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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-09
MAYOR OF EAST ST. LOUIS
INDICTED IN RIOT PROBE
Scored for Alleged Dilatoriness I'm
Taking Means to Curb At
tacks on Negroes.
REMOVAL FROM OFFICE URGED
Specific Charge Against Executive Is
Seven Others Also Presented for
Their Connection In Outbreak.
FROM OFFICE URGED
Ipy Associated presa.l

BELLEVILLE. ILL. September s.
Mayor Fred Mollman. of East ST. Louis,
and his private secretary. Maurice
Ahearn. were indicted to-day in con-
nection with the grand jury inquiry
into the recent race riots in East st.
Louis.
Indictments were returned against
thirty-seven other persons in connec-
tion with the riots, but their names
were not made public.
The grand jury submitted a report
scoring the Mayor for his alleged
dilatoriness in taking means to curb
the rioters who took part in the slay-
ing of negroes on July and recon-
mended that he be removed from office.
Mayor N1ollman." says the report,
must be judged by his actions as
proven by the evidence. II his failure
to give directions to the militia. and
II his failure to call upon the sheriff
and to deputize citizens who offered
their services. were the result of a
lack OF ability or of fright. the office
should be taken from him and given
to an efficient person.
EXECUTIVE TO ENFORCE
ALL Laws IS NEEDED
"If his failure to act was because
his sympathies were with those who
sought to drive the negroes out Of East
st. Louis. he should make room for a
chief executive who is in favor of
enforcing 100 per cent OF the laws"
The specific charge against the
Mayor is malfeasance In office. The
charge against the Mayors secretary
is that OF conspiracy with the rioters,
In that he ordered the police and
militia to destroy cameras. thus pre-
venting moving picture men from
photographing the mobs." the report
concluded.
I'VE have not been able. because of
lack of time. to apprehend and indict
all who committed crimes in the re-
cent riots in East st. Louis"
The grand jury recommended that
the new grand JURY. which assemblies
the new grand jury. which assemblies
tion OF the race riots. The grand jury
also renews it's former recommends
ton that state constabulary be or
ganized.
One hundred and five men were
named In the indictments returned a
few weeks ago as connected with the
race riots. If all the thirty-nine in
dicted to-day are men not previously
named. the number now under indict-
ment as result Of the riots Is 144.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-09
Stan,peding Horses
Tran,ple Soldiers
One Prioatc Killed. Elcocn Others
Injured, TWo Of Whom Arc
Expected TO Die.
Ipy As.ociated Pre,.1


FORT SILL. OKLA, September s.
Private Joseph Lawrence. of Cincinnati,
Ohio. member of e Battery. Eighth
Field Artillery, was instantly killed
here. to-day. when sixty horses,
frightened at the heavy-gun firing,
stampeded. Eleven others were in
Jured. two of whom are not expected
TO live.
Pr.va'es Peter Dyle. OF Malby, Pa.
and Roy Davis. OF Converse. S. c.. are
not expected to survive internal in
juries. Lawrence was killed when tho
wheels of a heavily loaded artillery
caisson passed over his body.
The gun crews Of the battery had put
their pieces in position and had retired
with their horses to point several
hundred yards from their battery. An
other battery a short distance away.
was hidden by clump Of bushes, and
It's presence was unknown to the men.
When the hidden battery began firing,
the horses became frightened and ran.
The men were trampled under the
horses hoofs and crushed by the heavy
caissons and limbers
A report was made to General Cox
Snow. post commandant who ordered
an investigation.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-09
THERE IS NO INTENTION
TO SURRENDER DvINsK
IRy Associated Presa.l

IBy Associated Press.1
PETROGRAD, September 8.-Tho en-
couraging feature Of the Riga situa-
tion is the seeming irmness of the
Russian tenure which has seized
Riga's defenders. The German pursuit
appears to be slowing up, and in mill
tary circles 1t Is not anticipated that
the enemy will risk much further pene-
tration while Dvinsk remains uncon-
quered. more likely course, 1t is
argued, will be for the Germans to
intrench somewhere near their present
position, northeast of Riga, and await
the result Of the Dvinsk operations.
According to information here, the
spirit OF the troops in the Dvinsk
sector Is much more favorable than
on other fronts. Colonel Podjoursky,
a@member OF the Dvinsk army commits
tee, telegraphing to Colonel Kuropat-
kin. chairman OF the special council
army committee here said that the
army was standing firm; that there
was no intention to surrender Dvinsk.
and that the army committee were In
full accord with the Commanders,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-09
SWEDEN EXPOSED
AS AID TO GERMANY.
Foreign Office at Stockholm
Telegraph Office for Germany

