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. - , ' . , . - - .,-' ' ' ' V , . k t " , ' . , . . ' - -V, W ILMMGTOI , ; . .., - - . - - ' ( - ' r . - 1 . s , - , . " - .-"'--, v ' - . ' , . w i , " WEATHER FORECAST., North Carolina? V'1'. Showers Sun-j day except fair, in northeast par? ii0n- Monday probably ' rain. '--' South Carolina : Showers ; Sun-' day; Monday prpbablyralnwc J THREE SECTIONS. FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE VOL. XXI II.' NO. 334r r V WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA SUN D AYr J ORNING, SEPTEMBER 23 1917. PRICE FIVE CENTC nirnp,P is FERGUSON: -FQUN GUILTY. ; Jtm ' ' .. w-' t .. '- .. l. ll -n lul l mi ( i l mum m FULL EXPLAKftT!8KM Aus tixi,' Tex., ' Sept 2 2.v ; James FergusOA? suspend? d -Govern- 4 EwTINA ASKS ;imp,nivfiT;!i id. It- - n Official Expose of Teu tonic Crimes Against America. ; GERMANY CONVICTED ON SERIOUS CHARGES Teuton Diplomacy Stretched Out its Claws From Wil helmstrasse to All the World Senator King Adds a Chapter. ; i; -x- if -x- -fc -x- GERMANY CONVICTED. - The proved indictment against VP I ThiouVh an official expose. hmp.i on the "Von Ieel DaDers " the government, tonight ..-convict- , ed Germany ofapying, and plot- v x:Mn. i lu' r nniinitr r srrrV mil. JWT- ; ting in this country to bomb mu- 4f nitions ships, to influence public r-Js-opinion and to perpetrate many other shameless crimes while -ss- still at peace. -, Senator King revealed that the German and Austrian embassies had paid checks to Teuton plot, aides, and promised to reveal how the Teutons nad sougat'to stir up anti-Americanism in Ja- pan. 1 "..--' . : ". . Previously - this, government had revealed correspondence which proved: ; . Ambassati- Bernstorff . wanted a $50,000 slushi fund from; his goyernmfentoes agatrisC war; .that Countj.Lux-.; burg, Buenos Aires, had used, the iC- Swedish minister -as- messenger for his "spurlos versenkt' tele- grams; that the then foreign secretary, Zimmermann, zested aligning Mexico SUgr - and Japan aga.'nst the United States ; that the German Mexico City en- voy used the Swedish minister there as spy and messenger; that a German agent in the Philippines offered white women as bait to prospective Filipino -X- insurrectionists. ' -V- . - .- 1 (By Carl D. Groat, United Press Staff Correspondent). Washington, Sept. 22. Teuton di plomacy that crude, sinister thing, stretching its claws out from Wil helmstrasse to all the world was re vealed here tonight in an official ex pose as plotting fearsome things within this nation. . r From the "Von Igel papers," long in the possession of the government, the committee on public information pieced together a story stranger and more startling than fiction, showing that Germany, through her embassy,, was concerned with: "Destruction of lives and property in merchant vessels on the high seas; violation of the laws of the United States; Irish; revolutionary Plots against Great Britain; foment ing ill fcelins: aeainst the United States in Mexico: subornation of Am-1 wican -writers and lecturers; finan cing propaganda; maintenance of. a spy system under the guise of a com mercial investigation bureau; subsi dizing a bureau to stir up labor trou bles in munitions plants;, the bomb industry and other related activities." Across the page streaked the name of Count Bernstorff, former German ambassador, and his shameless aides, Von Pa pen and Boy-Ed, attaches of the embassv. J A-ton of thU upw rvlJlon 'link- ing thp Germair embassy with throt r. k .r "i:u-"r " m,. jwm Dev armeu eyaitttiy. w-pw - emDassy wuiit uirui- against 'the . United i uk uosigns agamsi uie . uimeu. States, came Senator King today -mi , organization - theywill be -sent to the upper Congress branch revealing nearest -cantonment having a ne letters tint proved "Fair Play and . organi2ation.' , . ' - other racial newspapers had fattened fel &, ' 1 on thp largesse of German and Aus-f A nnroir AMQ IM I IQT ' Wan agents. He advised weeding out AM$LIlri O UN 1 , . ' , the propagandists and counselled if BRITISH CASUALTIES