur rest amongst the civilian population ther stated that there was also con growing. out of commercial and' indus- siderable evidence showing how $l, trial conditions, stimulated in some 000,000 of the King estate had 'beefl cases doubtless by yro-German sym- spent. There . were packages ' of pathizers and propagandists, placed checks drawn to a person v whose our country in a situation of extreme name he withheld and a number of peril at a time when all should be letters from brokers asking-additional united in a common cause. - margin. ' . , . ; ' "It is the view of .the committee.: There was also a bank note of 'a that the selective draft act is neither 'certain national; bank in this city, he violative of American tradition nor of fiaid. which showed , denosits in one j the. constitution, and entertaining this view, iue uuiuxiiiLtt; iccis justnitju in been checked - out. saying that there is no necessity for, 0ne of the first things that the as such legislation as that proposed, eith-sl3tant strict attorney did;' after er cn the ground of expediency or ne-(bfingIng the papers to his office, -was Ce.?,ty V , j. to telephone to a typewriter company VThe psychological effect of calling t0 nave one of its experts ready to ex in question an act thd principles of amine -a-photographic copy'of the new which, it seems to the committee, have) whlch.Mr. Dooling has askedvthe u.buw.-u,. u,uitB t u, country, is bad, and the-tendency of it all is to impair the military efficiency of the 'men who are, already in the j !!d fS wucu Ui CHATTANOOGA STRIKE SITUATION UNCHANGED (By Associated Press.) Chattandoga, Tenn.-Sept. 12. Lead ers of the Street Railway Employees' Union on strike here," were confident today that results would follow the .grand jury: coming to Chattanooga of John B. Col- District Attorney Svann said he de novs. Federal conciliator. He is e- cided to bring the cae before .i;e jury jpected to arrive here tonight Vs " I in tne meanume, me siluhiiuu js un-iwuof"aw . " -hanged. .The city - commission con-'Prior to the death of Mrs. Kiag. ; ,; tinued its efforts to settle the strike .' Assistant District "Attorney Dool amicably, but made little progress,' as ing yesterday, visited the former home F. W; Hoover, vice president of the bere of Gaston B. Means;; in an, effort street railway company, still is firm in rt gather- information bearing on th6 his refusal to deal with the union. . He case. ' -declared the company has nothing to : ' Charl-s E. r Hughes t denied today a '.arbitrate and will deal only with the report he had been : retained as at :nien as' individuals. , No attempt . is torney by Means or any one else in the being made to operate cars on the su-r King will case.' "I have no connection burban lines. - ' . ; - j whatever with the matter," he said. The company however, still is send- . . Forgeries Alleged. V i wtf-. Chiraen. Rent T2. State's Attornev I lug uui, au uutiit.uua i(ti, uvAvuy , Or-vr- INtUKU UrrlCiiKS I ' r p: ; (By Assrtciated Press.) -1 ' "Washington, - Sept. 12. Because - itr partment today postponed graduations Lat the negro officers'; training camp at Fort Des Momes, Iowa, one month.. un- , til October 15. Instruction will con-' unue until then., . - IN FOOD CAMPAIGN ' ' ' - T a ' ;; .Washington, Sept. 12. Reports in-, of Agriculture by more than 130,000 Petrograd by a part, of - the civ 'firms, .in accordance with the recent population, was, under ; way .