Newspapers / The Wilmington Dispatch (Wilmington, … / Oct. 21, 1914, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Wilmington Dispatch (Wilmington, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
V,.' r ASSOCIATED KEW8 ' l' ZTT r - '; ''k' ' "-'' V ' " w "I ' -i - T:,? I'-" l"-" ".'' "-(H- T ' -TV. r , V cferTTl iX-M yTOA'W: ' vthe weather:.,- v. i . carried by The Evenlno Dispatch, 7 I s ! v f jftv ' M l O ( UN rtOKCYY f Y ft I f" 'fY lSYSQ-Oy'c s " !l"7 ' , y ' VOLUME TWENTY. J . ... . . -. .. Turning Moyement Beihg At- tempted, But Side is N GERMANS ARE MAKING . ; VIOLENT ATTACKS TOJAY ' Neither Side Apparently Gaining So Far Ostend Has Not Been Retaken London, Oct. 21. While England today paid homage to Nelson, on this, the anniversary of the battle of Trafalgar; the forces of Germany and the allies continued to fight back and along the battle line in France and Belgium. ' It was a strange coincidence that the Britons learned on Tra falgar Day, for the time officially, that the British, fleet was co operating withjhe allied army on the French coast and the un usual number of wreaths on the Nelson monument were indi cative of expectancy that the day possibly might" be marked with cheering news from the Admiral's countrymen. What units of the fleet are in the straits of Dover, at times throw- ing .hells into the Gn.-oig&i Fgg1 side of the waterway are not publicly known, but the presence of the warships upholds the theory advanced that assoon as j 'the Germans toot Ostend the British N off the extreme left x)f the allied line. What progress, if any, has been made by either side in the vicinity of Ostend is not disclosed in the latest official commu nications. Violent German onslaughts at other points of the battle line, it was claimed, were checked, but communications mention no progress anywhere. All reports that the allies had retaken Ostend proved incorrect and not much faith is placed in the re ports that Bruges has been reoccupied. London, October 21. Comparison of official reports from Paris; and Berlin leads to the conclusion that all along the western battle front in France and Belgium the Germans, have resumed the offensive, with their supreme ef forts directed againse the allies' left. News supplementing the official communications, however, indicate that on the left at least the allies are not acting merely on the defensive. A great turning movement Is un doubtedly developing through the corner of Belgium, bounded by France! of the French and English. In this and the sea, but the public remains ( they have been assisted by troops in a haze as to whether the turning from Antwerp and all other German mnvrmnnf ; v. 4. u 'forces available in Belgium, m vcment .s one on the part of the The alUeSf howeverf apparently are allies, to get around the German right .ijghttag with the greatest ardor and ank, or a German operation to en-'. determination to take the important volves the allies' left. The impression! f.v nf T.iiif. in snltfi of the extraor- grows that the Germans are determin e(1 to add Dunkirk to the line of sea ports, now held along the Belgian toast, and the allies are making des Pei ate efforts to hurl back the in- va''ers. Late purees, declare the Germans have I uv t-n repulsed six miles from Ostend a-i'l that guns are now heard near that city. Other late reports, which lack con , ""nation, state the Germans have abandoned Iirugcs. If these reports ar true it would indicate the allies a''f meeting with some success in their Worts to reoccupy the sea codst. Movements along the coast continue 10 be more or less in the nature of -"'"laisance movements, while thei of fighting on the allies' left cen-l ters around une, which because jf Us railroad and highway connections Of Vital Imnnnnno in Vn flay ttans. Only the most meagre reports ar ive from the Eastern war area, but lis clear the Russians are at least 01(Jng their own. Both sides evident- v are entrenching nnH the Vistula riv(;r region promises to become an-' o'Hor ham Un Tuesday Germans made an inor great effort to burst the narrow- thr nUrde f steel that is hemming m in," says the Bordeaux corre- BPondent of The Star. "They-tried niy at no fewer. than six points to hZTe!u a weak 8Pot in tfle allies' Bat-;e?e maIn eEort bemS at La" An engagement between the Ger- 'K - By Whic Puzzle : man torpedo boats and hostile subma rines in the Baltic, near Rugen Island, off the Prussian Coast, is reported from Stockholm. No details of the fight, or its result are given. Germans Making Attacks. Paris, Oct. 21. The outcome pi the battle in the north, according to the judgment