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'- h 'U, v rW WEATHER FORECAST. pin ai I- . North and South CarolinaRain tonight and probably .Saturday. ;, :- .. ... i , . EDITION t v- 7M" l ':;::;'y full leased -wire-seie VOL. XXIIiS;W,gf' price five centt, . ' - . 'i -' 7 r aaB.. - mmJ TRY ERTY -.V Federal Authorities, in Chicago n.Plotters ; '6-7. MORE TH ANf TON OF EVIDENCE PRESENTED Conspiracies to ' Hamper the Government -jn war Prepa ations Had GefmahCbiifiec tions Reacliedtv Almost Every State of Union. J , (By Associated Press.) - - I Washington, Sept. 28. More ; than 160 leaders of ftiev: Industrial Work-serve for the government's uses; Sec ers of the World, "engaged in the al-try ' of the easuryMcAdoo fre- leged conspiracy to hamper tb gov-j read to he American Bankers' Asso ernment in carrying on the war, ; Issvr elation "bere; today to reiterate the im- been indicted by the Federal grand ; jury at Chicago. Indictments. will be handed in to" the" court, probably late today. . 4 t Seditious . conspiracy the crime nearest to ; treason within the defini tion of the criminar code is charged. This offense is s punishable by, six years' imprisonment or; 5,000 fine, or both Indictments areunderstood Ito ' be based upon ' revelations ' brought to, light in the recent country-wide ; seiz ure by 'Federal authorities of docu ments and correspondence of the in- pntically fifty -towns and-cities.r These documents are .'understood to have revealed the existence of a con - spiracy, vthotnost faireaching in its vast over-subscription of the -tbree scope of any : yet- unearthed, ; to em- billion rdollar second Liberty loan was barrass the government', in vthe pros-1 confidently 7 predicted by 4 the Secre- ecution of the" warby resistance -io''f8 - .-; . t ithe same patriotic support to the new the draft law, by .fomenting labor dis- issue that jthey gave to the - turbances by, burning ; crops and f6r- ests and in numerous. other ways. P A comparatively - small cotorie' of men is understood to have directed with liability to superincome taxation. the entire movement. - should be loath to believe this; ibut Officials here feel that in many, in- if it is true the position of the govern- stances the alleged-ring" leaders of,ment ss to abond x.' " , - x , upon terms fair and equitable to all these anti-war activities are virtual-; alfc6 and wbJcn will make the widest y guilty of treason, but because of possiMe ; appeal to all the people .with- the narrowed definition of treason in out regard to the fact that a'man may Linuiuai vuuc (uiv ."-r uiuuw uuo uuurt uecisiuns, 11 .was. wuugui . ui to ask the grand jury to find indict ments on the broader charge of sedi tious conspiracy. ' J t " ' The evidence upon 1 which . the jury has acted is said s.to i show 7 conspir acies and plots tp. hamper the, "govern ment in its war activities and-to Show connection ' witlt German source.- . The evidence .laid before the grand Jury, which was of such volume as ac timiiv n w0irH o fn Tn7.0 to ao I to show a nation-wide' conspiracy t0iShe wa- ared th twfT 4'7 !cht hamnpr tha omont- QimnBt guns and six i6-pounders , Her normal erv mtirpfvahiAV wov with ramifim-. tions into ; practically every ,, State. V11 concerned anti-draft "demonstra- tions, burning of wheat fields, 'crip pling of war industries T by ; so-called strikes, burning of timber which the government was planning -to use for: airplane construction and a continu ous anti-ally and anti-war,, propaganda Indications pointed to a- group of men as prime movers in the great conspir acy with a large-number of agents acting under their"1 orders. The