-and, 'act of Congress authorizing "a! national 'aa-a reasOn' the'scarcUyof sup ifnciA nonenc - .Potitrn cq-wo tSA-.1fa.rathoii fhan mnitn.Unnc if net ncnens '.'Pbtitrno covo h'-.rfa.rMfKfti than t.. v, rpi. nartment statement torlnV, shnw thai. nrms are not only, tiling the required schedules, but are endeavoring to as-; sist , the campaign , In every manner possiDie. ; . .. -v,. , dH-l reapers and Correspondence of I ncfr. Moo A $ I ammea MRS; KING'S: DEATH STIRS THREE STATES r caeo ' mvestieratiner " Matters : Connected With Concord Mystery ' ' . - New York, Sept 12. Assistant Dis trict Attorney . Dooling, who is in j charge of the investigation here into i the death of Mrs.; Maude A. King, at Concord, N. C, announced today that after an all-night examination of pap ers and correspondence "belonging to Gaston Means, be bad found suffi cient evidence to warrant indictments for. grand larceny against one or more persons for alleged looting of the King estate.' . '. . I . v : The assistant prosecutor said he had - found in" Means' effects a paper upon which was an agreement where by Means was to .receive ?950,000 in case the new will of Mrs. King's hus band, -which is now up for probate, got - through successfully. . Means was business manager for Mrs. King and was witness of her apartment here by Afton Means, bro ther of Gaston, and by Henry Deitsch, Afton's father-in-law, under subpoena, were-expected to go before the grand Jury today. . . .'Means 'had told him he had come to i (New York for the trunk filled with correspondence and papers which was Gaston Means' aDartment s ry x - r a j. - . . - The 'trunk contained, among other documents,' he. said, papers which showed a great amount of work had been - done -by experienced hands $n preparing' for a possible contest of fiaAV ihnan ontrniraA n . aaaiaf ii . a ti through the probate of the will. year cf i90,000 , all of which : had Chicago authorities to forward to him. ;He sald that there was a typewriter ,n the Meang, apartment Afton Means, on arrii rriving at the .Criminal Court Building, wis' permit. Jted to send a telegram o his brother at Concord, telline. him of the-seizure of the papers. ' " Afton-Means, brother of Gaston B. Means, , is : being, investigated by ; th authorities of three States, and Henry Deitsch.L Afton . Means' ; father-in-law. was summoned by the ..District At- torney to appear today before the to certain i what transpired, and if a -- - Mrs, Anna Robinson, mother of Mrs. -wiauae a. iving, wnose ', mysterious death js now under investigation Dy authorities of three States. was forged to the document; ; v HORTAflF OR Ffinn - , ; , - , , rmt . tAUOtO -H V AtUAl (By Associated Press.) : : . ; Sept. 1 12. A shortage of fodstuffs in 'Petrograd may make j more difficult, the defense, of . the Rus- (rnv0rn.:nninn. tn tpIti nnd jiptivp mm- ment arainst the troops led .by Gen- iraitn supplies iTflsna trh p w 'thrpo rtave' o. Regarding the recent- development in the movement headed by Korniloff the"State Department today received no information.- TM wreabcnjtsjof -ount Lux--v :,- burg- is stilt unknown to the Ar - , gentine government. . ' r The Argentine, foreign office tH day sent a communication- to the German foreign ministry, demandr 4 ac mg an explanation pt jounx juuxt v burg's actionjin sending i the :.:i7ii RlClIVC 11IICAvWgI 4- cret code messages - o Berlin;'.4' ;.VE.KmIN I, O miOJ J&PkJtUdry code messages v;: through the; Swedish legation. It was officially announced t inrhi c tA a 0-b" 4 would recall her minister' at Ber- lin.- If the .: Berlin, government -1, disapproved of his ' course, the j , status quo would be maintained.' 4" 4 H - Fourth Circuit Court of Unit- ed States is Crowded - v v(ByTGeo., H. Manning). JUDGE DEEDED litiuiillfiT 1-tt i i.-..-n.i-.-ift mv- . n i ginia and Maryland. , , Senator Overman has . .introduced . and the Senate has passed a bill for an additional Judge for the Fourth. Circuit during each othe lasttour Sessions of -Congress ;but ie.House has not acted on it. It is highly- im- probable the House wiU act on it this; session The docket of the Fourth Circuit, : presided over by Judge ' Pritchard, of ) Asheville, N. C, and Judge Woods, of (West Virginia, is badly crowded, Judge Knapp, .formerly ot the Com-' merceCourt;:j tnere rpr some ume,Q,ui a xoira j uuge .