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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-26
DWELLING HOUSE BURNED

ih" roitagc OF Leroy r. Brewster.
located ON the property OF the Broad
N'rN Mineral Springs Company. in
lhesi .riicld CountS, near the end Of
ihe nun street car line. was DESTROYED
hA mr." Yesterday morning shortly be
i"rc o'clock. The buildu.; was com
risj'iy DESTROYED, as was the furniture.
am" "hIN i"" personal belongings
"ei" saved from the flames.
me origin Of the nr" is unknown.
Ihr family had eaten breakfast ana
AIr Brewster and several children had
sonr 90 work Mrs Brewster and ono
small child were in the house at the
INN" She noticed flames coming from
the flooring OF The Kitchen and went
INTO the yard Tor a bucket OF water to
rNunSuish the fire When She re-
turned tho flames had gathered such
Roadway that she was forced 10 fec
from The house. The fire apparently
started under the dwelling. which is
slightly elevated above the ground Aid
Was rendered 10y the Southsidc lire
company The loss was placed at -. GOO.
AID with Insurance carried ON the
building.
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MOBILIZATION ORDER
CAUSES GRENu NELIEt'

ATHENS. September - Cvia Paris.
Great relief has been caused through
out Greece by the order calling for the
mobilization OF the army. The people
apparently are glad to exchange tn"
uncertainties Of politics for the posi-
bility OF war 1t is not thought how
ever. that hostilitics will follow immc-
diately, although il is generally be-
lieved in unofficial circles at least that
a struggle between Greece and EWl-
garia cannot be avoided eventually.
Mobilization is under way to-day,
and is proceeding quietly. The people
are somewhat hcwildered by the latest
turn Of events. not knowing whittier
IL may lead them
King Constantine who recently
passed through a severe illness, is in
disposed. and his conferences with
Premier Venizelos have been postponed
for Il day.
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AMERICAN TROOPER
ON BORDER MISSING
lConlIMuod Erom - -

- '''''''.''' ! ''''I i'N' } i-''.I
railroad between san Iuis potos and
Tarnpico. y vigorous message wa.
sent TO Carrnnza, and rh" Authorities
at Vera Cruz HAY. replied tuat MOSTLY.
orders have been given 70 prevent ,E.sa
depredations in tho future lha face,
that they still occur however. IS Great
ing the impression iu some quarters
that Carranza may not be ahlo conn
pletely to control the forces uua,r him.
II he is accorded recognition
The opinion prevails at tho War De.
partment that villa is by no means 80
near defeat as recent dispatches haya
indicated. The highest experts OF ta.
department believe that villa vIp fs
characterized as very r"sCUrr.ftl H..
some military surprise i'm Stor. for mis-
opponents. and that he may So, Pc.
cover his lost prestige by strIIkinu q,
severe blow before the October con-
ference meets. His present movement
looking TO consolidation Of all tf.
forces now under him, it is said iusti-
fes the suspicion that he is entering
upon new campaign that may turn
ObreSon south again
In communication to The state De
partment, the war Department ro-day
formally denied that American rroops
have at any time prccipitatod fighting
on the border by firing nrst across the
Rio Grande. This statement was made
In a letter transmitting = report OF
& General Funston 20 the state Dcpart.
ment. The report confirms General
. runstoh's telegram that "a man in the
NJ form OF Mexican captain appeared
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BOTH D|SCLA|M BLAME
FOR FIGHTING ON BORDER
Funston Reports His Men Repealed
Raiders, Who Fled, Under Pro-
lection of Soldiers.
TELEGRAM FROM NAEARATTE
Asserts There Were No Carranza
Troops in Vicinity of BnttIc-Of-
ticialS in Washington Are Frankly
Puzzled Over Situation.


