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f ' VATHERiCAST Carolina i - jFalrf JonightS wairme r - lit- extreme ; west North slightly nnrtion ! V; South Carblinar-Falr,, tonight and: Wednesday. ' xtV' ILIiaASDiyinE SERVIG& VOL. XXIII. NO. 329; ; f - 18,1 PRICE FIVE CENTD. M till . , . .." t Solicitor Clement , in Concord to Take Charge of The Case. -'''I ::- V: TWO COURT ORDERS DIRECTED TO MEANS Federal and State Courts Both Appealed to by Relatives of Mrs. King Means Visits His Charlotte Lawyer. (By Associated Press.) " Concord, N. C, Sept. 18. Preliini uarj' steps toward re-opening, on Sep tpn.ber -'4 the investigation into the death near here on August 29 of Mrs, JIaude A. King, of Chicago, are pro gressing rapidly and it was e. cted Solicitor Hayden i Clement w. ni l .i i .'.ii.- ! Gaston B. Means, so-called business t man;is r of Mrs. King, and who was with her at the time of her death, has signified his willingness to. submit to Mr. Clementr for his inspection, certain papers and account books of Mrs. King. Means had refused to comply vith an order issued by Judge E. B. Cline, of the" Superior Court, that he deliver the'. papers to the au thorities for safe-keeping. Judge Cline-has declared no action in connection wth Means refusal to obey the court order, would.be taken until Solicitor 'Cjement had an- oppor tunity to examine them and ascertain whether 1 they had any bearing upon the case. . .. ' ; f T: .f :: ...;: t- Means Visits Attorney, ? Charlotte, N.' C Sept. 18.-Gaston B. Means, o witchiai; father, W.' G. Means, came hero.ihis morning, from Concord, to consult ' with Gaston Means' attorney, in regard to the re straining order "issued by Federal Judge James E. Boyd, -of Greensboro, -Jast n'ght, en petition . of Mrs.- Anna L. Robinson, mother of Mrs. Maude A. King, Chicago woman, who was killed near Concord, August 29, en joining Gaston Means from disposing of the property of Mrs. King, which bp- is r.lleg'ed 'to possess. . .'. .Means, when asked for a statement refused to talk or state if he would accept service of the order. He re ferred the matter to his attorney who stated that he" had the order -and a I lhat time had not finished realing'it ut would make no further- state ment. - i Means and his father are traveling in the automobile thatwas supposed i to have been .purchased here for Mrs Kinnr ih..t TT..,i no:i 4aw ' .... ...ujt yaiu. lux uyuu. uv;- livery vith gold" certificates of thou-1 sand dollar denominations. . This is i the nam'; car that was being used by the party the night that Mrs. King met her death. k , The garage proprietor here who has i., U 1 : Ur. r " V. "i..81 4 r 1U1V" 4 made au.oijouilU lUdt UClUUa to J Mrs King, that was brought here by Gar,t,-,n .Means to be overhauled a 8hort tinio before Mrs. King's death, stated this morning that no papers had hi n served on hini. Following conffirpnoe with his attor ney hi'Vh Ifiil.nv fJactrn Mnono rofcr.l - " v' f - - kl Vvl4 M 4V1. kj V4VVA red all iniiuiif rs to hisrcounsel. jHe did statf, however;' that "there was mueh behind all of the present sen eational stir that had not come out, intiiiii.t;..;; duit." this ' voiild be to hit benefit, if known. He was asked if thr-;o disclosures, would ' come out v at the re -ripming of the case in Concord next iMoiiday by Coroner, Spears, but ansv, if.,i ncitfier yes or no. Means Wa a!-k(d about . newspaper reports bJ c(.i)sI)iracy by. the Teutons.'to get 1h' King fortune; and, hesitating 4 "'"inent, he replied: .-. 'Ar,i' these papers almost orV the "!': C.;v oK,if ' hi piuL over uero uy uer nian .- j4. deemed to take this -re-Jf','1'' illogical on its face. Means K"tI why the . papers' had not said l,-t he -had declared as soon as he re nin .! f0 Concord, that he had "Hill,'' ! 