faking war on Austria, Bulgaria and - . . . , A , , - Turkey. Congress sizzled over the - (By TTnifed veiO " otato Department's exposd of : Bern- 'London. Sent. - 22. The Britisli storffs attempt to get $50,000 for in- Euoncins Congress ?'as on former oc- sions." The State Department dis-y fanned any intent to blacken 'any congressman's name, but indicated that it did not fppl n. f!on stasa -nrohe t rJ "i UernstnrfpA opttvftipn wnnld do mch good. . , . . , nf th Von Ieel exnose mav be aftail P(l brief, though, perhaps, dis- 1nu , l vwuavot --. ?M"d account of Teuton nlottines w,thir, a nntinn witli wliH nrmnn v Irt ' ' v're at peace. . , n April, 1916. secret-service men Igel n German territory and V defied ' the w.cr.rK to shoot him. saying . war hi ' ,TB,,7t- Thsy did not shoot l)ut got inc. naners damnlnsf vl- nces of a direct chain between the ' tLontiued on Page Twp.) J COAL PROMISED Fuel Administrator Garfield Qotro Mo Will Q TKe.f Shortage is Relieved '-."'A. (Special" to The DisDatch.) " . ' Washington, Sept 22. Having re- WOuld; nevertheless formally sever re ceived numerous complaints from! iations- , 1 Gnldahnrrt and nther nlaces in his dis-l . tncfof inability, to obtain coal, Con- gressnian George Hood held a con-j fcroTico' uritVi TTSiol Almimatratfir liar-I ... v.- -" r . . - field, today -to niake inquiry regarding prospects for obtaining coal this win- ter and tp ascertain tne . reason or th'- ejparent shortage." , - - Mr. Garfield attributed the failure of coal to reach Eastern North Caro lina, in sufficient quantities, -to the strike of the Tennessee i coal miners and the; fact that the railroads had been confiscating coal en route 5 i.n arr.r Garfield said he was glad, to have the difficulty , in-North Carolina man Hood. He said orders would be 1 - issued at once iir the delivery- of coal to the Goldsbcro gas plant, which is said to be in a serious plight for coal, and for delivery to any other firms in - North Carolina working- on government-; contraetSj: aPle MrIcfod; expressed to ;Mr. Garfield bis . earnest hope that orders may' be issued for distributing coal In North Carolina during the coming -winter in such auantities that there ,will -be ; no j-enfFerinP' amoner the neonle, for want 0f fuei He was assured that the fuel administration will do all possible to prevent any hardships during the win ter months.; ' ' "; AlM PARI Y PPAPF ' . i ' . . . I (By John H.H early, United Press - cxarr oorre5ponaCnW. ' Rome, Sept. 22. Pope Benedict is i hopeful that the Teuton replies i.to . Wb peace yroyoaai win result iu me ciiu ing of the war at some early date. 5 i, io tA ihl night made this announcement to .the United Press., The Holy F atherre, g war unless German gardS, tro? fLaLnnn?c, In fhe explanations "are fully:-satlsJactory.V acceptance , of the proposals the g doilbt. exists that an overwhelm pontiflcial appeal. He is hopeful or . .,., . r - the initiation of negotiations for WriJ-5:5''- "just Christian peace in tho rtnf 'fo U liUV AAW distant future, . The official attitude, of the Vatican, it was explained, is that only ''deepest m4. o co ha TOOV nf a just and durable peace. I The United Press was informed by, th panai nnripr Rpcretarv of state that the Holy. Father "finds the.re - plies' generally , satisfactory." : : W ; - - t IN NEXT CALL (By United Trsss.) mnohimH-nn '. fiont- 99 Pnlnrorl m ATI drawn for national army service will begin to be jnustered October 3, "with the next batch of drafted men, Secre tary of War Baker said tonight. , ; Negroes from States in which they form the laTffest Dercentage of draft-, ed men will be called first. As far! as possible colored men will be called 1..T ?"??Z1."Z; Northern, states, with - not . rt1nrc, mAn ."tn-form a' rtir. . rt1nrc, f tn-fnrm a' rim army ;casualtylist- today includes the following Americans: v -: ; Killed W. Clarendon, Bostonr) E? n Cook. New. York: P. Smith. Bos - tnn - VW, R ' Crewick. : New Jersey : T.i win urotta' Of. V PITtp Matin? i -iivucis, . i ' v. 7 - ., - xira viHnA v in . pfab- - New York; : R. G. vMynne, New York; i yy yy noxju, II Cilk.