!, ' i, C, 1 ,
(ii;uM ans had nor to
INVADE AMERICA IN I'lls
New York. Aiii'. '1'.
lion ii cii iiMvc iti'nii.-Ki n
in Mexico during the war, which
included A I ) J opnsed ii.VaMoll of
the United states by a German
Mo.xieaii army of 11,000 hen, at
the .same time that the (It i mam
launched their last drive on the
western front in July, 1 If J S, was
made here tonight ly the Na
tional Association for the Fro
tcction of American Rights in
.Mexico, which nave out a state
merit !y Dr. P. It. Alt ndorf, for
merly of the United Mate
military intelligence department
i ceiling ins cxpei lenccs as an
American secret mm vice agent
in that country.
Dr. Altendorf, the son of
J ofish hanker in Cracow, Air
Irian Poland, abandoned a mcdi
ral course in the Univernty o
lenna at the outbreak of the
war and fled to Mexico, whore
i he was offered a portion as
prolan spy ty operate again.t
toe rriited States by Kurt J:.h-
iike, head of tie; German seer t
.service in Mexico.
"With pretended reluctance
but with secret joy, 1 accepted,'
lie said, "and at once found my
self in a iKitim to r nder valu
ablo services to the allies in gen-
tral and to the United States in
particular." He opened commu
nication with the lordor as a vol
untccr worker to the military in
telligence department, he claim
and was later sworn in as a spe
cial agent of military intelli
gence department.
The association states that it
has investigated his c laims and
that Prig. Gen. Marlltoiough
Churchhill, the head of the mili
tary intelligence department.
".spoke in temis of the highest
praise of the trustworthiness of
Dr.. Altendorf and the great
value of the service he rcndeiv i!.'
Earning Against Activities
In addition to explaining hi
Activities in Mexico. Dr. Alten
dorf warns the people of tl e
United States against a proposed
German commercial conquest oi
Mexico.
"Within six months after the
United State ratified the treaty
of peace." he says. "Germany
will have complete economic con
crol of Mexico. Within a very
few j ears, if 'they are permitted
to cany out the plans they have
formulated and are now execut
ing as -apidly n.s they fan, t
Genua will have absolute ew-
nomie political and military con-
trol of I-ntin-Amcrica with head-
. y quarters in Mexico."
Referring to th pioped in
vasion of the -United State.--. Dr.
Altendorf .nts foith that in his
tIuJ t4ij.4iily tk.i a ipl.tiij lu il.i
Geim.ui ain.y and a coloiul !n
the Mexican nnny, he helped to
train 000 Gei hihii reservists in
Sonera, who were to form the
nucleus of the proposed Gorman
Mexican army, and that in his
true character as an American
.secret service agent he prevent
ed the raid from heir.g carried
r out.
ft "This ambitious scheme." he
says "was financed by von Eck
hardt (German ambassador to
Mexico) and was undertaken
with the co-operation of Carnm-
T.fL"
Dr. Altendorf, enumei ating
his services in Mexico, said:
"I delivered into the hand1 of
the United States military au
thorities the German agent La
1hr Witi-k ,ilias Pablo Wuhir
ski, thf mot imiwtant indivi
dual capture of the war so far as
America was concerned. Wnhir
ski boasted to me that lie had
blown up several munitions
plants and stores of explosives,
including the P.lack Tom explo
sion in New York; blew up .some
ships and caused disastrous fires
in cities of the Pacific northwest.
" "Wabirki was on his wry to
the United States by way of No
gales, Ariz., on another mission
of murder and destruction when
captured with me. On his por-
son were found a copy of the
German imperial code, and this
is understood to he the first time
that code came into the posses
sion of the American govei n-
ment. Wahirski was court mar
tialei', and from the fact that
his case is before the President
for review, is believed to have
the en sentenced to death, the only
German spy to receive such a
. t idem e in the Unit, l States,
latrawd German A rents
"1 a! .o I- ti..v -I ', s other Ger
man i . and thus enabled the
military intelligence department
to keep ellVclive watch on them,
not to mi'!:tiuii sume renegade
Ameiifan.i who were giving aid
and coin fort to the enemy.'
