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v f. . ASSOCIATED t '-NEW8;- : .V t rTHE weather; Carried by The Evening Dispatch, Together With Extentlve Special Correspondence .:. iti Fair tonight and Friday. Not muchv change y .n vemperajture.1 Gentle to 1 .moderate northeast" winds. ; , - K , V VOLUME TWENTY; WILMINGTON, N.1C, THURSDAY; .OCTOBER 22, 1914. PRICE THREE CENTS. 0 HI Claim They WiH Be- In Brussels Within a Allies Month BRIM Rendering Strong Assistance to Allies About Ostend Austriai s Claim to Have Driven Russians Back London, Oct. 22. In a mass of vague assertions regarding the progress of the fighting on the vast line from the North. Sea to the Rhine, there is to be found little of positive charac ter, or demonstrable proof of any specific success so decisive in its consequences as to constitute a real, victory or defeat. Predictions come from the allied armies that the jr certainly will be in Brussels under a month,; possibly within a fortnight. Rumor comes from Ostend, by way of Holland, that the allies have succeeded in blowing up the railroad between Bruges and Ostend. London, Oct.-22. Reports that the public eager .for more news. The Germans have evacuated Ostend "'and I allies positions having been . eve'ryr were retreatng toward Bruges and that! ,. ,f their :Je?!B!Miymfei vicinity of the coast south, to Courtral was being hammered iAto a zigzag line by the combined efforts of Brit ish Navy and the Allied British, French and Beiian forces,- seemed to coincide at so many points today that, in the absence of claims " of any advances from Berlin, opinion here was that the' uMHiB uiouk ae cau w urm Belgium, which followed the German rush from Antwerp, had been gener ally agamst the invaders. At any rate the Germans at one point have been driven back as far as Thourout and snmn dlanatnhfis sav their communications in the middle of west Flanders have 'been so disar-1 ranged tnat troops from Unent are marchmg direct to Courtrai, rather than join their comrades to the north, who are in danger of being cut off. Evacuation of Ostend was no con fimed this morning, but fromlBerlin came report that the British ehips were shelling the town, while another dispatch says the guns of the warships had destroyed the town of, Slype, on a canal between Ostend and Sluis. It i3 now clear that the warships have been playing an important part along the coast. The Admiralty has oflicially announced that the monitors Severn, Humber- and Mersey not only bombarded the German position south of Ostend, but landed detachments of marines with machine guns. Fighting In Belgium necessarily heads the chief interest with the Brit ish public, as that area is hardly more than seventy miles from Dover. Lat est reports, however, announce there wore violent actions here and there a'ong the seventy mile battle front, eXt OIlfiill tr from Nieuport to Labassee. Every-. where the allies claim to hold their Positions. RumorsUhat Emperor Wil "am is seriously ill .are filtering In here via Paris, and, this, with report that the German fleet is off Falsterbo, Sweden, are among the usual crop of unconfirmed narratives that London is discussing. Prom the East comes report that the Au:;trians claim to have taken the last P'"t in the Carpathians held by the Russians and it was added there .is nw no enemy on Hungarian soil 1 he British War Offlca has called fr a thousand chauffeurs and motor truck drivers for immediate' service on the continent. A Dunkirk dispatch to .he Daily Mail says the British bombardment utterly octroyed the town of Slype, which Germans held in force, A nous occupied by German hfiadauarter 31 staff was blown up. The Naval mirks- "ctnsnip was superb. . T; , German reinforcements, mainly ma- . ' w'th two seventeen inch How tzers, have arrived in Antwerp from JcRo, according to a Rotterdam dis Ptch to the Daily Mail. . Reinforce nts are going in the direction of Eagerly Await News. ' aria, Oct. 22. Latest dispatches p0In the battle front in France and Belgium tell just enough to make the iough to make the w"7 v7 T , " , "TV. onaTanehfs. Tndav's' official Rtatement the French people. In the naeanwhile the fighting forces, before resuming the contest, sought anew to discover a weak spot in the lines of one anoth er. The maxim of Napoleon's memo rial, "Do not attack in front positions you can obtain by turning," apparently is the manoeuver to which the Ger- m ana a ta oHbarin r in xxtYi o f o nrDa Ta f r tQe supreme e'ffort in this battle flf tfae north The alUed armiegf gup. i ported by a British squadron of war- ships thus far liave sucqessfully