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\ VOL. 10, r r ??r, SEMI-VEEKLY. DR. DUMBA MUpu HISTRUNK AND niiT r ""I Montreal, S Vienna Informed by , .iind mls8,np a _ I Hesperian wai ton That Ambassador is the Anan Lin Longer Acceptable to U. , ta,ns the fo11' I 1 Dead: Mis Missing: VIOLATION OF PROPRIE1 oseph Fowie orry (infant Conspired to Ciipplel^>^tiiuute In-1JftrI/ dustries of tlie Ptple of the ' ^ ^ow United SH*l name ul e list al Washington, Sept.w.?Am bass a- ^ memt dor Penfleld at Viennghas been In- ,, the na ?'sl , structed by cable to inVm the Aus- wasves tro-Hungarlan governnht that Dr. *mer i onsranun uumoa uo oger is acceptable as an envoy tq.he United ^ I States, and to ask tor hirecall. ? Secretary Lansing finally an- Only One nounced the action tonlgl it was 1 Wedgii the answer of the Ameriot govern-! "Va< ment to Dr. Dumba's expiation of j Seattle, his intercepted letter to Vi^a out? j American lining plans for handicappit plant* one negatl in this county making warfppiie8 re8ol"tlon for the allies. and natlot Ambassador Peofleld was I-rUct-I fort to ob ed by cable yesterday to deli'. the "oss a'?"K following note to the foreign <jce> ( fonse"Mr. Constantln Dumba. th?us_ And am tro-Hungarian ambassador at \,j,_ Hon was a ington, has admitted that he pi%s_ Hon of th< ed to his government plans to ? ' >vlding 1 sate strikes in American manuJ ?r state le; turing plants engaged In the protV hv any secti tlon of munitions of war. The lnl\ out the ap] matlon was reported to this govei* and the ment through a copy of a letter < The trus the ambassador to his government the an The bearer was an American cltizertamper its named Archibald, who was traveling^serve act nnuer an American passport. The ill not ha ambassador has admitted that he em- Kansas ( ployed Archibald to bear official dis- v 1916 c patches from him to his government. | on no "By reason of the admitted pur- Syflect'01 pose and Intent of Mr. Dumb* to j .ranch conspire to cripple legitimate indue-j COTn tries of the people of the United1^ ^voril States and to Interrupt their legitl-j ,,r0plIG 1 mate trade, and by reason of the |)anka cl flagrant violation of diplomatic pro-|tr;l| ' priety in employing an American cltl- ln zen, protected by an American pass- I Nvit|, aif port as a secret bearer of official dis-' serve or' patches through the lines of the' T*nited c enemy of Austria-Hungary, the Pres-. mij( blent directs me to inform your Ex- wjtiiin t cellency that Mr. Dumba is no longer 1 TJie m acceptable to the government of the!SU(l}l fou United States as the ambassador of! or in t ^ his Imperial Majesty at Washington. 1 Anoth "Believing that the Imperial and : advocatii Royal government will realize that 1 statues < the government of the United States' upon the has no alternative but to request the the inco recall of Mr. Dumba on account of bank shi "<? improper conduct, the govern- income c ment of the United States expresses ) of is ass* its deep regret that this course has or town become necessary and assures the'and not Imperial and Royal government that it sincerely desires to continue the southern cordial and friendly relation which y exist between the United States and \tlant Austria-Hungary." lt;- regu Secretary Lansing's announcement >?| hv th was delayed that the note might the fiscal reach Vienna before its publication , 536. or in this country. time and J were on ASK KXPl'LSION OF 4'ADRTK. j , n,,rinf ;local tra ' these 13: Acting Superintendent Recommend* j schedule Dismissal of Seven Midshipmen. 