NNSiti-\'i oN' -. g. september 20.
I-Major-Gcncral Funston, commanding
! United states troops ON the border. and
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Indicates that the approaches. 10 the
latter town are in the hands OF the
Germans. and that the fate OF Dvinsk
Is in doubt.
= East of wilma, north OF Pinsk. and
I'm the vicinity OF lMtSk the Russians
have scored heavily. The Germans
characterize their rcvcrscs east OF
Rfina-that is. al the Nilcilla railway
Junction--aS of n temporary character,
notwithstanding their losses of guns
and prisoners. Near Pinsk, Won Mack
cnsen VAS thrown back in an engage
3ment that has shaken his grip on the
City, Farther south the russians now
holding Lutsk arc pressing their adj
vantage. and seem to he assuming the
domtnancy of the southern end of the
line in a manner recalling the fighting
of last spring.
Athens states that mobilization is
proceeding to- day. and that thousands
Of men are already in uniform
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-26
NO EXPLANATION or


WASHINGTON. September 25-There
are no officials of the German embassy
in the city TO explain why Captain Won
Papen and Prince Hatzfeldt are going
to Mexico.
Ever since Captain Won Papen be-
came involved in the incident which led
TO President Wilson's request for the
recall Of DR.. Dumba. the Austrian am
bassador, IT has been minated that
the captains offense was no less scri-
Gus than the ambassadors. and that
some similar action might be taken in
his case.
Won Papen is also assigned by the
German government as military at
tache TO it's legation in Mexico. and he
might with propriety pay visi, to
Mexico City.
Officials learned of the military at
tache's impending departure without
comment. but with some interest
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-26
DID NOT CALL AMERICANS
"|D|OT|C Yankees
Won Papen Says Expression Referred
to Publishers of New
York Newspaper.
NOW AT SAN FRANCISCO FAIR
Accompanied by Prince Won HAITI
feldt, VIII Leave Next Tuesday for
heXico-Purpose of Visit Not Re-
vealed i'm Washington.

SAN FRANCISCO. September 25.-
Captain Franz Won Papen. military at
tache TO the German embassy at Wash
ington. who is here with Prince Won
tlatzfeldt, counselor OF the embassy.
denied to-day that the expression
'idiotic Yankees" contained in the let
ter intrusted to j. f.. J. Archibald, and
intercepted by the British authorities.
was intended TO apply to American
people.
The uch-dscussed letter was to
my wife," he said. I'm passing. it may
be said that publishing "a mans letter
to his wife is deuced bad FORM When
the British authorities at Falmouth
found these letters on Mr.. Archibald,
they bounced with nvidity on the two
words that have made all this trouble
They published only an excerpt Of
my letter. thus changing its meaning
entirely My wife. or any one else
reading the letter from start to finish.
would have gathered that the express
sion 'idiotic Yankees referred TO the
publishers Of a New York newspaper.
The newspaper had been calling us
conspiratorS and other Objectionable
epithets. 1t grew especially vehement
after n portfolio containing certain OF
our private papers had been stolen
from one of our men on the train. In
writing to my wife. | dealt with these
publications.. Not word did the Brit
ish publish about those parts OF my
letter"
Captain Won Papen. who insisted that
his explanation be considered rs an
amicable discussion and not as an in
terVtew, said that he was here for n
few days to visit the exposition and
amusc himself and that after his vaca-
ton he would return to his post ut
Washington.
Captain Won Papcn and Prince Won
Hatzfeldt will leave next Tuesday for
Mexico. it was announced to-day. Both
men maintain silence as to their exact
destination and the object Of their
visit.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-26
CtKEtNXi TROOPS HAD
No PART N ATTACH

The Carran2a agency here has in
formed the state Department that
troops under the control of CarranZa
had no part In the attack. The posi-
tive statement is mad. that the MeXi-
cans who engaged i'm the raid consisted
OF band of irresponsible maraudcrs.
some of whom. having deserted, still
wear their old uniforms. In anticipa-
tlon Of the erect this raid might have
upon the probable recognition of the
HarranHa government. the agency hast
encd TO issue specific denial from its
consul in Brownsville that Carranza
soldiers had any part in the fight
According 10 War Department OIL
cials. General Eunston's men will not
cross the river, in pursuit of the Mex
leans. Instructions permitting him to
rursuc McNicans across the Rio Gramdc
INTO Mexican territory can come only
from the President IL was said to-
night that such orders will not be
given.
shoot 10 kill, down to the very edge
Of the river. but 10 not cross is n
liberal translation Of the general or
d"rs OF Funston to his men
The situation about Mexico CITY is
improved, Acting Secretary Of state
POLK announced to-day The depart :
'ion*, tarrarHa sent ~ large force of
troops I" patrol aud keep the railroad
open between Vera cruz and III" can
iial In order To increase In. strength
OF OREGON. many OF the Carran2a
troops have been sent north to ioin
him, and this has permitted Zapata
ana his followers to threaten the cap
ital from the south and interfere with
free communication between Mexico
city and the seaport
III" state Department to-day received
news confirming tho press dispatches
Of yesterday that more than thirty
persons We're killed in the streets at
tan"a by tarran"iStaS. ana that Amer
lean women We're forced 10 flee to the
border. villa forces have arrived al
Guaymas. where number OF Ameri-
can refugees are ready to leave on the
steamer carlos. y dispatch dated
Scptomber - from FL raso i'm forms
tn" state department that 100 Amcri-
cans arrived there this morning from
Durango. Torroon and chihuahua. Those
from Durango were ciph; DAYS on The
road
Official continuation reached the War
Department. to-day that General Raoul
Madoru ana members of his staff hay-
ing crossed into the United states, had
been unprecedented. turned over To The
Immigration authorities ana will b.
ntcru"d.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-26