with-JAnd stooa ob many reyeansu ueruo at tacks of the enemy. The fields of battle in Belgium, Flan- iders Plcardy Champaigne, Argcmne, Lorraine, Vosges and as far s Alsace i continue to be tne scenes oi com oats where the allies have made'gains, but the real decisive result is yet awaited. At 3 P. M. thesFrench War Office official statement say: "On our left wing the German forc es in considerable strength, have continued their violent attacks, par ticularly in the vicinity of Dixmude, Warniton, Armentieres, Radinghem and Labassee, but the positions ' oc cupied by the allies have been main tained. "On the rest of the front the enemy has delivered only partial attacks. These have all been repulsed, par ticularly at Fricourt, to the east of Albert on the plateau to the west of Craonne, in the region of Souain, in r.oiirt reeion and in the Woevre district! southwest of Varennes, and in Malen court region. In the Woevre district, in the derectlon of Champion and at University of Minnesota, who pre a point southeast of St. Michiel In ,tke : diets BriCkley will get into the Yale forest of Ailly. , "We have made slight 1 progress in tlie Argonne District and in the south ern part of Woevre in the forest of Mortmare. , - "In Russia the forward movement of Russian forces has been positively announced. Important success m the Warsaw region has . driven the enemy back" eight miles. Advances ofRussians at Icangorod and to the south of Przemysl are equally pre ceptible."' - ' " . Seeking German Fleet. Tokio ,Oct. 22. A. Japanese squad iron, it is officially announced, is seek ing the German fleet In tne neignoor hoooof Hawaii. , lieriin, UCt. Zt. iuu uemau vaou-j alty list, just issued, contains about I eleven thousand, five 'hundred names J of killed, wounded and missing. i ft Ur H hr ! l M!J" . POT TO DEATH The Hague,. ' October 22. Magna Bell, a . native Chief -of German Ka nierun, has . been executed because he attempted Ho f omenta among the na tives a rebellion s Against Germany. The announcement is credited to the German Governor oi ameruu. . German Governor of; Kamerun GERMANS FIGHT TO THE VERY LAST 5ome, October 22 Recognition is given German discipline by Luigi Barzini, war correspondent with the French of the Roman Corriere Delia Sera; in a recent article on the fight ing a'bout Chambry. "Along the road of Chamnry a story of a combat of man againsf man was told by . the dead' wrote Mr.' Bar-, zini. "A troop of Germans who had been left behind to guard the rear had taken cover in the ditch along the road, from where they had re plied tb the fire 'of the, enemy. "The Germans offered resistance to the , very last the last dead French man -lay three meters from .the ditch Then the storm passed over them and killed the last one. Stabbed througJi with the bayonet, the German sol diers lay against the embankment in a row. Bent bayonets and broken rifles spoke of the violence of desperate struggle. "The first in the row was the ser geant who had left part of the small force. It seemed that even in death he still uttered commands. Another group of dead lay" about the body of the officer who had been in command. The similarity of expression on the faces of the dead was striking. Only the uniforms told the private from the officer. There was a sort 'of fra ternity among them all even in death. "The dead Germans still had their knapsacks on their backs, Were splen didly dressed, and appeared to be ready for parade." EDUCATORS CELEBRATE COLLEGE ANNIVERSARY Albany, N. Y.f pctojber 22,r-The Wth-onto' thq -IJniversity of the States of New,-York began this k beean thisi morning, and the occasion brought together a; notable list of prominent educators. Governor Martin Glynn welcomed the educators and opened the session, which will be of two days duration. Rev. Dr. George Herbert Palmer, of Harvard, gave an address on "What Is a Profession," and Rev. Dr. Frederick J. L. Woodbridge, of Columbia, spoke on "The University The' Public "What the School Should Do For The State" was discussed by various State commissioners, and Governor Glynn. Herbert Quick, editor; Dr. Chas. W. Kent,' of the University of Vir ginia, and John H. Finley, president of the State University, were among the speakers. BRICKLY MAY GET l!i GAME Boston, October 22. Charles Brlckley, Harvard's football star, is rapidly Recovering from his ' opera tion for appendicitis, and the medical authorities' are swapping opinions as to whether he will be able to get into tne game again tnis year. The most important opinion is that of Dr. JH. L. Williams, coach of the game, tie cites tne case