Mystery Surrounds Death of Rich Widow Maude King Near Concord
A Chicago widow and longtime socialite Maude King was shot near Concord while on a target practice outing with Gaston Means and others. Coroners disagree on whether the death was accidental or murder, with Chicago and New York investigations underway. Means, her alleged adviser, had moved her and her sister to New York and later to Concord, where the ties to finances and social circles sparked sensational rumors.
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Chicago
New York
Concord
Lumderman
Blackwelder Spring
Gaston and
Afton Means
Bingham
Gaston Means
Maude King
Means
Mrs. King
King
Dr. Chance
Melvin
Park Avenue
West One Hundred and Seventh Street
Robinson
Bert Clark
West 86Th Street
N. C
Asheville
Imeans
Gaston Bullock Means
No. 53
Worth Street
Col. Roosevelt
Bullock
Georgia
Edith Poole
Denver
William J. Burns
Burns
Central Park West
J Baby
Ing
Exemption Board Adds Thirty-Five Men to List
The exemption board posted thirty-five additional men on the army list this morning. Many will appeal to the district board after their exemptions were refused. The total war list nears two hundred, with nearly one hundred more to be added to meet the county quota. Names include John Fred Lowry Marshville, John Calvin Terry Monroe, Henry Funderburk Monroe, and others from Monroe, Waxhaw, Marshville, Wingate, Matthews, Unionville, Indian Trail, and adjacent towns.
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John Fred Lowry
Marshville
John Calvin Terry
Monroe
John Rorle
Waxhaw
Henry Funderburk
James
Albert Craig Ross
Odell Massey
Clyde Smith
Adams C. Baucom
Unionville
Oliver Vernon McGhee
John Burns Simpson
James Ely Armand
Indian Trail
Kinney Morrison
Ben Stockton
Monroe Wiliam M. Pope
Henry Belk Simpson
Matthews I Sa Pottle
Reuben Perry
Red Cross War Council reports 12.34 million relief in six months
Henry P. Davis reports to the American people that the American Red Cross has expended 12,339,681 for war relief abroad in the first six months since U.S. entry into the war. France receives the largest share, with aid also going to Russia Romania Italy Serbia England and Armenia. Five commissions operate in Europe aiding hospitals civilian relief tuberculosis prevention and prisoner care while coordinating with Wilson and French authorities.
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War Counsel
Europe
American Red Cross
United States
Germany
Henry P. Davi
Red Cross War Council
War Council
France
Russia
Romania
Italy
Serbia
England
Armenia
Red Cross
Belgium
War Relief Clearing House
Tnder
United States Army
American Ambulance Hospital
Neuilly
J. A. Blake
Amecan
American Surgical Dressing Committee
Wilson
Clvic
Amerlea
Navy
Marshville notices and injuries at Rollins shop
Marshville report notes Miss Kate Halley returning to Greensboro for study and visiting relatives from Concord and Charlotte. Local men bound for Chapel Hill include Grier, Earl Mareh, Clayton Brower, Gwynn Griffin, Myron Green, Jessie James. Mr. Charlie Rollins injured hand at his shop, treated by Drs Armfield and Perkins. three weeks earlier Will Rollins lost two fingers.
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J. C. Bailey
McRae
Charlotte Jalse
J. Messrs
J. B. Harrill
C. E.bailey
Camp Greene
Charlotte
J. T. Garland
Braswell
Charlotte Sanatorium
Martin Braswell
Marshville
Germany
K. L. Whittington
R. G. Newsom
United Cash Store
Uriah Tadlock
Crawford
Texas
J. W. Little
Arkansas
Mr. Little
Mark Sinclair
Geo. Stewart
Lanes Creek Township
Wilton Sinclair
Marshville High School
Rollins
Kate Halley
Greensboro
Virginia Bailey
Concord
Mary Austin
Long
Pauline Taylor
Annie Lee Plyler
Davenport College
Lenoir
Chapel Hill
Messrs Grier
Earl Mareh
Clayton Brower
Gwynn Griffin
Myron Green
Jessie James
Charlie Rollins
Rollins Bros
Stanly N Held For Iious Utterances
Martin Dennis, arrested on a charge of violating the selective act, faced a preliminary hearing before United States Commissioner R. C. Hill in Albemarle. He was bound over to the fall term in Salisbury on a $2,000 bond after testimony that he and others bought guns and planned to resist the draft. Dennis, a well to do Stanly County farmer, did not present a defense. the case awaits trial with four witnesses ready to corroborate the statements.
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Martin Dennis
Albemarle
R. C. Hill
United States
Unite States Court
Western District
Salisbury
United Statsa
W. C. Hammer
Ashboro
Dennis
G. D. B. Reynolds
Hammer
Edmund Russell
Russell
Hill
Reynolds
Stanly County
First Fifteen Union County Soldiers Leave for Training
Fifteen Union County volunteers departed at 6 a m Sunday for Columbia to join the National Army. Led by W B Cole, the contingent includes Joseph Hampton Price Charley Maness Ernest Harry Broom Murphy Dudley Honeycutt John M Niven Dan Smith McCollum Wade Helms Lee Calvin Broom Anthony Wayne Brooks Joel Solomon Collins Pecan Morgan Clarence A Wingate Files C Efird and Stephen Lee Welsh. They are cited as being assigned to train guard duty, potentially to welcome incoming soldiers.
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Union County
Columbia
National Army
W. B. Cole
Joseph Hampton Price
Monroe
Charley Maness
Matthews
Ernest Harry Broom
Murphy Dudley Honeycutt
John M. Niven
Waxhaw
Dan Smilth McCollum
Wade Helm
Wheat price fixed at 2.20 a bushel by Food Administration
Washington reports the Food Administration will keep the 2.20 dollar per bushel wheat price set by President Wilson. Hoover warns some North Dakota farmers may suffer despite the policy. Officials say the plan reduces speculation and should save consumers about 20 percent on flour, while railroads promise faster handling this year.
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Food Administration
Hoover
North Dakota
Washington
Wilson
Herbert Hoover
de Weivan
American Federation of Labor
No Mixing of Negroes and Whites at Camp Jackson
Camp Jackson in Columbia is to enforce strict segregation of white and Negro troops. Maj Adna Chaffee announced plans to assign separate camp sections and form one or more Negro regiments as needed. Twelve Negroes from Florida have arrived, with duties assigned and uniforms issued. troops express enthusiasm for their new roles.
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Camp Jackson
Columbia
D. C
Adna Chaffee
Eighty-first
Chaffee
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Homer Leonard
W. D. McRae
Belk Bros
Stanlyn
Ange
W. E. Cole
Arnold White
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