1 per cent, Washington. Sept. 9.?Seven miri-l*'0118, shipment have been recommended for dismissal from the Naval Academy 'v ?' by the acting superintendent, for fln<* nro hazing or for falsehoods in connec- ^'onifctin ^ tlon with the recent hazing invosti- 21.744, c gallon. ! u,e t'roe Secretary Daniels today notified j way? an(1 the aocused inldshipment, offering, <kr*> on them opportunities to make explanations. Their names were not made jmfclic. P" A large number of midshipmen Washli were recommended for disciplinary tho grow action, for other objectionable con- Septombc doet not amounting to hazing. bales, co Under the regulations midship- according men may be dismissed without a of the ? oonrtmartial If guilty of more than bureau 01 one offense of basing. One of those led with i recommended for dismissal was: of the en found guilty of more than seven of-' ber 1 !as< fanses. Practically all of tho others ner cent recommended for dism*ssai were to thRt < found guilty of more than one of- bales, or fanoe 4 J j crop, gini LANCASTER, S. C.'] ?^ UST SUBMARINE COMMANDEI "J SAYS HE SUNK ARABI ept. 8.?A list of dead ] passengers from the I i made public today at states Liner's Actions Led Hi e oltioe. The list con-1 awing names: to Believe She Was About s Carberry. to Attack His Boat. Miss Alice Hannister. j "> SaHSv1 acted in self defens ii Taylor (four years oly and a Canadian sol- Kcport of Admiralty Says 1 known. Was Destroying Merchantman [so gives tlio names of When IMg Liner Ap|M??re<l. iers of the crew and in- ,, . T ^ a . ? n . ? , . Berlin via Londay, Sept. 8.?1 me of P. J. Wolfe, who , ? ,, , ? , commander of a German subniari rom Queenstow n sa whlch has returned to its base. 1 ican citizen. reported to the admiralty that torpedoed the liner Arabic in the N FAVOR lief that the Arabic's action ir PREPAREDNESS I cated she was about to attack submarine and that he fired in s >te Against Resolution ; defence. upport to State and Th? subamine commander's t,4l Governments. port says the submarine was enga ty. in destroying a freighter when Bann^0n' . f Arabic was sighted. The submai lv* ? Av.ocl.tlon, with then wM oo the ?urflce pledxV *? ay' 6 opto " The Arabic, the commander support to state I . . , , . . ial eovt , , clares. swung around and headed 6 imente in an ef- . .. . . . . .. . tain Dra, ... . wards the freighter as if to atl p cable prepared-., . . _. , the linov . , . , 1 the submarine. The commande - mit^f natjonai i the undersea craft remained in d< . as to the Arabic's intentions w enurnent to.u., ,.?,?.> it n I ,i?n(. . . tu"slu she changed her course a few pol * trust ( com tUe ?ppnsi" j ,)Ut 8t,n kePt headed in a direr section. i,r|nKjng her nearer to the scene irlsl it ii r? nat'onal The commander reports that gislature should t tiree 1 i - .. .1 'ts" i continued to observe the action ion of the associntlV ...t.i. ... _ . , . , \w,l"" ; the liner until he saw the Ar [>roval of the law eVimit- . . , , . A, Ymi' again change her course and heai association as a whV .. , rectly for the spot where the sui t company section re/arrl-1 . . ,? , . , tarn pjne lav, as If she had sighted nendment as a movi to I j ? . . l" I undersea boat, efforts to alter the fede^i : so that national bancs FIRED TOR1>EDO ve trust company power i Then the 8ubmarlne commai 2ity was expected to get| beilevlng his craft was in dange onventlon. The commit- Glared, submerged and fired a initiations recommended p*don of James K. Lynch of Th,s news was communicated sco as president mediately to James W. C,e ention adopted American ror ir?.. . , Slur. ? Wocklngton. ig amendment of section _ . , _ , , . . | Prior to receipt of the subm rederal reserve act. The , , ,, . ,i commander s report admiralty lange would give member , , . . , . . . cials believed the submarine los in federal reserve or cen-, . . , . , reason for her delav in returnii i cities the option of keep-1 ... . ? A1_ , port lias been given, er cent ot their reserve .... ?, , , , , ...... A high official of the foreign < lational bank in any re- , A. ? . .... discussing the case with the ntral reserve city in the , . . _ ... It ,.