-;yva8nraon,;..ep.-rine..aenLB.drove the United States into the war." passed late yesterday M ternoon - a-; The Germans1 lately," Mr. r Bonar bill to appoint an additional J udge on - LaW conUnued, "have been saying that the prst and Fourth- United States the Entente: was relying on the United Circuit Courts. The First Circuit is states as their last hope.; I want to in New.: Hampshire, the Fourth ' Cir- say to you that we do rely on r the cuit is composed of North Carolina,, united States, : :-:y:.: -y.- 'l South -Carolina, Virginia, West Vir-. " f,nilS'& The "leeislatioh -liaal'; not' zot '-, fSraddition tdrfrneof - t0O .imoosedM: tr'.vn on eh alone1 Jta nroduce anv Well de-! nneu contest ior. tne jod wnen createu.j mssacyup, luuuwmg -.uis,.uit3i4u& although, a number of good lawyers Jby the -defendants of a ;pleiaf; of nolo have ad their eye on it a long time. When the bill is finally passed there isisure to be a swam of able . can-', didates . from each of the five States . composing the, circuit. GIIR1 AH IS WOR Many Realize That Prizes Offered by Dispatch are Worth an Extra Effort to Secure Organization Will Play Important Part in Determining Winners -Twenty-five Thousand Extra Votes on Fi rst Subscription 1 ': $ 4 4 4 ! 4 THE PRIZES. $775 Eriscoe Automobile, ' Ford Touring Car. $200 in. gold. $100 in gold. $93 furniture suite. $75 Columbia Grafonola. $50 merchandise order at J. W. H;fFuchs .Department Store. $25 wrist watch. ' : Two $60 diamond rings. 4 Ton per cent commission . to all non-winners, wno - remain active, on" money; for new; sub- scripti6ns;;!:'-'f ;"' ;'7V h-&. a ..: -' J S 4 ."'" 4 . in a contest of this kind, Any con Did you ever in your life5 see any- testant can .multiply "her chances of thing worthhaving that was not winning many times by., organizing worth a little extra effort? her friends,, lodge, club, or church Unles s you were : born with :,. a pro- members and trying in every way to verbial silver ' snoon in your mouth, .v. w. . v. r ' . you . never had a thing worth while : that you did not have to put forthaiwin, but so; far have made no efEort little effort to secure or if you did not toward the realization of that desire, j put forth the effort . yourself, then someone near to-' you, wno - inougyi-. once. i ue cume&i- vijr more of you than you old: yourself, and the field is full of .unbounded pos put forth that effort. Someone had sibilities for the .aggressive workers to' do it. It is the nature of things. It should not LVbe forgotten, though, "Anything . worth while is worth a that the - time is flying, and that the trial." . Just so' it is with The Dis prizes . will not be . won by "wishing", patch's offer. There are .ten valuable but by ."working." C . . ' . - ' prizes, with two automobiles heading Subscribers- can .secured votes for the list, to be awarded the candidates anyone of , the candidates by paying a ia The Dispatch contest; and they are subscription at the ofllce, but they certainly worth an honest effort to must ask for the votes at the time the secure , '.subscription is paid,-otherwise votes Several of those already enrolled have expressed themseives;iorciBiy as paign fe- votes Hs: how commencing, thn Anmi4iinitv uTiri Ttrnjir ir Will mPHTl' to them if thy win.-,'- i UCjr Will. , - . . . . t-vi .non omrormia nno.':nr-thn' r.nntPSt Manaffer One SUDSCnp-1 email enhantinn mav Hpc.idfl whn . a similar contest, the-winner of one Extra , Votes.. .Don't forget, ne aay-. seeKs w:vuirvict ; f- -f . ?uu . .u -5tod o T,of Sntnr.lnv Rpntpmhfir lnth. ' sine , nim." wiu; come up. wier m ,iuc umie ras euui w auu Ut IUD - Ulg - JJl laco Tl Ml J J f - " ' j - . ' ' i s JT.stf . , - - r . ' - " i 1 . . . . i oo wttxt nrt ." luhiio it a tint . v 1 1 r.niiTii pi i.ri -rn ith i wu i, . v i-ca-.,.,- . .. r : .