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WOMENS STATUS BRITISH PUBLIC
IN MANN GASES AIDS OFFICIALS
To Be Tested by Case Carried
to Supreme Court Black-
mailers Have Had Very
.. Easy Picking.
GOVERNMENT ARGUES
WOMAN CAN BE LIABLE
Contends That She Is Guilty if
Knowingly Participating in
, Transportation for Im
moral Purposes.
Washington, Jan. 2. Women black
mailers who find easy prey through
the severe penalties of the Mann act
ars affected by a case carried to Su
preme Court of the United States by
the department of Justice.
Blackmailing because of the fact
that the )aw .provides these heavy pen
alties Is said to be widespread. Wo
men and men, holding the threat of
exposure over the head of violators,
have been -collecting big sums of
money tor the suppression of the facts.
In some cases the victims have been
deliberately made guilty of violating
the law.
The case before the Supreme court
Is one -in error from the District court
of the United States for the eastern
district of Wisconsin. It is to test
the responsibility of a woman who was
Involved In a violation of the law. Th
title of the case Is the United States
against Clara Holts.
' It 1 alleged by the government that
the woman knowingly participated In
her transportation in Interstate .com
merce for immoral " rjurposes, and
therefore Is liable to conviction with
A man named ljtudensehleger for vio
lation 'of the penal code of the United
Slates prohibiting- conspiracy.
According to. .the brief tiled by Will
iam WailaM,- .-assistant attorney
general, LaudenBchlegef transported
the woman from Harrington, 111., to
Milwaukee, Wis., In Interstate com
merce, for Immoral purposes. -. , He
bought her railroad ticket, according
to the evidence. Both were arrested
and Indicted for the unlawful' trans
portation : of the woman. ; i Lauden
schleger In the court entered a plea
of guilty.
.' At the trial, however, the court held
that the woman, being merely the ob
ject . of the unlawful transportation,
could not be Indicted and punished for
aiding' and assisting the man In trans
porting her. The court based Its ac
tion on the doctrine that where the
commission of an offence requires con
cert of action between two or more
persons such persons cannot be In
dicted tor conspiracy to commit the
. offence. :
In direct contrast to this position,
the government takes the view that
the doctrine is restricted to offences
the- commission of which requires
guilty complicity of two or more per
sons that Is, each of the peVsons
must knowingly Join In doing the pro
hibited acts. , .
By the provisions of the Mann act
woman may be transported by a man
for an immoral purpose without any
guilty complicity on her part. In
brief, she may be entirely Ignorant of
' the man's motive In transporting her.
That being so, according to the gov
ernment contention, If she knowingly
participates with, him in bringing
about her transportation for an im
moral purpose, then under the clrcum
. stances the two may be Indicted and
punished for conspiracy.
COiS POLICE
Outdoor New Year's Meeting
Ends in Trouble-Parade 1
Interrupted.
New? Tork. Jan. I New Turkf
unemployed began the New Year with
an outdoor demonstration that, end
ed In a fight with policemen, when
they made an attempt te hold a pa
rade displaying objectionably worded
banners.
About 700 Idle men . and women
gathered In Union square to listen to
' discussion of their welfare. The police
did not Interrupt the meeting, but
later ordered the dispersal of marcn
ers who apparently Intended to pa
rade Harlem ' headquarter of the
"league of th Unemployed." The In
scription on on banner reao: "Home-
j lest men, Revolt." Another announc
( j ed: "To h with Charity." This
( banner, Oeorge Drue'r, IS years old,
a ciiok, was told to haul down.
The police said Druer obeyed re
luctantly. Witnesses declared the po
lice clubbed Iruer. He u arrested,
barged with assault and disorderly
mndurt , Men and women who st
ttikeil the police to liberate Druer
driven off by reisrvts.
Criticism of the Government
Which Was Rampant at
Beginning of War Has
Almost Ceased.
EVIDENTLY BELIEVE v
THINGS GOING WELL
Labor Unions Volunteer to
Watch. Execution of War
. Contracts Business Men
Are Also Employed.