of observers in Paris, still remained undecided this mornihg. The furious contest in this part of Belgium and France Is regarded here as now having reached its heights. The trermans, w)io at first apparently I yielded to the offensive of the allies, i now are forcine to the maximum; lines dinary resistance of the Germans. At tacks of the allies, which have been accompanied by progress at various points, have been followed always by spirited counter attacks on tho part of the French. . are fighting to the I limit of their energy. Around Lilie, and in the thickly populated districts, ' where the fighting has been from house to house, operations are difficult and progress has been slow, especially iiuthe face of barbed wire fences, placed by the Germans. These barbed Tvire fences have proved serious ob stacles to the allies' advance. -v The French official communication this afternoon says:- 1 During the day Tuesday attacKs ; 0 the enemy were particularly vio- lent at Nieuport, Dixmuae ana '.bassee. All were repulsed by the al lied armies with great energy. "At all points the situation is w out any notable change.". - Not Ready, As Yet .to Bombard. -1 Peking. Oct 21.The' Japanese Le- eation herejsays the' work of mounting i the siege guns before Tsingtau has not yet been completed and that the bom- badment of Tsingtau probably will v be delayed for several weeks. ; Unexpected May Happen. Copenhagen, October ,21. -Tne mli- it.rv rftrrMnnndP.nt' of the 'Berliner 1 Tap-phiaH .hinta .that there Is a cer- tain amount , of anxiety about the sit uation manifesting itself in Ger- many. 1 lie explains-, uie uetiwuu .a likely tocome "like a "thief in the. nigbt.,'"and,U 'will moe.-probably bel WILMINGTON, LMU'f" .. P 1 V 1 M H '. TO 7? 3- ANOTHER AMERICAN VS- SEL SEIZED. . 4. New York, October 21. The Standard Oil Company's steam- er Platuria, flying the, American flag, has been seized by Brftish warships off the coast of Scot- land, and taken to Stornoway, according to a cablegram from her. captain. The Platuria for- merly was the German steamer, Diamant, and- changed her flag before leaving New York Octo- ber 5th. f! from, the east front rather than from the west. Bombardment Continues. Rome, October 21. Late news from the Adriatic Is to the effect that the bombardment of Cattaro, Dal matian continues with great violence. Austrians Report Progress. Vienna, October 21. An official communication yesterday said: "The battle in" Central Galicia has Increased in force, especially north of the Ettwiaz river, where our at tacks are progressing. "Attempts of the Russians to re- ing - many itussians ,were captureu, ncludmg one general." KftrMe;? -October ;21.--Keports of hostile occupation of Avlona, Alba jiia, ;'we?e officially denied today by the Italian authorities. THOUSANDS GIVEN THE IE0N CROSS Rerlin, Oct. 21. Immediately after the revival of the Iron Cross at the beginning of the war not less than 150,000 of these decorations were or dered, and about 40,000 of them have already been cpnferred. A Berlin firm, which makes a specialty of man ufacturing orders, keeps twenty men employed all the time making these crosses. They are made of cast-iron, lacquered in black and bordered with silver;" the first class, in addition to this, has the reverse side of silver. The Iron Cross was instituted in 1813, during the Napoleonic Wars, by King Frederick William III, as a reward for bravery in the.field. It is conferred on officers "and privates alike, and is, in fact, the most democratic of all the Prussian orders. MONTREAL GIVES WO TO UNEISfPLOYED Montreal, October 21. Arrangements'- have been completed to Dut are cut out of work in this city. ' The -city gov6rnnaent has offered to hire these men ' for six weeks, and use them on" the public works. The board pt control is . busy mapping out the work, and -all sections of the city will be tbuched up during the cam paign. -In .addition ' to the boon of employment ' which the workers sought; It was decided to raise the tpay froni $2.25, per day to $2.50 per J day,- despite many protests on ac- count 0j the stringency of war times Larry Gilbert of the Boston Braves, may assume the new role pt referee at thp-Jpw Orleans: clubs this wln- -3- am BD ithr ' r ; x- subscribe to The Evening Dispatch. - " , s , 4 NO CHANGE IN GERMAN .V BATTLE LINE. : c,;, .... - Berlin, October 21. It is an- 4 nounced today that there has ,been no change of importance in the biilitary positions .along the 4 battle' V line in Belgium and y, iMw?, -.- , , t - . N. DNDAYOCTOBER 2lV 1914. c 1 E Congress Should jAlso Apply Injunctions. . to . Labor Unions, SaysTReport MADE TODAY TO . : NAT. BAR ASSOQATION Believes Laws Should be Made Plainer, SoThePeople Can , Understands ThemScOres the Intricacies, of, the Income Tax Law. Washington, Oct 21rrEnphatic op position to the judicial recall, a plea that Congress should apply the saWe rule to injunction in labor cases its to other cases of injunction, and ref erences to Panama tolls and Japanese immigration, are among, the questions treated fn reports of .committees pre-' sented today to the American Bar'. Afr. sociation-now in annual 'session here. Concerning the ' status of judicial recall agitation; tha-coinmlttee to 'Op-; pose Judicial; Recall renorts la part-as tolloWs:. ;"V. . iV&'AyW "A perceptible change in entlment towardiJ but sureiy showingnteeiraBiong tnei people r of the - different states. In many localities' its true nature is not yet understood. In most states the avprac otPT has. as veL insufficient appreciation of' its baneful character. The work of education must be con tinued. . The signs, however, of in creasing enlightenment, due to persist ent efforts of its opponents, are every where apparent. Former leading ad vocates of judicial recall are saying less about it. Some .of them are now saying nothing about it. Some have apparently given up the idea f. the recall of judges and have turned to the judicial decision recall as a sub stitute. Others more adroit, have ap parently given up both the recall of judges and the recall of judicial de cisions, and have retreated to positions less antagonistic, to constitutional democracy." Injunction legislation before the present Congress receives extended treatment by the Committee in charge of this subject. The provision limiting injunctions in labor disputes, origi nally incorporated in the anti-trust legislation of the House of Represen tatives, and later amended by the Senate, is criticised by the Committee, which says: "The provision distinctly requires the court to apply 'to controversies injopposes all legislation to repeal the labor cases a different rule from that which is applied in other cases. To give special privileges to any class of men is opposed not only to the De laration of Independence, but to th whole theory, of our government. Ott this point all parties agree. "Can it have occurred to the gentle men who propose this legislation that if the courts cannot decide tbese con troversies peaceably, they will be de cided by force? The shocking results of the latter method we see plainly in Colorado. Would it not have , been better to have the questions which have given rise to bloodshed here, decided in an orderly manner by the Colorado courts? "Your committee is not opposed to organized 'labor. We freely concede to laboring men the same right to or-i ganize that their employers possess. We are persuaded that in opposing legislation we, are the true friends of both." - - The Panama tolls question and Jap anese immigration are referred to in the report, of the Committee on Inter national Laws, as follows: "The discussion arising between the Lfnited States and '. Great Britain and other ' countries as to free .tolls for coasting vessels of the United "States has been amicably terminated by the repeal of the free tolls Ty Congress by ra statute carefully worded to pre vent the' loss ot i any rights of the United States. . . 'Our relations with Japan continue to be disturbed by the. denial by some states of this union of certain frights claimed by her nationals.: It is re spectfully submitted that like all -matters of. foreign relations this matter must; by-the, rules of the constitution and of expediency alike; be controlled and adjusted by the federal 'author!-; 1 v. ' , J . - EI I TO SETTLE '-' iiis THINKS EUROPE NEEDS SUCH TO PREVENT EXCESSIVE ARMAMENT. COULD ALSO ENFORCE TREATIES There Should b a Court of the Na tion, With Certain Definite Powers, Contends Samuel J. Elder. Boston, Mass., October 21. That a supreme Court of Europe to pre vent excessive armaments and com pel the - maintenance of international treaties may be found practicable after the present European war, as a preventive, of -further gigantic strug gles between the nations, Is the be lief' of Samuel J. Elder expert on international law. Mr. Elder repre sented the United States as senior counsel in the fisheries dispute be fore The Hague Tribunal in 1910, and is also a close student of European affairs.- The court, of the nations, with cer tain definite powers, particularly with reference to armaments and treaties, would be a sure preventive against- sudden, clashesvsuch as pc- tmrfedthe sf'AtiistiefBay8: ctC wfr:3 J1"" v?sras MAvu-,- j va v mu i-rvrf vmvi vu4 ilia iidea is that, when the decision of the court nas been given, the nations that have signed the contract td abide by the findings of the court will, if the convicted nation does not accept the decision, proceed to en force a policy of non-intercourse with the guilty nation as 1 regards trade and mail. That such a course would soon bring an offending nation to terms is the opinion of Mr. Elder. Shur-on Glasses easy to take off; hard to shake off. Sold by Dr. Vine berg, the Eye Specialist, Masonic Temple. Eyes tested free.. Adver tisement. ties as the interest of the whole coun try may seem to requre." The International Law Committee also approved the proposed interna tional conference for the unification of laws relating to bills of exchange; and the proposed international agree ment in respect to Ndeck cargoes ex ported from the United States in the winter time. The Committee on Commercial Law reports in favor of the continuance of the National Bankruptcy Act, and act. Simplicity and clearness of laws, so as to be understood by the average citizbn, is strongly urged by the Spe cial Committee on Legislative Draft ing. It refers in this connection to the "crowning monstrosity of the in come Tax Act," with its "involved phraseology and no attempt whatever at orderly arrangement." The formal defects of the Act are pointed out uAder nine heads, one of them' show ing "certain sentences so worded as to make no sense if literally interpret-' ed," The Committe adds: "Though we claim to be a demo cratic government, our statutes are addressed to lawyers and not to the people; a layman can hardly be ex-; pected to understand thein phraseol ogy. The principal German statutes, particularly the civil code, are pub lished in cheap, popular and handy editions, and ar found in hundreds of thousands of homes. The extraordi nary sense of legality of the German I people in not entirely-, unconnected with the, intelligibility t f their laws." The Committee on Taxation also submitted a report on the involved and confused form of the Income .tax law, and recommended its revision, as follows: "Apart from specific defects the structure and language of the apt as a whole is open to .thei graves objec tions. A revision of the law should therefore extend to its form as well as toits substance. The entire act should be reconstructed, and there ' should be ; placed upon the I statute booter an income tax law so arranged ana ex pressed as to.be convenient . forH ref erence, consistent, in all its parts and capable of being understood - by. a citizen, of, average intelligence, Star Witness Appears On Stand For State in Trial of Mrsv Carman. MAID, TELLS OF THE HOMICIDE Describes Seeing Mrs. Carman With Pistol and of Accused Asking Her Not to Tell Perjured Herself For This Reason at Coroner's In quest. Mineola, L. I., October 21'. Celia Coleman, the negro maid in the Car man household , and the star witness for the State, testified today at the trial of Mrs. Florence Carman, ac cused of the murder of Mrs. Louiie Bailey, that Mrs. Carman had ap peared, revolver in hand, a mome.it after Mrs. Bailey had been shot and said: "I shot him."" "Next morning about daylight Mrs. Carman came to my room; Celia continued. "She said:: 'Oh, Celia, what did I kill that woman for? I hope God will forgive me. You stick to me and if anything happens " to you, I'll take care of your little boy."' Under questioning of District At torney Smith, Celia told her story. She said after serving dinner she had started to wash the dishes. Mrs. Carman entered , the - kitchen and went out the back door. She said? Carman came in the door again? She said to me: -I shot him.' Then she showed me the revolver." Celia said she then went into the' doctor's office and saw the body o! a woman lying on the floor. Mrs. Carman, she said, followed her in. A few minuses later she went to bed. She told of Mrs. Carman coming to her room the next morning and beg ging her to stick by her. - The maid said the day after the murder Mrs. Carman burned a bundle of letters and asked her to call Mr. Conklin, Mrs. Carman's father, from the barn, because she wanted him to get the revolver out of the house. She told of detectives questioning her', and admitted she did not tell the truth at the coroner's inquest. Celia then was turned over to Mrs. Carman's counsel for cross-examination. Under cross-examination Celia was asked: "Do you believe God will for get your perjury?" "I- kndw it is wrong to lie, but I did what "Mrs . -Carman asked me to do." "You are afraid of going to jail for committing perjury, too, aren't you?" "Yes, sir. District Attorney Smith told me I could go to jail for lying." She said Dr. Carman had told her not to change her testimony as she was about to appear before the grand jury and he said "he would take care of her." A crowd that eclipsed the pre vious days' throngs sought to enter the tiny , court room today, but less than two hundred, nearly all women, gained admittance. -- HO TOY , SAW SANTA New York, October 21. Kriss Kringle was in a jolly mood today when a reporter came across him looking over the toys and good things he is selecting. . "I'll have enough to fill all ther stockings this year," he said confidentially. "Lots of my "dolls won-'t be finished In time, but I have a bfg crowd of hard work ers right - here in America xnaking Qthers to replace them. The Amer ican boys and girls will haVe their good things, whether they fight or not in Europe." . ,--;',' The reporter found out that Santa's big -bag will this year contain practi cally nothing but . gifts made in America. They won't all be the old kind either, for there are plenty of new jumping ;, things' and whirly thing but the reporter promised hot to tell about them in advance. " Wall Paper 5 cents roll up. Paint ing ;and paper hangifig at low prices. S. J. Hodgetts. Phom ISll-WiAdver-tisement. . - -. ' - . 30 lm PRICE THREE CENTS. fill GET tnv Leaders of House arid Senate Confer at the White House. 1 Reached Jrt Hopesi of Settling the Differencea in Time For it Con gress to Pass Bi 14 and . Adjourn Saturday. Washington, D. C, October 21. Af ter a conference with President Wil son on disputed points between the House and Senatebn the war reve nue bill, Democratic House Leader . M Underwood and Chairman Simmons, of the Senate Finance Committee,' took under consideration the tentative proposal to reduce the Senate tax of $1.75 a barrel on beer and restore the ' House tax on gasoline. Both leaders were hopeful of an agreement and that Congress adjourn Saturday. would PEACE DAY AT 1IIIIJ. lEIIIMVE PROPOSIIL V ' COIIVEIIflOH V;v; "PatricsnPro8perity-Peace isthe' ' banner of the Minnesota Educational ijT Association, which opened Its 'annual convention today at St. Pau. Friday will be Peace Day, and the session that afternoon will be given 'over to ad dresses of peace. President George F. F. Vincent of the University of Minnesota will be the peace speaker. Miss Elizabeth Hall of Minneapolis, ' president of the Association; opened the convention this morning and wel- f corned the teachers. . Other speakers are: Henry Suzzalo, professor at N " Teachers' College, Columbia Universi- ty; President Foster of Reed College: r, Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart, president of the Kentucky illiteracy commission; Mrs. Florence Kelly, secretary of the National Consumers' League and Jes-' sie B. Davis, secretary of the National Vocational Guidance Association. JEN WAITERS QUIT JOBS London, October 21. The ousting of Germans and Austrians and the call to the colors of French, Swiss and Italians has .shown to an extent l.Utle suspected by the British pub- lie how departments of the hotel and restaurant business, barbering and , even teaching had been taken oyer by' foreigners. "At the outbreak' of the war, 10,000 foreign waiters alons quit their jobs in London. . N Foreign teachers have left,. thous ands of vacancies in Great Britain. They were mostly private teachers or ( employed "in private schools. Those, in the regular English school were -teachers of languages as a rule, but not always. U.S. PROTESTS TO ENGLAND .Washington, October. -21. The United States has protested to Eng land against the seizure 4by ; a, Brit ish warship of the American steam- THOUSAND er John d; Rockefeller, (while bound from New York to Copenhagen, with a cargo of petroleum, aid r taken to ' Orkney Islands. ' . rX ' Ambassador. Page at London, ha been instructed to ask for theves-r" sel's immediate , release. ' . . ' ' '"; , ; V-, Atchison Produce Show.' ' Atchison, Kansas, Oct.: 21.:The ."big -produce show of the Conimercial Club of Atchison opened thisl morning, and ? a big gathering of producers : arrived ' t early. The- exceptional f crop yield, of this section was a common ycause of rejoicing, and prosperity, wasfreflected not only in the profusion, pf excellent ' exhibits but injthe' enthusiasm of the.' . uiHia b wis. uw. t't :4 . 1 1 1 'i-i: -A (wt jctMO 'ci.iii4- y ,4 1 1 4 .v A i V ' -1
The Wilmington Dispatch (Wilmington, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Oct. 21, 1914, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75