1 e.-,r,;-i an investigation of the Tie was told, that some of ' - had so quoted him 5 Ti(l his father went intoi a ortference with his attorney Kiris e the Ve: , flirt hf r this day not der j :. ' noon and will return late to-VJ0urceS' it; was learned by the Assu- rrord. Ilia attorney would "fret her they would "accept I'edoral Judge Boyd's or- ( 1 t Gveensboxo last n'ght, if'-.irsin i:. r j. mm iiuui uiapusing oi Hie i Mrs... King,' now in his '.V.. premier kerensicy v 4, TO THE FRONT W ograd. Sept. 18. Premier Ke Kert i ' ,accomPanIed l.l by General mini vVSV- minister. of, war, and Ad left' p-ervs1 mster of marine, sian Jr 0grad Iast night . for the, Rus tte fi, , ral am5r headquarters' in COIFEREES ABEE i A. Modified Zone Plan For In Creased Rates on r ; Publications.. : - ' , i (By Associated Press.? - ; Washington, Sept. , .18. Second class postage taxes "in the war " tax "billwere agreed upon today by the conferees. ; ' V- '. ing rates on newspapers and periodi-i cals was decided upon,' according to ! reliabfe information which filtered X tnrotieh .ih strict ordpr of spnrfcv.i ANUiie 01 ne conierees : woma ais- ciose any mumauon 01 merr action. ' .Jrirs, nowever, . in ClQSe ' tOUCh ' 'mail miction i v.Ui- the second class mail question said the conferees had' agreed upon a. modification of the House zone plan. .Their information was to the effect that a cpmprpmise between the House and Mckellar plans had been ' reached- proposing a limited ' circulation area , in -which present one cent a ,n.Wtoa;roni1u nnt ha rni reducinVbotn'-f the graduated zone oe f tho TTrtllQQ McKellar. plans. . Postmaster Geheral Burlen ' talk- cd- with the conferees before their' decision,was reacneo. toaay, ana was, said . to have i urged the rid.ru W It Ji h plan of; raising postage' rates, espe cially lications Repf esentative Kttchin1 and " 5 the trirontoTiert tnt alra hx flpfTit Vinotr tn ! the. House if the-Senate conferees mi fist inn publication postage be a decision by store, in part at bs on first, class COAL PRODUCTION t r,RF ATI Y miRTATI PH ! - r . . t - ' (By Associated Press.) . Washington. , Sept. 18. Reports ' to the Geological 'Survey- on production of bituminous coal show a decrease during August at the : rate of more than 3,000,000 tons a month, and in- dicate that a shortage of coal this winter fdaroH .. hv' m nn v pnvprnmpnt I . . j ry o . . ; officials,, may be a reality unless pro - - duction shows a decided increase, f inuicauuus -are ;uiai wiiiib ;,iueie will be sufficient anthracite for do- T Jl-.l! . 4.1. i U.'l. 4.1 ! - mpctin rdTiRiimntinn In fh "RaiRt thprp.. Imay be an insufficiency of bituminous ,-k on inffi.iMra rtf Kl.4TOrt,ie InlnoMal nlonta rnin o. o t i - r:r " ,v'i"t," j men vyVAVj-. , . V The chief sections of the country in 0ffi Q;a vam irn.i, lacing the;susermg are wew England and the West and Northwest. ORGANIZED LABOR IN VALUATION CASES By Associated Press.) ? - ; Washington, Sept. . -.18. Protests against the valuation' fixed tentatively by the Interstate? Commerce - Commis sion on 'several, smalt- railroads, wrc joined: today : by( the ' f onr chief rail road brotherhoods. V fn. a brief filed in the Texas Midland railroad .valu- ntion . nroceedines. the brotherhoods assert- that without a' report - showing the oi-irinal cost tcr date, "all the la bors of the commission will have been en-advertising portions of pub-J "tI. least the House tax J the , WUlon, ; war. that . means heart-j the State v to other States,', and i to allf Samuel- Gompers, -president of the I The conference, which ! ended ;.in rnaii ; ' ' r j breakings,' ruined 'hopes, a little jthe ; people committed to its charge. ; American FedetatiPn of Labor, has