na-' planned at a late ; afternoon meeting, tion-wide raid conducted " upon" local ; At the. conclusion of Uhe final "con industrial Workers of the World ; inl ference, Senator. Simmons and:Repre niany cities by agents of theT Depart- f sentative Kitchin' heading the respec closed the evidence upon r which the government proceeded, to act. One feature vhich the investigation bought out sharply was ' the , large-1-almost predominating membership of Austrians inlhe ranks of the. Indus trial Workers of - the World local or ganizations, and also, the large mem bership of the various races which comprise Austria-Hungary. Thousands ' or these the United States is not at . war withi Austria. i SVehrTc,S8 rreS' "eward of $50 . Offered For SECRET SERVICE TO - i CHECK UP FOODSTUFF Chicago, Sept. 28. Wesley H. ard qf $50 for the,, delivery! pleach estbrook, first' deputy 6 superintend- deserter, ther" provost f marshal " geh onPvLVficl: is, considering today an eral's , offlce today began .'a drive to :r-lUL service bureau to check up on hoard , reiurnea last -Hlght' irOm .''. Wa?hmgton.'wherfi hp wnW in rntifpr.' ' ,eTfor throe days with-members of p. rllc,over's staff. . J- ;- 4;V vvosibrook fa sej-ying in his pres- V t J1"-tnOTlt mjllrt Kir CU9 :.. TJA1(AM ' ' SchuetUer ' - J, ; . 1111111 HIV1LH1UHIV DHIVIXLnO Urges the Importance of Keep " r : ing" Every Possible Dollar ; For DutyM;,,' Ivffi (By Associated Press.) , S Atlantic, Cfty, N. J., Sept. 28. Im- pressing upon the bankers the neces- sity for maintaining an ample srold re- portanfc of keeping every, possible dollar ready for patriotic ,duty "The secretary; laid particular stress n'f ' need of Federal insurance for ILj soldiers. , - v The bankers ;were pleased with the nejvs Mr McAdoo brought from the Secretary of .Agriculture that the 1917 crop-,: will . reach seventeen billions of dollars, a gain of. two "billions over i9i6v-.7:;:. ; r ' 'v-"V.v-.'. ; . r These figures, Mr. McAdoo said, had been estlmated - a f ew 'days ago by that department. . '. - . ' lLr Secretary McAdoo made the recom mendation ; that ' the - association ap point a committee to .supervise 't and cnciroct romilii tlnna -axi a tntiHa ft'' thp essary investments during the pa riod of the' warin order to conserve '' "T1"0 - , 1 : ;U1: first. ' '.-" -'. V .. : "It has been urged upon me," he said- that many men of wealth will be-: ii ch or poor RUSSIAN DESTROYER -TV... SUNK BY AMINE .... . , .. - (By Associated Pres.) Petrograd. Sept.' 28. The Russian destroyed Ochotnik was sunk by a mine in the Baltic, on Wednesday. The Ochotnik 246 feet long, of 615 tons displacement, was built in 1905, complement -was;, 98 men. WAR TAX BILL IS NEARING COMPLETION i : Li . ' ' " (By Associated Press.) - Washington, . Sept, ,J2S. The War iTax: bill, increased to levy, about $2,-700,00-0,000 was today in the last stag- printing of the conferees agreement: was in Droeress with fbrmal .aDoroval tive conferees, planned to make ; pub lic the results of the "?eeks con- fe,rence START ROUND UP OF OiFTEO .port to Board.7'" ' , By Associated Praes.) ' Washington, Sept. 28. With a' re- bave "nop, reporiea . uiear r locaj. uwi - Tepui icuxu i-uc oujuwui gpuaw a of 'their respective .States, when dered. . - y V. AH such r are considered deserters.' Where" delinquency. Is shown to be nqt rviriMni irmtaS 'WUfllTjHpRPrtrnr.'' trill -be, taken before , courts martial..' MEN RchSajisotInc 5V,?!.yte-' a ' SalaiyIrVMS; U : -Helffefich - PEACE RESOLUTION v An Attempt to Adopt the Hiri clenburg Plan-Newspapers Suppressed or Placed Un- -oder,:a:;Strict(nso (B.r Associated. Press.) '?'"