- , : 1 .iu ' Andrew BoRarvTPromptly ;9?" oa5rs America y as ; i neir ; f . . : " Salvafinn HEU'EDrHEALLIES i'',T. -:AT. W;;r; i-Kr T A . States into Wr-r-Ameri-- can Monejl Great Helil . .-. : : 't H?" AsaftpHted Press.) London, Sept. 12. Andrew -'Bonar- Law,' chancellor-? of the Ajcjrehjequer, . speaking J todays at: a '- luncheon given by. Empire Parliamentary Association ;to Medill Cormick' ; Congressman-ac-; large for Illinois, said:--- .. "In everything connected with the military arm, the Germans have shown remarkable resistances pven creniuses. But in dealing with questions of hu man nature; they have repeatedly made; mistakes which have been the salvation- of the entente allies.. No niistake ; they . have; made will be so Veat in its rnniAmioTifa ah tVinf TvhifT r - " -v;.- .. d to say to you now what I eL t, pn tn nxr tQ gay gix months, ago, namely, that .... . tbft. United-. States" financial assistanCfi . thG Allies would have been in diastroua straita today ; SEVENTEEN MONUMENT DEALERS ARE FINED i Baltimore,! Sept. - -. 12. Seventeen meinbers. of the" National RetaU Monu. toaay oy j uage j onn. u. ?oser m no bn'the association." ;'V.".;':'i'''r..:'-;'':--' contendre in .the indictment;- against them, which charged , tiolatlons of the Sherman anti-trust laws,- , ; . The .individual fines ranged from fl.OOO down to $5 eachr. ' V ; . : THISOItfiE EFFORT probable that the race here will be so close, it is within the possibility. Just a few moments now may decide- tne Question 7 in favor vf your .candidate ' and you had better see that your, fa 4'vorite candidate receives at. least one subscription" through your, efforts. !" The . thing for you candidates to do is to get very busy, and see . all your ; friends and : acquaintances and ask them to take a subscription ; for as long, a penocr 01 ume.as .poHsioie. iue longer the subscription . the r greater number of votes you V will . receive. When asking for a subscription the wise contestant wiu asK ior at leasi a year, for many people will subscribe for a year as easily as they will ; for siA.;--months;;;?:: organization. is' an: imporiuni. iactt:r build up a large and winning yote - m . , , j Those "who have wished they, might) should begin - an active campaign at itt;hotbe;Issue44:yptes'are4ue.;and can oe issueu vo tui 6uiaww.jr ins .their subscriptions at "the , oflBce, provided the subscribers ask Jor, them. Anyone.can pay me ouiesiauia u c. and' the votes will always, bo issued;; t Next Saturday,". September 7 15, .will be known .- as "Get Acquainted Day." I O R V f. r v tauuiud tts W UU' tun lo - w ,ssnas into tne c-mce oi me ,M - " - - , . I Hon for. three months' or longer will f i:v,-;.l:.1:ilsrj-IMfrH.HMIBB-Ivi.e'. m:'iUVMluJ1HUIIiUU. -iliilTiis rtnient of - Education Tries Out Its Moving Pic-J$ ... ;-: ture Outfit. 'J ". INHERITANCE TAX , CASES HEARD TODAY State Revenue Form Inherit- 'ance iTaxes Increases-- Kin ef T I c.;li ston s Union station btill 1 . in Controversy ; , s '--r (Special' to The Dispatch.) ? . -Ralejgh, N. C-Sept. 12. Governor Bickett; turned the Mansion; over "to moving , pictures last night and under, the auspices!, of the department of ed ucation . North , Carolina's 'motion pip ture outfit was exhibited in its work of pioneering ; among . the States of the Union in theift effort to hasten educa-j tional, results. , -' j- v -h -:;:. ' kK'wi.' . r - 1' 1 1 -' 1. 