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THE WEATHER.
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; Fair tonight and-Tuesday. Colder
Tuesday.T Fresh -west wiuds. 7 ? 5.
1914.
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PRICE THREE CENTS,
Russians Become Strongly En
trenched and Furious ,
Battle is Raging.
t KAISER GOES
BACK TO FRONT
Allies Claim to be Gaining in
West. Whidi Berlin State-
' i A a. u. Jb. all came
ment Disputes 7 RumorT with contributions
HONOR ROLL.' 4
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The Dispatch's 'empty stock-
mg : iunr: stands within six . dol-
T lars of reaching -" four hundred.
That. Is'a Mg record, the fund,'
. was given a big boost the past
forty-eight 4 hours by a . number
. of people. The ; Marine Engi :
neers' Association lof . v Wilmine-'
ton, the employes of the' gas and 4
electrical department ) of the-
Tidewater Power " Company and
Purchasing; Department, of the ,
A. C. L. all came nobly forward
CLEARY;iVlGL BE;; FREED SAY'. FRIENDS
TOLD OF BY
A
a l
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That Cruiser Has Been
Sunk. v
London, Dec. 21. The great battle
In West Warsaw remains to be fought
out, judging from indications in recent
dispatches from Berlin and Petrograd.
i It appears today to the British observ
ers that the German contention that ,
General von Hindenburg scored ?a
V notable success over the ' Russians
1 bust be qualified. A par rail el case is
' found in the recent claims of a crush-
lag Russian victory, near Lodz, which
t- subsequently proved premature and
i exaggerated.
General nmuenDurg s army has ad-
vanced steadily toward the Polish
: capital, but the Russians, in falling
Aiack, appear to have taken new posi-
tfons in strong entrenchments and al
though the invaders are within two or.
three days' march of Warsaw there is
good reason to believe much hard
fighting must take place before it can
be determined whether this latest
German attempt will be successful.
Along the Southern frontier of East
; Prussia the . Rnsslans claim to have
tie upper tianMrturflier' &uthTiri
Southern Poland and Oalicia, the lead::
,ers of the 'Am&9i?t6t
The Coast Line employes have
all been especially big hearted.
Messrs. J. H. Rehder, & Co. did
the big - thing with a . contribu-
tion of toysK and Master Edward,
Mosely Fonville also donated
toys. . ' - .
The cash contributions at ' 2
o'clock this afternoon stood as
follows:
Previously acknowledged $359.91
Bullets . Constantly
- About Ears of
the Men.
Whiz
-
COLD AND -DAMP
Soldiers Suffer rWdre! Fromach Than
Anything Else Vivid Description
Given of This Wanner of Fighting.
Mosely
Pittman"
Cash ....
Cash . . .
Master Edward
Fonville
Mrsf i. J
A Friend .......
Cash,
Helen Devane
Charles Devane -'
Purchasing Dept., A- C rf
cash , :!. ... J
Little Miss JElene McGirt 1
A; Friend . ' (
Master ' Thomas': Lucien ?
Bishop
Little Miss.. . Nathalie
B?&nop .,. . ,:. . . . .
Cash . . ...... . .
Master Robert Caldwell
- -i? CahtWelI, faJr. . ; .
;tMaHne:?JSneers. Asso-
y ciatitfn ;- -kt T'Wilmingon
MrsjW; Ht Sprunt
cia. That mfeafiiB the Jong siege jot Cra-
cow has oeen raisea ana u me Ger
man advance is continued it may sim
ilarly relieve the Austrian garrison of
Przemysl.
Rumored Cruiser Sunk.
Persistent rumors are current tttat
a German cruiser has been sunk off
I the Scotland coast. It is also rumor
; ed that two British destroyers have
arrived at Lieth badly damaged.
? There is no official confirmation.
French Statement.
I Paris, Dec. 21. The official com
; munication this afternoon follows:
"The day of December 20th brought
aothing of importance in Belgium, if
exceptions are made of some progress
t in the region of Lombaertzyde and St.
Georges and at present southeast of
the Inn of Korteker, which is south
east of Bizschoote, occupation of
some houses in Wartelem, South of
Ziliebeke. and bombardment by the
enemy of Ypres Hospital. Between
Lys and Atsne we have occupied the
. forest near Route, between Noulettes
and Souehez, and we also took posses-
sion of all the first line German
: trenches between this highway and
the first houses of Notre Dame fle
Lorette South Lys. The enemy has
bombarded Arras. Our heavy artillery
s'lenced repeated occassions of the
artillery of enemy to the north of .Car
"oy which is to the east of Albert.
