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6 "'t" - ' I l M N O ETTT H FT A Tn IT y m w ri ti n j -cv t n i n a vt " ' " " diiljr . AND EVENING CHRONICLE ' PAGESTODAY - GREATER C H A R L Q T T E'S HiO M E - ,N E W s P A P R R " I EDITION r ' tta-i.OTTK XEWS Established, Dally 1888 Sunday 1910 ':-. vb:G CHRONICLE Established 1903. ' CHARLOTTE, N. C. THURSDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 24 - iqu THE CHARLOTTE ' NEWS ' "vuiuuuiv -, lrflt. THE EVENING CHROWICL , Price: Daily 2c; Sunday 5c. XJtiti KViU.MlNU CHRONICLE 1 May 8. 1914 TRUA TEL NT OFFICER KIRBY LS GOOD NEWS' FUND IAS DON E FOR CH ILDREN icer Who Has Disbursement of Free-Book Fund Raised by mis Newspaper from the People of This City in Hand, De clares That This is the Happiest Christmas of His Life and That Many People in Charlotte Have Been Materially As sisted Through it Ray of Hope and Good Cheer Brought into Many Homes Through Instrumentality of This Fund, According to Mr. Kirby. CAPTURE OF LODZ WAS TURNIMG POINT Tk i, the happiest Christmas of e.'''" a!d Truant Officer M. F. r:-hT cf rr Charlotte schools this TsVaen he paid his respects to TCliariotie News. ':th t!:e fund The News raised v school books I have been able to "aplish more than the people of ''cirr will ever realize. It has sent t-'x children hack into the schools ha? brought a ray of hope and i food" ch?er into the hearts of many .r: who were discouraged and iKi sere beginning to feel that the ,"rn of every man was against them. l course I can not give the names jf the r-f i"e wlM ave been a?sisted a I'-;. woman who owed $7.50 house rent. The collector came and demanded its payment. She had the money but the feet of her little girl were on the ground and she could not be sent to school. She suggested that $5.50 be paid on the rent account so that a pair of shoes could be secured. But the collector insisted and the entire amount had to be paid. "There The News fund came into service and the little girl has a pair of shoes and will continue in school and that home is happier as a result. "And thus it is all over the city. I come into the Lomes of the people who are in trouble. I see more of it than almost any other single individual. This fund has been a Godsend to the people of this city and if the owner and editor of this newspaper could see all the happiness it has brought into local homes and the good it has accomplished they, with me would say ; this is the happiest Christmas of their lives. Never was a similar amount of money productive of as much good as this, in my opinion. And for the peo ple it has helped I want to express to this newspaper their grateful thanks and wish it a very merry Christmas and the most prosperous New Year of its existance." IN CAMPAIGN CH A FINDS By Associated Press. Lodz, Russian Poland, Monday, Dec. 21. (By Automobile Courier to Posen, Prussia; Dec. 23; London Dec. 24. 11 A. M. The capture of Lodz, according to a declaration made today by Gen eral von Hindenburg, German com mander, to a correspondent of the As sociated Press, was the turning point of the campaign in Poland. Russian lines in northern Poland rested on that city for the possesison of which there occurred the most bitter struggle of the entire war on this front. After the Russians, following a most obstinate resistance on their part, were forced to evacuate the town, a general Rus sian retirement in the direction of Warsaw became necessary. The Associated Press correspondent today visited some of the battlefields in, the vicinity of Lodz and gained an idea of the nature of the operations which led to the city's capture. . According to the general alignment of the Austro-German forces, they might have been expected to advance from the west. However, the attack was made largely from the north and northwest. They drove their columns into the Russians in the form of a huge pitchfork, with another large force between the times. It looked for a time as if the Rus sians would be forced to retreat if retreat were possible in the face of gi gantic enveloping movements in the direction of their "Warsaw base. The intention was to drive the Rus sians into the arms of large Austro German forces massed to cut off their retreat but the timely arrival of Rus RISTMAS EVE ES GRAPPLING FO THE RMI ON PAWN BROKERS MOST REPORT BL UNIFORM ON IIS i ... Truant Officer M. F. Kiby, who dis pensed News' Poor Children's School '.: Fund. - " th th!s-fund. That -would be .-manifestly vmfajr to the j people ' them ':Te, but I repeat that " the present '"Mamas is one of the happiest Qrlctte has ever had. - - With this money I have purchased cks and shoes, and in many in stances I have been able "to secure trheo for those who have been un Ke io go to school because of their I wish it were possible for the jtS people ..