Other acts lor which Dr. Al
tendorf claims credit include:
Di eovcry to two German wire
less stations in. Mexico, capable
if receiving messages from that
country; reporting the plan for
the German submarine rail
aiong me American coa.st m
April,l!)18, nni! month before it
actually took place; repoitin
'agents sent by Germans to Mex
ico to poison cattle in the United
States and the revelation of it
plot by four Germans to blow up
the h.vd.'o-electric plant at Nia
jraru Palls,
( ailing attention to German
commercial plans in Mexico, Dr.
Altendorf reports that "the first
attempt to carry out an ambi
tioiis German scheme for the
economic conquest and ultimate
military domination of Mexico
was a plan originated by the
German consul, Padcmaehor, at
Guaymas, with the active aid of
Governor Calles, to build a ce
ment plant with a capacity of
'JO.OOO a, month at Ilermosillo,
Sonora.
"The foundations wert com
pleted," lie udds, "and materials
for the superstnu ture were on
the ground jn July, PJ17, when I
reported the scheme in time to
stop it and the factory had to In:
abandoned until after the peace
treaty had been signed. This
factory was to furnish the ce
ment for rebuilding piers ana
other structure and building
new ones on the west coast.
"The American people ought
to know," he continues, . "that
Mexico was not neutral during
th war, but an enemy, active to
the extent of its limited capa-
citv. t
"Mexico gave no fewer than
M German officers commissions
in the Mexican army mid assign
ed them to train troop for sei'
vice against the United States
German uniform were worn so
commonly in Mexico that even
the local Mexican papers com
plained alsmt it. Moreover, by
Carranza's direct orders Mexi
can telegraph wires were thrown
open to German cwle messages.
personally carried orders from
Carran?,a to Governor Guiles to
permit the spy Wabirski to send
code messages freely."
On German Payroll.
Prominent Mexican officials
are alleged by Dr. Altendorf to
have lieen on the payroll of the
GiMT'ian embassy. He say:
"Mario Mendez. director of tele-
receive J a rahry of f f)
a month from von Krhnrdt. His
tirother. a senator with influence
lvceived the same salary. A
third brother who held a peti
tion in the posioffice "Is" re
ceived Ii'.imi a month for open
ing and reading private letters
and passing the information
along to the Germans.
Dr. Altendorf states that he,
personally, late in November,
P.U7 can ied a request fi-om Gov
ernor Calles, of Sonora, to Pad
emacher, the German consul at
Guaymas. for $.10,000, saw the
money put in a bag ami carried
the bag, accompanied by Kadt
maiher, to Calles.
Continuing, the statement
says :
"I w.-H able to discover that
von Lckhardt has guaranteed to
Cai raiua an abundance of capi
tal to turn Mexico into an indus
trial country. In fact, von Kck
hardt w. i.t to Germany l.u.t
April for the express purpose of
financing Gorman corporations
aqd perfecting other arrange
ments for building great chemi
cal plants, textile factories, tan
neries and all the other indus
tries necessary to make Mexico
independent of the United
States and Uuropo.
"As soon as the treaty is rati
fied there wil bo a hegira of a
quarter of a minion Get mans
fronj the United Staus who will
take with them to J,xico ?100.
JOO.000 capital. Tl We are al
ready 1.10,000 Gorluan in Mexi
co and German immigration on
a large scale wiil soon turn the
country into a (Herman colony.
"The activity of Carranza in
driving Americans out and con
fiscating their property is ex-
We r.-N,reiH!ly tykn our him ofT hikI liw li th cl!y vnm-vr i,f A.I. i..
of ,M, r O.'.i.HHhil y.-nr .. f.,ri. tl," t.iKlniilMs t ( l.rMl.ui
ni"iit cli limird mil inn-t uii!!iiio In Him world.
KAK.M LASSIKSSPKKAJ)
NUT, CATCH AVIATORS
Wilmington, Del., Aug. 22.--
"Well, I knew we'd catch an avi
ator," laughed 'Miss May Pu
pert, as, with her sisters, Misses
Anna and Mary, they greeted
Lieutenant Charles Potter, armv
aviator, a he landed on the law n
in front of their place. "Kupert
Farm.'' at Sedgley. A few min
utes later two more livers land
ed into the girl's net and the sex
tet wire seated on the l..wn hav
ing tea when Lieut. Flovd A.