This artillerv also demolished the
; German trenches and eent head
, over heels two cannon of battery es
tablished at Horn, southeast of Car-
uoy.
"On heavy artillery also secured a
"istinct advantage on Aisne and in
; 'De section of Rheims. In Cham-
Pasne, in the region of Prosnes, Per
'hes and Beausejour, as well as Ar
V Sonne, we made along the entire front
appreciable advancees. This is par
ticularly so to the. Northeast of Be
aausejour, where we won and occupied
lwelve hundred vnrria nf the. enemy's
tenches, in the Forest of LaGrurio:
we blew up four mined saps and es
tablished ourselves in the position
ofuuub.y-; ( yataoshrdluetaoishrldutaoi
thns made. Between Argenne and
I(JUse there has been progress along
ealltront, particularly in the region
"l varennes, where Brook of Cheppes
nas been left five hundreds yards' in
; our rear and in the region of ;Ger-
i .Urt liethincourt. On the rigtitvbank
I Vl the Meuse we have gained ground
3 aL UCroupe. At present two .kilo-
'uetre northwest Brabant and in the
ureSt of rnnionvniro Vlnallv nn thft
' . Larklns
Gas and Electric , Dept.,
Tidewater Power Ckf...
Cash
Master Everett Huggins
Master George Huggins
Master Henry Huggins
Boy Scouts ... . . -
Total ........ .$394.76
A.
AO
1.00
.
.50
.25
.50
1.00
.25
.25
5.20
.25
1.00
1.50 :
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.25
.25
1.00
-v
1.00
'
5.00
5.00
50
.25
:
5.60
1.00
.50
.50
.50
1,40
eiKhts of the Meuse we havie mad6
flight progress in the f orest of Des
naevliers,
Coyon.
to the northeast fort of
Pet
Holding Germans at Bay.';'
rgrad, Dec. 21. The Russian
still holding at bay . the
'"fees are
u,dn column which is seeking , to
the Zzura river, at Sochactzw,
aavance 011 Warsaw, , thirty
ror three days the German
y 01 about two hundred thousan
has been -endeavoring to cross the
river, ar i throw back the Russians,
holding .he right bank.
Sochaczew, continues to be the
German objective in the attempt to
reach Warsaw. The Russian forces,
on the right bank of Bzura are heavT
ilv entrenched. Their artillery is- so
placed that it commands the river to!
its junction with the Vistula, eighteen
miles north. Southward the Russian
line extended to Opoczno, tweney-five
miles east of Piotrkow, which recent
line extends to Opoczno, twenty-five
east of Sczerczow, where the Kus
sians first opposed the Germans' ex
treme right. It is pointed out that
the Russians have . thus assumed
sitions on their third line of defense,
The Rusians for the present appa
rently are attempting nothing more
than to retard the enemy and aeieat
attemnts at flanking movements. : -
. The Russian Dress is convinced
that formation of a Scandlna
vian triple alliance may be announced
t Anv time, as result or tne comer
ence last week between Kings Haak-
on, Gustave ana vuristiau.
German Statement.
Berlin, Dec, 21 . Th , German of
ficial statement today pays .'bat the
Frencix attacks at NieuportT yestraav
were f?puisedJ .
; "RetWeen 'Richebourg L'Avou and
the Labassee canal wei attacked the
positions of the Angio-maian troops.
stormed and captured, tneir ueucuw,
and dislodged them with heavy
insse.s. The trenches lost to the ene
my December 18tb, near wotre uamea
De'Lorette, naveoeea rwi-m:-
:' Emperor wpam 4 w '
rm m illness and has returned to
1 . --.,-.. 1. A rt. fha
the front. Benin aavicps eu
.f that he has turnearwesiwttiju.
If that is, 'so oatue ; cpmmiuu
Emperor finds are- far f less speciauu-
lar than those prevailing. in the, east,
because;' withthe exceptionTfif thejaV
Iies offensive on 'thetiorth of the r
battle' linelittle But siege; warre Is
being : recorded. , That is
ti cofftcial-communications. Neur
.Veieri arriving inibndon
,r, Berlin i expressed the "opin
ion that ' the Gerinans Ht?iw
London Dec. 21. Miseries of lifrj
in the trenches are vividly - pictured
In a stoiy, written, by an English sol
dier, who is on the Belgian frontier,
He enlisted as a private but later -was
raised to an officer. Thus - het has
naa an opportunity to see tne .waw
from different angles. His story fol
lows: -
Uvisn't the danger that affects one
In the trenches, but the hardships of
cold and damp. Bullets from snip
ersthe Germans have lots of these
out night and day whiz about your
eara ' continually, and occasiinally
shrapnel makes one tuck one's head
down," but one gets si used to the
firing that although it may sound in
credible it soon becomes far less
noticeable than city traffic, for - in
stance. : ' . t .