-;' .Amsterdam, Sept. '28. The: main committee, of the S Reichstag, a dis patch from Berlin says, yesterday passed on first- reading the bill creat ing the i post - of. imperial vice chan cellor. ; ' Considerable ; discussion pre ceded the; favorable - action,? A Hsatsd Debate. : Copenhagen, Sept. 28 The Centrist and Socialist representatives - at the meeting Wednesday, of the inter-party caucus of the Centrist r rational-Lib eral, Radical and 1 Socialist parties, manifested a desire to refuse to vote favorably on the salary of Vice Chan. cellor Helfferich, who is unpopular in Reichstag circles V'The estaonshment of the clijancellorship, as - a separate ministry, includingva vice-chancellor, necessitates a new vote of credit: The Radicals' a"nd National-Liberals .- dppos ed consideration of the matter at the caucus and the Question was sent to the main committee of the Reich: Stag. .., 7: . Charges that certain government authorities are supporting the pan German and Conservative forces in the -agitation to reverse the Reichstag .majority peace resolution, and com mit ; Germany to 'the- so-called Hint, ,denburgvpeace; may ;be made) the sub ject -of an interpellation at the pres: ent " session of the Reichstag. - Berlin newspapers which arrived tonight after-;a three day interrutpion, indicate that the interpellation was : discussed iat a ' meetingof the steering commit tee of the Reichstag on, Wednesday., It' was ' decided to postpone action in order to give' Chancellor .Mlchaelis 1aii4: nisde'oppor f eeKaWexplhationshis Scheidemann, the Sociairst ' leader, explained, .iwoutdi-alloiw'ttie-ubomlnit-tee to determine ' the form which the interpellation should take but, it will not head off a big debate on ' the sub" 3"ect.T Georg Ledebour, the Radical So cialist, made 'a vain attempt to set the 'debate for today. ; .V . Under orders of the military au thorities, the Pan-German newspaper Deutsche Zeituhg. 'has been suppress ed and the Socialist- Volkswacht, of Dantzig, has been" placed' under pre ventive censorship.. In V connection with this and other recent Suppres sions of newspapers in Germany, it is interesting , to recall the ultimatum issued by the main ' committee ofi the Reichstag at its session in August. The committee gave the government four . weeks to reform' the censorship restricting it to Jts proper '.place ,in the control of publication oif military news'.-,; Censorship of political news papers by the military has never been more active than at present. ; 1 GIRL'S ASSAILANT GiyES HIMSELF ,UP ' '' ' " . ; ''x..Y (Special to Tlie Dispatch.) ' .: Durham, N. C, Sept. 28. Half starved and rain-soaked John Long, a resident- of Mangum township,- who has been sought for the past week by posses wanting him on the charge of shooting and seriously wounding Miss Nellie Ball, walked up to Depu ty Sheriff Joe Pleasant in front'of the court house here this morning, and surrendered. , ' Long is alleged to have fired a bul let from a :44 Winchester rifle into the girl's body late i last Saturday af ternoon a? she , was stooping. over a springy near -the home of her father, mil,tv tan th mnBH. Since then the surround ing country has been scoured for the M assailant, but without avail," in fact, no definite trace of him was had un til he appeared at the court house , this morning. ' , ' Long gives no reason for shooting the young girl, The motive generally assigned by. neighbors is that he. was seeking to get revenge Upon the girl'si xAtUCx 0 " ".v. MICHAELIS DISLIKES , PRF?inFisrr; rfpi y ' !- ' . " .