-srho contributed $1 to that hi to see the glad faces " and the smiles of the mothers and of to children who have been assisted that small amount of money. "It is more blessed to give than to jw-i'e, we have been taught all our J. and this year I have had that basing force. The News started out !V2i;e $150 and this amount less Pi a few dollars has been placed " fr? f E.nds hy this newspaper and ' Witter dav's wnrlr nouor rlrmo ten this. 4 this fund has attracted the Ration of ether people too. This J I knew of a woman who went to grocer and paid the bill she owed She did not ask for assistance, 4:d she whine about conditions ffi reply to a direct question from merchant she said she could not ?;ea-y Christmas cheer at her place year because of the hard times. ' won as she was gone this mer telephoned to his fuel dealer J'? 10 s: :itI fcer a ton of coal, cn-ocif-cl en" of his clerks to pre ' 5 good, crder of groceries to Ji to that p.omo. That is the snirit I find in m:-.ny places. Ua the other hand I know of a Effective the first of the coming year pawn brokers in the- city of Charlotte must make uniform reports to the chief of police, so that this de partment of the ctfy government may more effectively handle this matter. Yesterday afternoon Chief Horace Moore of the poliee department ap peared before the executive board and submitted a report such as ho de sires the pawn brokers to use in making their returns to his depart ment. He explained that there is now a law which provides for the reports to be made by the pawn brokers but that there is no provision for the man ner in which they are to be made. This results, said the chief, in the re-nm-ts comins in on any sort of a scrap of paper, and the absence of such in formation, oftentimes, as is uesueu ujr the department: Tho uniform reoort blank suggest- tw thA chief carries all the usual information asked for here and m ad dition the number of the article pawn ed the name of the person offering it and some other data wmcu is uilcu times needed in tracing stolen or lost arThe board unanimously adopted the report and issued an order that, be ginning the first of the year all deal ers shall make their returns on this particular blank. ; f A THE WEATHER. ATTORNEY CARRIES FRANK CASE TO El I COURT By Associated Press. Washington, Dec. 24. Justice La mar of the supreme court took un der advisement today an application for an appeal from the action of Fed eral Judge Newman in refusing to release Leo M. Frank, convicted or. the murder of Mary Phagan, on ha beas corpus proceedings. The jus tice did not intimate when he would announce his decision. Washington, Dec. 24. Louis Mar shall, of New York, of counsel for Leo M. Frank, under death sentence at Atlanta for the murder of Mary Phaganfc arrived in Washington today to present to Justice Lamar of the supreme court an application for an nnnnil -Prtm h o rofncal rtf Inn P sian reserves from Warsaw resulted Newman 0f the Georgia Federal court in the breaking of the easternmost tine of the fork, relieving the situation for the Russians. In one of the operations around Lodz occurred the celebrated "cutting off" of two German army corps which, after being entirely surrounded and cut to release Frank on a habeas corpus writ. He declined to state what course would be pursued if Justice Lamar denied the appeal. In addition to the , formal appeal, Mr. Marchall had prepared for the justice's signature a certificate stat their way out and brought with them ing that -.. in his opinion there was 12,000 of their would-be captors, ine j "probable cause for appeal scene of the exploit, which, a member of the general staff characterized as one of the most brilliant of the war, was Strykow, 10 miles northeast; of Lodz. About the same distance west of Lodz is the little church yard of Bes chici where the Russians,in one of the final phases of the struggle for Lodz, showed that in spite of their defeats and discouragements they knew how to fight and die. This churchyaroVjies on a . small eminence which formed 4 salient into the German lines. '' Such a certificate is necessary in an appeal from the denial of habeas corpus when the conviction is in a state court. CENTURY Of PEACE BETWEEN EIELASI Hi CELEBRATEI FIVE MEMBERS FFAMILY BURNED TO DEATH SHEADING OPPOSING R SUPREMACY BATT LE FRONTS TALCUM 1 IUST N0TBETHR01 THE GERMANS PRESS ON WARSAW WITH MERCILESS ON THE STREETS;DISREGARD OF SLAUGHTER "I want to call attention to a cus tom which prevails here at Christmas time and