^1 .. . ciated Press, said the command ^s, or within a radius of' , . . ps, . . the submarine evidently had ? the member bank or . . ,, he . . . quate reasons for believing the deral reserve district, i . ... w , Tib? , . marine was about to be attacked tanks now can keep, . . ... r De? ..... , justified in taking steps i 1 nt in their own vaults A _ , , , e fed . . . sary to save his boat and crew. \1 reserve hank. . , . # .. . ... er ro , . i torpedoing of the Arabic, acco ution was adopted, .... ? , , . . ug am? ^ . . , to this official, could not be con * ment of the revised i . 10 wher . , cd an unprovoked attack wi taxes are imposed ... in corn- \ . warning, but a measure of sc " personal property . , me deri, ? ., fence, which the commander c i from national , . , . ??>' included in tUe ??" if the .???, ?older ?lere. -"IdP' ^ 'he alleged .nnplrtm ?ssing secii t ... .. tlo?s of the Arabic. es, in tlie city , A, , . where the h. . News of the submarines i \k is locate i . .. . , . . elsewhere. and tbe commander s report lit ho An mihlichorl in Hor manv There still is no report uva i I ?*s? ng? i Show regarding the sinking of the ine Schedule ilorvi . ? 2*. penan. a. (Ja., Sept. 8.?Ot,,,. 17lnr passenger tr?.fnv,noP?? e Southern rt&i'l\vay\ur:n., TBADK IN WAR St PPIJI I vear, nd-*' June SGfst;,. 89 per cent, made scrt,l|lo | jllly figures Show Shipments \ 146.288. or 83 per ?t *T?o.noO,<>on. time at all stations. ? . _ iko year 1??.10? .trl.V Waaklngton. Sep., *_-k illla wrrr operate,I a,?l r? mad,! '""'f" "J, ' J.?M. or ?? per rep,. ma>' """"" on'' lime while 127.?22. or a?'how were op lime a, all Ma- *?'?!?" ? "< "'* ,S0'000' j ?>ly. a btg increase over pre ,A, ? .. , . mnths. The principal in< 26.303 limited trains, near-' ' , . _ u, . , ... 1 co^ared with june exports, 1 which cover long distances ' ? ... ? . . .. . . .. , ! ?mntnitlon of special raanufi handled by other lines in ?. ? ?e ? ? # n ?aw o .u tw ai c hicly jumped from $5,911,9 in with Southern Railway,; . A ... OA . . ' | $9.32430$. Automobiles, tli< ir 83 per cent, made sched-1 X . . . , . . i. aw a aw ? litem tc, show a material de while on the Southern Rail- . ,. eAA AAA . o or, a rt">PP??Q from $14,500,000 to I 18,637, or 71 per cent. 000 000 time at all stations. . . , . .. j Horse* and mules to the vs i $12,600,0^0, were axnorto^ It Rales of flotton Oiawt a(fftinH< $fy.500,000; 138 aero] i4or to September 1. - j valuad at iwan asa ???> a igt.on, Sept. 8.?Cotton of1 compared V\tb 62 machines th of 1916 ginned prior to j 5262,212 in tune. July exp< r 1 amounted to 461,63? j small arms CArVMges were val tinting round an half hales. $2,427,761. iibdvt *he some ; to the first ginning report preceding mouth; of lynamite eason Issued today hy the 899, a slight lacreatt, and < f the census. That compnr ' powder f 4 667.920, compared 180,317 hales, or 3 per cent' $3,234,549 In June tiro crop, ginned to Septem-! ? t year. 799,099 bales, or 5.7 rirtti*h Steamship Sunk of tho entire crop, g'nned I.ond0n, Sept. 8. The late in 1913, and 750,8414 st"amahlp Douruo lias been s 5.4 per cent of the entire gun-Are, presumably from a aed to that date In 1912 rine. The crew was saved / f JL. P* isttv i KIM DAY, SEPTKMBKU 10,1915. R WEALTHY WIDOW is ~ IC KILLED AND ROBBED steuim m Masked Men Invade Mrs. Eli/a- (loed 4 heth Nichols" Home and Take |)oats ^ 10,000 in (Joods. Hritisi zaire. E. ONE SIJS.JECT ARRESTED. and ,, Com pi [>Hl ItohlHTs Failed to <iet Strong llo\ tique, i Containing Diamonds and Other deauz Jewels WortIi Over *Vjr>0,000. submc ?he New York, Sept. ! .? Owney Tails. ' i movei