.At night sometimes an outburst ot
artillery or. a wild rattle of the
musketry at an imaginary nigTft at
tack weakens.- one itlki sore1, -frozen
and iuU;str6'hg language, from fit
VkjA VhltrX mtLiply-; Concern
IKefiseTVes with steak puddings amr
huge fires at home
The cold is really horrible. One
hever ceases shivering. At night the
soles of one's boots freezes and. one
is awakened by icy feet and forced
to get up and stamp till the blood
consents to circulate once more.
Daylight brings some respite but the
whole time one is forced to muffle
to the eyes, and such things as Clac
lava helmets, thick gloves, comfort
ers, cardigans and wooly waistcoats
cannot be too numerous. I can
scarcely button my coat over my
numerous raiment and still I perish.
'.'Washing' and shaving are practi
cally impossible. Officers and men
leave the trenches like miners coin
ing up from a pit, but somehow that
does not worry us. The idea of wash-
lng'Jn such cold is too awful, for it
la impossible to restore the circula
tion -by exercise in a narrow crowd
ecf trench and in the dug-outs there Is
just room to lie down. They are now
beginning to serve out coal and coke
iust in time. There would liave
been wholesale frostbits otherwise.
.jThe water m tne machine guns
freezes and they have to be nursed
back to action in front of fires. Rifles,
e-et ' frostbitten and sometimes are
- - . -
ruptured by the sudden shock conse
duent of being fired. This is rather
L welcome, however, for the wood from
aV derelict rifle burns beautifully.
; -The water t bottles freeze,- too, and
hare to be thawed out. water is
nuisance. ' It has to be fetched by.
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Many More Contributions Received
FmaJ Tbuthes :Now: Being Placed
to Big Work A Christmas
For All '
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New York; DecV 21. That Willia m V. deary, the Havestraw politic-:
ian, who is now oh trial for the murder of his 18-year-old ' son-in-law,.
Eugene Newman, will be acquitted on his -plea of the unwritten -law, is;;
the firm conviction of his friends. The attitude of nis daugnter-m.asseri-
ing her willingness to testify in behalf of her father, the man wnp Kiuea
ner Doy-flUSDana, gieany; laturs vicai ? 'mauvco iui . 4..v.w
belfeve. . . . . -
AWFUL
CONDITION
WHhfc -Tiirnr
1 ntiit
t AID lo
Hundreds of Thousands
Wounded Soldiers Litter
Northern France
night by, fatigue parties from farms t
and r villages in tne rear, a process
which take3 sometimes two or three
hours, :
y Its is extraordinary how ingenious
the vmen are in contriving things for
their; comfort They cut little fire
plap'es in the side of the trench; line
Ui'entv with tin from ammunition
.boxes, and top them neatly wnn
Chimneys madee of buliy-oeei tins.
Tiiey' build elaborate rifle racks, and
mikethemselyes snug cubbyholes to
sleep in, roofing them with material
frim nearby ruined farmhouses, piled
bV$ ; with earth.
;hft' food is plentiful and .. good.
TKrti Wvine- need is for milk and
f ruitp Plenty of tobacco and cigar
eitesVare to be had., .There is a
.danfth -of thines toread. and it - is
COnBldered rank treason to' light, a
fire with a piece of newspaper.
: ??rhe trenches stretch .in 'a vpracti-
cully uuui un;ix 1111c - vuv
the' feast frontier, not in groups of,4so
latedTifle pits, but. in what are really
ariesjof ' small towns , linked togbthr
eVr bnWrow communicative trench
ed each battalion occupying its own
iittiet'town, ; which -may, be anything
ff6m-halt; a mile to. two -miles long.