1 1. - ii Iri.i : ine uuyeraor, ; genteeny, speamg, ticked the lights of. his big house '6ut lion miles away. . Y.'C. CWrci tot of the comnvunify erje work' in North Carolina anfr organizer- of . all the ? leagues, ran tthe machine,' maifle the statement of its . purposes forthe department of education then lectured on the State's primacy : in ' this; kind, of roT-Tr Th niPtnroa nhmit Anniiiiv rn. resent propaganda, recreation and encT1 of the commander on the Rus- tertainment, all things that ome un der the departments of the V State. Much on education, on agriculture and in humor vwas i shown.; and ; Governor Bickett' invited guests saw the first official try-put. of the machine. .;; Johnston county mill men have giv en to "Miss Elizaeth Kelly, . commis sioner of illiteracy, ; substantial ., testt inony to their interest in her work ,by agreeing to pay the large part of tr e salary of teachers in Smithfleld and Selma mill communities.; . -':. Mrs. Allison goes to the Selma mills where I she will teach ; both- day and night, schools of adults and work with the end to make living conditions bet ter. ' ' This will include instruction in how to- employ the lavatory and how to, improve - home . conditions, general ly.' ;i - .''-'';"v'':';''-""''''-'' ' y- '' in Smithfleld the adult school will be ; maintained the . whole year and Mrs; Eteanor Zacbary will take cnarge of . it. ; The - mill men will turn over the rents from their houses; to be used in support; of the work, nearly all expense being paid by them. : Inheritance tax- cases will' come be fore the - Corporation H Commission Thursday! when King and Kimball, of -wni rem-fiRAiit the. estate 1 Greensboro; will represent the estate of Caesar Cone "and vvalser ana vvai ser, of -Lexington, will appear for the Elliott heirs, of Davidson. . - The Cone property is Jarge- and the Elliott moneys are by no means incon sequential, albeit, .the commission has ao idea how much is involved. u The inheritance tax act has become a considerable revenue? producer and it' yearly grows .bigger.- Had the .bill lhat went through finally been made law in the beginning,; the - Vanderbilt estate. which " contnoutea - $v,uuu m this tax, would Tiave yielded .$125,000. ; The State is' making : this " tax really j count for something. - .. . Tnio tho- TCinatnTi union station is-. iuuu;, . .1 gue js t0 come before the Corporation commission and ,the ":differences tweeJL patrons and the carriers will be-! be ajjUsted Ar Duehi. who has been ohejof the spectacular performers in . Raleigh, will be - allowed ' to continue catering If he respects a $5,000 peace bond and does not - wprry ; Mrs; Dughi again. The Italian - caterer pleaded guilty in Wake court when "the case came up and submitted ; to - charges f assault with deadly weapon and carrying con cealed weapons. The fine was-$50 and costs- '"'.."-" - '.:.':";-"-';,; But for Interference of soldiers sev prai weeks ; flsro Duehi would in : all probability have-killed his second wife, j Her' son was; in the party of defense! that fell' tnrougtt f a Dig piaia gias; window in " the Boylan-Pearce store. Mr. Dughi was temperamentally upset on meeting his wife from whom he had; been" separated "sometime. ;; " The old fellow's ageand' general kindness when at - himself gave ' the people a . - . .. ..IV- Vlm ' COOU Ueal OI BUipatUjr iui Uliu , The Busbee case irrwmcn a prisoner Provisional Government ; Nev ertheless ; is Optimistic Con i : cerriing the Situation i ; THE WHEREABOUTS OF t LUXBURG .UNKNOWN -Vk.: Argentine Government Sends .Passports to German "Lega tion for the Cdunt-TrBritish Repulse German j Attack, While French ' Penetrate; Lines of Trenches . Military news, is-still overshadowed ' in importance by the Russian internal situationi; which remains" complex' with 'a . definite cone lusion noti-in sightf ,'t.