SHELBY, y. G.. September 25.-Ma- =
jor Ii. T. SchcnCk. pioneer cotton
manufactures. died In hospital here
to-day as the result of an operation
two weeks ago. He was scventy-nine
years of age
After serving in the War Between
the states. Major Schcnck entered the
cotton business and built the first large
mill in North Carolina at Cleveland.
near here. He was q member OF the
state Legislature in 1857, and was
connected with a number of cduca-
tional projects which he financed in
dinercnt parts of the South. He was
the son of the man who built the first
cotton mill in Pennsylvania. at Ian
caster.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-26
VILLA TROOPS REPORTED
~ tCI tVJ\t. 'EHnRG,p>

LAREDO, TEN. September @a.-vnla
troops are cvacuating Torrcon and car
"Hn@a forces are entering that city to-
ni@hi. according TO a telegram received
at 'N!lanza headquarters i'm Ncuvo
Laredo. Details were Withheld. Re,
p"iis to-day indicated the Villa forces
would offer stubborn resistance To the
'"rr"nIa troops, who were said to he
approaching Torrcon from three direc
tons
Chc"niimncd reports here said Villa
WAS destroying tho railway lines be-
i'ud him as lie rctrea:c,i.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-26
Federal Inquiry
of Interest Rate
Investigation Into alleged E1or-
biiant Charges to Cotton
Growcrs By NdtiondiBanks.
Especial to The Timos-Dispatch. !

WASHINGToN. y. G.. September -.
Treasury Department officials, il is
learned to-day. are making AN invcsti-
cation into the charges that national
banks in the cotton belt are ask
oNorhitant rates Of interest on loans
10 cotton farmers. W. !. G.. Harding,
the Southern member OF the Federal
Reserve Board, in recent speech at
Raleigh. declared that interest rates
around >" per cent are being charged
i'm some localities in the South. This
declaration has bccu taken for the
foundation Of a thorough invcstipation
into the matter. and +, is probable that
tho Treasury Department viii! issue a
statement rcvealuG the whole situa-
ton and the troubles OF the Southern
planter in having finance the hold
mH of his cotton crop for better
prices
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-26
ATTITUDE OF R0lMtNIA
MAKES t;EHNIAN BITIEis

AMSTERDAM, September - ,Via
London .-Voiciug the bitterness that
is being manifested throughout Ger
many at the attitude OF Roumania, tn"
Cologne Gazette SAYS:
Whatever happens i'm the Balkans.
Roumania is played out Her role as
a link between Austria and Turkey is
finished We shall pass through Sofia
That viii teach Roumamia /" side with
our foes.
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II, y. Morris.

Especial to The Times Dspa tchJ
AFFOMATTON. VA. September "a
H. ~ Norris, aged abou, si1ty-six
years, died at his home near here to-
day after a long illness He IS sur
viVed by several daughters and sons.
Mrs. Florence Bingham Mrs Annie
gilbert. Mrs Lilly Ferguson, Mrs.
Maude Lucado. Mrs. AISLE Ferguson.
Jessie Morris. Bob Morris, Luther
MOTIFS. Diilard Norris. Charlie Morris,
Jasie Morris and Leland Morris
Interment will take place AT tho
home burial ground
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-26

special to The Times Dispatchl
FREDERICKSBURG. VA. Septrmbnr
23.-John T.. Taylor. we'll known
citizen of Caroline County. died sud
denly AZ his home near Woodslanc
Yesterday. aged siNty-eight years He
is survived by three sons and one
daughter.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-26
DEATHS IN VIRGINIA