andi a hundred? yards ir, so aeepr
London, Dec. 21 .The throwing of
50P.00O wounded French soldiers and
thousands of Belgian and French rc
f ugees into northern France has led
tn a terrible, condition there. Mr. Har
ry Floyd, wife of a widely known
English artist, who has returned hera
temporarily from service in French
hospitals, declares. Suspension of in
dustries and the difficulty' in obtain
ing supplies frprn abroad has made
the problem of sustaining life 'a serious'
one, she says:
"Hotels and other buildings have
been taken by the government for hos
pitals in all the towns and villages of
northern France and adequate furni
ture has been provided for most of j
these," said Mrs. Floyd, "But the cry
ing need is surgical instruments an
aesthetics, antiseptics and all storts
pf hospital supplies; and ; clothing for
invalids brought from the, battlefield
wearing only the tatters of uniforms. t
"At "Linoges, which is not a .large
place, 10,000 .wounded and 40,000 re
fugees arrived in a single aay .111- uc
tober.
villa head
f!reMacross
v Within striking-distance of the four hundred mark stands
The Dispatch's "empty stocking" fund today the fund that
is going to mean so much tDtHe poor children of Wilmington 'r
Just' one illustration: The commitltee of larJies ,went forth this ff
mornings tyfcti almost one thousand pairs of stockings, almost
one thousand undershirts, one hundred and fifty, .dollies and
one hundred and fifty horns, besides candies, nuts, fruit and :
other things. Every child must have a couple of pairs of stocky.
ings and two undershirts, among other things, for the winter;t: i;
Little Mary and little Jennie have also got to have enough doth ft
.' " 1 .1 ' 1' ' m. ri: 1 -
to maKe tnem mce ares a piece, inc &yispaiui uo -
amount of other clothing on hand that will he equally distnbut- ?
ed, including even caps; and shoes, and a lot of the prettiest : ;
kind of toys. - Every girl is going to have a good looking doll, ;
besides several other things, and every boy is going to nave a
. . . . . : .. c 1 e -jrj
I horn and toys. 1 hanks to the generosity or several menus 1: ;
there are alsoome big toys that will go torth, to gladden the . ;
hearts of the children. . .
Messrs. J. H. Rehder & Co. did the big and generous thing
this morning, when that up-to-date establishment sent a large j
case of toys. .. " '
Many cash contributions have also been received since . 4
Saturday afternoon. 2 o'clock. The Wilmington branch of the f g
Marine Engineers did the clever thing in the shape of a dpna-j
tion, whUethkemployes ofe gas a
of tiiedewaterer thing m
Tombirbhight the wotk ot maicmg-agtne paocages .wui,
commence, tne fund closing tomorrow, aiid if you know,
of any names of any poor children, please send them to
The Dispatch office at once, giving ages and addresses.
The Dispatch needs the use of several more automobiles
for Christmas Eve morning. This is necessary to facilitateJthe4
work. ' '.SWiWiiJ-,
If you have an outo won't you notify The Disptach office.
Several friends have already offered their's, but sevenilmore
areneeded. 'l1X&iK&Qv
MUS GO Bffll
to mw mm
Declined to Return Fire Satur
day to Avoid,
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THIS IS THE
REPORT
.
FOUND DEAD
IN OWN HOTEL
Troy Man Stabbed to Death
In Room This
Morning.
Made by American Consuljat? Mexico
City to State 13epartment;Carranza
Troops Active. f'f '
Washington, Dec. : 21 .-Cohsul Sil
liman; of - Mexico City, today trans
mitted a message sent) briaytorena,
the Vjlla cemmander - a(;?4 Naco,' ; to
In many of the government i provisional president uuuerrez, stat
hospitals it has-been necessary to pu.. jng his intention of moving -Ills forces
the beds so close ' together there is away f romthe Americanrr Sat
not even a pkssageway between them- urdkv he said his forces ref Used to
and the patients must be moveed oyer! retuni the firet to avoid sfioottng inta
each other, i At Ameihs,' Calais and American territory. . Disorders . are
other towns near the fighting line con-j feared at Manzanillo, where ' the Gu
ditiona are muca tne same. ... , - tierrez forces art threatened., by- at-
"I was at Houigate for many weeks tacit of the
assisting there in a hospital which ac- tary Bryan 'id' he wasfwithout ad-
coinmodated . 450 patients.' - We' ex- vices .- of vthe,f reported "disorders in
hausted our antiseptics.; At times we Mexico ; City or Vera 'Cruz4r-j- y
were without either. ' I eyen . saw
Supreme
States
Court of United
Decides Harry
Thaw's Fate.
REVERSES LOWER 1 J
FEDERAL COURT
Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 21, William
J. Troy, aged fifty, proprietor ot sev
eral hotels, was found stabbed to
death today in a room of the hotel
The police were apprised of his death
by an unidentified woman, , who an
nounced over the' telephone:
"Our old friend Troy' is dead. He
had been stabbed in his own hotel.