In the spring of 1915, the Grit
Ish government, learning OF the chi
pIoyment OF Swedish teleyrnphic fa-
ciiitfcs In German interests, brought
this information to the notice OF
the Swedish government with the
intimatIon that unless definite us-
surauce could be given TINT this
practice hud ccnaed 1t would he nee
essnry to place restrictions on Sscd-
isl, kilograms in cipher, 80 far as
the use of British-controncd cables
Nvas concerned.
Sir Eyre Grove, Under-Secretary
OF Stnte for Foreign Affairs, by Sir
Edward Grcy's direction, spoke to
the Swedish minister In this sense
on May II. After some delay. and
reminder of the Importance of
the question, the Swedish minister,
on behalf OF his government, gave
formal assurance TINT no cipher
future be allowed to pass through
Sy%cdixh Official channels.
Similar assurances were given at
Stockholm. On July =, 1913, the
British minister reported that the
Swedish government had promised
not to send or receive kilograms on
the German account, and on August
10 he aEnin pInced the situation he
fore the Swedish Minister of For
eiSn ATnirs. The Inter admitted
that there might mt one time have
been grounds for complaint, but ndd-
eds "NothinE OF the kind has hnp-
pened for some months, and 1t Will
not occur again"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-09
PREYED UPON FOR YEARS BY
INTERNATIONAL ADVENTURIIR

NEW YORK, September Having
been preyed upon for years by a pow
erful band of international adventur-
ers, Mrs. Maude A. King was the de-
spair of her family. who feared for
her life. it was disclosed here tonight.
The United States Department of Jus
tice had been appealed to by Mrs.
Kings mother and sister to rescue Mrs.
King from the clutches Of this band,
following the official report of an ex-
aminer in insanity. DR.. Richard F.
Burke. in which 1t was set forth that
Mrs. King was "of unsound mind and
absolutely incapable of taking care of
herself to any extent whatsoever"
The family of Mrs. King had en-
ployed the services Of three detective
agencies to protect her from the mach
inations OF the band, and the third,
the Burns agency. assigned CASTOR B.
Means to the work. He resigned and
became Mrs. Kings confidential agent.
In which association he remained un-
til her death.
At the time Means became her con-
fdential agent, Mrs. King was sup
posed to be on the Pacific Coast. 1t
was then that her family discovered
that her bank account was overdrawn
to the extent OF $4,000 from June to
December, 1914. Following a family
council, the estate of Mrs. King. who
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-09
THREE DEAD IN EXPLOSION
At FRANKFORT ARSENAL
Accidental Dropping Of Tray Of De-
tonators Believed to Have
Caused Fatal Blast.
LOSS IS PLACED AT $4,000
Twenty-One Persons, Including Three
Women, Injured - Notwitlistand.
ing Disaster, Many Employees Re
port for Work In Morning.
LOSS IS PLACED AT $50, 900
(Ry Associated>Pr-ss.l

PHILADELPHIA, September s.
Three men were killed and twenty
one persons. including several women,
were injured in an explosion early to-
day at the F'rankford arsenal.
The explosion Is believed to have
been due to the accidental dropping
OF e tray of detonators. which wrecked
the building in which primers and de-
tonators for three. four and six-inch
shells were dried. Eighty thousand
detonators recently completed were
set off. and the fire which followed
destroyed three small structures ad-
joining. The loss is placed at $40. 600.
The dead are Howard Linton,
twenty-three years old. and Edward F.
Batezell. thirty years old. The badly
burned body of a third man was taken
from the ruins tonight.
Coroner knight. completing an In
vestigation started Immediately after
the disaster. announced tonight that,
from an explanation of the explosion
made to him by Colonel Montgomery.
commandant of the arsenal. the
tragedy was due to the dropping of a
tray Of detonators by one of the men
killed
Notwithstanding the disaster. the
several hundred employees at the
arsenal reported for work to-day.
The arsenal is at present under a
congressional investigation at Wash
ington for defective explosives in
small arms.
FIRE SPREADS TO SEVERAL
OTHER SMALL BUILDINGS
Fire followed the explosion, and
spread to several other small buildings
known as the artillery assembly unit.
In these there were ,nree and six-inch
shells. but prompt work OF arsenal
employees and city firemen saved the
buildings and their contents from de-
struction.
Nineteen of the injured were treated
at nearby hospital. One is expected
to die. Later all but five of the in
jured were able to so to their homes.
None OF those hurt was able to give
q coherent account of what happened,
Maryland troops are guarding the
arsenal, and no one was permitted to
enter the government reservation.
To-days explosion was the second
fatal one to occur within the past five
months. Two men were killed by the
bursting OF a shrapneI fuse in the
high-eNplosives building last April.
Three Investigations were under
way soon after to-day's explosion, in
which Federal officials. the police and
coroner participated.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-09
ENOUGH STORED IN PEORIA
TO LAST FOR TWO YEARS