J this tentative ' agreement,? began yes- - ma-x '-': ' ' . ; glory,, perhaps,, a certain self respect, Applying this great utterance as a4an engagement to confer with-Presi-jterday afternoon about 4 o'clock. : -. inin. onrt tfin irrpaf pvhnno f thP'lvo. when she has -fceen convinced undertaking will have ' been Idly wast ed. Public confidence . in , tiie res'ult of the investigation -.will he. destroy: ed." - - . ' 1 - - - v.The brief , is the first appearance of organized labor in the valuation cas es. " . . , '; - -- ARGENTINA LOATH , I , TO GRANT COURTES . ..v. f .'.i 'inn' "!' .;';,-' ;-u v-'-ti-- (By Associated Press.i Buenos Aires, Sept. 12. In private ci'ated Press today that, the Argen-f tine government has asked SDain to! take the responsibility of obtaining a . conflict of nations .in which i every; from the " American and British gov-'national-resource .must be called into crnments a safe -conduct for Counts pla" 1 1 . ' . von Luxbur v,t.he o Germam - minister "L,-t me emphasize, the primary and l;ere7- vho recently J was given ; -N his Inaraiount purpose of this convention passports, ; arguing mar; tne uount . is ; to leave ; Argentina - for . Spain on' a 'Spanish .vessel.- ' According, it' was rsaid,..the Spanish minister has asked the Madrid government to initiate ne gotiations to this, end. " .'- , The "course taken by. the Argentine foreign office,' "is not in accordance with diplomatic i usage,, but this gov ernment, it is understood, wishes to escape the necessity of., extending to the expelled German minister, the us to ual courtesies. i li vver to Bus riess Metiis :,; ferTTieir m CI Tf I CTT A U )tUC Vl I S 1BY UNITED STATES ary of Interior Addresses War Convention of Cham- ' ,. ber of Coniinerce;of the '0B: , ' U. S.- Praises Congress '5 ': .'f (By ; Associated Press,)'- " ;..-V 1' cAtlantior-City, VN.; J., 5 Sept; 8P Business men1 asking '."their duty to the nation in war, ; were ; told ; b y S ec; retary : Lane.iaddressirig the war con vention of the Chamber of Commerce of the ' United States here, to "change the word from "duty" to "opportun ity,", and t seek the - answer- from, the khaki : clad American -. boys who are crossing the ocean. ' "We have come upon a day and a new philosophy he said- ' We are i to ; judge, men henceforth not by what they have If TUN If CL I K 4 but by what they give.": . ';) s ' The ; Secretary declared tfiat the United States, having determined, to fight Germany's effort to master the world "with high explosives and low makmg y full steam - -im " x I , If any one doubts that, he . added, ;'let him he recpr,d of Con- whicb has come in ; for soy gxcoo, much -of derision and reproach. I presume to say J that no other parlia y tiiiie ever passed so great a : volume : of ; well- considered and ; prophetic . legislation as has our: present Congress in the past five months. , : : - "We ; have supplied money for bur friends, raised an army of a million and a quarter, inaugurated a new in dustpy that of making aeroplanes. revived a dead industry that . -of building ships, placed ports and prices oyer industries and resources m the hands of the Pjesi- ent that will givehim .tlie weapons ne needs, , 'made laws to punish do- - - - - . I". t, " , , . . r . . - j -A . i.mose wno..; can ' uear up. uauer,, iu j rW&" at Americai it is conceded, lw how to fe w and we I war, whole-heated, ' resolute warr a world that men can grow in J "We shall make , waf in , earnest, j for :we' know that if. , Germany wins, the-world will ; turn aside1 from ' the system of law and liberty, which we know, and exalt that ' m?liury caste and system which Is the. historic ene my' of personal liberty.