Better come oyer and look at him"
The - police worked on the theory
that robbery - prompted the crime, but
the suicide theory was notbahdond.
This Means Murderer of White
Will Be Carried Back to the
Empire Statetat Last.
uS .Zeppelih r
ng Ty i: -t,:Sm is a wild labyrinth pf .-lntene
frry:regard with ap
r . ' ': ' w.tithA y.Annelin
nurses rewashing old dressings ; beq r-Qr V pun' W A R RI Tt& '--:
misft there were no' bandages to use T-T' Z- ,.triMJS::
on wouhdsr. All the anti-tetanic serum ; .. ,v TO BEKILLED
was eauiausted: anoKu: no .v9vlP - - -w -m.m-'sx'r
oDtain more m.2, ",l UPittsburgh, PaCDe21After em,
iMtiaa hna' ThiUIStM. Great -OTl-T . - . ..... ' .. : . i .
tain
this
has peenexiiausiea.' r. .unScratchedtrotf aurpber;of
liai forWd export
this ;.fflf sian-colorsoseph Kanilhlski desert
f actures, and: the iuted States is, the. and cae to America as' ar stow
Uiiijr jiuui vo, u vui ;" "v,j,v -.-- ,-; 1 '
n m'1 ,Si. .'Wnii.ii raTitalH 1 wj.
This
He met death three' days "after
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serum:i;especlaUy;necessary. as e a c ch aiid as; killed
- - . - : - i.th 7.nneiinitnnhfiB. Aue-outs ior smu. - iia.uiii-1 juuvu. juj. iuwvm v za ctMgv:.whP.if heTeiL flndiwag-rur-1
mnea . tiuu k , . ,b ; r An Ann '"and- Other I ( " : . , A . ' ft?ii- - ' 1 lot nndpr tnna of coak.
I attacks ''x4' iiA'- sr ;cik' 'Hjw (Coutim)6Q on.Fage josnu v - 'iwnuuuea i," - -s . . - s ,
d English ;cities:f9iia:sre;: , -w; , "c'.-'-A.- . V r '.iwf V "
WELL KNOWN NEW BERN
YOUNG LADY DEAD
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Special to The Dispatch- - ;
! New Bern, N. C, Dec. 21 Mhs.
Ernest M. Green, - wife . '-' of Assistant
United States District Attorney -E. M.
Green, died here late last night,-; fol
lowing ' an attack 'of diabetes. ; Mrs.
Green before marriage was Miss Grace
Jordan, of Macon, Ga. .
JAP. EMPEROR.
v MAKES DONATION
tTokioi,Dec.21 v-trThe iEmpero and
Empress, according' to announcement
today have . donated about fifteen
hundred ' dollars i to the Salvation
Aray.V.That is theifirstf time,: it is
stated, imperial precognition has . been
given the organization, s
Washington, Ded 21. The United ve,
Supreme Court today. reversed the Je ' .
cision of the lower oourt on the; ;
adition of Harry Thaw, murderei! of 'A
Standford White ahd who ; escapea .f . .
into New Hampshire, breaking from
the asylum in - Matteawan. This ,f . .
means that ThftWncatf be carried bacjc ; -: ;
to New. York. .: The ; court did' not - ;
pass upon the allegation of Thaw-be
ing sane or insah&t .holding such had
no business in the; habeas corpus pro-- vy.
ceedings." -. ., fiClt-,
,, This case was one long drawn out ' j
and , has - been . hard fought. it jwas
argued - just a while ago : before T the s. ; .
Supreme Court. .'Tnawis now in New"
Hampshire.' ' ;-:'" . 1.J'6'?:'-ii'.;'
Thaw first escaped ,to Canada,' but .
was ordered from there by tben Jnv j; .
migration antJboritieV; HeTwentinto':
New Hampstiirehere; hewaa ar-;;: :;s
rested and . the . i Governbr; v of; New(j,r
York made reqiiiiiU4;upon therGov-.'
emor ,oftthat StatfSf tor him.; Tha v 4
Chief .'BxeiputiveiofKewHamp s
granted the rquesfbW the JFederat , ,
District Court Aeld:up ; carrying k out, v
the . mandate., ' '.-the; decision, today .;
reversesthe loweedefal .Court and
leaves the way (clear f or 1 Harry .Thaw; 4
v to be carried back:? to. New Yorkj
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