which must be abated," re marked Chief of Police Horace Moore to a representative of The Charlotte Uews this morning. "And that is the throwing of talcum powder on ladies in the stores and streets tonight. It is a source of aggravation to many ladies and results oftentimes, in injury to expensive dresses. "For this reason I have issued posi tive instructions to the patrolmen to bring into headquarters any person seen indulging in this practice to night. I do not want to interfere with the pleasure of any resident of Char lotte and will not so long as they do not interfere with the rights of other residents. At the same time this cus tom must be abated and I would thank thank The News if publicity be given it this afternoon so that all the pt pie may be advised of the determina tion of this department to protect those who object to it. In this connection attention is call ed to the announcement of Mayor Bland to the effect that fireworks are strictly prohibited tonight tomorrow, tomorrow night and in fact throughout Christmas. The city officials do not object to the use of horns, bells and the like but they insist that there shall be no fireworks. Chief Moore has instructed the patrolmen to se1 to it that this order of the mayor is obeyed. - , . Forecast For North Carolina. Cloudy tonight and Friday X b probably with rain. WASHIN a m MR KTR TO ACT GTON READY FOR IAS. -PRESIDENT AS SANTA GLAUS OGirif d and t' :'m c .. . una to.-.. 24. Governmental ri'uirticaily was suspended lational canital com- i'hms r its Christmas O- vuu n ILi ill 11. at thf White House only nec- r business was being trans- ui Ir, ii,, , - . '5:1' , . b ' :i Postponed ' and the Hav.; 0,11 r- liad adjourned. By Associated Press. New York, Dec. 24. Five members of a family living on" the top floor xf a five-story tenement on West Fortyi ninth street were trapped in a fire early today that started in the base ment and spread rapidly. The dead are Mrs. Mary Corso, 48 years old, her three sons, and her niece. TVia nnlv ounri vinp' m pmhpr rvf thfi New York, Dec. 24. On the anni- v A,tillir nnrsn a telesraDh versary of the signing of the treaty operator at the Polyclinic hospital, of Ghent and of 100 years ; of peace was 0n duty when the fire started among English-speaking peoples, An- and ordere(i out ambulances and sur drew Carnegie, chairman of the Amer- geons to the scene. He did not learn ican peace centennial committee, today of the fate of bis relatives until his sent two cablegrams . on behalf of mother was brought into the hospital the committee. One was oi good win , where she died. By Associated Press. to the citizens of Ghent, the other to Earl Grey, chairman of the British Scores of other tenants in the build- mar suffered from inhaling smoke and committee, expressed hope that Eng-!minor injuries in escaping, tatrol land and the United States would men and nremen performed many unite after the war - in proclaiming thrilling rescues that international disputes snan nert after be adjusted by peaceful arbi tration at The Hague. "In this sacred work" the latter mes sage read, "our two countries should be foremost and hasten to arouss their desire that the present war shall be the last. CITY COAL IS 3-.' SECURED AT LOW JUMPED FROM TENTH FLOOR TO DEATH RAIN FORECASTED FOR THE SOOTH Richmond, Va., Dec. 24 Miss Eliza beth Smith, aged 22, of Durham, N. C. a stenographer out oi employment, jumped from the tenth floor of an Bv Associated Press. Washington, Dec. 24. An old time "White" Christmas was forecast today for most of the northern states, but throughout the south the government experts predicted a rainy holiday to be possibly relieved at some points by a little snow. In the east Gulf and South Atlantic states the barometer told of threatened rains, while in the central South chilling rains or snow were forecast FREIGHT RATES "Because the railroads made us a better freight rate on the coal pur chased by the city for distribution to the poor we were able- to buy much more coal than would have been the case," said City Clerk A. H. Wearn this morning. t "When we started to get the coal an effort was made by Mr. Parker, commercial agent for the Southern rail way, to get free transportation for the coal because it was for charity. This he w as unable to do, but a half rate was secured both on the Southern and the Virginia Southwestern railway and the coal is costing $1.12 less than it would have otherwise. We were able to get a better price on the coal from the mines and this means that about one-third more coal will be" secured for the $500 than" would have been the case. "In view of the fact that the trans portation companies gave this rate it appears to me that the people should know it." In this connection Mayor Bland calls attention to the fact that . Yarborough & Bellinger loaned the city a number of tons of coal to send to poor people before the coal purchased by the city arrived here. Pending the arrival of the fuel ordered by Mr. Wearn a num ber of people were found to be in pressing need and the local dealers agreed to lend Dr. Bland as much as might be necessary. JAP SHIPS ON COAST OF PERU. Lima, Peru, Dec. 24. The Japanese battleship Hizen, accompanied by a Snrww. it. was said, might be seen jaoanese destroyer and several Eng- in some sections as far south as ( ugh merchantmen, has anchored seven Mississippi. I miles off Puerto de Pisura, on the - Cold wave warnings fluttered today 'northern coast of Peru. The warships office building here yesterday after- lin Kentucky, West Virginia, Ohio probably are convoying the merchant noon and was crushed to death. j and Western Pennsylvania. , men, to some South American port. llif; mcers of the house and n,ia nearby states were iorne while others from the a ' "KV iiornp whilo nthora Vtc-r di"tai!t sections of Nit ? rfcli-"id here. it ! iif... liiua House, the president uuuy e'tn to it that every- ?. i.k,s m OIdr for Christmas Annio Ccihran, of Phll-a'-1,".'-. t-"p president's grandniece, 4 Htuse guest and for the 01Ul ia ;ears, a large hr tree has been set up there. The president was to act as "Santa Claus." The White . House mail continued in . ever increasing volume today. Postmen bearing greetings for the president and presents for members of the family made frequent trips. One hundred and twenty-five White House employes were happy because the President had given each a lt pound turkey. v At the capitol plans had been com pleted for the community Christmas celebration tonight. A large 'fir tree stood in the east entrance, above the doors of which there appeared in large letters, set with electric lights: "Peace on earth, good will to men.' f President Wilson went golfing early today despite a heavy snow storm. Children living along ther oad he takes to the golf club were made hap py bv the arrival of an automobile filled with presents from the White House. ' V- . mm: " 4 - Is deeply grateful for the splendid patron age it has received during the past year; wishes for everybody, friend and foe alike A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND - . A HAPPY NEW YEAR. -v In West Flanders General Joffre Seems Waiting for Chance to Crush Through German Lines Meeting With Remark able Resistance Near Three Million Men Believed to be Engaged in Great Conflict in Russian Poland Thousands of Christmas Presents Are Delivered to Men in' the Trenches Operations in Galicia. Today's official statements reveal the intense nature of the fighting ' east and west, but indicate, that, with the possible exception of East Prussia, there has been no signifianct change in the alignment of the opposing forces. The German statement tells of a fight for possession, of a trench In France which was won by the French, recaptured by the Germans and finally abandoned. So fierce was the struggle that the trench was al most leveled by artillery fire. No important movements are reported in the German communication. The French statement, while asserting small gains have been made here and there, mentions German attacks at so many points that It Is ap parent the allies have not been permitted solely to take the offensive into their own hands. Such ground as they have won recently is not to be held without hard fighting. Fighting in Poland has become most severe and at points west of Warsaw the issue is being fought out with bayonets. The Berlin war of fice states the Russian advance in East Prussia has been checked and that the Russians at Mlawa, in Poland, near the Prussian border, has been defeated. A French cruiser In the strait of Otranto, near the southern end of Italy, was torpedoed by an Austrian submarine. It is stated that the damage was slight and that no men were injured. Although accounts vary about the present military status in Pol and, it is evident the scene of heaviest fighting has shifted southward 1 from Sochaczew, on the Bzura river, 30 miles from Warsaw toward which the Germans for several days directed their principal efforts. Austro Ger man forces operating from the Cracow base, attempting to push north, ward into Poland,.' 