np>: a Russian Finn, a hall boy in the z;,jre home of Mrs. Klizabeth Nichols., the he aped widow who met death last night -dttt l>p- at the hands of masked men who tdt- robbed her of goods valued at $10the 000, was arrested today after he had 1 1 confessed, the police assert, to hav* Prosp ing played a part in the crime. He Du re"iwas formally charged with murder.' >1 Re'li All other servants were freed of ^he! suspicion. Deputy Police Commis-i Rrain r,n''isioner Ford announced. sured Preliminary examination of Mrs vass ^e"? Nichols' body revealed the probabili-j tural to"| ty that she had died of fright and not casts tac,v of strangulattion as at first supposed, yield r ?' Mr. Ford said. An autopsy to be per- Augv )l,kt formed late today will disclose the ea| exact cause of death. ((0(t , (jr(Stj Although the burglars stripped ^ than their victim's lingers and ears of dia- chan I monds and other jewels worth $10.- dictl , 000. they failed to rifle the strong wint S Ol abi ^ox of ^er sa'"e 'n kept, sprit J gems valued at from $250,000 to! and $500,000. crop >ma- 1 the Talis and the maid were kept up els t virtually all night by detectives, who Whe made them repeat their stories again entii and again. Commissioner Ford said! will I'der. , . .. ., today there were manv minor discrep- < 1 r ne 'tor ancies in theih accounts. Significance ed i was placed by the police in a state- fore I im ment attributed to the cook, Feon busl rard Tlovonen, that on leaving the house yeat pmU' she met a former employe of Mrs busl Nichols who had frequently ailed at 'he arine ofter iwrfiin her ?mv?loy. C and borrowed money from other ser- ' m . v. vants. two otner men. tne cook sain, ous * IN O n (() I were loitering nearby. thai Mr. Lord said that after the cook """ office, j ant' 'be butler, Ernest Vital, had left orol Asso- ^e house, Talis had been seen to ^ ler of l^ttve the premises several times to ,on' ade-i converse with uitn In front of the' ,,oil , 8ubJ house. Th? I, and Mrs. Nichols was the widow of leces- Jas. Edwin Nichols, founder of the The wholesale grocery tirm of Austin, rding Nichols & Co. She was reputed to aider- he worth about $2,000,000 and it ., < ??i thout was known that much of this was iu lf-de vested in gems which she kept in the if the, house. She was 6? years old and ed to quite stout. "s' ,a ac In an effort to recover the stolen ua jewelry, and perhaps thereby obtain M" return, a ,.|m, j0 the burglars, a detective a' is not was stationed in every pawnshop in * 1 New York city. A general alarm and <M illabl" ;l description of the valuables were Ties- telephoned from police headquarters u ' No to every city as far north as Buffalo and as far south as Philadelphia. tin IS. The manner in wnlch Mrs. Nichols . came to her end was described to-ij(e . . . dav. accordine to the notice, bv anion " " - no Ownle Tails, the hall boy. I>eputy,jnj Commissioner Hord announced that tguros; -palis had made a confession relative . mrean to tjie murder, details of which would r# imerce )m, ma(j(, public later. Ini 000'in l*10 P<>llp? detectives in New , w| ! York wete at work todav trying to : ad ceding, , , , ? .... , , tind who murdered Mrs. Elizabeth , Wf [TOASP i , ' Nichols, a wealthy widow, and robbed i<i whk in' I her house of a small fortune in i on icture. a?v . jewels. Mrs. Nichols, after a des29, to| . . e onlv | l)eratft struggle, was strangled to: j,-, death about 9 o'clock last night iu crp&B6 ' I her home on East 79th street just off Fifth avenue, in the heart of the mil-j ^ ... .! llonaire residence district, due o! ; no > J"ly The police obtained their tirst j w< planes, story of the crime from a maid and a cr hipped house boy employed in the Nichols q, worth home. These servants said that three an ?rts of masked men bound and gagged them. luedatjthen proceeded to their ratatress' us the' rooms. When the maid and the to $100,- house bey treed themselves from | t;? of gun their bonds they found Mrs. Nichols's with 1 ndy on the floor in her library. A cv towel had been tied about her necj t'nd twisted tight. Her face was cut ft< i ,.tid bruised and her clothing torn in- ec Unlink .'limiting that the had mado a hard th unk by 'or life. The police devoted h? tnbma- much of their attention to Otto Talis, ?? 1 the bonQe boy. who said he had ad tv :\<H STEAMSHIP SINK. HtltCllllllil T?r|M'd?MHl Off Hell Ue. is, Sept. 8.?The Krone! ship Guatemala has been torp* ind sunk about, fifty miles o Isle. Her crew escaped in t\\ The men were picked up by 1 steamer and taken to St. N. Guatemala, 5.!?12 tons gro! S7 feet long, was owned by tl ignie Generale Trans-Atlai which also owned the Ho . the sinking of which by irine was announced yesterda t t out riti inrt of tho f! iir? f onni In nent was her arrival at St. N July 28 from Buenos Ayres. KPER GRAIN CROPS ASSURE of Big Yields Improv ring the Month of An^fustore Wheat Than I*ast Year. ishington, Sept. 8.?Bumf crops this year now seem i I. Basing predictions on a cs made September 1 the agric department today issued fo showing the prospects of 1 s generally had improved duri ist. le wheat crop is placed at !t8 'too bushels, 90,000.000 mi last year's record crop, ge is made in the August 1 p on of 650,000,00(1 bushels er wheat. Conditions for ig wheat crop have been id the production forecast for t was increased 15,000,000 bu o a total of .122,000,000 bush n the final canvass is made re wheat production proba reach 1,000,000.000 bushels, orn production prospects incr< >7,000.000 during August, cast now being 2,085,000. aels. Although that exceeds 's crop by more than 110.000, hels. it falls 130,000,000 shor record crop of 1012. iats may reach a record, the i her forecast being 1.408,000, hels, which is 267.000.000 n ii was harvested last year but ,000 bushels below the re< ;> of 1912. 'he condition of white pota k a decided drop. Indicat at to record crops of barley. et potatoes, tobacco, rice and > apple and peach crops also above average. rORKKiX FIXAXt'K BOAItl) ning to liorrow Half Itillio More in America. \*ew York, Sept. 8.?The six i and French financiers on y to this city to borrow a n of money, popularly est in: half a billion dollars or more, ich to pay for American sup the allied armies and other rts from this country, won ved to be within a few houi w York harbor tonight The their sailings from Kngland i name of the ship they took pn withheld by the British ce nee the time of their arrival t tie known until the vessel ti ? them is off quarantine. Passengers reaching here i oard the steamer Ryndam to iwirta nf tho imntinf>nf>n nf Mi?? ssion'H departure from Knj ten they left Rotterdam, ar dition. brought to this oo >rd of preparation and plam itish censor apparently had b the cables. encli Airmail lias Kquntled tude Rivord. I'aris. Sept. f).?The French 1 aniat B. X. Demars, it waa innced last night, has equals orlil's altitude record of 6,600 s (21,598 feet) established b irmnn airman Otto Linnekog i aeroplane at Johannistel 14. ltted three men shorn they Ro.) I I I I < rll ?- immiUlf7UL UWWI - urn. the detectives said that the idontly had bean eommittei >nr?e one rumfliir v. ith the N >usohold. Thin bebef won ?u I by two other servants wbi ioy rerognizod cue of the thro rs as a former employe of ichols and another ftR ono wh ? n??enJly called on this emplo - WEATHER VB ^7 FORECAST H Fair Friday and A- probably Sat* urday. $1.50 A YEAR. THE DUMBA AFFAiR I : LOOMS UP DARKER n Envoy's Statement In vol vine; ? Austrian Government I.ends i- (iraver Aspect. MINISTER AWAITS EVENTS. ? '* I tidci'stood Ho Mean* to (?