- CBv -Asnociaterl - Press.) - Amsterdam,, Sept. 28. Dr.' Michael is, the German imperial chancellor, in a speech to the - main committee of the? Reichstag, said that Pope Bene dict's : peace proposals .were1 inspired I-y moral seriousnessr pure justice and .n eutrality, which things were lacking in the reply made by President Wilson to the ""P ope. v " , . AUSTRIAN FRONTIER 1 CLOSED TO TRAVELERS if '; .'f : (By Associated Press.) : v Geneva; : Thursday, Sept. .-The Austrianv frontier- was .closed yester newsyaperav. anieu iu ; , oviti!.t;iirtui .X)r-.todav from ::';.AustrIa. - ::Abbas - - :Hili, - - - for - mer; Khedive i'.yQt Egypt,-, -However' ceived a spe'f pass for Vienna. ' ex-Khedire, TtwI:o has-been living 4n oVa Inovmonont dence - in that city. . " - T3 BRITISH I:'"'' .;r'V 'Ar-: ,Cv: gotinter Ataclcs Gunfire RUSSIANS BECOMING iKSlMORE AGGRESSIVE Ks Vpse faMPpwr I - x L-esiroyer duiik mine. , y J - J Little: Other Activity .' Efforts r to , break; S intdT VtWe . nev ground ;won by.thp British in the re-l - WasnInto" Septv aS.--Secretary jewul ; cf the Flanders offensive ori ' doo last; night announced the de Wednesday are . bemg conunuea by , tails :of jthe second - L erty. , Loan, the . Germans. -Failing tOshaka thk' wniclv WU1 be offered to the public int:sii .lie, any wheretney tried it October 1. The chief features aret cut lastn?ght at Zonnebeke, -where : Amount; $3,000 000.000 or more, -the the British-have, pushed ifir along the ci9 ess, not to .exceed : one-half of ; the road i;o Roulcrs. The British ;artil-;an?'ir,nt cf, over-subscription. Jery,, mack:no gun and sj-ifle &twa:-?PV&t4i Maturity 25 too . much for them, however, and the . yo.irn;: ; redeemable ; at the ; option of jtttackvas . broken ui ; " . . , theSecretary of ;t5ie -Treasury In 10 r;ZonncbekG:is.?itri Simnortant' noint;.;,ye'i'i's 'Ai,ii"c'w'-i:0'k tcr : tbe Br.ttsh'.and ,thetr: previous - ef-i1 ts to rcanjinainwma on it. had been desperately resisted by Interest rate; : Four per cent, pay- Heflin for his charges, had' gone ov the Germans. -Their pr6sentp0sitionable sem1-annually; on iovemDer 15 Pr to the -TJernocratic side to talk to "n theVvillage "Dlaces- iniisIwithin a i half dozen . miles of v the important uurui; tuu : souiu v i cuiw," une, , . con - necting-Lille, with Ostendv on the coast, the! cutting of - which pr its iomihatTdniat evenTmedium range ar-. tillery fire, v would seriously handicap the Germans in their Flanders opera tion. - v -; In the Tower Hamletsand" Polygon wood regions, toward the British right flank, the, clearing! up process ' which followed Wednesday's battle, was car ried out further "last night and the Germans ; were driven . from ' isolated positions ' to which strong parties of them were clinging. "V- V " . ' , There has been little pother military activity o a - nature, tov-call for men tion in ;the oflicia stafement except in ; the At'gonnei region on the French front. The Germans nf the'.- Crown ,Prince3 forces, made an' attempt last night rto; break into )ih French lines in this Rector; attackinT; three' times. -a Theeg assault wer f- Uall t tepulsfed. es, 'says; today's ' Par is war pfficoare POnv if,-- i -. Vf v-'-f-'vV. r r.'vl- - On; the Caucasus.froht, the Russians re showing renew ed' aggressiveness. In engagements ' with the Kurds, de tachments of these hostile forces have been . driven" back" in the. Rua-. region, where the Russians r today report the capture of the town cf Oromaru, 24 .miles west of Meri. ' -. .. , ' : ; . .. The' Russian admiralty reports the loss' in the ."Baltic cf the Russian de- :stroyerr Ochotnik, which struck a onine. - 1 'r . , - Tha Russian Democratic Congress has begun its ''sessions "in Petrograd with 1,200 .delegates in,- attendance;. Premier Kerensky- met with a - mixed : (Continued on i Page Eight). , BIG RESERVE Eadv Bf teen Dollar 'Club Com PeriodOctober 6 WU1 g AH Coupons Dated September 29 Must be" Sent to Contest Department b y Saturday. cr "H ' 4 THE PRIZES. . .: $775- Briscob Automobile. x ' Ford Touring Car. v - 4 " $200 sn gold. ; i : $775- Briscob Automobile. x ' Ford Touring Car. $200 sn gold. ; ' ( ' $100. in gold. $93 furniture suite. . t -r $75 Columbia - Grafonola. , - $50 merchandise order at J, W. H. Fuchs' Department Store. ! ' .