- . tj.iii" , ! wvw, . tt metnn'' sf T.nwrpnnpr J- SiilHvan New Bedford: : F. Latimer, Ohio ; -M'.'-V new:, tseatoru, r. iAiuuer, -umw,. -iu. ,-s r, nTQt!ChPttB nd w Kane:; . t t v- I v " ;Bets on World Series. ;( (By United iress. ' NewvYork, Sept. :zi;. retting . on j the World's .series "hasn't . much of a ftart-m Mew lone uniy a lew.Dets are -being made Ton the curb. vQhe waarer 'of $1,000 at even money was' reported,, but Chicago backers are de-. Ju landing odds of seven to ten. , tl p- n n n ; :. u a . i i in i mi ii iiiwtn riu , ; f : And 'Unless- a; Satisf actbrv Answer Comes War Will ,oo W.v Will r - rollow. ULTIMATUM ALREADY FORWARDED TO BERUN Uxt?irS incident rSldS. f to Cause ' Another South American Country Break With Berlin, c . (By Charles Stewart -'United Press Claims, they were Jiplproperly --recog-- Staff Correspondent). : 'n'zed.in the new ecaie. submitted to Buenos Aires Sept; 22.UiUc3'asTiington;:day;s1ilbe?laidber German immediately makes wtisfaes ecrr?5eturn :- - , 7. - I,: "' , - . .1 Monday, the , -WorfeDrs?,: -Council was iory espianauoa ; ui .... me .uuxourg in- cident, Argentina -will declare war. j An "ultimatum thus serving notice :. on; the 'imperial German government ,ha3 already gone to Berlin, it became iknown tonight. ; Even: if . , Germany satisfactorily" explains the Xuxburg incident, the in- .dications tonight were that Argentina t triA nnr, inmA fh ilB.ulieU il,ucu ul,1,lupi foreign office that, the government "in-f tended to .declare war if it is confirm-v ... . . - I rnoioTnn ta - i iimo ri mictaii 5 i .n v t jburs ;for his . services at Bu Aires Press dispatches haye report-! - - - :a 's:1--'. night communicated to the Chamber ! pf Deputies this statement: "he Ar - dentine government has requested the Berlin; legation to urge a categorical explanation from Germany. If this s nsatlsfacto Se me most extreme measures.- c . . . the most extreme measures.- ; . : . ; Tremendous enthusiasm greeted the news in the city. Great crowds ed out of all business houses ot jour- feyed .from -Mt vrr - TlV. - . " 'TT ' s' ing thousands. . The' -demonstration was orderly. The public accepted it i as an accom- J plished ' fct that ; the nation would de-; clare war.-1 ?:Nr one thought' that Ger-J explanation": for the Michaevellian in-i trigiiing of Count Luxburg and his ;ad- vice . that . Argentine ships "spurlos versenkt." - German residents of Buenos f Aires wen; muuuus. iwuivu uuomoM Lfirms with Geruian names barricaded their doors and windows, evidently fearing a repetition of the rioting of a fortnight ago. German residents re mained - indoors - and . generally ;; kept thir homes dark. - , : - ' -.. . Certain Argentine ministers, howev- er think even if it is confirmed that I tllti VJ X A U1C1 111C11IV.U lUVy who artfully suggested sinking Argen- tine vessels "without a trace," this is insufficient ause for war. Thp mflnimfi.t hav,n: ;ltg uitimatum, was awaiting action. to- night along war lines by the Chamber of Deputies. The Radicals, -reprcj- senting the governmental party, to I. iTftrn1ll(,ori n rBanlntnil nnirfn.r uicaauiCt iiic r ocuaic . ixa,s ancauj' given indication of its temper in the matter by passing earlier in the week a- resolution for a break in relations. - .the vote being 2d to l. .Tension , grew in the city tonigh.r Down-town police kept crowds may ing in orderly; fashion and it was. not ied ;"that reserves were kept ready forA any outbreak of popular indignation J j against German citizens; or German' r T 5 TO K. ' ' 1 a ' i t j IN me Fruitless. Attacks Made. -v .viwcu.w.iui. riisuwag White Flag. (By . William Phillip Simms, United . Press Staff Correspondent). ' Withthe British in France, Sept. 22, The ' bloodiest fighting since the red .days ' of Messines Ridge marked British repulse today of violent Ger man counter attacks against newly won . positions t in the . sanguinary Ypres sector. This afternoon the Germans coun- r attacked " nine timet.: The only rijportant, point . their picked storm- ( inr. troops re-took . was "the Tower : Hamlets. - - i Ti e bodies of Prussian guards and I TtavrrfflTiR the r.hniceat t.roons in the - t , - : wiinii nrmv littprprt thp flftM whfvn the w ves subsided . -- - - r ; . . Desrerate in .toeir . attjeiiiDts to; win! GERMAN nTEMP REGAIN GROUND back rgound gained br British, Ger-iMr ; e. man trocps misused the white flag of! tnioo in nt Ip.nst . , nnp nlnpp " in-, the' Ypres sector. 