or .nan Pickering, one of the stars at Min nesota, four years ago, who, twenty four days after a similar operation, played the .'first 20-minute period against Wisconsin that year and a week later played through the en- tire game with Michigan. And, says Coach Williams, Pickering never felt the slightest after-effects. The Harvard doctors are not so optimistic, however, and the parents of Brickley are putting their ban on future football .glory for the Har vard star. AMERICAII'OIL . STEAMER RELEASED Washington, D. C, October 22. The British Ambassador today was in-fonfted-frbmw London that the Ameri- can steamer, John D. Rockefeller, seized by British warships, ; had been Teleased" ' . ' . . Veteran Answers Long Roll. - New 'York, Octouer 22. General Braytonvlves, a veteran of the Civil War, died at Ossining today. Subscrlbfro The Evening Despatch. wuw i.w Biyuvu. S5 cents per montn. ., 4s v V SAYS BOMBARDMENT HAS STARTED. . ! . New York, 'October .- 22 .An East and West ':Ne'wji Bureau ca- blegram from Tokld says: "The Japanese IfavaJ General, Staff has announce that the marine heavy artillery corps is engaged today (Thursday) in an attack upon TsingvTau. ' ':,'f- .t; LILLE'S ,- era ITY London, October 2,--The impor tant fact" that domestic animals ar9 disease spreaders hast been: given lb the world after, an exhaustive study by Dr. A . Calmette, director of the Pasteur Institute at alle. Just be- m MM thejtore the war broke out. Calmette has tened his efforts to give his work to the outside world. The recent aban donment of the town of Lille to the Germans closes the famous institute conducted ,here, and Dr. Calmette Is giving his services to the French re lief. - - -IX, The dangers due to cats and dogs is the warning Dr. Calmette sees as a result of his many .experiments for tuberculosis causes, .pf -the do'ss he examined, those of cafes, cabarejts and restaurants are 'pften infected, four or five per cent, being afflicted. Of the many cats In cjties he has vis ited, one per cent, arp afflicted with the bovine variety of tuberculosis, probably on account Of their .diet of milk. , Dr. Calmette's experiments with animals show that. sheep, goats, horses and donkeys are practically immune, while pigs, Jexpecially those fed on milk, "show important trcices. The . bacillus pf cotiumptloh finds5 1 auu ujva4nree empna- sizes, that the domestic -animals are an active agent- ia its. distribution. TRIED TO. KILL WYOBK OFFICIAL New York, October 22. An attempt to assassinate Richard C. Harrison, first deputy commissioner of the De partment of Docks and Ferries, as he was about to enter his office this morning was frustrated by quick ac tion of spectators, who overpowered his assailant. The man was later identified a John O'Connor.a discharg ed employe, who was held ori a charge of felonious assault. UNCLE SAM DEMANDS - SHIP'S RELEASE Washington, October 22. Acting Secretary Lansing, of the State De parment, announced today the United States had protested to England against seizure of the American steamer Brindilla, now at Halifax, as unjustifiable and demanded the ves sel's immediate release. PRESIDENT MAY VISIT CHARLOTTE Washington, October 22. President Wilson today took under advisement an invitation to attend the Layman's Missionary Convention of the South ern Presbyterian Church, at Charlotte, February 16th, extended by Repre sentative Webb and a delegation; of North Carolina citizens. West Virginia Women Have Big Meeting. , Parkersburg, W. Va., October 22.-r The annual meeting of the West Vir ginia Federation of Women's Clubs concluded a three days' session to day, which was featured by enthusi astic addresses and pretty social functions. Mrs. OPennypacker was one of the most notable, visitors, and Mrs . Imogene .Oakley, - of the Ciil Service. Department' of' the General Federation delivered pne of the prin cipal addresses. v 7 German Governor Safe. Toko, October 22. The ' German Governor,, oi Jaluit Island, occupied by Japanese,, has reached Yokohama on a Japanese1 warsliip. The American Consul 'Will arrange j for his return to lr"" , : . f5prmTiv."i' CAPTORED 1 HELD ; BY: FODI) SOLDIERS DARING, BUT SUCCESSFUL- TRICK PLAYED B,Y GERMAN 1 LI EUTENANT BLUFFED C061WAII0ER INTO SURRENDERING Quintet Accomplished What Regiment Would Have Had Difficulty in Doing Officer to be Given Signal Honor. " The Hague, October 22. Not since 1866 has the decoration known as 'JPour le Merit" been given a lieu tenant in the German army. For this reason the bestowal of this order upon. Lieutenant Otto von der Line, serv ing in the 5th guard regiment, Is of interest. He was awarded this very high and coveted, distinction because on August 24thNvith four men he took Fort Malonne at NamAir before it had been subjected to artillery fire. ' How Lieutenant von der Line ac complished this has been described by him in a letter to his parents: "I was ordered to advance against the fort with 500 men, our course ly-; ing across an open field - without cover," he said. "Everywhere loop holes stared at us, and I expected that if we were not annihilated from them, the many mines about the fort would take care of us. Many of ficers had volunteered for the .task of attacking the fort, but I was pick ed out , to-do -fIt.'