London, Jan. . Z.-CVItlclsm of the
government's war preparations which
was rampant during early stages of the
war hns largely ceased, Indicating that
the general public has either settled
down to the belief that everything If
being done about as well as possible,
or has tired of writing letters to the
press. .'
The war office has now enlisted the
services of business men with experi
ence In carrying out big enterprises to
take part in the work of supplying the
army, and the labor unions have vol
unteered to watch the evecutlon of.
government contracts, not only to see
htat proper equipment and rations are
supplied to thetoldiers, but to prevent
sweating.
Arnold White, a prominent writer
and former colonial official has been
making a thorough Inspection of the
training camps for the purpose of de
tecting any scandals and mismanage
ment. Having been a bitter enemy ol
the liberal government his point of
yiew. was hot prejudiced in its favor.
He writes: " ,
"Having visited 36 camps In various
parts of the country, I am thoroughly
cheered. In the majority of cases bus
iness men are handling the difficult
problems of war. Dwellers Inland
have -no conception of' the 'thorough
ness, ehcicncy and silence with which
the war office and the admiralty have,
co-operated for the business of pre
venting a German raid or invasion.
"The alarm that is still felt In some
parts of these islands .is wholly un
justified, because, firstly, the business
efficiency of the fleet under JeUlcoe
has increased since war began; and,
secondly, because the practical meas
ures adopted by our military engin
eers, If generally known, would enable
the timid to sleep uletly in their beds.
If I were out to pick holes in our ad
ministration It would not be In tho
geqneral management of the war."
COX IS NEW PRESIDENT
Of PHI DEITAM
Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 2. Fred
erick J. Cox of Wadesboro was chosen
president of the Phi Delta Theta fra
ternity at the concluding session of the
convention Friday, To succeed him as
secretary, John E. Ellis of Cincinnati
was elected. y ,
There were no other - changes' In
the general council of the fraternity.
The next biennial convention will be
held t Atlanta, according to a state
ment made here last night.
FOR THE SECOND TIME
Halifax, N. 8., Jan. 2. Word that
the American tank steamer Brlndllla,
whose arrest by a British cruiser and
detention by the British government
early In October caused dlplomatto
correspondence between the United
States and Oreat Britain which re
st "jd In the release of the vessel,
has .again been Intercepted off 'the
coast of Scotland and hat been taken
to Aberdeen. . -
Fight to Draw.
Waterbury, Conn., Jan. 2. Ounboat
Smith and Battling Levlnsky, heavy
weights, fought twelve, featureless
rounds to a draw here last night.
Smith whs the aggressor, but was un
able to land an effective blow, Tho
crowd hissed the tnen 'frequently. ,
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Amsterdam, .. Jan , .1.-(By
way of London) According to
a statement published In a .Ger
man newspaper summarising in
formation given out by the Ger
man official press bureau, Ger
many will no longer bind exe
quaturs of oonsula in any ot the
territory occupied by the Ger
mans since the beginning of the
war.
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SPORADIC RENEWAL OF
OFFENSIVE B Y GERMANS
ALLIES PLAYIHE
Invaders Evidently Not Weak
ening Strength in the West
Appreciably by Send
ing Troops Hast.
AUSTRIANS AGAIN ARE
ATTACKING BELGRADE
Russians Pouring Over Carpa
thians to Invade Hungary
Sultan Preparing to
Flee, Is Report.
London, Jan. 2. The latest
news from the western field of
European war operations tell of
little progress by the allies and
seems to indicate a sporadicre
newal of the German offensive
with resultant slight gains in
the Argonne and in Flanders
The operations can scarcely be
classed as a general German of
fensive such as etill continues
in .Poland, but the strength the
Germans are showing seems to
make it plain that thej-are not
weakening appreciably . their
forces in the west by the trans
fer of reinforcements to the
eastern front, nor has the pres
sure which is being exerted by
the allies yet broken the grip of
the invaders , in Belgium and
France, from the North Sea to
Metz.' . ; ' ' '
General Joffre, the command
er of the allied forces, is ap
parently avoiding a general at
tack. Except for the tactics ,of
feeling out the German line
here and there the allies are ev
idently playing a waiting game
pending the time when with the
assistance of reinforcements
from the new British army they
can deliver a concerted attack
at some strategic point.
The Germans are still engag
ed in their attempt to press for
ward in Poland, but in the
south the Russians have driven
back the Austrian forces about
GO miles in all. It is again re
ported that the Russians are
pouring over the Carpathians
for the purpose of invading
Hungary and' that Hungarians
near the border are fleeing.
Driven out of Servia, the
Austrians are nevertheless
again attacking Belgrade, ac
cording to dispatches from that
jcity.
' It is still difficult to obtain
a clear idea of the Turkish op
erations, but Athens dispatches
declare that the Sultan and his
court are preparing to leave
Constantinople, fearing the fall
of the Turkish capital.
The Turkish attack on Egypt
seems to have been abandoned
indefinitely. "
Various stories concerning
the condition of Emperor Will-
iiam's throat are in circulation.
One is that be will soon have to
undergo an operation.
With a full knowledge of the
vast army that is being trainod
lin England, the Germans must
be making preparations to meet
this reinforcement. It is agreed
in London that much depends
on the fresh troops on both
sides. The English view of the
II1GCI
situation is that Great Britain
is just now preparing to put the
cream of her fighting resources
in the field, while, they contend,
the Germans, having sent their
finest forces to battle at the
beginning of the war, -must
perforce have to depend on
those less physically fit for the
rigors of war
Again .there come reports of
German, movements to the
east from the west. Amster
dam tells of 200,000 Germans
passing - through Cologne for
the east and suggests that they
are being sent for the support
of Field Marshal Von Tlinden
burg in preparation for another
great movement toward War
saw..' , . Still Fighting.
Amsterdam, Jan. 2. (Via London)
The following official communica
tion from Vienna was received here
last night:
"Fighting In the Carpathians and
In Bukowlna conttnues, but the sit
uation Is changed.
"The enemy's attacks both day and
night at Blala and south of Tarnow
(both In Oalicia) has been repulsed,
our troops Inflicting heavy losses and
taking 2,000 prisoners and six ma
chine guns.
"North ef the Vistula fog hinders
the operations, but slight progress
has been made there.
"In the southern war theater noth
ing has happened."
German Report.
Berlin, Jan. 2. (F.y Wireless
to
London) The following official com
munication . was given out yesterday
at the Gorman army headquarters:
"In the -.ivtern theater of war,
hothvng i Imparlance" has'liapp'ened
near Nleuport. The Idea of retaking
the hamlet of St. Georges, which has
been completely demolished . by the
enemy's artillery fire was abandoned
In view of the high level of the wa
ter .there.
"East of Pethune to the south of
the canal we captured an Kng-lish
trench.
"In the Argonne our attacks mnde
further progress. Another 400 pris
oners, six machine guns, four mine
throwers and numerous other arms
and quantities of ammunition fell In
to our hands. A French camp north
of St. Mihiel was set on fire by our
artillery. Attacks at FUrey and west
of Penneneim, which were repeated
yetserdny were repulsed.
"In tho eastern theater, the situa
tion on the east Prussian frontier and
In Poland remains unchanged. A
heavy mist Is preventing all opera
tions." VILLA DECLARES HE
WILL OBEY GUTIERREZ
Washington, Jan. 2. General Villa
in a telegram dated Friday night in
Mexico City to his agency here, de
nied he has questioned the amnesty
proclamations of General Gutierrez.
"I obey and respect the orders of
President Gutierrez,'.' Villa telegraph
ed. "I am his subordinate."
Further details of fighting between
troops of General C'arranza and Villa
near Tampico were received today In
official dispatchfs to the Curranza
agency.
"General Pablo Gonzales yesterday
administered a decisive defeat to the
Vlllalstas at Roderiguez, a few hours
ride front San Lftis Potosl," one mes
sage said. "Several hundred were
killed and wounded. He now is pursn
Ing the enemy toward San Luis Po
tosl.