1 , , V;v The faits - were " proved here at J headquarters tonight; - . At - 6 : 50 ,very soonv after the .white flagged troops advanced aco",'? No Man's land the vjerman an'i'.y. an a Darrage in -front of them. .- " ' A furious assault ensued' but -Teso- tlear ta their: starting-point, t -1'- , Senate, slttinfron a b. court of impeachment,'; found Xva guilty; on ten of the twenty ounts -nre- kn ferred against hfm b. the House. 4 .The Senate, still feas.to'flx the Penalty which, according 'to. the Texas -J1aw, must be ;.dls dismissal 4' S from -office.- h 4' 44,-4? PCRTSMGUTHIMETAL W0RKERSMAY3TRIKE PQrtsmouthVajn-221)issat- 4 isfiei vflh . increases, .ranted r in the new. wage T scale feetive;Monday, metal trades workers Haf . the navy yard here meet :Sunay- afternoon to consider quiftingt; fwOTk-Watlondav, a jyiged -toKight. i ; Illlll : 231 Most Newspapers'lWere Re-,! i . ' . r " " mctant to comment: on - . " i - p ' ' , 1 euton Keply; Jo rope. ; rs.. i -1 - r d v uuiifi urdnucfifi. 1 1 1 LSI - . r-rf s; 'erlm''-(Yl'-- lndpni,5::.Sept.: 22. -; TVXwVT J ic reply; to Pope Benedict pointed out forcefully that. Germay stigmatized . by . the Ent nation, had expressed its: full approv-' al of disarmament audi arbitration. 1 comment; on the Germ GERIWAN PfiRERS uumiuem.ua - me ;uerumn ana; Ausirp:inHm mott wob ta Hungarian "replies. JjOKai AO- pdur-;zeiger summed up " thf general view j in its. editorial;cpmme&ttv;U J woya .ueorge, Wwci; Pain-, fledGermany she will make . war un leve oughtyconfessfthat their con- les& tneuxburg Incident is satisfac ception of the . i Gernoyrnmeht j torily explained v?addedi to the pros character has been-senseless. U'-How ;Dects that? Gerrtanv . win ; 8nnr. can the ' Entente3 pmyrs demand ;the destruction "of ji'Pru izy$ militarism" nralnst Ja& pvirArm JmKiMfK- ivnrl. by -. an international Pcoml&mlmr h: was Arnf hW- ."Qnly maliciousness could misinter-. pret the German answer as discourag- ing to peace.' declared .the Vorwaerts, leading Socialist organ. "The Social- lsls particularly ? Will WatCU rurtUer developments with sympathy. SHIOl 1 GifiiiEi This Ring Will be Awarded the ContestantWho Turns in the Most Money For New Suh scriptions During the Next. Two Weeks, Who Does Not Win One of the More Valuable Prizes. 4 4 ; 4 ; 4 1 ; . . 'a. I THE PRIZES. $775 Briscot. Automobile. ; ; Ford Touring Car, ' '; - $200 vn gold. - ; , ; $100 in gold. --s f $93, furniture -suite. ' $75 Columbia Grafonola. u, i 4 $50 merchandise order at J: W. H,. Fuchs" Department Store. " . $25 wrist , watch. - ; l Two $0 diamond rings. , r- " ' Ten per cent commission to ; all vion-winners,.; wno remain 4 active,- on money for new sub- sciiptions. ' i , ,. 4 ' In addition to the contestants who will win the $775; Briscoe Automo bile, the Ford Touring Car, the $200 in gold, the $100 ; in gold, the $93 ma hogany ., furniture suite, the $57 Co lumbia Grafonola, : the wrist .watch and - the $50 merchandise order at Fuchs store, there will be one whr will receive a $ 60 diamond ring, W ith a great deal of pleasure. 1 The other .women or girls will have distinction r conferred upon them by their, success in ths contest but th proud ' possessor, of, the diamond rinf will have . the honor of winning j ? special, prize., - . . . . The ring was purchased from A. O. Schuster, the well; known Wilmington jewejer. i. who personally guarantees the value : and ; quality. The stone is - - . - . . - V , , r-iire .white .- ana.! Is set in fourteen .- - ........ . . caret . Tiffany.