Wilson commander of the souad-
ron, dashed up in a motor car an
lour later.
"Where have you In-cn?' quer
ied the worried officer. "When I
saw you circle over the city and
then disappear, I , thought you
had been killed.
The three culprits looked
sheepish and then the girls, ex
plained. They had heard of the
expected ai rival of the ;iir pho
tographic exped.tion from Ing-
ly Field, near Washington, and I "'f yesterday evening this Im
wh. n they w tie out motoring' truying the first sign ""that his
ye-terday and sa-v Li'Mitenant M entality Was still disturbed.
Wilson, who had come ahead of ! Saturday morning he spent
the others to prepare for their
arrival, putting out hi landing
"T" near Greenville, they con-
ceivtd the idea of constructing aioion. Early in the afternoon
similar "T" on their own place"1! Ml'nt u Schoolfield and there
and catching some aviators
With hedsht-eU they fadiion
isl the two arms of the 'T which
are used to direct aviators to
their landing fa Id, spread the
cross on their lawn and await
ed result. When Lieut. Potter
flying in advance, evpied the
I'naik he ..lihtt d to the Pupeil
farm. The other two missed
IhjUi inaiks iind lauded at the
country ciuh, tjiter. ioaminir
where their companion had land-
. i ... .
va, ine again uHia ii,4 aiul
joined him at the fann, where
their r.niv.d was r.nxiouly
awaited. Lieutenant. Wilson,
after frantic telephoning, final
ly learned his missing pi!"ts had
been seen at Seduiev. and hur
ried out in a high powered car,
fearing an accident. The expe
dition will remain here several
day and will give numerous ex
hibitions. The mayor and other
prominent citizen have been in
vited to view the city from the
air.
plained by the fact .that Ger
mans with plenty of money
stand ready to pick up the pro
perty at bargain rates. '
"The full significance ol all
this Itecomcs apparent when 1
tell you, fui ther, that part of the
Ccnnun scheme provide for
great munition plants at' Mexi
co City which will make it un
necessary for Mexico to import
war material in the future. The
treaty of peace re. tricts the
manufacture cf munitions of
war in Germany, but it does not1
say anything ti!out Germans
manufacturing as large quanti
ties as they please in Mexico.
Thus there is tin practical riiffi-1
culty in the way of Germany's
plans for the next war.
"German agents are active every;
where in Latin-America and the
newspapers have told vis there h
to lw extensive German immi-1
gration to that part of the world ;
in the' near future. The result
of the war did not end the Ger
man dream of world conquest;
it merely delayed it."
ADEN'S CITY ENGINEER BUILT THIS
LINDSKV PUUNS TAKES
HIS LIFE IN VIRGINIA
Vansiile, Va., Aug. 21. Isss
than 21 hours after he had re
turned to Danville from the
state insane upturn where he
had been confined for more than
six months. Lindsey G. P.urns,
aged M years, committed suicide
near Schoolfietd yesterday even
ing by throwing himself In-fore
Southern train No. 1"(5 while i;
wa lacing down the grad lo
tween Sehoollield and the city.
The only eyewitness to the trag
edy besides the engineer says
that P.urns Was seated by the
track with his head in hi hands
When the train approached at a
rapid gait he deliin l ately step
jmsI in its way. The pilot tossed
him to one side and lie was pick-
ed up with hi- kui! mi shod in.
lli ikMv was J.iv.:git to t!ie
station.
P.urns threatened to kill him-
greeting seveial of hi old
friends who were glad to See
such an improvement in his con-
remarked that it was "id tout
time he l t a train run over him',
as a man w ho overheard the re
mark said. This resulted in a
call being sent to the ito!ic? in
Danville in order that he might
h prevented from carrying out
the plan. The officers tele
phottisl to Sehnnlfield and asked
constable to look for him.
They were engaged at this task
l n the fat..l;ty occurred. The
funeiid
eV'Ti'ng.
took plate hen- this
CARL KILI1Y ACCIDEN
TALLY KILLED IN OHIO
Th
ngvd
here
Ihxu
remain of Mr. Car! Kiiby
L years, were icceived
Monday evening, h iving
shipped Horn Newcomers-
town, Pa., where a letter receiv
by by relative stated he was
accidentally killed by receiving
a bullet wound in tin- hea.