- ' Petrograd's -provisional government,', .'; while j admitting itself uhablej to ' ah -'. nounce the final overthrow of General- i-; i4v-i. ex presses optimism concerning- iheu sit- ; uation in general. : f" ;-.'V' " No further news -has come .through regarding the: reported' clash between r kornlloff; troops and those of the " government," which was coupled oWith , . x a report that the general's forces had , entered' tiatchiria, 35 : miles from Pet- 7 rograd. . It was reported in late dis-' patches, however, that General Kbrni left's march, oh petrograd had "been ' checked: his trbons outmanetivered and - Burririderjna. . " ' . ; , - - , In Moscow tfie 'trouble is Apparently accentuated, ; as majtial law has been . declared there. ; Government rspokes : men announced tha.tyhe .army com , manders on the. Caucasus and Ruman ian fronts ' had declared ' their alle- . giance to the . government; that the sianv western front was, counted upon, ' but that the attitude of General , Klem- . bovsky, commander " of the northern j front, the sector nearest to . Petrograd. j was. still enigmatical.. ; : , '') The ponstitutiorial Democratic parr . ty has 1 offered to . participate in the 1 ; creating of. a new ministry. In-order; i that civil war may be . avoided. : ; f The .recent disdosures - regarding i. messages sent, to' Berlin through Swedish diplomatic channels by Count Luxburg, German, minister, at Buenos Aires, in. which the .destruction- of y Argentine vessels ; "without leaving .'a ' ; trace" was . suggested and the ; acting foreign . minister of Argentina was as- . persed, has led to action by the Ar- gentine, : government, . It today- sent Count kuxburg's. passports tQ the Ger: ' ,; man legation. . The whereabouts of Count t,uxburg, is . unknown. An ex . planation of his action has been de- , tnanded ; from. the. German foreign of-; ' ; ficel;-.::;,;i.''-:;a,:,Vlv Military operations on; the Franco-, Belgian front, were of a minor nature tvith the exception of a German at ; tack on the trenches recently , captur- ed by . the . .British . near- If argicourt. norm ot . ou. H'r pulsed by. the British. fire. north of . St. Quentin, This .was ;reT - Several successful . raids against the w German .lines werecarried' out by the- . French in the, Chamtfagne; f. In one .of, these the French penetrated; as far as ' the - third .German, line; r. :. v : : V; - ISHII INVITED TO ' VISIT NEW YORI " (By Associated Prew.) ' --' .; . ' -; WashingtonSept. 12--Viscount,Ishii and other members of the Japanese - ."mfneinn were formerallv ' " invited . - tOi ' New Y6rk City today by a committee beaded " by Fire Commissioner Adam-! son. Tentative plans were made . for iv. t r.Un.o- x Mw 'tilt; tfayalicoc v 101 lui 0 w w . . a.... York. on September '26; ' '.;; 1--' ; r'?'i Many ' plans have ? been made for their entertainment by the city and by private' citizens. A banquet will be giyen by the municiphlity and a " pub lic reception will be held. " The visit to New York will include trips to West : Point and possibly, other places in the vicinity. t- -. V . ... - ;; ---; : ! PAflMLEVE FAILS TO FORM NEW CABINET r ;; (By Associated Press.) ' .. Paris, Sept. 12. 1Paul Painleve, m!n- ister of war, has announced , that; he .. . has not been unable ta form a new . ministry to succeed thatof M. Ribot, owing xo tne eievenm uoui wnuuion al of the- Socialists, Albert Thomas and ,M. Varenne. ; i " " .- ';. I '. . . - - Uraed to Continue. . - f London, Sept. 12. A dispatch from Paris, to Reutersj -limited, announces that Paul Painleve. minister I of war ' has failed to form a new ministry, ana returncrd themandate to President Poincam 1 o'clock this morning. The Painleve to con the latter asked : -reflection. ' r- r- - ?. 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The Wilmington Dispatch (Wilmington, N.C.)
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