Sanguine Report Issued
By The
Fetrograd, Jan. 1. -(Delayed) An
official communication of the Rus
sian general staff Issued today re
counts the war situation in the va
rious ields of the Russian front, it is
as follows:
t.t v.., Pruk H In th. retton
of Mlawa (In Russian Poland) our
troops have defeated an attempt to
deliver a partial .offensive on the part
of the- enemy.
"On the Vistula, opposite Wysco
grod, our armed steamer has cannon
aded the Infantry of th enemy with
success.
"Between the Vistula and th low
er Plllca rivers, the Germans deliver
ed a series of attacks, supported by
their heavy artillery fire. Our troops
on the left bank of the Bzura river
have repulsed two nlghtattacksnear
Vltkootse, and near Rawka we re
pulsed an attack directed against
Zoletik.
"On December tl, the enemy man
ifested activity particularly Intense
IOIMMUIIH
THREE DIREPdfiS
Elton, Skinner ar Milliard ot
N. Y., N. H. & H. Must
Answer Charges,
New York, Jan. 2. The Federal
District court here has overruled the
pleas for Immunity interposed by John
I Billard, James S. Elton and Wil
liam Skinner to indictments ehirjIiK
the criminal violation of the Sherman
anti-trust, law in connection with thoir
actions as directors of the New York,
New Haven & Hartford railway.
Messrs. Elton, Skinner and Bil'.ard
olaied entire immunity from prosecu
tion because of testimony given bef jre
the Interstate commerce commission
prior to the return of the indictments.
The decision means that the three ile
fendants will have to plead to the in
dictments, which Include 18 other di
rectors i and former directors of the
railroad. ,
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Secretary Grissom Says Meet
ing at Raleigh Will Be
Largely Attended.
Special to The Gazette-News.
' " Greensboro, Jan. 2. -Gilliam Gris
som, secretary in charge of republi
can headquartres here, said yesterday
that the number of acceptances Tor the
meeting of the state executive com
mittee to be held In Raleigh on Tues
day, January 12, at 1 o'clock p. m.,
runs higher than In any other cam
paign he has had knowledge of. With
the acceptance he said had come ex
pressions of a desire to get together
thoroughly for the 1916 campaign.
He stated that one man had written
that, although he could not come, he
wanted to urge that the leaders of the
party be properly Informed as to the
true conditions, believing that the vot
ers would then get together. The let
ler urged that the leaders show the
proper progressive spirit and vouched
that the people then would follow.'
A letter has been sent from head
quarters to all parts of the state urg
ing that organization begin at once.
The letter and the object it is endea
voring to secure indicates the mean
ing recently announced that the Re
publicans are going to make excessive
efforts to carry North Carolina. The
letter asks that the campaign bo
waged stronglV in each precinct, the
unit of political effort.
The letter in one part states that In
many sections of the state certain
"gangs" of Democrats have resorted to
desperate and dishonorable means,
and urges this as a reason for con
certed action, by which may be se
cured payment of poll taxes and reg
istrations. A memorandum book has
been sent to a large number of peo
ple to assist them in a systematic
campaign. .
U. S. SUPREME COURT
MARSHAL PASSES AWAY
Washington, Jan. 2. J. M. Wright
of Kentucky, marshal of the Supremo
court of the United States since 18 8$,
died today after a long Illness.
Russian Staff
in tho region of tho town of Rawa, It
where the fighting still continues, jl
"South of the Plllca river our ac-t
tions have spread out and the posl-!1
tlons cut off the route from Ziost- .
choro to Kielce. St
"In Galioia, there has been much!1
nW the part of the enemy In
... .vniuii u, iruiiira isouinweni or auac ueuig inuae oy a uerman
Jaslo, and near Mschanla and ltoplt-1 submarine, according to a re
ca, where despite the extremely fierce; port which has reached Paris,
resistance of the enemy's offensive. t
ur iroops aestroyea, arter a hard
fight, the fortification of the enemy
on the heights.