<> AiiciW) ?' Without Itognrd to America's >' Attitude. .'s ? .... \\ asningt.on, t>epi. ?. ur. v;onstantin Dumba, the Austro-Hungar, ian ambassador, returned late today . to the summer embassy a! Lennox, Mass., to await word from Secretary D Lansing as to whether the United States is satisfied with his explanant tion of his intercepted letter to Vienna outlining plans for withdrawing Austro-Hungarlan labor handicapping American plants manufaoturing war supplies. The ambassador's statement to inMr. Lansing yesterday that be woe acting under instructions from his regovernment apparently has made the affair more serious than a mere quesng l tion of ethics or propriety involving , only I)r. Dumba himself. Silence on 'the subject was observed again today ,r< i at the White House, and state department. The President, carrying the Tf>" | cabled copy of the ambassador's lettor. walked over to the department t,u> during the morning, surprised Secre,M' tarv Lansing in his office, and spent ,1,1' fifteen minutes discussing the situas^~ ton. It was the firrt time a PresiP'K" dent had done such a thing since Spanish war days. Kl v ' Before leaving Washington, Ambassador Dumba called at the depart,l8~ I ment of labor to seek eo-operation in his program for providing new employment for workmen expected to last' walk out of the munitions plants. 000 Sec.lietary Wilson was not in his 1 ot i office, but he. talked with Acting Sec retary Densmore. It is no secret in ^rp"| official circles that the administration ; would not countenance any sort of lorej participation in a movement. *p,'| It is understood the ambassador or<' proposes to go ahead with his plana without regard to the attitude of the topR American government, ions embassy today it was emryc' p'lasized that the only step so far ^ay' ordered in the instructions from ar0 Vienna was the issuance of a proclamation calling on all Austro-Hun: garian subjects to obey the decree of ; their government against aiding in , the manufacture of war munitions " ol*j for the enemy. A decree similar to this one was Kng-i issued some time ago by (lermany, their' though it attracted little comment, huge It is stated that soon after the delated i creo was proclaimed most of the Gerwithi mans employed in munitions plants, plies | chiefly in executive or scientific de itn-' partments, quickly sought other posi> be-'tions without waiting for urging rs of i through diplomatic agencies. TO REQUISITION ALCOHOI,. have nsor Xeuds It for Miinufocturc of will Powder. ring-1 'hiris. Sept. 8. ?The minstry of i war announced today that it would lodav re(luisition all stocks of alcohol in Id of France amounting to two hundred com- gallons or more for the manufacture Klaiul ot Manufacturers of drugs id in i or ot'ier products will receive each untry ' montl1 sufficient quantities of alcohol s thej ,or l^?'r business. STAHIi IS SKNT TO PRISON. ' S?ore He Saw (June on Dcclw of the Altl- liusltunla. New York. Sept. 9.?(Justav Stahl nono-j was sentenced by Federal Judge an- Hough to eighteen months In the d the Atlanta penitentiary and to pay a met-' fine of one dollar, y the Stahl, a Gorman reservist, swore el, in he uaw fonr gnns on the Lasltanla July Jnot before she nailed on her last trip, but later admitted his affidavit wao false, and entered a plea of guilty to ra'?K perjury. <Time iiiiiK<iriiiiis nouni ?'k kuuk. rt by i ? *nri<* Sept. v.?According to a trholf dirpatoft to the Temofl from Dedeag* pport- ufltfli. rho Bulgarians are actively [? said fortifying that port And its environ*, e rob-! li?.iv> guns are being placed at all Mrs. Mf i <logic point*, the dispatch adds, o had 18 lareo nieces Laving bean taken y*?. : th -<>?urh the citv last night.