The letter stated that Mr. Kii
by and another young man had
gone a short distance from town
the purj osc of the trip not being
known. anl that the deceased
had a 22 calibre pistol, lie gave
the pistol to his partner and told
hum to fee the two loaded hulltt,
in the o -under. This wh Hone,
but in some way which the let
ter failed to bring out. Kilby was
shot in the head. The b.-dl en
tering the left emple and
i.mg'ui'- towaid tlaJ right eye.
Some mvstory surrounds the fa
tal acciuent and relatives here
are carrying out an investiga
tion as to the cause of Mr. Kii
by 's death.
The deceased is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. TKilby, of Millers
Creek, and is survived by his
parent.;, two sisters, Mrs. Etta
VaiiiieV, of Wilbar. and Miss
I Kilby. of Millers Creek,
and two brothers, Me.. i. Cyru.
and Quincy Kilby, both of whom
make their home at Millers
Creek, The funeral and burial
service were conducted Wed
nesday at Pleasant Home P.ap
tist church 'by Lev. I. C.
Woodruff and Grant Cothran.
Wilkes Journal.
3000 B. C.
i.
Ka.. !, mnMnirt,., U,N wnnil-rful t.il
m. Th.-M- win.-nwir' t A.i.-n Hr the
NAVY SECRETARY
HAS A PUSY DAY.
Aboard the U. S. S. New Vol k.
Honolulu HarlKir, Wednesday,
Aug. 20. (!y the Associated
Press.) Secretary of the Navy
Daniels and his official paity of
officers and men of the dread
naugni .ew lorn, arrived here
today were treated with the hos
pitality that long has distin
(gushed the Hawaiian Islands.
. The New York and four de
stroyers were tied alongside
their piers almost in the renter
of the city.
Olf Waikiki I Teach the great
dreadnaught were met by scores
of small craft including outrig
ger canoes, motor launches, row
and sail lxats which uccompan-
i-d the ship into the harlor,
On the dock' were Govtrtioi
i McCarthy the mavor and i,it,. i
city and territorial dignatories.
.Native girl of Hawaiian, Chi
nese Filij pino, white and Amei i
can parentage were there also
carrying gaily coliored lui. the
necklace of Hawaii, which they
threw aiMiard the battleship un
til every officer and sailm
altoard had a neck dies. Most
of the lei were made of flowers,
alt ho there and feathoi
From the time he went down
the were others of gaily colored
paper New York's gang plank
Secretary Daniels time was fill
iy occupied. From the ship he
was taken to a hotel at Waikiki
Pooch where ho was rcecivet
with all the txtnip of i
visiting monarch, according to
the old Hawaiian custom bv the
Son.5 ;u;d Daughters of Hawaiian
warriors.
A 1.2.12 MILE JOURNEY
TRAVELED IN A III GGY
Henderson, Aug. 22. T. II,
Pollock, mnm'jvr and vice-pres
ident of the Anchor Stores com
pany announced Thursday that
this company had purchased the
complete stock, lease on the
building "and entire outfit of the
Durham Cash store. The three
story building now occupied by
the Durham Cash stcv was tak-
I en over in the deal, though not
purchased, and the Anchor store
will make its' first appearance
early in September.
Several other new stores are
to be started by this company in
the principal cties of the r.tate
within the next 12 Huml'i.-..
Prof, George A. Cole, who was
superintendent of the Middle
burg Farm Life school for two
years with Mrs. Cole has arrived
in Arkansas without mishap,
having made the entire journey
from MiddJeburg by way of a
horse and buggy. E. M. Pallius
received a card from Professor
Colo that was written vt Little
Pock, Ark., last Sunday, saying
they arrived there Friday. They
left hero Juno T.O and traveled
1.232 miles averaging 2,H' 't miles
per day. They stopped four days
in A- hey:!!" to rest. The card
.said they would leave Little
Pock last Tuesday for their
home in northern Arkansas, u
distance of r.00 milt s from the
capital. The couple traveled in
the buggy for the novelty of the
thing, going largely as was the
fashion in the old stage coach
days of many years ago.