PEORIA. ILL. September S.-Peoria,
the worlds whisky distillng center
closed its doors at II o'clock tonight
in compliance with the governments
mandate. but In the warehouses and
vaults and cellars of the city there Ia
still enough whisky stored to supply
the entire country for the next twenty
four months. There were five big dis
tilleries in Peoria. half of them anil
ated with the whisky trust. and q score
OF allied and subsidiary companies.
Following are the amounts Of money
they paid out last year:
Corn and malt. s26,66s.952
Cooperage, s5.393.475.
Coal, S1.899,724.
Labor. s2.471,693
Whisky's demise here stops the man
ufacture OF 31.ooO.oOO gallons year.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-09
ROOSEVELT FOR SUFFRAGE
Declares Women Are Entitled to Ballot
as \ Right, and Not as
Favor.
Inv Associated Press ]

OYSTER BAY. N. Y. September s.
Women arc entitled to the ballot as a
right. and not as a favor, Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt told a gathering
of about 500 suffragists and their
friends who motored to his home at
Sycamore Hill this afternoon. He de-
clared himself most emphatically in
favor of woman suffrage. and was
heartily applauded when he said:
"On the whole. the citizen to whom
I will pay the greatest Difference as
doing the most Indispensable of all
duties is the mother. will put her
ahead OF every other human being.
To deny the mother the vote seems
to me something SO preposterous that
our descendants will fail to under
stand how we could call ourselves self
governing and democratic, and yet
DENY It,"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-09
(By Associated Press. ]


LONDON, September S.-Intcnsc
interest has been aroused I'm diplo-
mntic and political circles here by
the Washington dispatches announce
ing that the State Department. hns
proof that Sweden hos been acting
as intermediary for transferring
German messages from the Gcrmnn
charge d'nFairs Mt Bueno. Aires by
way OF the Stockholm Foreign Of
fee to Berlin. The Associated Press
Ienrns that the Foreign ONCE Mt
Stockh ohm has been acting as a tel
egrnph office for the German gov
ernmcnt. md for the last three years
has regularly OF continuously trans
der the Euise of Swedish govern
ment messages.
Cipher dispatches bearing the sig
nature OF the Swedish sIinistcr of
Foreign Affairs and Addressed to
the Swedish Legations In certain
foreign countries have been handed
by the Swedish legation to the Ger
man legation In the country to which
the messages were addressed, the
messages being I'm reality In German
code. In the snme way, the Ger
man ministers, In various foreign
countries hnve been In free tele-
graphic communication with Berlin
by hnndinE their cipher messages to
the SNvedish minister, who signed
and dispatched them rs Swedish gov
ernment messages direct to the For
ciEn omce Mt Stockholm, whence
they hnvc been sent to Berlin.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-09
NO SLIDES DURING YEAR
Twelve-Month Period Ends without
Canui Trafic Being In
terrupted.
IBy Associated Press.l

PANAMA. September S.-To-day COM
pletes year in which traffic through
the Panama. Canal was not stopped by
slides. The channel now is in fine
shape. The canal was opened to traffic
officially on August Is, 1914. Land
slides, particularly in the Culebra Cut,
stopped traffic in the channel at vari-
Gus times for long or short periods
UP to September Z of last year. On
that date the canal was opened after
series of slides. which either tied up
or hampered seriously traffic through
the canal during the preceding six
months.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-09
DANvnLE CHURCH CHIMES
PLAYED IN CELEBRATION

Especial to The Times-Dispatch.]
DANVILLE. VA. September s.-The
cessation of the manufacture of liquor
was the cause of the Main Street Meth
odist Church chimes being rung to-
night at IL o'clock for fifteen minutes.
The Doxology was played and several
other hymns. Hundreds Of people were
awakened from sleep by this unusual
chime playing. They swamped the
newspaper office and police headquar-
ters with calls for information.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-09
ADLER SENTENCE COMMITTED
Emperor Charles Changes Death Pen-
atty to Eighteen Years. Penal
Servitude.
IBy Associated Press. ]