're meeting with determined. "Hussian resistance. A semi-officialtatement from Petrograd asserts Russian successes in : Galicia continue, and that in the "Carpathians the Austrians have been thrown back. Another sortie by the garrison at Przemysl, which has long been under Russian attack, is said to have resulted disastrously for the Austrians. Heavy fighting continues in France and Belgium, but thus far re newed activities have accomplished little. Now that the French government has returned to Paris, a venture some German aeronaut has attempted to prove the capital is not yet out of the war zone by flying. over it. He was brought down by a French aeroplane, however, 19 miles from Paris. In the West. London, Dec 24, 12:20 p. m. Christmas eye finds little change in underground ' warfare in the wesl where General Joffre still appears tc be cautiously feeling for an opening in the strongly entranched German line, across France and Belgium. ' In the East. In the east a supreme German ef fort continues to be made before War saw, where -the German center and the Russians seeking to check it, sway back and forth along the banks of the rivers barring the way 'to the Polish capital. The Russians claim successes in the latest encountersvbut during the last ten days the Germans have advanced appreciably, and it is said they now -are bringing up their 42 centimetre guns preparatory to siege operations. In Galicia. In Galicia the Austro-German forces seem to have made no further progress and in the north the Russians are re ported to have pushed the invaders further back into east Prussia, German tactics in the march toward Warsaw, military observers in London point out, are beginning to have some of the characteristics of the rush to wards Calais and Dunkirk which the -allies stemmed, thousands being sacri ficed and others being hunes forwaa5 to fill the gaps with the same profl gality that was shown by the Ger mans in Flanders, i Size of Armies. Military experts here are unable to agree on the number of Austro-Ger-- man troops in the east, estimates va rying from 1,000,000 to 1,500,000, but it is pointed out that Russia, unless ex- -aggerating her resources should be -able easily to top this figure now that her concentration of forces is nearing completion. Importance of Lodz.' Petrograd has never conceded that the occupation of Lodz by the Germans had any strategic importance, but the German view has now found expres sion from Field Marshal von Hinden--burg who, remarked to the representa tive of The Associated Press on the eastern front that he considered it "the turning point of the campaign-". ' Christmas Gifts. AH the armies are planning to spend Christmas as best they may. Boxes -and greetings from home are being distributed in the trenches, at the hos pitals and in the camps, hundreds of thousands of post cards to the soldiers and sailors from King George and Queen Mary being one feature of the British gifts. " Austrian attempts to crush Servia are soon to be renewed in the forn: . of a "final blow'Vaccording to Budapest dispatches. Paris Statement. .' r. Paris,' Dec. 24, 2:59 p. m. The French war office this afternoon gave FRENCH BATTLE- T 8 T T SUNK London, Dec. 24, 3 : 17 p. m. An official statement given out in Paris today says that , an Austrian subma rine torpedoed a French battleship in the Gulf of Otranto. The battleship was damaged only slightly. No one was injured. The Gulf of Otranto is . in the Adriatic, at the southern end ot Italy. Not Badly Damaged. An official communication issued to day by the French minister of ma rine says: "An Austrian submarine fired two torpedoes at a French armored cruiser in the strait of Otranto, one of them exploding" forward. The damage done to the vessel was unimportant. None of the cruiser's crew was injured." AIRMAN DROPPED B01B ON DOVER London, Dec. 24. (1:59 P. M.) A hostile aeroplane dropped a bomb over Dover this morning and then dis appeared, according to a statament made this afternoon by the official press bureau. The text of the statement follows: "An aeroplane of the enemy dropp ed a bomb while passing over Dover this morning. The missile fell m a gar den and exploded, but no damage was done. The aeroplane was seen for a few seconds only. It left immediate ly, passing out over the sea. A Brit ish air craft went up but did not see the enemy again. The weather was cloudy and foggy. RECOMMENDATIONS OF i SUPERINTENDENT JOYNER. Special to The News. : ? Raleigh, Dec. 24 In his recommen dations transmitted to Governor Craig today for the legislature, Dr. J. Y. Joy ner, superintendent of public instruc tion, asks that every county be re quired to employ a county superintend ent of schools for his whole time and that there be more rigid laws as to child labor and working women in fac tories together - with adequate , m ispection of these plants. (Continued on' Page 1U ... ,