Mrs. Ruth 4. Ray, wife OF Frank
r. Ray, died Yesterday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. Martin. lQi South
Fifth Street. aged seventy-one years
and two months She was the mother
of Frank s. Ray. Of Janeway Farm.
Glen Allen, Va. Arrangements for the
funeral have not been announced.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-26
BULGARIA MERELY DECLARES
An ARMED NEICR AIIIY

SOFIA. September - (via London).-
1t is semiofiically stated that Bulgaria
has merely declared an armed neu-
trality, like Holland and Switzerland
at the beginning of tho war, and will
continue conversations with the two
battle-ground grOMnS
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-26

Especial 10 The Times-Dispatch
ALEXANDRIA. VA. September o.
Miss Ellen Thompson, who lived Mt
Wellington. Fairfax County, died last
night in Washington. -Four brothers
and two sisters Snrvive
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-26

within were endangered. Commissioner
Adamson Issued an order that both
houses be eplp.icd. The audiences filed
out of the side doors In an orderly man
her. The chorus and principals at the
Casino hurried out without removing
their makeup. and added to the pic
'uresquc appearance of the crowd.
On the west side of Broadway, be-
tween Thirty eighth ana Thirty. ninth
streets. are number of two and three
stor% buildings. All of these were or
dered closed and temporarily vacat ed
by commissioner Adamson
AZ III o'clock tonight the appear
ance of the sidewalk on the west side
of Broadway ana rhirty-eighth Street
gave every Indication. OF falling. En-
1ineers OF the Public Service Commits
SION made an examination and were so
alarmed that all persons were ordered
from the Immediate vicinity.
I'm order was then issued by Police
commissioners Woods that all traffic
should be suspended for the present
from Thirty second Street to Thirty
eighth Street.
scarcely had the first injured been
taken out than an investigation was
under way. District Attorney Perkins
had arrived on the scene and Joined
members of the Public Service Com
mission.
ACCIDENT CAUSED
ny ROCK SLIDE
AS in the disaster on seventh Ave-
nue.. to-nights accident was on that
part Of the subway contract awarded
10 the United States Realty and I'M
provcment Company Commissioner
Howard and his engineer agreed that
the accident had been caused by rock
slide between nifty and sixty feet i'm
extent. and ten feet wide, which had
torn away the underpinning.
Travis II. Whitney. secretary OF the
Public Service Commission. said that
the timber construction work was in
spected yesterday and pronounced in
good condition.
To nights accident occurred less
than mile from that Of Wednesday.
when there were seven deaths
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-26

TO be i'm charge of the Mexicans who
attacked the American forces ycsterday
st rroG:cso Ferry
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-30