- style mountings The ring will 2e placed in ; the window, of STer's store, and we .want all . ; V" J . j of tho contestants and their friends - id ee- it. v Step into 'the Store and Mr. Schuster1 will? be glad to let-you ex amine it. '- - . , - - ' - .This special prizewill be, awarded the contestant - who does .not -win One of "the six more valuable prizes who turns into the contest; department of The dispatch, the fargest amount of money for new' subscriptions during the1 - two weeks: - beginning ; Mondar morning, Septemljed 24, a and closing PEftCE PROPOSAL Nothing in Teutonic Reply to Cause Change in , America.. - ' BANISH KAISERISM, vfe THEN TALIC PEACE Bulgaria Said to be Ready For PeaceArgentina fZxpect- ; " ed to Brek -Swendens ' ' rReguest ;is Refused . T ,. (By United. Jress. -v; -.Washington,' Sept. 22. :pope '.. Bene dict', will change his .present' position against- further peace proffers only in caseV the,;-Allies show; sigri ' neark eningrin someway ;to Germany's and Austria's , acceptances of his original offer official cables here today said,1 j "But looming up against this pos- sibility.of further " parleys from ? his . holiness, lis the, fact that, the Allies ) are already in accord with Am,ericai - position' of no peace . until LKaiserism v arid today's offlcial 5State DePartment statement says ' that the : xeuiuuv answers ao noi .swerve Amer ica - in ;her : previously expressed posi tion. - ."v iiv'-v--.'; v, v SecrStalry .Lansing briefly dismissed : . v jr .xja,ij.oiiJs - r t , 1 1 m declared-.'hc.:;sa-w ; nothing -.-the -"8x1- - .?r".h"us Lue V.nila..&W? in musV be banished before' "any peace table session can be had. - i C''- .? nlftrpfKW : hia - n,, fJZu the Bernstorff, hfi wnrlfl : thntvfloTmantr- io . 1 worthy in all hr" peace "moves ' 1 . The.'facW; that- Areen'tinaV. hasotJ ; another" enemy agaipist 1 her " .:.: Other-tums in iixi internatidnal sit- ll-iuiiv.!' i-'-id af ment wanted peace,, and the Swedish minister's call on Secretary X.ansinfe to ask but only to be refused Ani- erica's intercession in. the matter of British ---detention- Of gnanontr. fiwo ; ish diplomatic pouches at -Halifax. Hi BE Saturday night,. October ..6, at ' 9 o'clock t i. During the two weeks of the ffr.fi- I cial Prize Offer, ; the contestants are j given .an opportunity to . secure, thou 4. sands of extra votes toward thp nil try. l mobiles land the - other, prizes. All subscriptions turned in toward , the diamond ? ring will reecivo votes ac- cording to. -the regular schedule, anrl will also count, on the $15 cluV offer, which will . give 150,000 EXTRA VOTES. - - . -x .' The competition for -the diamond ring is in reality a contest in itself. All. contestants "will start with a clean slate in the morning and all are on an oquar footing. Subscriptions reported previously to- September 24," do . not count toward the winning of the spe cial prize. , It is only money for NEW subscriptions turned in from Septem ber 24 to October 6, inclusive, which will count in determining the- winner cf the diamond ring. '' The thing to do is to get . very1 busy and : see all ' your friends, .relatives, and i acquaintances and ask them to take a subscription. - v ' 'Organization - is an important fac tor, in a "contest of 'any kind. Any contestant can multiply her chances many times by organizing her friends and getting them, to; solicit 'subscrip tions from friends anLacquaintances and helping in every: way; to . roll up a large and winning vote. If your name is in the list and you so far have done . nothing toward winning, make the -start today. Success will be infinitely more certain; if you bene fit by an early start while the field is still fresh and while the, greatest number of votes' , are given . f or sub scription payments. : ; Moreover, an earlv start - and a good position in !1T" AJT " . ' thp list will encourage your. friendsT and helpers and arouse fhem to enthus irstic work - in your behalf before their help is pledged to the campaign of a rival.' T . " " If you would win, start -to work without, delay. ; v A- delay no, matter how, brief, may be fatal. 1 Call, dele r.hnne or -Write the 1 Contest . Manager i for farther information. 