-- a-; , v ! "Arrived near the fort 1 took four 6t -my men and; approached in goose tlirougb tlie field of mines. .The raw- bridge was up, and the broad moat filled with water made it impossible for us to get into the front. " "We oon saw the commandant, and I shouted to him that I had a whole regiment of artillery ih a near by forest and that the bombardment would commence within a minute in case he did not surrender. Ater that the commandant ordered the draw bridge" down and we entered. "I then ordered the garrison of the fort before me. Every man was searched and disarmed. All arms had (Continued on Page Three.) v Congress This Hour of Six Settled Upon For. Formal Adjournment of Long Session. SOME DEMOCRATS ARE DISGRUNTLED Over Failure of Congress . to Enact Cotton Relief Legisla tion Conference Report on War Tax Satisfactory. Washington, D. C, October 22. Ad jourmnent of Congress at 6 p. m. today was arranged by Administration lead ers of both houses today and a formal resolution was prepared. There-were some rumblings of a filibuster 7 . byJ Southern members, who want cotton relief legislation, but Democratic leaders seemed sure of their, plan. One hour's discussion; was allowed the disputed points of the war reye- nue bill. One hours' discussion was allowed when Majority Leader Underwood, brought in the conference report. The reduction of the Senate tax on leer to J 1.50 a barrel and elimination-of the 5 cents per gaiion tax on rectified spirits removed practically, all opposi tion. The report was adopted by a rising vote t)f 126 to 50.- Wall Paper 5 cents roll up. Paint ing and paper hanging at low prices. J. Hodgetts, Ehont l311-W;-Adver- tisement -; se 30 X , - I IHt THflbcDY UP IT is 111! DV DI SADDEST SIDE OF THE STRIFE IS TOLD OF BY OFFICER CHILDREII AIID WDMEfi LEFT BEHIND The Awfulness of It All Described In a Letter Fighting in Forest Is Terrible. x The Hague, Oct. 21 The tragedy of war is pictured in the letter of an un named first lieutenant which appeared in the Cologne Gazette of recent date. "The woman in , whose house I am quartered, and whose husband is in the "field," he writes, "told me in- tears this morning: "Since two months no news. We do not know where my husband is. "The woman and her family do not even know in what regiment the man serves. That is terrible! The wom an wanted to know how many French had been killed. I "tried to console her by telling her that many had been made prisoners of war. And now she has fastened every hope upon this. "When I hear that at home children go to school and that everything pro gress more or less in the regular channels, I am compelled to say a prayer of thanksgiving that our coun try has been spared. You ought to see the disorder here. The countryside,! is overcrowded with troops, .there is no administration, the crops are still Inr the field, and famine threatens. ;The people are irresolute and, dejected ihg in the Forest of I think of the event with a shudder. It is different when you a fighting out in the open, but to fight in the woods in the deep dark forest is awful. The explosions of the shell reverberated through the forest and the heavy bombs cut lanes through the trees. We did not even know most of the time, where the shells came from. It was impossible to return the fire. In the morning we saw the French cook their breakfast, but we could do nothing because We had to conceal our position. "There is one picture I will never (Continued on Page Three.) Ends Afternoon Hh WAK A WINE IMPORTS New vYork, . October 22. Figures compiled at this port show that cham pagne has fallen from 12,928 cases to six cases in the period of one year. The figures are for September, 1913, and September, 1914. Rhine and Moselle wines have dropped off sharply, only 25 cases J&eing received last , month as 'compared with 5.000 a-year ago. -Bordeaux and Bergundy fell off some 2,000 cases. On the other hand wines from Holland in creased, as