young women to scissors and Burgess
was to catch train for the coast
Burgess was explaining the self
starting device of the car to the new
driver, and Winifred was studying him
closely. She wondered who he was
All day her friends strange behavior
had puzzled her, and, despite his chauf-
feur garb, Burgess had an air of as
surance hardly in keeping with his APP
parent station.
When she had offered to pay for his
services he had declined to accept the
money, explaining he had been fortu-
nate in finding a means to continue his
journey after the wreck Of the motor
cycle. Also. he handed her a card, and
as he strobe away she stood staring
after him. trying to reconcile his leath-
err cap and rough clothes with the fact
the card was engraved.
1t was inscribed Mr.. kenton Wycliffe
Burgess" and chauffeurs usually dc
not carry engraved cards
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:.
A servant had approached, and the
message he carried caused Kent &c
arise. See you again, old chap he
said to Thane. Then he was gone. leav-
ing that impetuous young man glover
ing most ferociously at perfectly in
offensive syphon of settler
A white-haired old man. whose livid
color indicated Feasibility. was tramp
ing up and down the smoking room, &C.
casonally snortng like a well fired loco
motive letting off steam, when Kent en-
tered the door, and he swung to face the
Younger man, planting his feet well apart
shoulders stiff, face grim.
so he snapped, you're back. and
you know the conditions-you know the
conditions -
Kent bowed respectfully. but made no
reply. Well he knew to what the other
referred also, he knew his fathers vol
canic nature.
Eyes, sir, and. by George. sir. I'll do
what | said - the elder man exploded
IL will, sir, by George, sir. Your allow
ance stops at once-not another shilling
not another shilling"
But surely" Kent said. you knew l
wouldn't stay away. now that
His fathers face grew purple. and he
banged a pudgy fist into his palm. Just
as expected" he shouted, Just as l
expected as soon as l heard you were
here. You're going to plead duty to
the king, and try to wheedle me into
getting you a commission-but L won't
do it, sir; l won't do it,
Kents shoulders stiffened. his chin
hardened. He met his fathers eyes
coolly.
II have no intention of asking COM
mission" he said.
''If think OF mln9.' the
other went on, "can go fortune hunt
ing; can become involved in scandal;
can refuse to-can be branded as a
coward, and them
Kent interrupted. There is no need of
going over it again. You sent for me,
| infer, to tell me my allowance will
be cut off. Very we'll, l shall not be
likely to need it soon, anyhow. l have
no intention of troubling you. l came
to accept them. My plans are my own
and they do not include an effort to OBJ
tain a commission.
With a bow he turned and passed out
the door, leaving the irascible old man
gasping from impotent wrath like a
fish out of water. For a moment the
latter stood, polishing his glasses
then with a final defiant snort he, too
| departed; but, somehow. the stiff old
shoulders seemed to sag tri1e.
AS suddenly as he had reappeared
after months of absence, Kent Bur-
CESS dropped out of sight the day fol-
lowing his visit to the club. Even
Thane Griswold knew nothing regard
! ing his plans, nor where he had gone,
and there was small opportunity to
make inquiries. for England was going
| to war. ~
Every motor bus carried signs calling
upon men to enlist; troop trains flowed
in steady streams toward the channel
ports; the fleet steamed away.
The public knew nothing Regarding
where the battleships had gone, nor
were they hardly aware that soldiers
! were on their way to France until the
passage. across the channel had been
effected. They trusted the admiralty
| and the war office, and waited patient
| ly for news. q
III the gray murk of,a channel fog, a
peasouper SO thick it seemed to vibrate
| with the below and wall Of sirens, the
British expedftionary force came to
France. and for long hours the transports
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CHAPTER II.
The Kings Showing.

The white haired servitor at the door
of a certain club in London, one of the
kind whose membership rolls bear the
same names through generation after
generation, displayed no surprise when
he took Kent Burgess hat. nor did the
men who nodded to him he passed
through the lounging room, but their
bows were overformal, their manners
a trifle constrained
kent's half smile was rather bitter as
he settled himself alone in corner, a
bottle of Scotch and syphon at his
elbow, but he realized there was moth
ing else to expect. What a difference
4 few months <had made in his stand
ing among these men. Once the very
men who had greeted him most frigid-
ly had courted his favor; there had
been a time when his progress through
these rooms would have been halted a
dozen times by persons eager to shake
his hand.
Now men he once had counted as
friends passed by with averted eyes;
! others who had aspired vainly to his
circle of intimates stared at him cool
| ly with no hint of recognition in their
| eyes.
Kent studied them all. his face express
sionless. Inwardly he WINGED when some
young fellow he liked hurried by, care
fully avoiding seeing him. but there was
| a quiZzical CLINT in his eyes as he noted
the elaborate manner in which others
went about the matter of failing to recog-
nize him.
Then through the door came blond
young man, fresh faced, eager, and as
his eyes swept the room kent's fingers
frightened about his glass. Lieut. Thane
Griswold of the Royal Flying Corps
had been very close in the days gone
| by.
| Kent stared down at the table. The
others did not count but it would be
| hard to watch that cold look grow in
Thames eyes.
A moment of waiting-it seemed
| hours to Kent-a touch on his shoulder,
! a CHEEKY greeting, and Kent looked up
| to meet GrisWOld's eyes, warm, friend
| ly, glowing. Somehow Kent managed
to swallow the lump in his throat
| which threatened to choke him as he
wrung the hand of his friend, and the
ness
I'D have bet a tenner you'd be here
] as soon as you heard the news we're to
| have it out with Kaiser Bill at last"
Thane said as he sat down beside Kent.
Il suppose it's a commission in the
| corps you'll be taking?"
| Kent shook his head. I'm afraid
not" he said.
Griswold looked his amazement. But
surely your father"
| He stopped. staring blankly at his
friend. Kent flicked the ash from his
cigarette. I'm not goinB to ask him. y