The evening world. Newspaper, September 8, 1917, Page 1

— | te ioe | (* Circulation Booka Open to All.” | “Cirentation Rooks Open to All "| —— PRIc BERL AT « York and ~ toprmens wets Ihe Press Publiahing NEW YORK, SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 8 1917 10 PAGES PRICE | Q200084 (rem Now Nort one Hates tenets 1 ROCESS STATE ACTS IN MRS. KING’S DEATH; FRESH CLUES SUPPORT MURDER THEORY — SEPAET TIPS TO AID UBOAT TWODIE 2 HURT NSY-MANKLLED ‘ing of ‘Miionaire Widow RIGID) NEW INVESTIGATION CAMPAIGN SENT TO BERLIN 1 "Ne OF AUTO TRAGEDY MYSTERY > b TE TRR es ate Aes TE | vacscteray ‘ay. Pou] acy cp Seumioneanes Amazing Dissidia Revesiel as ) sae CRUISE WITH MRS. WILSON vss: a0 reported dead ant ewen-|q ME RICAN HOMPYTALS IN| Additional Wit: Are Found ional Witnesses Are Foun out Leaving a Trace | tyst thers are in hospitals, more| FRANCE, Sept. 8—Four American | —North Carolina Prosecutor to | Begin Work at:-Once. Arrives Here by Train and Boards | or | (Special from a Staff Correspondent of The Evening World.) We nN ny Glorld, i 1 natn | Destroyed by Wounded j ner # serlously injured, as the re were killed when German airmen ¢ LANSING BARES PLOT.) Mayflower for Few Days’ Rest 1 : et Arsenal this morning. ‘The damag imated at $30,000, nitted: Was ere were five explosions and five} First Lieut. Willlam T. Fitsstm dulldir Adjutant to the nding the Harvard f un explosion at the Frank iberately bombed Amorican hospitals and Oi '$}on the French Coast Tuesday. The! Gives Out Communications} tne presiaent and Mrs. Wilson, who |‘ From the German Charge | we 4 to have left Washing- at Buenos Aires. ton yesterday for a cruise down the 6 suppos gs were destroyed. Two hun-|mons, Kansas C' ad hates éievak ¢ {Colonel Comm NCO! « i 4 ica itea Chesapeake on the Presidential yacht |" : P ‘ br were eet a orptal: Private Leslie G. Woods, | 2 a ORD, N : " - 8 Solicitor Hayden Clement of Mayflower, arrived in New York early|¥#rlous bulldings and in the yard lof Streator, Ill.; Radelph Rubine, jr. alisbury, in whose judicial district this (Cabarrus) county is situated, WASHINGTON, Sept. 8. — Theta day in a private car attached to a| the time of the explosion. y of New York, and Oscar Le Tuge, of State Department to-day made public) Washington train. After breakfast in| ‘The first explosion is understood to] Boston. | | | certain communications from Count beerheibtag My fe nacre abe Bo occurred in Power House No.| In addition to those te three | Laxburg, tho German Charge at| motored to an East River pier, where}, ee alicsling ell first lieutenants were wounded, as ' Beta Sait {a jaunch was in waiting, and there| where six-inch shells were being] ie privates and one nurse. | Buence Aires, 4 zi they boarded the Mayflower, which] filled. One of the shells exploded!" 1) aaaition to the bombs which| Office, despatched through the had orrived during the ni igniting other explosives In the build-| were dropped on the hospitals-served | igh Lege tion, in cipher, The reside: tw spend veral | ing and the entire structure wea@'eon |by the Harvard and St. Louis units €ritical diplomatic situation which days in New York harbor and {t8|) @iges, one large bom apparently was aimed | prevailed between G and Vicinity cruising on his yacht. His at the Chicago hospital. This bomb} Argentina. object in coming to these waters is etr just across the road from the primarily rest and quiet, but he will hospital, but failed to explode, Coples of official despo keep in close touch with Washin n-cotton are dried. > | to the Berlin Foreign Office by Count and will also be in position to call to! ight members of the Fourth Ds: THREE KILLED 1 SAVED y-seyenth New York] ’ | | said to-day that he had received a request from Attorney General Mane ning of this State to begin an investigation of the killing of Mrs, Maude A. King on the night of Aug. 29. Solicitor Clement said he is now |Sagaueting three murder cases in Rowan County, but that within a few {days he would be able gta bir attention to the King can, There Is a strong probability that the State ofticials will insist on Jan instant investigation, for public sentiment is strongly demanding a | full expose of the mysterious killing of the wealthy woman, Many persons are coming forward with fresh information bearing Jon the strange case. Some are hesitant about having their names made The fire then spread to three other) ngs, in which powder fuses and ston | g Luxburg, the German charge in Bues the Mayflower Government officials or| 115. o¢ the F s with whom he may wish to | Swedish Legation there, as its own ile 1, failed to answer an early roll! | ny had been | ue work for several} British Vessel Turakina Sunk Afte cky {s in command/ =| anding 1,200 New Zealand Herolsm of the New| reaps’ ta. Rnmand © rescue work won them Toops in. Eng ans on. AN ATLANTIC PORT, Sept. 8.—New er jr, who, with his|of the destruction of t! was at work filling shellg|8teamship Turakina by a torped Ligier @ German submarine on Aug wa tne: $0 ) plant R. Aly ought here to-day by several memb: 1 this story of the accldent: lor her crew, who arrived on an Ame ding flash and}oan passenger ship from ¢ which threw U8|The ship had but recently landed at a nos Aires, in cipher through |public, fearing they may make enemies, but the disclosures are so Seertary lansing vitnout cny come |VIENMA REPORTS REPULSE Bande of his Government, or any me OF FTALIANS; 6,000 TAKEN, smpa |numerous that the lid cannot be ual clamped much longer. Concord was amazed to-day when Tlnent arrived here from Asheville con- | cerning an Interview given out by ston Bullock Means, who was Mrs. | King's business manager and was | with her at the time of the tragedy. [here are several points in Means’ |latest explanation of the shooting at | Variance with his sworn testimony at |tho inquest, In his Asheville talk |Means sald the rifle and the Smith and Wesson revolver which were im |tho automobile on the night the trip dication of wh Tesult of the disclosur Ground Gained by C Gen ( Coples of the St s Northeast of Trieste Is announcement we Recaptured. game time they we a the Argentine Embassy and the| VIENNA. Sept, 8 (via London)—In sce Fea ratlona here the Hermada sector, on the front north- syboccliles A , west of Trieste, the Austrians Have re-|a@ terriffic explosio SENT INFORMATION THROUGH eat Britain, | captured ground gained by the Itallans,|to the ground, Flames were shooting | British porta detachment of 1,200 New THE SWEDISH LEGATION, the War Office announces. The state-|ahout in every direction, Girls| Zealand troops and was on her way to Beside revealing the means in’ ment says the Italians can no longer! goroamed, many fainted, while others w York to take @ cargo of oll. } was made to Blackwell Spring were which Germany used § 1 boast having gained a yard of Ing from injuries. I found| According to Charles West, refriger-| | ‘ unloaded; that the Colt automatic machinations in Arger ground, | Sycred by @ Mass of Str enxineer of the ship, three mor iBrothers Direct Attorney tO/ pistol was loaded by him after he and epatches show how Up to tho present time, according to of the crew lost thelr lives from t and dragged her, uncon- King got out of the machine and announcement, plosion of the torpedo. Th taken moro than fety enty-two in all, escaped tn 1 | a 7 Mi : Means lnsiela pare | Get Report From Means on |aaried on Paes for tha climad dele whe wHantinds tence Threo hours after the arsenal ex-|were picked up eight ho Dead Woman's Estate, | Wich the wealthy woman met her | According’ to: the anneungsment, the tug with an ex-|British d cg th gg at NE St SL Fe sn = | Caused Mrs. King’s Death; — gg ten Monte Ban Company, paint |out, and, although the (Special from a Staff Correspondent) rin, was not loaded It is a declares Charge, at the time having a critic: troversy with ( Marine destruction of her s sending through Z 7 of The Evening World.) | tion informat of tilings of | \. The Italians are, said to hay med, there wasn ar > use t PERE an , ang| ton that does not agree with the certain vessels with recom: fied vere men working on |RUB# as the U dont did nat show it Assai Ss cur er leory FIC AGO: Gept de WiNteR) $89 atement ot Cant Ws i RiMeM Rt ihat they t i owl ROME, Sept. 8.—The sa he company bh ; root The vessel was owned by the New Zea Paul Robinson, brothers of Mrs.lwng tn explaning the second shet ey be sunk “witho 1 M co navy contracts for “buttleship| = epi aac iievany trac ‘ ataments a ally Aree : her Pliand Shipping Company and was built i Maude A. King, the wealthy New] fired near the spring sald he emptied mm ADy tra ; ‘ s pressure rlan| gray” paint, oils and other materials. |/1992 at Newcastle, England Jecls “ | which Means gays he has in his pos- | @patches wa for his Gove ' sagan igs sa ere ‘ WASHINGTON, Sept. 8—News of Declares phe igo Interests fees York w n now believed to have| the magazine of the rifle and then ment how to regard na's JGabrielo region), keeping them under|explosiions at the Frankford Arsenal | Are Back of Move to Upe | "tt ; dmbomank he maid: | been mu 1 at Concord, N.C, t 1 tho trigger to make sure no agai 2 on M eOSIVe SATTR 60! disturbed th Var Dep m: | “not only to Mrs, King, but to mysel day announced their intention o | shipping, r s 18 being mainly ca OR bel A Canaresniat Ugation of set Coron Verdict. aban Fee SB NUE IS ' Hiaisiek | MEANS NOT FAMILIAR WITH ti) t t 1 | a ‘ a that noth ApDE °)}manding an immedia accountipe of Bee usec ch day ottinics annis |the OLNEY, Ue Halon Ged [the defective Fra raenal am-| AND KILLED BY AUTO msc I NaesGar ak is than a tenet aos oon oe neeeutl __ STORY TOLD BY DRY. Ment aehatavan on ike alaci | munition sent hing was jeclEihede eto Aaiieuieri oe Tena crs After whe appeared aa a witness at {err sister's affairs in the hope o There happened to be a shot, how- &ppeared that tho manifest pi ~ GERMAN LOSSES HEAVY egal aL ty of WarlRobben Had Just Left Store—|:on 1. Means, seerctary and confi-]the will hearing, Hers was a mont| discovering a possible motive for the}ever, and that was the a the United States in pul i j ee ; FA Ne mportant part tragedy. They have authorized P. C.| heard by Charles 8. Dry, the new Mecarncntnhe wars iwer, iil ON THE THE YPRES FRONT War De Driver of Car Held by t man of M aude Kinks | Means says ho does not know|MeDutfie, an attorney of Atlanta, Ga.,! witness who has suddenly injeoted show the relati between Ge Mr, I 1 Police. jo me f ver w | whether Mrs. ik : 1 nor 10 came here to confer with them| himself into the case. When Means and Sweden, at t so far An aes ; ur Concord, N A 9, at nia uaa sue waluaioe Ma tate. |a belng retained by their me | gave out his interview in Asheville he legations in Argent wer on- | Ge Haig rts Suc “s in _> * High 8 B if aie ngren Hot ry He also t * aware |to proceed to Concord and demand of s not familiar with the story of cerned, ar ond, to p. i Fighting N . STRIKE TIES UP je ore ihe ohaswa’ ¢ letectives had followed Mra. King |Gaston Bullock Means, business man-| Dry and t subsequent explanation seem to have bee ongest it St. Julien, | VANIA AR DIVISION |ars: n the Flatbush nue exte bidate 4 for this reason he her! port of the conditions of her est | snot has left a surprising effect be- South * 2 the ma nw LONDON, Sept, 8 n patrol fight: | PENNSYL " bot i eee : is late employer wa raered, wlone with stranger | Mean ymination of Mrs | hina and will require @ great deal the German diplomat t at 1 the Ypres front last night the| Pas Wye Med eaten, “All this furore a raise He sald he did not Mrs. King when | 5 tu the two years he was !n] of explaining. capitalwere giving secret instructions |enomy suffered considerable casual Hur mmuters for|neid and several men in tho ca ; an attempt to discredit the verdi | the pistol was fired, because he was! her em {8 alleged to have besa! Concord is expressing great interest for the destruction i says ¥'8! New York and Philadelphia time are to be questioned by t | the Concord Coroner's jury that her| Steoping down to drink f ring |almost hypnotic, was the only actua | )-day In the explanation of the kills and the manner in which he ¥ i the neighbor- | ¢ sited i The machine is owned . Saath eral a roan err bout fifteen feet from witness to her dea Jing of Mrs, King as made by Afton, guiding his Cc nent jeall 4 cessful raid w ed to Use Autos, zie of No, 65 Street, Mu : eft the small Colts ¢| Coroner Hoffman to-day recetvei|totter known as “Tony,” Means, @ with Argent liplomatically. ( party of our NGTON, N, J. Sept. 8&—The| tan Her death w sci k of @ tree, he 1 word 1 the Attorney General of| brother of Gaston, It was Tony wha, many recent L Argentina 1 ankickee oe eiealba I ¢ Pennsylvania] Mr. Robber had Just cl & She probably was tw PS ] picked it up he r N tna that the machinery of}a few minutes after the bringing of promise that no more of her shipi . sg es pe tied up and not a train hag|store gt No. 299 York tomatic Colt ound down, as it was a § had been set in motion to] the body to the hospital, stated that would be submarined in viol t d since § I SiS Moras GR SIR Wey DOs whens isa 1 he often 4 th placed it t Mrs, King had been twirling the ree i on the par aken {o Brooklyn Hospita ad an she ofte 1 t j het e ho mystery ef international law. 1 as announced poin > Ine |ing as 4 / yt fe es nd Dr Brive es 1 he was dea Any sould cs +" ork, and as he was drinking b ard Robinson brothers, who arrive nk ound her finger when it was that Argenti aceepted Germar t te ninety ‘ deep pasty ‘ : | the, Fepert His MMR ace idee teen Mees H hooting her behind the 2 t An! attacks » ki at e broken m an see how t dent happene took the v and, of ‘ 0g apt / ie 1 e of Rheims} Hundreds of a for Trenton Mrs, Kin, i r 1 over| pulling down w ¢ place | decided femand an accounting of} left oa The man to who Team Pees uation which : the Aisne wore repulse’, {and Philadelphia were delayed and had] peitetn Advi . Ss aie ; THAT eRITSAcAin pealting ton deine: | Ms following a confer with | this story was probably the drat break in diplomat ey oy r . ution to thelr | SD wilaanlk Manie te rough ground w peeidante |e eer ieee mbled: hell ver Hoffman and Attorney Me-|Pperson to whom he spoke after the ey wae felon f 1 WASHINGTON, ‘apt. & ally shot heranié.. Ass ka, and must have ssed the Putian The latter will start for Con-|killing, The next morning, however, TEXT OF SECRETARY LANSING'S During the night se ae The division a ‘udes Thenton,| Britain has advised the 1 » whioh the Concord 4 epee Ny ‘ ord Immediately, stopping in New| Tony, his brother and Bingham told ANNOUNCEMENT n by the enemy Cantaine ba L Ba Girt, | uni President Wilson's rey Ve si er : ° mig t io comple etn (a Alle : : i i ‘ und Wrighta. a, lens k © uald be w ! . ont a day or» onsuit w : acne follow issued a n Relat h Of Cou 1 | M Flhtae | Be . » gh a following jaike ee tie ia Ne Mea King's dtlenda in that city, st Ga ins has been emphatio te Hate Departm { ¥, were broken up AS ae : K fore mint-| ores ain's replys a8 wa Means explair rertives ane M King’s |Dufie aays Aira. Robinson, mother of |s+@ Mrs, King ras abot while we sine ; \ wle successful incurs {mum wa $3 a and a halt ad gone from A footsteps and what y Wanted bo Mrs, King, was suspictous ¢ his back was turned and ho was bend fopenshe fallowing : war Pine de Chev. BURGHY ane ivy work and twol only Three Italtan Ships Sank Last ‘2 Fecuperate trom would say nothing Prosumavly rst that her daught death j|'ng over the spring, Many questions “The Departm of . Hi vith pay. The aie to be better physically these influences wero } to the Ri asplDARial Mea. Vink asked at the inquest remain umane HIN 344, on the cured certain telegrams from Count ay $07.95 @ month, unprobated will whlch bo | \|swered. For instance, in bis inquest | righ’ . We took pris. Bs ROME, Sept. §,—< Ita pear at @ hearing ' tour On 6 Mr. I according to the lawyer, was oppose ——— loners, ‘There was violent artillery flets ships were sunk during tne week ening Week In connect found eiaong She ete Mr. estimony Gaston Means declared: (Continued on Second Page.) ing on both banks of the Meuse” Sept. 3, it 1s officially announced, leat will of her husband, @ copy of Mre, King (Continued on Second Page) ‘I was five feet away a¢ the time