did sherry, port, British gin, brandy and cordials. ' Sharp gains were recorded in Italian, wines and Sdotch and Irish whiskies. And most noticeable of all, no Ger man beer came in, although we re" ceived here 26056 packages ia3t September1. POSSE AIID MLAWS HI DEATH BATTLE Blane, -Washington, October 22. Two meil were killed and several wounded today in a. battle between a posse of officials and five outlaws, supposed to' have robbed the First National v Bank- of- j Sedro-WooUey, Washington, of . twenty thousand dol lars lastr Saturday, when they killed a -boy while firing at citizens on the street. . - ' Cotton Trade Expert Dead. London, October 22, William Tat- tersail, axotton trade axpert, died suaaeniy in unesire toaay. I .''. IB VIVIDLY puni PAPER onu Makes Strong and Bitter ' Opening Speech. V . ' " , JI13L1 MAID'S TESTIMONY 1 ; AT ONCE IMPEACHED Negro Stenographer Introduc ed in- Rebuttal Defense. Expects Prove a Man Fired ' the Shot That Killed Mrs. Bailey. Mineola, L. L, October State today closed Its case 22. The,"' against. Mrs. Florence Carman, on trial the slayer of Mrs. Louise Bailey, at -? Freeport and the defense began Its "C presentation with an opening address ..$y.' by George Levy, Mrs. Carman's coun sel, who declared: "We wfti prove this crime was'Tiot ''u,' committed by Mrs. Carman, but by a man whose motive we do not know.. - Levy told of Mrs. Carman's actions of the day and evening of the mur der. "Mrs. Carman will tell you of her visit to New York during the day, how she had headache and went to bed after dinner that evening. She will tell you she then ' heard a shot and some commotion down stairs." ' t He said this was the first definite declaration from the defense that she" ' was to testify. "Sh-immediately pulr on her kimona and leaned over the banister. She' did not go into the of- f ice, because Dr. Carman had forbid den her to do so." : Continuing, Levy said: ' "She will admit all about the tele-V.V phonic ; instrument and will tell you;-v-wj 1 she had, it installed to find out ; if things she had heard about the Docfij; . i'irX relations with., women ' - were- be no suspicion attached to Mfp:. man's talks -with "ine because 1 "wasj-VQ4. " J C 1 11.. . A 1 ' ,J ' for years. "As to the witness, Farrell, we. will Drove him a liar." Frank Farrell, who testified yester-; v j. day he had seen a woman running XiX- from the window through which ther- V,. .- "-; shot was fired, was recalled t the ''! stand today and was closely cross ex- 'Xp '". :' , amined for an hour and 'a quarter. ! With his testimony the State closed ' its case. . , ; A vigorous assault upon the testi mony given yesterday by Celia Cole- y, J man, the colored maid, of carman, household, was begun' by the defense with its first witness, Benedict Chees man, a negro stenographer of New York. He said he, with tWo negro lawyers, called on Celia in New York in July and that the lawyers ques tioned her about the crime while ho took down the questions and answer in shorthand. ' , ', .1; I He identified a typewritten tate-V; Cjr , ment Jn which Celia said she wanted1 'p:J-y ' ! to tell the truth. She was noi under V jv oath, however, and made no mention V ifv!, of Mrs. Carman's having shown hef' i me revolver. ' ' . ' .t s C0TT09J RALL Ill HEW YORK ' 'J- ... -'. New York, October 22. Great ' . preparations are being made foiSthe ', Cotton Ball to bd held at the WtSh-$Ui pine Hotel here tomorrow night, .at which all the womenv will wear cot' ?: ton gowns, stqekings and gloves. . Society leaders are joining with . a will, for the event is for the benefit of the cotton growers. 1 10! A large bale of cotton Will decorate;. ?&fS the middle of the ballroom, 'and mu-1: sic will be given by an orbhestra 1of; (i', darkies. . During the .intervals ' be ''ZK.. tween tne aances, picKamnies win give Southern dances. vr Mrs. Martin H. Glvnn. wife of tlov ernor Glynn) Is honorary president of : - 7 ; ( the Women's Democratic : League, . which organization is In charge of c the baU. ' : Michigan Baptists Meet. Kalamazoo. Mich., October' 22..; The. seventy-ninth annual: conTevtioni h''fr of the "Michigan Baptist 'Association; ':V concluded its three-day, ineetfng hereof Pp today. , Many notable spaker and : .. a large attendance from ali parts ''ot'J ?, the State made the gathering one-of., C'' : the most enthusiastic eve-, held. '.here. Among th speakers were: pr.JFJf Gilmore; o Bunhah; "lln'dla; ,Dr. Bruce Kinney, of TopekaVv Dr. . "VvU; H.--S tailings; of the University of ; Chicago, and v Rev. ' Carl D Case, of J - - - ' . ' 'i.'"' " .V .?:.j.j. i 'v-i?' A--''