.,.a.--IBy hSsociateo fressJ
AMSTERDAM. September 8.-Accord-
ing to Vienna press dispatch, EN-
peror Charles has commuted to eigh-
teen years penal servitude tho death
sentence of DR.. Friedrich Adler, for
tho assassination Of Premier Stuergkh
at Vienna last October.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-09
COMMITTEE HEARINGS
BEGIN THIS WEEK
tBy Associated Press. ]

10y Assoclated PresS.
WASHINGTON. September 8.-Armed
with broad power for investigating
the ammunition situation, Including
the sending Of defective cartridges to
American troops in France, a House
committee will begin hearings prob.
ably next week. The committee was
named tonight by Speaker Clark fol-
lowing unanimous adoption of rcso-
luton for Its creation introduced by
Chairman Dent, Of the Military Com.
mittee.
Five Democratic and four Republi-
can members of the Military Commit
tee were appointed
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-09
BRINGS DOWN FIRST PLANE
Edwin Parsons, of Springfield, Member
of Lafayette Escadrille, to Re-
ceivc Wnr Cross.
IBy Associated Press.

PARIS. September 8.-Edwin Parsons.
OF Springfield. Mass. a member of the
Lafayette escadrille. has brought down
his first German plane. and has been
cited to receive the War Cross. Par
sons dived straight at the enemy as
he fed. and his fall alone prevented a
collision.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-09
PRESIDENT IN NEW YORK
With Mrs. Wilson. VIII Spend Few
Days Cruising on Yacht
Mnylower.
[By Associated Press. ]


NEW YORK. September s.-The
President and Mrs Wilson arrived here
from Washington early to-day, and
after breakfast in their private car
motored to the Brooklyn Navy-Yard,
where they boarded the presidential
yacht Mayfower They will spend the
next few days cruising in New York
waters. The President desired to take
few days rest. He will keep In
touch with affairs Of state by means
of tho wireless.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-09
Continued on Tenth Page.)

For Sale. 2,000,00O or moro feet Standing
Timber; from 4 I 20 noo ~ miles raiiroad depot.
$1,000 cross-tles. viii be sold to tho high.
ess est bidder at 1.-The the sourthSuss s1, % doer In Ok.
Il. 1911, Address DR.. !. II. Davis. Oxford,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-09

Local Sleeping Car Between Richmond and
Danvtlle vim Southern HALLWAY System
Leave Richmond ll:l5 +. NJ. daily and
may be occupied Danville until 1870 A. NJ.
arrive Richmond 100 A. M.--Adv, -
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-09

BALTlM0KE ny n0AT-Most DeIIEhtfuI
Le.v. Rinsma,dI iMnses Trip IN America. n ~,
nna more aS 400 A;oMMx NJ Fares; IS round trip; s.
steAmers,-Adv. -, 4 $500 =. $500 =
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-09

TO CAMP McCLELLAN, ANNIsTON. ALA.
Leave Richmond 8 30 p: d. arrive Annis-
SYSTEM.t Best service to- other, camps and
cautonmonts South.-Ady.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-09

THE INVESTMENT "6"
Plus Superaervlce Is tho Kline kAr, Buy
to-day before Inevitable rise,-Ady,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-09
RUSSIANS INTRENoHING
IN THE RIGA REGION
IRy Associated Press.

BERLIN. September 8 tvia London).
The Russians arc hastily intrench-
ing, in the Riga region, to the west Of
Verdun, says to-day's army headquar-
ters statement. German cavalry Is In
touch with them on this new line, and
advanced Russian detachments have
been pushed back.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-26
PRINCESS OF
 RUSSIA WILL
 MAKE A PLEA On Her Way to United States to Get Ameirca
 to Assist Her
 Country. ESCAPED FROM SIBERIA Her Story Reads Like a Romance, Having Been Engaged to Make
 Escape.
ESCAPED FROM SIBERIA

