ASSOCIATED I1EY3
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Carried by Tho Evening DItpatth,
Together With Extensive - Special
Correspondence : ! !N : : :
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Unsettled tonight and
Thursday, i
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perature. Moderate northerly winds.
VOLUME TWENTY-ONE.
WILMINGTON, N. C, WED! ::DAY, JANUARY-27; 1915.
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Several Damaged But
stroyed In Sunday's
Battle. V' v
FLAGSHIP GIVEN vN'
BIG OVATION
English Casualty List is Small.
Fierce Fighting oCntinues
In Both East and West-
Turks Fighting in Egypt.'
London, January 27. Most: of -the
warships engaged in -.Sunday's ".'naval
battle returned nome Monday and
(lining Monday night, jt -was aimounc
ed here today. The Lion, the flagship
of Sir Edward Beatty, was the last
of the battle cruisers to arrive. , She
returned Tuesday morning,; when the
Arethusa and Laurel, among the light
cruisers, some destroyers and the bat
tle cruisers, Tiger; Princess v Royal,
Indomitable and New Zealand, v al
ready were,ct moorings. . The Lion
arrived at 11 o'clock and' was greeted
vociferously by the -crews of the ,ih
cnored warships.' ' : ; ' ;i
Captain 1 dinann, " of- t.he Ge'riaan
cruiser, Bleucher, which - - was ;'.sunk,
lias been placed among the wounded,
according to the . Edinburgh' - corre
spondent of The Times, suffering
from shocK- . . . .-."-.- ' . "', v.
The Lion and the Tiger .'were -the J
1 T1 J. .1-. 1 ill . 1 3
only iaiuisn oaiue cruisers 10 sus
tain material damage in the. fight, the
correspondent adds- . The - Lim had
her speed reduced, but that will soon
be remedied. The . PrinceSs Royal
was practically unscathed: , " i ":
Activity at the Canal. , .
Cairo dispatches state - that great
military activity prevails at th Suez
Canal. Troops and warships are be?
ing assembled and all civilians are
leaving the vicinity of "the 'Canal.r.f Im
portant reconnaissances are being
made. ' . "U -;
French Statement. .Y w
Paris, Jan, 27,-7The French i wiap- of
fice statement today gave. --out the loh
lowing official statement:;',
"In Sectors Nieuport -' and - Ypres
there were artillery engagements yes
terday. A German aeroplane was
brought down within the lines of the
Belgian army. Statements made by
prisoners established the fact that
it was not a battalion but a. brigade
which attacked our trenches on Jan
uary 25th east of Ypres, The enemy
lost in this affair what amounted to
a battalion and a half of men: Tt has
been confirmed today that ; near " La
Bassee, Givenchy and Guinchy " the
Germans yesterday suffered : a great
check. On the road from" LaBassee
to Bethune the bodies of six officers
and four hundred men were found.
The losses of the Germans conse
quently must represent at leas.; tuo
full battalions;
"From Lens to Soissons - yesterday
saw aUillery fighting. In the regioa
of Craonne we maintained ourselves
in- the trenches recaptured by us
during our counter attacks on ' Jan
uary 25th. In the reeion of Perthes
Hill four violent attacks on the part
or tne enemy have been repulsed.
"In Argonne, in the vicinity of: St
Hubert, a German attack was re
Pulsed with the bayonet. At St. Mi
luel we destroyed new foot bridges
thrown over the Mense bv the enemv.
Yesterday passed quietily in Lorraine
ana Vosges." "
German Statement.'
Berlin, (wireless to London), Jan
-' Official German communication
says:
in the Western theater only "artil
lery duels took place at Nieuport and
!pres. At Guinchv. southwest of La
Bassee, the enemy attempted yester-
"ay evening to recapture the posi
tions we had taken January 25th, but
was unsuccessful." The attacks .broke
"own our fire. Battles" on the heights
of Craonne were reported yesterday
entirely successful. . ' ;
The French were driven out of their
Positions on the heights west of . La
creute Ferme and east .Heurtebise and
were forced back on ; the southern
s-ope of- the elevated -'' country,
several points,support;extending over
a width of fourteen hundred meters,
wre taken by storm by Saxons. Eight
nundrec! and sixty-fiye wounded
frenchmen were j taken prisoners,
ht machine guns were captures.'
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Notv 4 - 7 ; ti-TiiAHrni:r.n-s
r-ncoiucn i I g-VETO BILL.'
ashinet.oTi - .Tan a. 9tt r -j.
i'-'i autnrttatively today that,
Prfeident; Wilson will iveto ' the
T immigrationt bill because : bi , the
illiteracy ' test. This Became
- known after a ' conference "be- -
J tweeny the President' and com
.jnittees of -both houses of J Con--
gress which had the measure in
charge. '. ' - , 4 4.
4.4
One depot", of -miners and sappers and
much other material were "taken.?-
"Southeast of t: Mihi'el our troops'
captured , French '.points of- support.
French counter attacks. Vefe unsuc
cessful. In Vosges- snow' is deep re
tarding our movements.- In the JEasf
ern theatre Russian attacks. northeast
of Gumbinnen have made no nroeres-
The' enemy's rlosses.' are heavy .in cer-j
tarn places. There were no changes
in Poland." , V , s'.f ,
-v Von Buefow Made Field Marshpi. 5
' Amsterdam, '; January 27. A. Tele
gram - from Berlin today announced
that Geru von Buelow, commander-in-chief
of the German second - army,
has v been r appointed field marshal.
Gen. von Eineim,' commander-in-chief
of the third -army the dispatch adds,
has 4een promoted to. the full 'Tank
of general. - - t -
Fighting" lt Egypt." "
5 - eairo, .. Egypt, January :.-,!r-27s; En
gagements ' decurred; ; yesterday: Yeast
ward of ;E1 -Kantara,-. inTEgypt, presumably-
.with, the .advance guard - of ,
the "Turkish, armyy J although details'
areC Jackmg.vYiThe:Eg
were one offioersand four ihen. slight
ly Xvounded. Only ; a ;compafativ ely
small number;of ineii" engaged :in the
Bghting, which was in the -Txafure of
skirmishes.. , . Yt?'vi .
Oetachments Yof YTu'rks have"-been
sighted at "three other points 'east of
the-canal. ,No fighting has resulted
except: in the vicinity "of El Kantata.
In this engagement theTurks opened
fire sat long ranged with mountain
guns. The Bntisn replied i. wun .machine-,
suns and riflesi: - Y -Y.Y
, A British aeroplane dropped bombs
upon f the Turkish T forces, t near Blr-
murhadad, inflicting : losses, .. i .-' '
Y.: Brought Down -aZeppeHn.
Petrograd.Y January 4.27 The Ger
man i:, Zeppelin vwhich -dropped bombs
tn' LIbau January 25th, vasYroiigfit
down by .Russian artillery ,p:near y ir
municatioh Y by A jthe YRussian General
staff h todav iilt 5 fell into "the Ti ver
and ; the light gunboats from: Libau
finished its destruction. YThe crew of
seven are prisoners. ' The bombs did
no serious . damage.' Y ' ; ?
The communication 'records bayo
net fiKhting in the -Pilkalep region,
where" the Russians took the offensive
and drove . the Germans back toward
a line ; f rom , Malvisohken and . Lasde
non January 25.' . - v:Y-YY
Y Advance guard engagements are re
ported . on the Tight bank of the Vis
tula. On the left bank the Germans
attempted to takja the -offensive near
Borjimow and , Coumine January 24 th
but were repulsed with serious-losses.
: IntGalicia, German -activity increas
ed on the . front between .. Gasdisk,
Oujck, Nijne veretsk and '"aiaidanka.
There are jio important 'changes in
Bukowina. . "1 Ci;'-Y Y:Y --: .
" ' Y; J Marching On Egypt. . : , V;
Athens, January -: 27, It isY report
ed here that - three ''Turkish r army
corps (about one hundred and twenty
thousand ' men) ; are marching , on
Egypt' under " command r . of . Djemal
. German Staff. Headquarters. '
Amsterdam." January 27 J-The Ger-
man staff headauarters are now at
Charleyille, France, opposite Me
zieres, near Sedan. . , " j ; -
WINNIPEG RAID "
PLANS BELIEVED HOAX
WinniDe. January 27. 7-Although
the rumors that German reservists in
the, United States have planned to
rmaa th hnrder and make . a raid on
Winnipeg are classed .as a , big. hoax,
any attempt of, that nature will find
the ity, amply prepared for the emer
gency. According to advices received
here, - the raiders ' had' concealed- ar
mored trucks and: rapid '.fire guns, and
would reach here this;, week.' , The
source' of ? the Information I is not dis
closed, ; but :, in - authoritatiy e circles it
is said that the partyrwho tipped the
government officials off. is a responsi
ble Canadian now in California. That
some such - sclieme may have, been ad
vocated and talked up' among German
enthusiasts ; acrossvthe border is con
ceded, but it is generally thought that
the - Canadians was tapped off as a
hoax, - ' , 4 . ' ' YY
:-..Y.
1 IiUILTY
I COURT
TODAY
YL Js- . -i YY S ' v 1
Trial ; of Young Millionaire
jl For Conspiracy
; Y Feb. 23rd.v "
MOTION 15 DENIED
Patient's Sanity' Will Not Be Tested
; at This a Time Jerpme ; No Longer
Connected With Case." , T:
5 jMew Yorki January 27. Harry . K.
Thaw' today; pleaded'not guilty to the
chtaTge of , (conspiracy under which tie
ws -- brought'' here ' from New Hamp
shire last' Sunday. The trial was set
fojr February - 23rd. In the meanwhile
1 . ... .-i . . .., .
he; remains - a prisons r in the Tomus,
cdunsel ; having 'agreed not to apply
frcr bail: . , ,
.-No attempt was made by the State
to have Thaw, committed to ; Mattea-
wanpending tria;,. unless the lawyers
charge their 'decision not 1 to apply
for bail.- -. . , '
.'-Deputy Attorney , General Franklin
Kennedy, who succeeded William Tra
verse Jerome,-' today'- made"" the an
nouncement that Jerpme is no longer
connected, with the case.
. -Accepting Thaws plea -.and fixing
tle date of trial, uprene'jCcnitt, Jus
tice Davis 't" "denied"- the . mationl hv
j, ,. . i.f. . ..-. . t : .1
Tnaw.s counsel Monday tohave the
prisoner, sent to Bellevue Hospital, so
physicians ; there . could pass on - his
sanity: Y v . , .
'. l-Thaw was elated -when his counsel
confirmefl Ahe news that Jerome ' no
longer . connected with the. case. 'Its
a I long lane that has no turning," be
said. Y! , . 'Y ' - Yt
DUCKS FIND GOLD : :
' IN MINNESOTA
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f Hutchlueon, Minn., .January 27.
While dressing a duck for'dinner, Al-bert-Rannow
of Glicoe, on the Crow
River, found gold nuggets in its crop.
Te nuggets proved- to be of pure
gold- His ducks have become ' .very
value to him,rand he is now hunting
for the source of. the gold. YThe 4ucks
had the run of p. pasture crossed by
the river, and Rennow is preparing to
begin penning , operations as soon as
the ice loosens in the spring. It was
recalled that gold prospectors -returning
from i California some 'years ago
panned the sands of the driver bed and
found good "color".' '
CLEANING STOCK
YARDS A SECOND TIME
Y Chicago, January 27 Disinfecting
the - Chicago Union Steck -Yards be
gan today for the second, time within
three'; months, to prevent 'the'; spread
6f a possible serious. -outbreak' of the
foot-and-mouth xlisease The order
was issued by the Federal authorities
because it.' was susp'ected a new case
of the .diseasa. found among : the' cat
tle, originated in the Chicago yards.
FOUGHT PISTOL ' .
I DUEL TQ THE DEATH
J. "
t-Selma. Ala . .Tannarv. 9.7: -A nlsfol
duel' here vlast" night between Deputy
Sheriff -George H. McNeill and a- ne
gro named Jim Fowler,.resulted in the
death .of the .deputy ' and- the negro,
and the burning of. the negro's home.
McNeill sought to arrest, the negro,
cliarged' with . an assaults 'with intent
t6 murder. The: house - caught - fire
from tne- flashes of the pistols. ; -
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1 . Proud Felines Compete '
Kansas City, Mo., " January 27-
-The
second-annual show of the Sphinx. Cat
Club will open here tomorrow and
extend until Saturday.' YTh6 prize oats
from many places will be shown, . and
awarda jwill be made, r Out .of v town
entries, are numerous this year, and
the Kansas "City .kilkenneys must look
their best , to win. : The; proud files
Will -be exhibited at" the club rooms
of the Sphinx Cat Club.
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:' Virginians Show Prize Products. .Y
Warrenton, Va.. January 27. The
annual Virginia corngrowers show
opened here, today, 'and many exhibits
were, entered for prizes.- The. best ten
ears,-the best single ears as well as
best wheat, oats and other farm .pro
ducts Kwill receive the awards.. t On
Friday the -Northern Virginia Farm
ere' Institute will meet at Manassas,
and -many able speakers- will be heard.
Resolution For Hun; to Speak
v: in Auditorium Voted
Dowxi
WILMINGTONIBOND " ;
; f. 1BILL PASSES SENATE
Went Through bn Third Read
ing Today-rThe House Re
peals Long and Short
: - Haul - Clause Working
man's vCbmpcnsation'.;Act
Introduced.1 -J i J ";
Special to" The 'Dispatch. -
.Raleigh, N, C.f Jan.' 27. After a
lengthy discussion .this'' afternoOnr vthe
Senate adopted Senators Gardner's -rea-
olution.to invite. Secretary of 'State
Bryan: to' deliver, an- address intheul Lue vossiBcne zeuung:
hall of the House" at. noon and vorgd
down ' a ; resolution, by - Senator -'Mo
Michael; to "have the address :i in the
city : auditorium.,;. Senator McMichael
placed' , the ; Senators? on record... the
vote teing 29 tor 15 in favor of ; the
Gardner resolution. 1 " 'i
"." A' number of Senators, Including
Senators., Cooper, Johnson, :pf Duplin;
Gardner,' ? McMichael,; Snow s and AIc
Leod ' spoke ; on the question, : Senator
McLeOd.; suggesting Uhaf the question
of where;.Secr.etary Bryan shall speak
be left ;6pen. ' Admission ' will - be by
pard. -y , - - - - r v . .
- The Senate " also considered Sena
tor Muse's ; bill " to credit the ; State
prison with;whajt' it-9.ctuall costs to
maintain conyicts employed on rail
road construction and; at . the .Instance
of Senator Ballou;- this was "mades . a
special , of der tor. next; Thursday 4 at
noon.-- ' - . . Y-5 -'Y c
Senator""- CJooper's Till to enable
Wilmington ito' ' issuer bonds', to take
care rof street woric notes,-, parsed 4ts
third reading.- i - ' v
Chief -interest in "the House , center
ed on the repeal tf he long and short
haul clause of the M-ustice intrastate
freight rate act, aaT fite-iiiYvaS pass
edr gts intrbduced,"103 to - 2 without
discussion.' ' - -
Representative Pegram introduced
a bill authorizing the State i' treasurer!
to" charge interest on : mohthly -. bal
ances and , forbidding him to .borrow
any money- until, all funds;. set aside
have been exhausted. . ,
' Representatives Mlntz and Allen,
of , Wayne,: today ' introduced v in .the
compensation act along? modern lines.
Mr. Carr,' of Uuplfn, .introduced a
bill for : the- segregation , of - lands
among white and colored farmers. ..
STOCK YARDS
y v TO BE CLOSED
v " -. - . Yv- . : -
f " Washington January . 27 .Orders
to close" the Pittsburgh - and-, Chicago
Stock yardSf , because of a new in
fectious 'foot-and-mouth disease, -went
out today from- tb.e Department of Ag
riculture. .; -The yards probably will
be closed this week. The order mere
ly stops "ship'ping from -the .yards.
Animals for, immediate slaughter may
be received uat the yards.- t4
COTTON PRICES THAT
t. PREVAIL IN BERLIN
- Washington,", ' January . 27 . Cotton
prices hr Germany cabled by ' Ambas
sador J Gerard, at- Berlin, is Bremen
sixteen : and " eighty-eight : hundredths
cents .for godd middling ; Hamburg,
sixteen" "and forty-four hundredths- for
spot, and February deliveries fifteen
and fifteen hundredths. . " ,,-YY.Y;
WILSON FELICITATES,
t": EMPEROR WILLIAM
1 WashiTie-ion. - .Tanuarv "27. Presi-t
dent Wilson today sent a message to
Emperor ; William - of Germany,-; con
gratulating .him -,on .his fifty-sixth
birthday: ' ' , , - ,r ,
"t; A" Cooperative. -. Chrch.-5.r,..-.v?.v
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v -Washington,-January 27. A. church
run -on1 a tooperative plan, Is the. plan
proposed by the parishioners.- qi the ;
Church Yof Our Fathers -The pastor,
Rev John Van Schaick was called ;to
the Belgian rrelief work.' The chap
lains of the Sjenate and'House of Rep
resentatives and other "Washington
pastors, have , offered . to , supply the
pulpit from time -to time, and a central
committee of the parish is carrying
on the church . work- of the pastoE.The"
result is "a successful revival of inter
est in the parish,' and the pastor- will
find bn;his- return that everything "has
been Cared for. ' f , - Y ,
. .liiirois Engineers Meet, 'y' '
Springfield, IlUy January"- 27. The;
annual convention ,bf the Illinois So;
ciety of Engineers 1 and urveyoTj YJs
holding its annual meeting here today.
The engineers- ate being entertained
by local officials, and will be taken
for ; an -inspections of -the ; Springfield
waterworks. " v ' Y '-
- Y, .; js. Court Sale'
Of the Haar Stock of -Dry Goods and
Fixtures continues .until . sold, i Court j
appraisers' have. reduced' prices . below 1
wholesale cost.
-advwrtlsement.)
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THEilVAR PRAYER :
HOUR IN BERLIN
Impressive: SpectacIeDailyr at
many.
- ' Berlin; 's Jahuary V.r27. The rtwar
prayer hour'has become"a ieature of
the capital's, daily-life. Jt'is. one of
those Institutions "'of the 4 war whose
inauguration" nobody--notices in. the
first excitement but which einse then
have" forced the attention of, the .pub
lic -oy vjrtue of' being helpfuL The
.war prayer b.Qur'-is at . nine every
evening' and is held - in .most of the
churches of Berlin., ,r. . ... .
-. The .people who attend .the vhour
make: a most Interesting erowd,' which
could not-J-b& better 'described than
fwas 4l)ne D cne of the, feuilletonists
uver ' tae . mazer of streflta hana
a heavy ,and' wetYevenine. , in whose
mists the - street lamps-! look like i so
'manyv, dying ; i suiisf surrpunded bv
snears ot, red ravs. -TTndpr thm
moves a busy crowd and bustling traf.
ficnof-quite so J large as at: other
times, j. The-, stream of. humanitv on
thefr sidewalks-seems Yindefatigabler
inexhaustible. It" ir made up of bus
iness ; peoplei .following . their' dailV
habits, of: soldiers;1 who carry arms in
wnite f an.,piact-, slmgs, officers V In
smart city jmif orms,- and women
V'.-. .. . .- . -j .. ... . . . ;
..": Over- it all ; breaks of a-sudden the
ueey, metallic , voice - qii tne "churcn
bells, calling: upon. man to' look.: from
the things" on earth- to those ahove. It
is,, nine-rthe - hour of -the ; War . prayer
j.--;: inrouga-' tne? mam ; portal of the
church": the-.-'crowd begins ? to "enter-
large families-mostly and now and
then a venerable counle.1: But throileh
ihe . small side doors R enter hundreds
or women the timid, the' lonely.
"Dark still reigns in - the nomDons
church interior, biding, the1' glistening
mosaics ,.xanr -the other stony splen
dor But the , senses vestablish that
the churchsT js crowded - long before
ft, is. timefof-theervtc-td litmTeCe
crowaea: witn tnose who seek com
fort -and consolation
4The clock -strikes ninethe war
Prayer hour has1 comeT, OX a sudden
the flights in the vaults above, flash
up, filling the interior with a-light
as strong ( as mat oi ..uay. And With
this ecomes the mighty flood ' of the
organ, rising . and i jising until it has
(reached a 'sublime and' ; overwhelming
volume in Glory Be, Unto God op
High.' - - , . - - ,- . - '
"Light floods s the church - and in
it faces and expressions may be stud
ied. It is? surprising,': though, easily
explained,, that three-quarters of those
present are- women. iTh ere are old
and .wrinkled mothers;. pale and sad
girls, young: and ; beautiful . women
And each rof them .'brought her oth
sorrow,, her .'owir troubles tor the-holy
placer all. of them seek refuge 1 from
some-; anguish -or impending f ate ; in
this r abode iot' spiritual elevation and
sublime unworldliness
.''Women, '.women, nothing: but worn
Ken. " Out on the . fields of the enemv
fights a united people of brothers,
and here : within cold walls suffers
so at appears, a 'united ; peopleof sis
ters.
"Out on- the street they, .are Yal
strangers to one another. Here in
the house of God they stand one an
other -near. Y In the.silentHhrong .beat
a thousand pulses,' ut in"? the "ternpo
of ta common misery and-, a common
longing for- consolation . and. a lessen
ing -of their burden. . There-. Is tthe
mother who trembles for' her son, the
wife- who fears for. theilife . companion
and the father, arid the girl, who prays
for' the future husband.- v
f : "The man in the pulpit utters kind
and timely .woTds", and when the or
gaii peals forth: We - Come Before
Thee ,With : Prayer,? . they -all answer
with resignation 'and the decision .to
accept their fate "as, a lot cast, by
the; -Supreme, i When ' the. last tones
of the organ, .die,-it is no longer fear
the "' throng . senses-but reverence- and
consolation?' -
WILD GAME'V C
r: v AND FISH EXHIBIT
V y - A" y - '
: Lansing Mich.i- Jan.i 27.Every thing
in the wild'animal line;to be found in
the Michigan woods,: including deer, is
shown iff the .live game exhibit at the.
Sportsmen' - ShowYwhich; opened- to
day witbthe annual, 'meeting Of the
Michigan 'Association of, .-. Sportsmen.
The Michigaff'-fish commission has arr
ranged an exhibit? and the gamet fish
in thev northerns waters can; be seen in
glass tanks. The .sportsmen will hold
meetmgstodayand-tomorrowY.
-' Tariff' Whacked At . Pittsburd, '
Pittsburg. YPa.; Jaauary - '27--Th&
Underwood Tariff will be- bitterly as
sailed tonight? by. three- Republican
congressmen atf the' McKinleyr-Tay
dinner of the;Youhg Men's Hepublican
Tariff Club. ' Congressman Humphrey
of 'i. Washington,- - who - vents his ywf ath
on the - floor of ' Congress whenever
opportunity offers, Congressman -Miller
of Minnesota and Sloan of Nebras
ka', will be' the speakers.. It. is-expect-
ed' that Senator Penrose v(ill also; at
tend anu speah.. - ; v - r
Ad Wolarast -will ' meet Joe Mhndot ,
(tf - at New! Orleans on February. 14th.;
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VHERE THE VATi'S
LOOKS PRETTY
". YY
Gay and Glittering Sights Be-
held in .Town in West
Vnanders. ''-'',
Furnes,' West Flanders- January 27.
From' the main headquarters of the
Belgian army in the -Hotel de Ville
here, pn'gets perhaps the, most coU
orful glimpse of .the trappings of -war
that may be had anywhere among tho
Allies. It is ;.a- picturesqueness lack-
ng in khaki-clad England.
In front of the Hotel.de Ville is the
square where the: rulers of three - of
the-Allied powers met- their generate
several weeks ago.- Here : the most
modern war vehicle jostles- the primi
tive when .the armored " car locks
wheels",: with a cape-covered ; Y mule
drawn . cart of the French African sol
dier. The square is' packed ; with ev
ery r description of . conveyance.- Be
fore the door of headquarters is a line
of , war-stained automobiles still show
ing.; traces of their ' aristocratic ' past:
In,.the middle of the. square motorbuses
converted iinto . kitchens, and commit1
sariet .wagons,., are:; surrounded .by a
bimgry mob oi soldiers. ' ' "
The uniforms are .bewildering in
their., variety. ' The most conspicuous
is : the red-trousered French : infantry
man. - Some FrenchY cavalrymen Yare
present . with their" helmets disporting
its long horse tail"but . with the bright
jnetal covered by dulr, leather." Bel
gian- guides in their -green, with red
trimmings' add to the color;" while the
quiet note is struck i by . the Belgian
artillery in army blue. ' - .
But the most, picturesque -effect is
provided by the French" and, