Sunday Tragedy In North Carolina Knife Killing
North Carolina report says Lawrence Edwards killed Wayne Crisp at Stecoah Creek after a drunken dispute. Crisp fired at Edwards, Edwards’s hat was struck by a bullet, then Edwards pursued and stabbed Crisp fifteen times before Crisp collapsed. Edwards is jailed in Robbinsville awaiting further action.
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Associated Press
Asheville
N. C
Robbinsville
Graham County
North Carolina
Lawence Edwards
Wayne Crisp
Anife
Stecoah Creek
Edwards
Crisp
Inflow of Gifts Surprises Treasury Across Empire
London reports a steady stream of war aid from the empire and neutral countries. Donors include men, women, and even children who sent sums from a shilling to a thousand pounds. Contributions accompany explanations of substitutions for front service, with unusual gifts from Sandakan, St. Louis, Matsqui, and Gilbert Islands natives among others.
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Associated Press
London
Treasury
Canada
England
Sandakan
British North
Horneo
St. Louis
Matsqui
British Columbia
Fanning Island
Gilbert Islands
Ontario
Summit
New Jer
UNC Chapel Hill Opens Fall Registration With Bright Turnout
Chapel Hill NC September 14 The first day of registration at the University drew an unusually large crowd with lines through Alumni Building and onto the campus Ideal weather aided rapid processing and rooming planning Numerous new arrivals filled lodging houses as football practice began under Coaches Campbell Cowen and Kluttz with 30 players already out Early sessions focused on fundamentals and ball handling while awaiting regular material and school start Thursday.
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Hill
N. C
Univeraity
Campbell
Cowen
Kluttz
Italian Girl Seeks Revenge At Stelvio Pass
Geneva reports a young Italian woman around 18 at Stelvio Pass, armed with a rifle, climbing snowy paths daily. She proclaims revenge after losing two brothers and a fiancé, claiming to have killed four Austrians and vowing to continue until she is killed. Swiss patrol observed her retreat toward the valley with a rifle slung over her shoulder.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Switzerland
Brescia
Stelvio Pass
Contier
Hor
Lore of the movies gang jailed after railcar thefts
Fifteen youths were jailed in Clifton New Jersey after a theft of 1000 dollars worth of films from an Erie Railroad siding. A moving picture machine aided a cellar theater while seven reels were found at 188 Sussex Paterson and five at 129 Gould Avenue Paterson. The group allegedly received reels from a larger movie capitalists ring as police closed in. Undamaged films were sent back to Levine Film Company for retouching.
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New York
Clifton
N. J
Erie
Arthur George
Sussex Street
Paterson
Norman Strutt
Gould Ave
Levine Film Company
War Bond Gifts Reach Across Continents and Ages
An Anglo Allied reporting notes substantial gifts toward the war fund including a British Empire cheque, four figure sums from China, twenty pounds from Saskatchewan, a seven year old girl's shilling, and monthly remittances from Asia. Officers, retirees, and civilians alike send donations from India and beyond as war bond proceeds continue to accumulate.
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Asia
India
Buckles Down Making Read for Campus
President Wilson reviews campaign planning in Asbury Park with Burleson McAdoo and Tumulty. Focus shifts to Oregon Washington Utah and California as Democrats show strong prospects. He plans to travel by automobile September 26 to Princeton New Jersey to vote in the Democratic primary.
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Leng . N. Ds
Asbury Park
Burleson
Spring Lake
McAdoo
Oregon
Washington
Utah
California
Wilson
Princeton
N. J
Stripling Goes to Richmond from Hopewell
Thomas Holgar Stripling, recently pardoned in Georgia, arrives in Richmond from Hopewell seeking work and seeking help from Chief of Police Weather. He previously served as Danville police chief under the alias R. E. Morris and was identified as an escapee from a Georgia convict farm five years earlier.
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Associated Press
Richmond
Thomas Holgar Stripling
Georgia
Hopewell
Stripling
R. E. Morris
Danville
Government to Build Its Own Armor Plate Plant
Washington hearings on the proposed $11,000,000 armor plate plant show naval officials expecting the government to construct the facility. No offers for private plants were made and none were anticipated. Secretary Daniels and naval officers heard from a Rhode Island delegation as more sites were proposed.
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Associated Press
Washington
Naval
Navy Department
Daniels
Rhode Island
Marshall To Be Notified Of Democratic renomination
Indianapolis Sept. 14 Vice President Thomas R. Marshall will be notified of his renomination on the Democratic ticket tonight. National Chairman Vance McCormick and other leaders arrived for conferences and a reception before the notification ceremony planned with about 40 of 532 notification committee members and 20 national Democratic committee members present.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Thomas R. Marshall
Vance McCormick
National Democratic Committee
Cotton use in August rises in United States census data
Washington reports the Census Bureau states August cotton consumption reached 668,717 running bales, with the year ending July 31 at 6,397,613 bales. August 1914 usage was 464,392. year ending July 31, 1915 was 5,597,362 bales.
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Associated Press
Washington
Census Bureau
Striking street railway workers vow not defeated
In New York on September 14 strikers say resilience remains as subway and L line service recovers while surface lines lag. They anticipate a possible sympathetic strike and plan to push allied trades action after a Brooklyn and Manhattan federation meeting.
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Borough Rapid Transit Company
Central Federated Unions
Brooklyn
Manhattan
L” Roads
Mayaro Arrives After Northeast Storm Off Cape Hatteras
The British steamer Mayaro with fifty passengers aboard docked at Southport after a fierce Northeast gale off Cape Hatteras caused a cargo shift and list. Harbor officials will survey damage and right the cargo. immigration rules kept passengers from shore under U S quarantine officer supervision. Captain A Y Drysdale led a crew of 48 as the ship from Port-Spain headed to New York.
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Cape Hatteras
Mayaro
Alexander Sprunt
Washington
New York
Custom House
A. Y. Drysdale
Port-Spain
Trinidad
Champion Compress
New York York
W. P. Jaycox
South America
Rockefeller Research Commission
Jaycot
Wilmington
University of North Carolina
Jaycox
Aro
Southport
Capé Hatteras
International police idea discussed by joint commission
New London Conn Sept 14 serious consideration is being given by the American Mexican joint commission to establishing an international neutral constabulary along their border. The move aims to supervise border issues and reduce tensions between the two nations.
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Associated Press
New London
Conn
Professional Rabbit-Catcher Pleads War Exemption
A London man calling himself a professional rabbit-catcher claimed exemption from military service, stating he had killed 10,000 rabbits since August. The plea was rejected, as officials said he would be better suited as a rat-catcher for the trenches.
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London
Five Trolley Cars Collide In Bronx Injures Ten
Five trolley cars on Westchester avenue in the Bronx collided in a rear end series today injuring ten people, one seriously. Crews say strikebreakers were involved and brakes failed after rails were greased at a steep incline.
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Associated Press
New York
West Chester Avenue
Bronx
Lace Factory for Colored People Promoted in Alabama
New Decatur Alabama September 14 a lace factory to be financed by Southern Negroes employing Negro labor with capital of two million dollars is being promoted by Mrs George A Nelson of England a major property owner. The plan calls for four hundred thousand Negroes in the south to invest five dollars each for a factory interest and to bring Brussels lace makers to teach lace making. The lace would be produced from cotton grown in North Alabama.
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Associated Press
New Decatur
Ala
George A. Nelson
England
South
Brusells
Nelson
Alabama
Kavala Fort Surrender Amid Balkan War Turmoil
Athens reports Greece has surrendered Kavala forts to Bulgaria and Entente warships have evacuated 1,500 Greek troops. Rioting is said to be occurring as buildings and ships are looted and American assets valued at about 2 million dollars face risk in the harbor.
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Associated Press
Athens
Greece
London
Garrett Croppers
Kavala
American Tobacco Company
President's Sister Weaker in New London
Mrs. Anne How sister of the President is critically ill in New London Connecticut and reported to be growing weaker as of September 14.
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Associated Press
New London, Conn
Anne How
Used fishing gear ad copy hints at bargains
Advertisement promotes used fishing reels and rods through Dispatch Business Locals, urging readers to place short messages at one penny per word. It touts small ads as cost effective, promising swift reach to thousands of daily readers and potential savings.
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Dispatch
Central
Pause in French Somme offensive as German counterattacks persist
French forces hold north of Peronne after advancing six miles since July as German assaults on new French positions fail. Balkan campaigns see Central Powers planning large operations with 200000 German and 100000 Austrian troops committed. Serbian advances press Bulgarians near Dobruja and Lake Ostrovo area. Russian and Galician fronts report no change.
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Associated Press
Peronne
Somme
Paris War Office
Struma
French War Office
Lake Ostrovo
Dobruja
Balkans
Germany
Austria
Russian War Office
A M College Alumni Plan October Meeting and Banquet
The A M College Alumni Association of New Hanover mails notices for its annual meeting and banquet on Saturday October 7 with talks by local talent and a keynote on the First Great Thanksgiving Football Game with Washington and Lee in Raleigh. Special trains will run from New Hanover to Raleigh for the Thanksgiving game.
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A. & M. College Alumni Association of
New Hanover
A. & M. College
North Carolina
Raleigh
Raleigh Chamber of Commerce
A. T. Bowler
Washington and Lee
Norfolk
Richmond
J. L. Becton
L. L. Merritt
Mr. Gillettee
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