$25 wrist, watch. . , TVo. $60 diamond rings. , . - 4 aU non.winners, . wixo remain So for --..-. The Dispatch ;, feels . highly - com mented over the great : interest mam- . ... . y fested through this , section .over the mammoth voting enterprise. - Few if any maihv but what' brings bunches nf coupons , to the contest department. These coupons are ; not all being re ceived from one locailty, but-are. pret ty, well scattered throughout the ter ritory. ' -".In- a voting contest,- the first and sure , sign of ' interest and enthusiasm is; from the number of coupons .that are sent' in daily.-', This is also an in dication of . a r candidate's . popularity. Any candidate who. receives many of those coupons in a single day is like ly ' to be : a' strong candidate before the; close. ; It- depends," of vcburse, -to what degree tho candidate r applies . herself. With anything like ordinary re-Teff ort,"ithe .'candidate wpo receives ing every candidate and every locali-1 i i rhe I coupons will find cubBcripUoa getting, yru wouia use , 10 -voie i8 :uui ,mwuu,ivu4V -r-'.wr' : 1 V " r vy , v- i a fn.ai. -nm niMnn Mr Vne -''Iv reauested 'not to ormt anv 1nforma- u,1 TiB tho VnntPt Twirp Im enter No cost -to : vo-Jr ':ost tion, which might 'lead to. the.estab- 'resi-'drawn with the idea in W of giv- to'win. '. V. - - y - ; , ..lishment of the" identity or, location 0,090,000 I 7T-V&'''-:'..;'''.;';'"-':, nterest ::aMiMatureJin!25tiS - - - "if.'- Years,": ..... WlEfi BE OPEEJXTC)li ; PUBUC OCTOBER 1 ' Billioh by More Than Half of Over-Subscription- r " Details ! Ainibunced h i?" VBy; jissoclated : Preak 'i " ;. ?' -K" -? - uenominaiicns oi bonds; $50 and anS May 15 Terms of payment: Two per" cent - ,iuyv - -ty."-w""t ; vvz veui lNovem-j ben 35, .40 ; per cent. Decemoer 14, and;40 per cen ; January 15, 1918. ; - The J privilege of y converting bonds of this issue into bonds of any' sue teding issue bearing a higher Inter est rate than .4 per cent, during the period of the war : is extended, and through an arrangement uaaer which Vends wiirbe, printed with only four coupons i Instead :,; of , fiftyito , be ex changed at the end of. two years for the bonds containing i the '.full number- of coupons. y.-;ir;:- 4 "- r S lieliyeries' will be prompt: In - this manner the issue of interim certifi cates" will be avoided. ;-'-. ? . Any person ' who subscribed " , to .thefirst issue of bonds, bearing inter- rest at 3 1-2 per cent. may convert his : uoiuings iuiu ine - new :, per5- cent, securities; at hi3 ; option; but the new 4- per . eentt ponds -artaxable under the ur taxes 7 the ; new income tax exempt. f SThe effect of . this will boi that holders' c of largeamounts V un doubtedlywill keep .their" tax .exempt uonus,-r aiiiioiisn ; ;iney ;Tjeari:a lower rate, .while ;vthe smaller holders; whOj have nbt -enough to ;come;. under tle: Friends separated the men without new surtaxes will convert their fcond3jffitmty . and led them to "the "cloak to the higher : rate. : ; v V ; I rooms: The only marks; of combat - r , Davidson Plays Navy, ,; '"'"'.'"'''"; (By Associated. Press.) " 1 : Davidson, N.tC, Sept, 