- We make.' war in France that we may." not. be , compelled to - do battle here. Let Germany have Canada or Mexico, or. even Cuba, and " we would go to our j , . . ... D.lrrTm ratha! . - t'"e"";.t"'. with our. guns in our hands. . . : , . .. j, our war, for we claim proudly that . . 1 II N IM. Ill 1.1 ULU LHJO L LLlOLltlLi rCU I we gave iu imiiuiat? iu iuiuy turned, its face, toward democracy, HDU . IUr LUai 1 BitBUU, , 111 UgilLlll; witii England, France, Italy and Russia, !, fiBt,t ffty thn whn fnllnw in thA "&""JirU f" trTa way wealed, true .children of- the V." , :'ntinJ ftf,mont as a servant, not a master. 'It is now 1900 years since' Caesar defeated . the Germans - in France. When they, came asking Herms, he said to them:- 'Go back whence you rnme. reDair the damage you have rtnnfi. and cive hostages, to keep peace for. the future It was the ancient and . barbaric " custom'' to take 4 prices . and high . men as ' . hos- 4 tages, and - this custom Ger- many, followed when she entered Bel i glum. . . c , C " - . ."But : the ; world does not ask sucn hostages today It is the problem of world statesmanship -. to discover what kind ' of hostage , Germany can that her dreams of world-over mas- tery1 cannot come true." j President Rhett, ' in his address, said: - . . ' . "I Mtfli wo-B.BiMftV tiiiucij ; avitm-c, "-j v-." greatest uuniuer, anu ilia uassiumess ui iauui uwc, ' uiu ' VuiH-cimu6-,ouu wvuiui-o kuu ue;vwu. raiBS WdS bdlUi.O, -...-K- ,V million ar.fi . mnnov W I -!.. , vi . .n, v . h;. V4r iH1iV(,lnn -i . -C . , ;;; . :. ' " a. vuiiu mat meu csa wu m. rnio fnr pnnsinr' in mTprnarinna ai-..npnr wiiRnn iar T.oaav. ' i' ' ' . EBusiness has been; groping in. the all non-winners, wno remain v dark because it finds the very founda- K active, on . money for new sub-yf tions of commerce have .been upturn- scriptions.'. . ; 4 ed; demand and' supply can no long-' , - A . . - er - be permitted to control prices, be- 4 4 . H ; - cause, the, extraordinary demands v of . 1 J , ' A" . ' the government have r completely- un-1 Who will win, the $775 -Briscoe au balanced the scales.. 'Something else tomobile, purchased from H. V wf; ho fmtnfl tf tako ita nlaeft fnr the ; Pierce, Warsaw, .which The Dispatch Ime being, i The government is now; marching for that , something. "The President has well' said that! thU war is not a. battle of armies, but: our countrymen want to - Know just Hw' this, business men fell about this to ' them, and The Dispatch, is going war. Our-Allies likewise, want' to.') l,ive it away, but the Question as know. - ' to .whom to give" iVtsne question that "Can We permit German autocracy would c almost have .pprplexed ,King and militarism to remain a3 a con- Solomon.. T - stant , metiace . to tha v liberty a ' con- ? There r is a .large list, of representa stant dangf to the peace and tran- tive: women and girls of this section quillty ; of itK- -?--Tr ? Can - there be' of North - Carolina who baje . signified any compromise t with r this " question: their intentions to i make I a - race for nowv lhat millions of men "have died" the automobiles,,- and - most! of. .those make' it5, impossible? " Men-may (Continued on Page Eight). - I CRD'VOS IfJ BMRliEieiliiiiisRii; liESBISSIflilllGHlNEa Viscount lsKi Pernor m McCall.Were the PrindC SHOWNiTHE VftnRCt Massachusetts . Constitutional ;nuon aare Perry VHistbryr ; TnpReferredib I ". Boston, v Mass., &!&lTi 'j'a.p ahese:i mission fteaddllby Viscount Ifthii, vra 3' welcorfcd, ;!to Boston 'i today ; by , a great crowd,- notwithstanding- a disagreeabld Ebrtlsl rainstorm. Troops lined up in tiie South Station train, shed, x stood -at . present - arms, wMlea pand fhaUc4ie.gjiest3 wlth the v japanesev; national ! anthemS as thev stepped from! llie' train. . t.; - There was .n. inforinai parade " in automobiles to ;. th(?;;' S tate Holise, where the tartyr wasgreeted . by ;Gdv rnort McCall. : After J a brief recep: tion, the visitors went into the ? con vention which; is sitting t6 revise the State Constitution, and there. Viscount Ishu vexpressed hisdelight at being meet . precisely the situation -that has in-Newngland.