"In the village of Mschanka, we
capiurea aDout zoo prisoners, lnclud -
ing o orncers, rour cannon and slxi
mitrailleuses. Her the fishtlnir eon- '
Unties.
runous counter attacks by the
enemy, supported by armored auto- H same In width and at Its mouth .
mobiles, were repulsed by our artil-j Is only about 400 yards across. H
lery fire and by bayonet charge. M It had been thought that In this It
"In Cukowlna, we occupied, after I U land-locked harbor the British It
a battle, Btorochlnets and Radautsjst navy could ride In security. H
(Just, south of Csernowlts). We also; m
took a number of prisoner here." JHH HH H H H It H H t t H H H H
NOTE AS FROM
111 FRIEND'
London Review Thinks It Pos
sible England and the U. S.
Can Reconcile Points
of View.
'NATION" FEELS REGRET ;
. AT. THE FORM OF NOTE
Ambassador Page Describes
British Public's General At
titude Toward Note as
Entirely Friendly.
London. Jan. 2. The Saturday Re-!
vlew describes President Wilson's note
protesting against the British attitude
toward American shinning, "as a doc
ument from a candid friend, who, just
booause he Is a friend, can say things
which between strangers would be re
corded as having too rough an edge."
The Review does not think it should
be impossible Tor two governments,
who have no wlsn to una caua iu. ,spoke with contempt. of the Indians,
taking the offensive, to reconcile their lToday we learned to look at thei -.i
points of view. ja different light. For -.iiree days ' wj
The position of a belligerent with. Bhpilprt rnntlniinin.lv: th Rrlt.
! . nnmnv. ft ttin eon BflVH I
it-niH-i-i m 'inuu v.
tnts paper, is amerem, even wncn
tral governments are friends. Jjut
this position is determined absolutely
by the fact that England has that
command of the sea and "cannot sur
render her right to use it for defeat
ot the enemy by any means sanction
ed under international law.
Unfortunately, the Review contin
ues. it is necessary to interfere with
the custom of neutral countries of sell- j
ing in the dearest markets, but there
is evidence that British will "htraln
to meet every reasonable complaint
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and make the yoke of the trident as
light as is compatible with-the objects ,
of the British navy.
The Nation says:
"We confess the feeling some regret
as to the form of America's note. We
wish It had been somewhat differently
expressed and dispatched in accord
ance with the accustomed way we
will not say of diplomacy, but of a
friendly correspondence.
"There are two ways of conducting
a controversy of public Interest. A
man may give his correspondent the
solo benefit of his mind, or he may
turn a missive into a missile by dis
patching one copy of it to the press
at or before the hour of its receipt by
the person immediately concerned. It
appears the American state depart
ment chose the latter course, but there
Is no call to turn an error of tuct Into
one of substance.
"For the rest there Is no deeply
serious cause for complaint. It was
inevitable that a nation not at war
should fail to understand the difficul
ties r.f one that is. especially when the
interests of belligerent and neutral
conflict."
The Nation says the war, to some
extent ,1s one of economic exhaustion,
but more one of ammunition, which It
declares already Is approaching the
period of deterioration. The allies, It
adds, think It essential to prevent n:n
terlals of war. especially copper and
antimony, from reaching the German
army, but that the right of search is
not the perfect Instrument for this, ns
it impiii'n lne overnnuung or cargoes,
the detention, delay and deterioration
S
or perishable goods. It adds that
ine i niteo Miates Is hostile on th
merits oi ine war the process must
appear to b can unmitigated nuisance,
but if the United States sympathizes
with the allies, she must be conscious
of a divided mind. She has her own
trade Interest to consider, it declares,
and also is interested in bringing the
war to an end and to a right end.
The Nation says each party owes a
duty to the other. It expresses doubt
If a serious attempt has been made
to curtull Germany's food supplies and
says It hopes that no food will be stop
ped unless It is destined for the army.
The newspaper considers the enrmous
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ritOMlDABLK TOltPEDOKl).