'Fill our the nomination" bla,nlt and' start "today.., I - " "X i ' : . - - x S - " PLLIu mil or It Inventor of . Aero grenade Is sues a Statement on the' , Part He Played. (By United Press.) Scwickley, Pa., Sept. 22. I'l would not consciously - have helped the Ger mans in 1915; and I am sorry to learn that any letters of mine relative, to war., devices fell .into, the hands of German agents. However; . : the gov ernment has stood a ' great deal, andl ii my letter nas helped to prqve its case against Germany, then I cannot feel badly aboutt." ; f J . ,. That -was theNcomment tonight of R. lu: Scoville, Sewickley , inventor; who . in 1915 wrote Mta ; a num munitidn r brokers offering the sample aerogrehade. . One: of the letters, ad-' dressed, to : Dr. v L. A. Desaar, of .25 Broad street, New York, was- among papersj found by the government . In the offices of i Wolf von Igel, German "I merely knew of Dessar as a brok er," Scoville said. -'He jwas well rec ommended and I never stispected such a connection. -. never; heard from him and, the form letter sent to him - is the" only communication between. us ! that -1 recall." - . :l':A:J:: BERLIN ANNOl INrPA it fBv'TTnited lressr- ess.)-; r-'' v"'; 0: Berlin,- (Via London) , Sept.! 22. Capture of aedbstadt '? was formally announced , from the Riga -front' to night t ; ;;: "r ' : A;; ; -i':1) y "Northwest of ;jacobstadt we broke through -the- Russian nositions,"'.,Uhe war office declared. "The enemy was forced , back against the ' river., and yielded the bridge head - and positions forty kilometers ; (24 miles) wide and ten kilometers ' (six and a fifth miles) deep. They fled in haste to the esat ern bank of the Dvina. . .. "Jacobstadt is burs." ' " . 'j ' Jacobstadt is an' important Russian city about 70 m41es southeast of Riga. The- whole German statement indl- j cates resumption -of a strong offensive along the ; Riga front which ; was borne out by today's Petrograd state ment, admitting withdrawals. , Petro grad,: however, did , not mention the enemy occupation of Jacobstadt. CONGRESSMEN -WANT TO SEE HOMEFOLK . (By United Press.) .''t . ; Washington, Sept. 22. Congression al leaders tonight were trying to com plete a 1 program to assure " adjourn ment by October 10. - An - entire re draff of the excess profits tax goes before the Housev and Senate confer ee5 on tho revenue : bill Monday. . . Two bills to protect the nation's fighting men are due for Senate ac tion next' week the- war insurance and the civil, rights measure. - rThe $7,000,000,000 urgent . deficien cy bill and the Webb export meas ure, permitting American trade com binations in ; foreign : fields, also must be acted upon In the Senate, . VThe House . will, -pass the alien slacker bill modified to conform .with State Department specifications will accept or) reiect a woman's suffrage committee with Miss. Rankin as chair man and will conclude its investiga tion of defective ammunition sent General Pershing., " .The revenue b'll now being, kicked back and forth between Sator S'm- inons- and Representative Kitchin : be- bono WUED10T 1E v HELPED GERMANS -cause of wide difference on a basis ?fjman figure -; he brought with him. pronts tax, my uuu. il viuui m tbe person of Representative Hull, of Tennessee, father of income taxation. JIull has completed a new draft-based on excess proms, nut wr- I with conscription of.huge earnings at, annroximately . the . Senate rate v The basis for exemptions ia so changed that firms" making big - profits before the war will pay a3 heavily, as those whose profits , are due .solely to the conflict: ' ' ' X ' - JUSTICE COH ALAN " : MAKES A DENIAL ? New York, Sept. 22, Justice Cohii- fan denied tonight that' he was impli- cated in an. puemptea j.nsn, revoiu tion as charged by the government in its officiar expose and that, he .ad vised landing , of German officers from Zeppelins in Ireland to aid ;the revolt, ; He charged that he was. the victim 'of a; British conspiracy to destroy him.'