-. : if .arisen! . f . f1rtrtiT-rr.-n 'All rt1ri VT' tWr i,.l 1,-.' .1 . ." " " , ' Governor McCall,' .in' vel coming the mission, on behalf .of the State allud i .worlds rranio But ;it was not all gin whpK 'J exchanged tteireren " otw.: f assurance' as ;lo ..whatlaborj might ilizatM,heThe6stern cost,tnem-hefore-theorkwar com nations have v apparently jmleasned ".t - . . , t . . J , . v" 1 forces which Hhcy -"cannot ' control. ;p - ' . .! - :--'i." Those- portents of energy called into' Under the cost plus contract, the Taeing by .the inventive genius of :man government would absorb at .least have come to threaten us with mas- some increased wage scas.y: Sd far, tery, and : we are in' danger of becom- however,, no suggestion that the Nayy iner ; their -retims .and their slaves. Department- authorize increases at Japan will, far ,more than repay; any debt she . may owe our Western civil-. thing of her old repose and help sub-, ordinate fits mighty .engines to the . rrxT' riir . .r . .r-",J' .... - whom ne descriDeaias "tor - over -.au years: AtheK i euide. ?counsenor and Anui tinri iorn-jto Vixr":ho infoiioot r ir: was t ;naries snmner; wno saw .. rentier -nrs"ouices ,as memaiurs w ui-. tuivteu w iibsjuuu jimonau. The true' grandeur of humanity is in; ciliator. -In settlement oi : Jhjeistrike th0 settlement pf all questions ; lnyoly TYinrdi oiovntirtn i istiitniTiWi anH liVht. of iron workers and shib V builders ed in the strike to the Department of man. The truest " tokens of thisi nMr. Boyce has been vlnstructeri Uo investigated, the governmetit is t6rec 1 1 crronHmir in' a fitafo iaro - tiio fifFntnT i kppfv in rlnsp tmich with'develot- tommeiid what. - further steDa are to be grandeur in a State are the diffusion iriilA fnr sniidarinfi' in intpmational airB t caa. say t0 you. that it fills the ideal and true spirit of Japan in - her dealings with you, and with the world." .1 : u, . 10 IS GOING TO lit: BRISCOE AUTOMOBILE? haxge List of Representative Women and Girls ' are , Deter mined to Win One of the Prizes Offered The Dis- y patch People of Eastern N. Carolina to Decide. - . i. The Winners. ' , u. ', " THE PRIZES. - $775 Eriscoe Automobile. . Ford Touring Car, - . $200 ji gold. . $100 gold. $93 furniture suite. ' - $75 Columbia Qrafonola. $50 merchandise , order : ,at- J. W. II., Fuchs Department Store. $6.) wrist waiuu. Two $60 diamond ' rings. Ten per"" cent r commission to is going ,to give away, is the; all; ab- sorbing question pf the hour. The; way the race Is' starting 'off, there - is going, to be:,: a battle royal over '; the .winning of -this - beautiful, car.; , ' j '- ' ' C There isn't a wom&ur or a girl in the territory , reached by The Dispatch, but who would be more, than delight- ea 'to rzyu iuia iiuiuiuuui:,yiBBuicu so far enlisted say that they will give no' quarter, and the , one whoerentual- STRIKE 1 Ah f-Extension J of If Strike'to i 1 Lumber Mills is Feared ; " ' by Officials. ' ; SECRETARY! WILSONf ? & ! v OFFEltS SERVICES Secretary j o ,1 IprjIOfders 0i;HiS'; Goid -rficesjas'a-v diatbroyernm ;f; !' Marking Time. -, - - . fe.