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Paris, Jan. 2. Tho British H
battleship Formidable, which t
was sunk Friday with the loss of t
hundreds of men, was struck St
by a torpedo off Portsmouth, the s(
X Portsmouth is the chief naval t
! base of the British fleet and is H
t situated at-the southwest ex- s(
, H tremlty of the Port Sea Island, t
!l about 18 miles southeast of ?
Southampton and 65
It southwest of London.
mile It!
Ports- t
lit mouth harbor Is about
four
It miles In length and about the It
BROWN RASCALS j
hot despised!
German Officer Says Indian
Troops Were at First Un
derrated But It Is
' Not Now So.
GERMANS GET SURPRISE
IN ATTACK OF INDIANS
Men "Who Stormed Lines Were!
Drunk or Possessed of the
Evil Spirit, Officer
Declares.
Amsterdam, Jan. 2. (Correspond-
;ence of the Associated Prtss) Th
! Frankfurter Zeitung publishes kjthe
j following letter from a German offi
cer, commenting on the prowess V.J
Britain's Indian troops: !.".. 5
"Today for the first time we had.
to fight against the Ir.Hars," and the
devil knows those brown rascals' ara
not to be underrated. At first we
. . . ...
ian tnougnt we were pounded Into a
jelly, so they sent us a little surprise
In the shape of a visit from their
brown allies..
"Satan only knows what the Eng
lish had put into thoae fellows!. Those
who stormed our line were either
" I drunk or possessed with an evil
! spirit. With fearful til outing, in com-1
parison with which our hurrahs were'
r.,i,,ia. ,,,
baby, thou- I
fctms rushed
d f th hrn...
upon us as suddenly g.4f they wer
shot out of a fog. :'
' ' W . " l 0, UCilll ULUVB lilt! Ill I
,lundre(, yards xt mowed down nun.
dredSi but in Eplte of that tne othgM ,
advanced. sDrineinir forward ftiko
cats and surmounting our obstacles i
with unexampled agility, in no time f
they were In our trenches, and truly 3
these brown enemies were not to be
despised. With butt-ends, bayonets. I
swords, and daggers we fought each
other and we had bitter hard work
until our reinforcements arrived and J
we drove them out of the trenches." i
Trouble Likely. 1
London, Jan. 2. Absurd stories
about the caste habits of the Indian
soldiers will make trouble at the ,,i
front, says General O'Moore Greagh.
One correspondent wrote that th ?
Ghurkas had been given a special j
dispensation to eat beef and drink
porter, like the British soldiers, f
Nothing could be a worse insult to
the Ghurka, says General Greagh. .
Tho British press has lavished its j
praise almost entirely on the Ghurkas f
and Sikhs, to the neglect of other
fighting castes. There are, for In- 1 .
stance, three regiments of Dogras, f ;
who, although of poor physique, ari
the coolest under fire of any of tlmjj
native soldiery. Some the best fight-1
Ing Indians are the Punjab Moham- 1
medans.
A popular mistake is that th !
Ghurkas throw their kukri or carved J
knife, at the enemy. They do not ;
throw it. hilt use tt In sknifllllir thai.
they can behead . buffalo calf at a 7
single blow.
POll THINKS WAR
WILL END DURING YEAR
President of France Addresses
Foreign Diplomats British
Ambassador Speaks.
Paris, Jan. 2. Prediction that i
1915 would see the end of the war
was made by President Polncare In ,
an address yesterday to foreign dip- ,
lomats who went to the palace of
the Elysee to present New Tear's
congratulations.
The British ambassador. Sir Fran-
els Bertie, as dean of the diplomatic
corps, presented the congratulations
of his colleagues and himself. In his , j
address Sir Francis remarked that i
the diplomats present comprised j
"representative of the nation fight
ing at the side of France, and ot
other nations where neutrality Im
poses special duties on thla grave
crisis."
American Ambassador Sharp wa
among those present He wa accom-
panied by three former minister
Kwho are aiding him at the embassy
during the war John W. Garrett.
H. Pcrclval Dodge and John O. Coo
lldgo.
President Polncare exchanged New
Tear' greeting by telegraph with
General Joffr and King of Great
Britain, Belgium and Servia and ta
Emperor of Russia.
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