28.rThe Da vidson , College, football team ,vr this morning closed a contract'' to play the Navy at Annapolis tomorrow, in both teams first game of the season. The Davidson team, consisting pf, 18 men and headed ; by 1 Coaches Fetzer and Kluttz, leaves tonight. ' i : - . - - ; pleted by Close of The First ive 150,000 Extra Votes ty a square deal, . and that is just What wiirbe done, :The pontest Man ager is a sti'anger, to,, every -contestant. He has no friends to reward or foes to punish and will cheerfully, give . any : assistance m-hiS. power, impar-, tially to any candidate who desires to win one of the splendid -prizes .and will request his aid. ;- ;: : .- xne time to put rona every , enori world shall be a better place to live m is right now. There is an -extra ad-1 than before a- world "dominated '-by vantage to . bo gained as each $15.00 j other - law than tha law of the jungb worth of 'subscriptions - for 3 months . - ; . , . ' or longer, turned, in before October j 6, entiUea the " candidate to; 150,000 extra votes .'- On ; the cth sr . Jiand, the! ' number. 6f votes given for: each xl5,00 club will be de creased aft er that date. Delays are dangerous;.The oppor- tune whiCh the immortal; Shakespeare wrote aDout and if, you take it at its1 flood you. will certainly prove that th arpht Bard of Avon was a true h0phet, for. its awell will certainly r Wall yuu 1UIU ui; u vut. uuva, ui , uie winners and v place 11 your posses sion the prize for which, you. have striven. . i-f-'r Let' your' friends know thatiyou preciate the hundreds of coupdni they hare -clipDing.-'Ask-.them'1! to .consider I imltr la . nms l."nrrlrlTnr nf -: vnilf rnnr: j ' nT1(3 ;vnii nhould' Embrace -It befcrs it Pli- l is - inn latp v This r!s the tide of for- paying a subscription. .Either, 'old 1 or' will ; be , floated. . soon. - Tne y Navy De new subscriptions count, but new sub partment issued - this statement : : - -. . scriptions' give .more votes,. . ,"The Navy Department-has receiv- If you are actually i eiro so desire; -you will be-tiie possessor battleship, of; the -United States navy the $775 .Briscoe Automobile, or, one is aground in hbmewaters The ship of the other prizes on November, 12. t resting easily andit.is- expected If- the name of the one-for whom ' (Continued oh" Page Seven) ' oi-tne stranaea vessel. - , h i -vs.. mmnmmm WWIIUUhUUIIIbllVII . : Heflin ' and Norton Engage in tCRough ;,:ty-;.,t (By Associated Press.) ' ' Washington, Sept. 28.-A fight broke out on the floor of the House this af ternoon between c Repres entative Hef lin, of .Alabama, and Representative Norton, ;of North , Dakota. Friends soon -r sepaarted them. 1 The ; climax came at the end of a gusty session -of the House wnich did nnfnnnrnvo fho a'tinn nf thn TlnlftS committee in refusing : to Win ; m-f VAstieation of : Heflin'a charees that certain Congressman .acted .. puspict-. pusly about the time Count yon Bern storff was asking his government to authorize the expenditure of $50,000 t0 . influence "Congress;- 't ;i i, i' -a 1 Heflin. The row broke out at once, tw txn men clinching and fell over row. of -seats,, while friends -from , both ; gides of the ' hall piled ' around T.Ba separated thembeforeb lows were l'tV,v Did you ever say that "I was dis loyal?" Norton says he asked Heflin. "No," Heflin replied. I7f : - ; Norton : then made , remark about his being as loyal as any one in the House,, and Heflin tord him to go away.:;? ,-.. 'rt'iy'' " t V.You get on out of here," Heflin is reported to have said, starting to rise in his seat, . ' ' : 'J: 1 : '' -: Norton - stood still while ;' Heflin sprang up and grasped Norton by the coat lapels, The two ment grappled tor ;:a; moment , and . 