Spies In A Belgian Inn Climax In Wartime Conspiracy
Ethel Wil loughby secretly weds Streetman a German spy while Captain Redmond uncovers his treachery. As war erupts they converge on a Belgian inn with Charlie Brown and a French ally, facing German guards and a hidden telephone. Streetman and Major von Brenig plot a counter espionage trap.
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Ethel Willoughby
Henry Streetman
Larry Redmond
Sir George Wagstaff
British Admiralty
Charlie Brown
New York
Ethel
Sir George
Streetman
Captain Redmond
England
Brussels
Madame de Lorde
Madame de Korde
Christophe
Brown
von Brenig
America
von Boenig
Charlie
Columbia
Vou Boenig
Otto
Baum
Wilhelmstrasse
Freund
Kar
Larry
Lion d'Or
Darlin
Harry Strassman
Death Hovers Near Ethel in German Front Room
Lieutenant Baum traps Ethel as a spy for the French after she slips to use a phone. Larry Redmond hides her in the wine cellar trapdoor area to lure pursuit, planning to shoot and fake a wound, while the German officers debate leaving her to starve.
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Ethel
Baum
Larry Redmond
Larry
Fraulein
Hthe
von Breuig
Fatherland
Leutenant
Darling
Major von Brenig
von Brenig
Surprise for Streetman Ends in Confession and Trust
In a tense room, Larry confronts Henry Streetman as Ethel reveals her true feelings. Streetman learns the lovers are allied, while Ethel admits she lied about loving the German spy and about her marriage, and Larry affirms his love and trust in Ethel.
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Tain Redmond
Larry
Streetman
Ethel
Captain Redmond
Kiel Canal
Brussels
Berlin
Henry
Redmond
October 4 Trial Set for Earl Neville Lynching Case
Gov. Bickett names October 4 as the earliest possible date for a Wake superior court special term to try Earl Neville the alleged assailant of Mrs. F. S. Celie Judge George W. Conner of Wilson to preside Neville moved from Wake jail to the state penitentiary and then to Charlotte by automobile amid mob pressure.
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Raleigh
Neville
Bickett
Earl Neville
Wake County Court House
State Penitentiary
Charlotte
North Carolina Plans State Guard Draft To Replace National Guard
The North Carolina Council of Defense, with Governor Bickett and Adjutant General Young, outlined forming a state guard via selective draft to serve while the North Carolina National Guard is in federal service for France. Counties would supply units of varied sizes under military auspices with arms from the federal government. The meeting also approved activities led by Dr. D H Hill including food aid, liberty bonds, and support for soldiers and families. In Asheville, William Jennings Bryan spoke to about 150 business leaders on temporary versus permanent success and noted his political future and residence near Washington.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Council of Defense
Bickett
Young
North Carolina National Guard
France
State Council Defense
North Carolina
D. H. Hill
Banquet Bryan
Asheville
William Jennings Bryan
Wilson Declares Cider Ban With Prepayment Fee
The town of Wilson passes an ordinance making cider vendors pay 250 in advance after September 20 to dispense apple juice. The new rule marks an effective bone dry status for the town and aims to clarify enforcement.
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Wilson
Wright acquires cotton factory stripping device in Durham
R H Wright a Durham industrialist gains patented rights and ownership in a bobbin stripping device. Transfer from L G Cole and W D Hester cost several thousand dollars with Terrill Machine Company of Charlotte to manufacture and market the device. North Carolina food administrator Henry A Page has assembled machinery to aid in wartime food efforts. Meanwhile Wayne farmer Charles Lutes shipped 88 hogs from 10 sows to Baltimore. average 150 pounds, sold for 18.20, net profit 2109.80 or 16 cents per pound.
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R. H. Wright
Durham
Mr. Wright
L. G. Cole
W. D. Hester
Terrill Machine Company
Charlotte
Henry A. Page
North Carolina
Germany
Chas. Lutes
Wayne
Baltimore
Governor Bickett Urges Thrift Month For NC Farmers
Governor T W Bickett appeals to North Carolina farmers to set November 1917 as Thrift Month to seize a rare opportunity. He warns against improvidence and get rich quick schemes while urging tenants to buy land, pay debts, start savings, and install home improvements as part of a state plan aided by agricultural and教育 departments.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
General Assembly
Agricultural Department
Joint Committee On Agricultural Work
State Department of Education
T. W. Bickett
North Carolina Guards Complete Camp Sevier Mobilization
Camp Sevier hosts about 2000 NC guardsmen from Camp Greene and other NC posts joining the Second North Carolina Infantry units and attached engineers and artillery detachments. Additional NC field artillery batteries and support units arrive on two special trains. Most troops are now at Camp Sevier and South Carolina, with a few at Jackson.
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N. C
Camp Greenville
5. C
Camp Sevier
North Carolina
Camp Gree
Second
North Carolina Infantry
Amp Greene
North Carolina Field Artillery
Raleigh
South Carolina
Jackson
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Unter den Linden
Cap
Earle Neville
North Carolina Briefs
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