-;-' ' (Hy:' Associated I'mbs, i X- Washington Sept. 18.Chairman Ilurley,f of ; the? shippingVbpard Joday appealed to President Gompers, of the American Federation- orjpabop stop thestrikes whicn are holding up gov ernment ship building on the . Pacific coast. A conference l-;will. be held to day between .Mr. ; Hurley . and Mr. Chairman Hurley also' conferred to - day with Secretary .Daniels on the navy's, settlement rof wage deinahds in government;shipyards:;j5, O:. , Navy contracts Invoived In ;the strike, virtually all are of. the cost plus a percentage of J profit type- adopted to Whenbids for destroyers, cruisers ;batleships wre 'opened, private buiidera said they could not make flat tr fititKt an Htranrdinarv the San Francisco : plan . has been re.-, ceived. Presumably the builders are not i willing to grant the increases ?detnand-j ed by the 'men on commercial .work "1'Vi. k L!'iftivt.. r.to..Lrjiv.i.v u.j t. Jrii. .m m oecrwiry-vviisou uiSfi,HE:t ,W. T. Boyce. thpr - ; u, v ; ; i i ;,- -.vet x w ,assis,tantjCommissipner , pending striKe oi tne BeaDoara cierBis. ntgSSsfeIsi5e tkeep" in close ; touch with; 'develop-jommend af-..dent Wilson late' today, r Extension of " the striked gto mills producing lumber , - for goyernment ships Is feared by snipping Doara. oi- : ' - (Continued on Page Eight.) v .'. ly secures it will be' ih'e person' who j I speaks to the most people about - ber i campaign. The people '-of - Eastern North Carolina- are -going ; to decide tho winner nf thi praiirt nriTP. - The Dispatch " announced 'that it would conduct a contest and In truth it is a contest. -The -prizes are not only two automobiles, but- there, are right additional prizes, valued at Run- contest, have - been carefully worked out ' and the manner of securing votes and awarding the prizes has been made clear to ' all. -.There- will v be: a board of judges, composed of disinter: ested business Jmen pf rtWilmington, who will count ; the. votes at .the close of the contest and "award Jthe prizes. Candidates are npt; restricted as to where they may go secure. subscriP:! railway : employes strike here , apper tions. - They, are not confined to their today to be at a standstill. F. W. own locality or town, but may goany-j Hoover,- vice v president5 of vthe Vtrac where; in .the world for subscriptions tion -company, promised yesterday; to and votes.' - , - 'prepare' a statement-in which; he There is a counon in each issue of I The Dispatch good, for ten '.votes: Clip ottt every, coupon that.youxan' find . i Do not hold them for a week's supply,! but-deposit them, of ten.. Do not hold them Tuntil the day of expiration-- Sept. 29th. Saturday, Sept. 22nd will be- knownf contest, and'each candidate who turns f - in on or before that day' two : yearly r. siihscrintion Davments." or one for two' subscription payments, or one for two Will U JJIVCJI i tciuuwiq fcuuu lui.tfv,-. t,',r , ' x, , n , . . , ... 000 extra votes.; Only- oneiof V these r Expresses Germany'.' iReiret.' vt;I certificates will he Issued to any con-l ' ; Br Associated ";Press.) ; '"' ' testant The 'money (for these subV - Stockholm, Feb.18 The German scriptions will also - apply on a ' llomfnister. to Sweden" today. -formally club,l which, :if completed before Oct. j expressed to the ' Swedish;: govern- will eivo' rtiv candidate 15.000 extra ment Germany's" - regret :Jn- conse- ' ' . . - . " .- . - votes (Continued on Pager Two" ) St TR An Agreement t Reached WhefebyJ the ;t31erks" Re-5J J turned;ib Wdrkrbday J? Vv?- :l '!?: 'V (By Associated Press.) " ; , Richmond -Va., Sept. 18. The . Sea board Air Line Railway freight clerks strike is, ended. Following an all day eonference yesterday in . Norfolk", between . W.. L. Sedden, vice-president of thej railway; i Jit J;: Forrester, pres ident of " the Brotherhood of- Railway Freight- Clerks, -: and G." . M. McWade, representing the r United ' States 9 De partment of Labor, an agreement was reached whereby, the men were to re- , - turn to work this morning, with the understanding .; that Mr. McWade would draw ud v a " contract which would be accepted' by the railroad uuu .vu uivi n.o, The twenty-eight striking clerks at Richmond returned to . work this morning, also those '-at Jacksonville, Tampa,' Raleigh, ; Hamlet, Savannah, Americus and ' Cordele. 