5 then v,f ell over ( 11T4U4. w J j V Immediately: the House was in ad uproar. - Speaker Clark banged for oraer i while " memberfc ; leaped . over I aoata" fln1 down' aisles' " to reach the gtruggling ' mem : T:-The ";. sergeantat., his -badge of authority, ran toward tjife combatants. ;5 Disorder reigned; in the galleries where' people' rose c from their seats and- rushed 5 to .the.rrau tp Biae,;ito t'K'.nlt.of 'lhe;House.'-'v - snuweu uu, iui iuu o - w un.c , vynat - y Heflin's usually immaculate s white v shirt 'front.,-.' " ' - - Order was restored as quickly as it had -been distume". , ; ! Viscount Milner v Discusses ' Peace Subject Talk at ' American Club. " - ' (By Assbcl8 ted Press.) London, Sept. 28 -Viscount Milner, minister; without- portfolio tn the Brit ish war council, speaking tjoday at the American; luncheon club, ; declared against any peace With the -"unrepentant German rulers." x . ; v. Touching on the entry; of the tJnited States into, the war and its; moral sig nificance, Lord Milner? evoked a tre mendous rojitburst; from i those at the luncheon v when he said: "I feel that your country and .mine, are" now united by something far stronger than' any written pact or, alliance, namely, by an absolute unity bf motive and aim.- ;.Vscount;MlIner'8'''sp'eecI'obvIJisly was an answer to the peace talk which h filtering , from Qsrmany in past; weeks. He declared . that it was intention of tne Entente alliesto DUTSue - "unfalteringly .. and resolutely to. the end," their crusade,. so that thel BattlesKlD' of United States . A J D t - ' i r leet IS Aground,' )Ut - v I; " : Resting Easy. ii ' (By Associated Press. I -- v-f Washington, Sept. 28.-The Navy department1 at noon today authorized ap-!"tP5' announcement - that a battleship of the fleet is -aground in home wa- ters,. but resting easily; and proDahiy i"i sne wm rue. uuaieu . wuuuui ait iliE EXCEPT BY REPENTANCE , - i mm ? mm i Willi I I W V W V ; - II HOME ITERS lit EL .- A' uult Coast romts 1 hreatenea v ;;; by Severe 'VTropiclf.'.':; Storm: f Sj : rrriF q adc prppap iNfr 5 FORfA HEAVY GALE ;,tf jSchools of New Orleans and I Other Places Closed---Ba- rometer Falling Rapidly anid i 90 Mile Wind is Reported; ; -X- STORM ; HITS l MOBILE ' (By Asociated Press), v 'l. v . Mobile, Ala., v Sept, -28. The hurricane now, visiting Mobile is ; raging with ; a; wind-at dO Iles an hour. . : . Weather Forecaster ' '", Ashenberger staued at 2 o'ch that he expected the velocity o'clock:; ; : to - increase wuen. uie wiuu ,buuhju p;;r i.- to a southerly position. . - ; C . : & Chief of Police Van Liew has.or dered street ; car traffic stopped .- and that the light; and power,. , companies I turn oft the current--, -i; '. Mobile will be in partial dark- ; ness tonight, the lights to be kepjL won oni inline uusmess uiatncu .The telegraph companies. here,.f . report Pensacola cut off from all -X- communication. :'; - . '-' V The . hurricane is tearing away , -H" wooden galleries'.and slate roofs, from, buildings in the -business, section of ; the city. t i yf- . y :y"' ;;: vV'"" 4f " f , ;fcj , New Orleans, Sept 228. The, center of the tropical hurricane sweeping, in : from the Gulf of Mexico early todar ; near the mouth of the Mississippi I river, probably will continue its inland course in . a northeasterly.:, direction ' from Pilot Town,;La., and strike t'e lower Mississippi and -Alabama coast i late today or tonight, according to re ports available at the Weather, Bureau f here this afternoon . New Orleans probably ; will escape hurricane gales, -but may experience strong