! , - " s . : - F 1 feoncord Man " Held For the : -, Death of Mrs; Maude V . ' i INQUEST SETFORV MONDAY CANCELLED Arrest Made Late Yesterday. Afternoon Following a Con- ' ' ference Between New York l and North 4 Carolina Offi cials. , I, ' ' ' -X- ...-X-'L MEANS LOCKED UP. By-United Press): ' . . , Concord, N. C, Sept ; 22. Gas- J ton B.; Means was locked in the -fc j - . county jaU at -11 o'clock tonight -K-l: where he will remain until the ! , ! hearing Monday. ' ' J, ; : -; , statement; No warrants have been served on any other1 mem-. bers ; of the party which accom , panied Mrs. - King on the 1 atal . i ; ride on ? the night of August 29, . Judge Osborne, Means' counsel,'. . returned ' to Charlotte f -:iate to- -i night. .5, - -,-r--.. .-. ' ' , Concord, N.- C-. Sept. 22'. Gaston ; B. Means, business manager, for Mrs Maude A. ' King, millionaire widow Vf ' a, i yjuicttgvj ; stuu new.. x vrit: mysierouHiyi , killed here on August 29, was arrest : j The' coroner's ; inquest, scheduled foif Monday. has-been cancelled. Mrs. King, jnN company wlthMeans; j,; went out for target practice with pis tpl, after sundown." While the" pistol, V Means testified,' was lying W the fork"" L ku -W 'i.r, '? t " : ..; . , ..- - Mrs. . King's skull, killing her, Instant ly, The case was permitted to die down until New York and Chicago ' au- , thorities began to investigate. Sollc-y itor Hayden Clement, solicitor for this district 'of North Carolina,' had ;order-. ed a re-opening of the inquest to be gin. Monday. This morning, however. Assistant District Attorney Dooling, of New York accompanied by a piBtol- expert, arrived in Concord with three trunks of evidence. They and Solic itor Clement immediately iwent into ;, secret conference, after which the inn dictinent was issued, returnable Mon- ;( day. -The inquest has been called off. The arrest of Means today was un- : expected, but 5 all the evidence gath ered by the New York authorities ' strongly pointed to - the - former - pri " vate detective as the suspect. ' Issu- " ance of the warrant for Means was determined on, however, ' largely ' be cause of a ' point of law- that was brought up by the New York- attor-i neys. ' They pointed out that If a sees on.d inquest" was held complications might arise through j counsel for " Means obstructing proceedings, by le- , gal proceedure that would be. made. , possible. . . r:--;i.i.:." - ' j Means was ; about towni throughout! . the day. Since heVreturned here af- ter being mentioned in connection" ; with the case, he has been constantly riding, through the town and Into the surrounding country in the-same auto mobile in which Mrs. King went toV her death. - v .V'-"- : v;;.,.' ,,i"-S ' ' He was entirely unshaken by' the ; arrival of Assistant District Attorney Dooling and- experts who were yith- ! him from New York. . . ' ..;- ..: I . - Dooling was prepared ; to convince ! the North .Carolina" State authorities-. that ' it would -have been impossible for Mrs.' King to - have been killed as Means claimed, by use of a' dummy huf'' Dooling also brought with ".him the:, evidence made public from time tof time in New York, through which" it . was showji Means had ; attempted to ' keep others from advising Mrs. King, fll hron?ht. the. evidence of the alleged second ; will of to. King's husband, which, , it Is charged, was forged. .:;;r?.-;-;;;,'ii -VX-l'tf.;-;; v: j - Government representatives , were working tonight with North - Carolina and1 .New York , authorities' In - going. over all - evidence collected against Means. :f:i.t ' v,.- .. It:is charged' that there is, evidence;; of Means having been actively engag-u ed in pro-German ' propaganda work and that he was an agent tor Captain ; Boy-Ed -at one time. . ;':; The New 'York authorities are con fident they have" sufficient . evidence . to convict Means. It Is considered " certain that1 even v stronget evidence r than that published to date fas re-: vealed to the North Carolina officials Y by' Mr. Dooling, : which accounted ? lor tno prompt acuoa mai was ianeu.; (Continued on Page Six). : "i -
The Wilmington Dispatch (Wilmington, N.C.)
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