1 Under the Pending agreement, the railroad wi?l grant, concessions, on .several points, PrPa1 -the wage question, ; also as to men working late at night and Sundays - without extra pay .V The ' strike reached Richmond . a week, ago yesterday, after it had been in force for about 10 "days at Raleigh j ana oiner . pomis rur tner . .; souur. About seven weeks ago, ' there ' was a strike- here which lasted one day, but the . matter was temporarily patched np. -i '.im'-- V y ; Norfolk,; Va., Sept. 18. W. L; Sed' don;" vice president 'of cthe ; Seaboard Air Line railway, "and G. M. McWade, representing ; the ...United States De- 'partjnent c Labor will leave Nor- vvitriucu au. uie-vauuip u;yi uu- of iLabor. Af ter 2 conditions have been what -further steps are to be LIFTING BIG SPAN FOR QUEBEC BRIDGE i y .; (By Associated Press.) ., ' : ' J Quebec, Sept. 18. Lifting ; opera- j I tionss to put mtor place vthe 640 foot central span of the ; Quebec bridge, were renewed here early . today."- ' Yesterday, the span .was carried up ward 28 feet from the pontoons and theV engineers, in charge this morn ing said they expedted to add 68 feet today, which . would bring .it v within 54 feet of its :- final resting place. , H AVAN A AUTOISTS .WITHOUT GASOLINE By Associated Press.) Havana, Sept. 13. More than a I 4-1 mi nn A n nf AtvtTf Inn fn 17a tro v n Vi 1 rr Liiu uociiiu autuiuuuuco m ixai aua uu t been forced into retirement by 1 the action o retail gasoline dealers, in jumping the price from 47 cents, a gallon to $1 and in some instances to $1.20. , - . r1?--'MS :-:-vV-v: After! a conference r between -. Dr. Montalvo, secretary- of the Interior, tanu.Miguei uasion, neaa or me wesi ( Indies Oil Company announcement iwas made that the -company has a sufficient supply on .hand to last ten days, with 400,000 - gallons expected by ; ship September, 18. A " ; It was intimated the supply is ade- quate . f or all Aneeds and that the ac of retailers is - unjustified and prosecution : will follow ;. if they .; per sist in their - excessive demands. q ' , CHATTANOOGA STRIKE ' STILL UNSETTLED - (By Associated Press. , - . Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 18 Prog- nn a ternational organizer : of . the -union, ! aTid jnhn B "Cblnova.- Federal media-l tor, said-today they were waiting , p-j on Mr. Hoover. 4. uridertook Of ' cars to The r traction companSy. to extend the ODeratiOn East Chattanooga : today' but the first two cars Agoing . out T were almost - recked; strike . sympathizers smash-' ;nv hn. minHAwa ' Witii -ww anri etherl .iug the windows.,.with rocks and otherij I..11.. 0 J!.l ljUCUVO V A XAC . V A gvUlllitUil telegram affair. rV.'i'-i'r-Hvi- European' - War :i Fields Furnish: tvy V News of Many Local rV . kMANS v S ASSAULT ON FRENCH Russians Occupy ' , Another -Towri on the D vina-Heayy ' :V; Artillery Fire is v General mngAirHonts:;5 orations, Hhe f European war f ; fields continue to - furnish news or inultlpli1" ;.' iocalxactiyities; The; Germans , broke into .activity. northwest fef , Rheims, '.on the ": French' . fronts last night, and lnv an attack to- ; ; ward the Neufchatel road, .BOuth of ' the Miette, reached the ' French lines. . . .They,'; were ejected ' . after A a ;:' sharp i ; -fight, Paris announces. ' ,; ;;-'v;;,i ; " ; London's official f. statement is par-.;, ticulariy rcolorless today, but recenjt - communications have . mentioned very active "raiding work and .airplane oh- servation . in which many photo-. graphs were taken .' Berlin ,. hag dwelt heavily upon the i Intensity; :of , i the. artillery fire In. Flanders.' The Russians apparently have stop- - ? r " ped their forward movement in the -Riga, district, , in which some of the (grpund ' lost in: the recent retreat wa -reclaimed. They are, rectifying their, linea' further up' the Dvina however; nd report today the occupation . ot the 't town of Blddag, northeast: of . Friedrichstadt after - an.., engagement with the.' Germans.- - i : ; .,$ : Enterprise continues to4, be V shown y -by the Rumanians who f'-i yesterday captured ;a section of the Teutonic fortified positions in the Varnitza re gion on the Moldavian front.. An vat tackLon the Rumanian lines, : in! the Pantzui ; Meraschesti - sefetor .was . re- f-il pulsed; : . -:-:.::f.-"!J-;;t1 TVi-r-:.- I ly. reports the repulse of further Aus : man counter lattacKs; on tne jsains.iZ"; 2a plateau; and heavy artillery: fireonj the.Carso; M i Geiwans"v'AttackFren..r 4i:pftris-Sept;48 eriIolentA of Ithc Miette river lastaigbt, launch Led an attack, and reached the French . , line towards the Neufchatel road,. The French official statement, issued e this V afternoon, , says that after i a.; sharp "fight, the .Teutons were ejected V. from the positions, losing heavily and f-' leavings prisoners in the hands of the ; French . The ' artillery was. active on both sides ;pf the Meuse' river andrin the region of Fosse wood. - ' ' . A DESIGNER OF THE f DEU TSCHLANU VtAlM 1 V .4 ' :"' (Br 'Associated Press.) v i Baltimore, Sept. 18. Gotthbl Prusse, one of the designers of the German merchant submarine Deutsch land,- who came tq Baltimore, on thfe .first voyage of that craft,- committed suicide, in ? the ; city . jail today by hanging. ; , : - "- r.'-.'-;-;-? ' Prusse, had . been imprisoner : as an alien enemy. ; He was arrested by the United States authorities on Au gust 20 for leaving - a restricted zone without permission. He was 41 years old and born in Germany.. ; -: . ' f , HUNDRED THOUSAND . SALVAGE AWARD (B.t Associated Press.) . ' Norfolk, Va , Sept. 18.-Judge Ed-, mund Waddill handed down a deciBlon in. the United States Court : today awarding $100,000 to the Merritt and -Chapman Derrick and Wrecking .Com pany, as salvage" money for . its rescue -of the British, steamship - Kio ' Ora whicti ' was - stranded on Castle Island in the Bahamas,' on February 29, This . is the largest award for salvage' ever; made in the local United States Court, and , is declared by attorneys In tn .case, to be' the second ' largest f .evei; given" in the United States. " The only other larger award was in-the' case of the liner : St. ' Paul, which went ashore ' on; the Atlantic coast' On her maiden voyage. -?i': ' ' " " -' Shipping i Men Confer JS;J " - (By Associated Press.) ' i Boston, . Massk, ; Sept.r l8.rr-Ne , wEng- ; land shipping men held a conference with ' representatives"' of the Shipping Board -here 5 today. They discussed the proposed plan of bringing' under a central .authority, the , operation ,of il North,. Atlantic tugs, and " .barges with the view .of relieving congestion and expediting the movement pf cargoes. I'r , - R9peR SUCCEEDS OSBORN. ' (By Associated Prei Washington, Sept. 18. - Roper, I,; of South ? r (By Associated Press). ! Daniel Carolina, was . nominated ; today by Presi- . dent Wilson, commissioner of internal revenues.';; Mr. Itoper Csucce ;: . . i'f Roper Csucceedsw William 4 :H,,1- Osborn of r North .Carolina,; 4- , who. has been commissioner for 45- several years, and. who .resigned -K; 45-; on . account of poor health. Mr. r Roper was . an.;asslstant- post- masterly general ; ; ; for; ' several.. years, and is now r on; the tariff, . - ; I US I)' 'c--.