winds lata today, according to indications, f. '"' ' Late reDorts- from Biloxl " and Gulf 1 pprt, Miss., .indicated the storm waa ;. aproachifftney-Misstsaippr ;eotstj -Gulfport ;repof tfed 'a falling ' baromete t, ' of 29.55 and a 60 -to 65 mile wind , it, 11:30 a, to., and Billoxi reported a ris-' ing wind of 30 to': 40 miles and "a'fca- ;-4 rdme'ter of; 29.52: - . Wireless ; reports from Pilot -Town, where the hurricane apparently struck, with full force early today, indicated the center was. passing that place. The. . wind there 'had decreased from -more than 7(T miles an hour to about ? 50 ' -miles and - the baronieter ! had risen ' from 29.06 to 29;24 at 11 a Bat 5 v . ' The Louisville and Nashville railroad 1 i Iannouncea an trains - naa ; oeen v;an-s . nulled between New Orleans and JMJci-! bile for today owing to -.washout b"' tween uner Menteur and Lake uather? rine, about 20 miles; from herp ' . , No report of property; damage J casualties in the path of the storm ' had been received here. J. ' Hurricane warnings were 'displayed . from - Louisiana coast r to V Pensacola and storm i warnings at. St. Andrews and Apalachicola, Fla; ' v 4. v ' The tropical hurricane which pass ed inland : from the Gulf of; Mexico about 1 'o'clock -.this morning, ..was be-, ' lieved to be central early today;-., about : : 75 miles south of New Orleans and ; . moving in a ndrtherly direction, ' a$ I' cording : to reports received by it, 3 local Weather : Bureau. Reports from ; Pilot -Town, ' near the ; mouth - of ' the Mississippi river, at 5:30 . a. m., statJ ed. the wind's velocity there was mora than s 75, miles an hour, t and the baro meter had fallen to 29.18. - . Weather Bureau ofllcials here were 'inclined to the; opinion that the full force -probably would pass a little east-or, west of New Orleans; - r The barometer in New ' Orleans at.f ai m. registered 29.63,. where it had been almost stationary for four; hours A northeast wind 'was blowing" here -at between 26 and 30-miles an hbur; since. '2 .. a. 'in'.:.;:';;.-.'--; "';:'; - '? U 1 "New Orleans, has not yet reecived ' the . worst of the storm,"' Weather Bu reau officials ; stated, "and" the; Inten sity probably . will Increase here up to noon." t : ; ; - : 'r -' ; , V, ;'. '';The'' sky was' cloudy , with '"an occas- ional . clear spot , early, today. v ';v - if The center' of the storm apparently passed inland-from the gulf near Pir lot Town, the hurricane winds beln accompanied by rain. Pilot ToWri 1 is approximately " 80; miles southeast of this v city,:, and ; has . a ; population of - about 100.k Since 1:30 a.. m.f a' gale'of more than 75'miles an hour has been . blowing there. No reports had been received here early today, as 'to" .dam age 'done by the storm, or any casual ties at Pilot Town. r ' -.'Z Telephone communication with that point had been interrupted for several 3iours,and ; the reports from there were; ' being received by wireless. ; ; :- ; 1; Heeding the Weather Bureau' warning - of the probable approach of , the Sytorm,' hundreds of New Orleans residents deserted , their homes la the outskirts, and .spent last night in ho tels public and office buildings- dowx.1 town:- i More than : 300 sought refugo Lin the'-postofflcei building, the custom LJiouse, and the new court house, ahel the hotels were crowded. - ? -, ' A ; dispatch from . Gulfport, Miss stated the; barometer .there at' 7 thi morningregistereid 29.65 with an eas : wind blowing, about 40 miles an -nou and sauaHs of . rain: The tide the ; ' f was reported two ,.and t a half f e above normal. , ''"As a" precautionary measure, Dr.. (Continued on Page Eight.) vl