NEW YORK, Nov 26-Miss Tat jana Nicolaevna Romanoff. second daughter of the former Emperor of Russia, escaped from Tobolsk, Si- beria. the present home of the for mer Czar, through a fictitious mar riage to a son of the former cham berlain to the Czar, and is now en- route from Japan to San Francisco, to engage in Russian civilian relief work.
 She expects to arrive here early in December. She is P years old She will urge America not to desert Russia in it's hour of trial
 She will be accompanied here by an English woman and will be met by Mrs. Margaret Barry Carver, the wife of Denver banker, with Pet rograd interests. Her friends de- clare that her whole attention while in America will be to try and arouse the people to the need of assisting Russia from a state of anarchy to a constitutional government.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-26
COMMISSIONS ARE GRANTED
 TO ALASKANS
Thane and TreadWeII Men Are Among Those Who Get Their Con-
 missions.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 26.-The names of men who won commissions in the second officers training camp at the San Francisco Presidio are announced, those from Gastineau Channel being as follows:
 C. R. Horner, of Treadwell, first lieutenant.
 J. C. Smith, of Thane, first lieu tenant.
 R. R. Pullen, of Skagway. first lieutenant of infantry.
 J. F. Kerper, of Nenana, second lieutenant, of infantry.
 Provisional second lieutenants for the infantry eligible for future service in the Officers Reserve Corp, include w. H. Combs, of Haines, and in the non-fying section of the Signal Corps, E. T. Hawley, of Seward, as first lieutenant, and J. c. Luttrell, of Seward, second lieu tenant.
 The aviation section of the Signal Corps, for enlistments and commits. sions. closes tomorrow.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-26
BOMB SUSPECTS ARE ARRESTED
 IN MILWAUKEE

MILWAUKEE, Wis. Nov. 26.- Twenty-Five suspects have been ar rested in connection with the bomb explosion at police headquarters, in which ten detectives and policemen were killed and others were injured.
 Guiseppi Mazuimi. the Italian who carried the bomb from the Italian church to the police headquarters, is among those under arrest.
 The Italian found the bomb. so he stated, in the basement of a Catho- lie church. largely attended by Ital- fans. and when he took it to police headquarters, it was placed on a ta- ble and while the Italian was being interviewed in the next room several detectives entered the room. One of them picked up the bomb and exam ined it. Shortly afterwards it ex- ploded, killing all those in the room. Central station was badly wrecked
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-26
German Traffic Is Heavy from Place Showing Showing They Fear
 British Fire.
MANY PRISONERS TAKEN
Cambrai Is Strongly Forti- yt;ed and Will Be Diffi-
 cult to Take Pos session.

DATELESS, (To Associated Press) The British have captured the high ground in Bourbon Wood and they now dominate the region around Cambra.
 German traffic from the latter place is heavy. Most probably the civil population is being removed from beyond the range of the Brit ish guns.
 The British intend to beseige Cam brai, which is considered one of the pivotal military points on the West ern front.
 In six days time Gen. Byng has broken Hindenburg's lines, taken a score of villages, secured positions dominating West Cambrai and over run a territory equal to the area of that was gained in the first months drive on the Ypres salient, and be- sides has taken 10000 prisoners.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-26
CAMBRIA IS FORTIFIED

DATELESS, (To Associated Press) While the Bourbon Wood positions now occupied by the British over look Cambrai, the town itself may prove a hard nut to crack, because the central part of the town is walled, and fortified suburbs radiate from it, forming natural barriers against any advance from the west.
 1t seems that Cambrai possibly may become sort of no-man's-land, dominated by the big guns from both sides. In such an event this ancient town with it's fine old ca thedrals and picturesque walls and historic buildings will go the way of so many other places, which have come under the artillery fire from both, or from either side.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-26
TELEPHONE
 WORKERS ARE
 NOT AGREED

SEATTLE, Nov. 26.-The tele- phone workers in this city have vot- ed to reject the proposals made by the federad arbitration board. They want a local hearing Secretary of Labor Wilson and the other mem bers of the board will arrive next Tuesday, and may decide to hold a hearing.
 TACOMA, Nov. 26.-The members of the local telephone union have voted to accept the proposals of the federal arbitration board.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-11-26
BLOODHOUNDS
 BEING USED TO
 HUNT MEMBERS
<. W. w. Thought to Be Responsible for Train wreck in Oklahoma
 State.

HENRIETTA, Okla, Nov. 26. - One hundred deputy sheriffs with bloodhounds are searching for those responsible for a trainwreck of the which was derailed near here by an obstruction placed on the track. One trainman and three passengers were injured
 The engineer saved the lives of the passengers by standing at his post until the engine rolled down the embankment The accident is believed to be the work of l. w. w. members who were recently in the vicinity.