('Aii!;!;i:A talks apoit
.MEXICAN SOVEREIGNTY
M'-M'-o City, Aug. :'!. - (Py
A s'-oe jated Pre-.-:.) The highe-.t
Mexivan eovi i niiKMit officials
it-.. ..I . i.i. i .i
.in ni.iiMii it line MuriV OI I lit
i" ' 'I'.o poinis ai issue iieiween
the Mexiejiii and Ameri(an gov-
... :..i . r i .
ei linieiil , with He- vi-w of
reaching arrangements sali.-l'.t
lory to the I n, ted (.':..(, with
out impairment of Mexican na
i '. i :. . . . .
iH'ii.ti muMC is and .Mexican .so
vereignity, according to declara
i ! .. I . i i . .
itoin ni.iue .saiuiiiay nigiil oy
Luis Cabrea, secretary of the
i ........ .... i .. .'i i ,
i.ie.i.-l(,V .aid on' oi me leadilll
member.- of the cabind, The-(
points, as contained in a .-tat
moid by Seiior Cabrera Friday
night on the necessity 'ur a re
i t i i
iijimh .u itoioer guard s rva e an
petroleum legislation, ind-mni
.......I-... 1. - t
iieauoiis, ironuer vigilciice am
guarantees for the safety of foi
1 i- : . .
vixoeis aiej loreign inierest in
.Mexico. ithin three or foui
days, according to Senor Cabl e-
in, the government official will
Itegin giving out to the Mexican
press statements regarding to
government standpoint on the
questions at issue and the means
which Mexico can rightfully
adopt to meet foreign govern
mental representations. The de
claration of the secretary are
omewhat of an indirect reply
to critics of the administration
who have been intimating that
cabinet change were necessary
f . !
preliminary to meeting the pros-
out international problems.
... . 1
Taking up figure which he
aid were recently euoted in the
United States senate regarding
Mexico's debt, Senor Cabrera as-
erted that, including every item
Mexico's obligations could be
paid in full with $.'00 (HMl.OoO.
'ronlising to give out detail,-
and exact figures shortly he stat
d that the total debt could bt
given roughly a follows:
Damages resulting from the
Madero and constitutionalist re
volutions, 80,000,000 pesos. In
ItMiuiification to foreign inter-
st for the Use of railways and
otlirr public utilities. 100,000,
Ooo pesos, the remainder of L-
(HMl.lMio.OOopeso for half a b,l-
, , , '. .. .. . .
lion uonars is uiviuen Oelween
the redemption of pater money,
interest unpaid on the foreign
debt and the amount due bank
HHODA ROYAL CIRCUS
COMING
With Spring comes the circus.
and the first big tent show to
visit Elkin will be the Phoda
Royal Circu. combined with Old
l.utfalo ild est which will
exhibit on Tuesday September
1st pi emitting two performances
at 2 in the afternoon ami S in the
evening. Doors w ill Ik; open one
hour earlier. This big enterprise
know n as the best of tented ng- th- children's mind and contain
gregatioiis now traveling, con- the acme of all that is. wonder
tain many now and up to-the- fui great and bewildering the
minute novelties. Among thr
many features will be (ound the which come in advance have fill
very cream of European act. :d every young mind with vis-
every performer a star. Promi-
nent unquestionable feature ait
the Royal herd of educated elo-
phants, "Plsmark" the marble
statue horse. Rinaldo, ' the only
ball room horse in the world
dancing the tango, "Nellie,
the bridleles high school man-
age mare .and the great military
drill by a score of beautiful
horses, presented by Hhoda Poy-
al. the king of horse trainers;
"Frontier Days," a great wild
wot show complete, famous rid-
crs from the plain-, daring cw
itm:., Mini (uA Lmi... ,
..i ... i .
wen
reared m the sauil,e.
Expert
rope spinning, lasso throwing,
champion trick and fancy riding
bronco busting, bucking horses
ind mules, ranch girls and cow
I oys on horse back in quadrille,
every act a real circus feature,
then there are lots of aerial acts,
grand gymnastics, tumbling,
vaulting, hurdle races, many
funny downs, whose peculiar
activities will keep you in an up- horses, goats and donkeys, say
roar. Oh, yes. then we have not ing nothing about the hign class
forgotten to provide for the aerial, trapeze, swinging poirh,
younger element by presenting revolving ladder acts." Funny
Prof, White's troun of trained
horses, ponies, dogs, goats and
monkeys. Two solid hours of
Oh Joy" and thrills. Will cxhi-
bit twice only at 2 in the after-
noon and 8 in the evening. Doors
open one hour eailier. free out-
side open air exhibitions on the
grounds at 1 and 7 P. M., ruin or
ose.
EXPRESS IIOIinilltlES IN
1 AYETTEVILEE ( IIAPGED
Faydteune, Aug. 22. John
W. James, day clerk at the local
office of the American Expn
company; Lester John:;on. nerro
employe of the express company
Nancy Johnson, his wife, and
Purse Her, negro are under ar
rest heie today as the result of
a round-up following an investi
gation by Chief of Police P. W.
Merker and Detective W. W.
Hewlett of this city, and a de
partment of justice agent, of n
systematic robbery of the ex
press, which it is charged ha
been going on here for some
time. The police arc continuing
their investigation and other ar
rests may be made.
The arrest of the men were
mad..' today by Chief Marker and
Detective Hewlett. Thousand
of dollars worth of good were
recovered, which were found at
the home of the negro aoeom-
Plirt's" J111' Kn1s alleged to have
ucen taken ny James and In ac
complices were for the most part
in interstate commerce.
Japanese Visit Secretary.
Honolulu, Aug. 22. A dele
gation of prominent Japanese
visited Secretary of the Navy
Daniels here today and present
ed him two bronze vases.
Secretary Daniels, in accept
ing, thanked the Japanese and
I . n'u mm iic nu in nit" occlusion
llIm), . V L. V"
said that he saw
:.. il. . .
' '., " V. " """""i1
lOl till illtlltl' I1VI JltM, !,., ........
, ' -
A tour of the island of Oaha
was made today by Secretary
Daniels and officers of the war
ship that accompanied him here.
The secretary and his party
were initiated into the mysteries
of the "Luau" a native feast
which had been prepared for the
visitor by local official of the
Islands government. The menu
and decorations at the scene of
the feast which was hdd at a
jMtint foit- miles distant from
Honolulu wore distinctly Hawa
iian. "Lucas" have I teen given
in Hawaii for a hundred year
. fcUl,H'
Larhoeuod meat cooked in na
tive style in wrapping of leaves,
poi cud other Hawaiian delica
cies having been prepared u
well.
JOY FOR THE I JOYS
A Circu will be here on Tus-
Uy Sept. 2nd.
Phoda Royal's Hippodrome
Shows. Trained Wild AnimrJ and
Old P.ufLdo Wild West, will c.xhi-
bit on Tuesday afternoon nnd
evening in Elkin. A circus i
something that no bey or girl
-Jimi'd K pel mitttd to mi
Within the circus tent there is a
mystic realm, which bring to
great pictorial nnd red rter
ion sf a perfect haven of delight
and amusement and nothing can
fill the childish heart with so
much gloom and abject de.pon-
duiey as the idea of bemz de
barred from casting wide eyes
about this wonderland Iwautiful
a it will appear Itoneath the big
wntoiTroof tents. This circus
has among its many novelties
the only high r.choob manage
mule in the world." "Littla
Henry" nnd this hybrid equine
make the renowned ccmie mule
"Man nnd her trainer "Si,"
Th"
mal at Jl.c word of comrr.ar.d can
kick a hundred wavs in a minute
at the next command will be so
docile that a child can lie down
between its four legs or mount
it and ride around the ring. It
is so trained also to cake walk,
perform the Spanish trot and
jump over gates four feet high,
besides there is Prof. White's
celebrated troun of dor, nonies.
clowns, gymnasts, tumblers bare
back riders galore, and last but
not least the cieit Will U't
spectacle. Frontier dav.s with
its many thrills, lasso throwers,
fancy trick riding by cow boys
and cow girls. In the a, ri, , a-
tion you will see more novelties
than some of its rivals of ;i niorvi
nretentious nature.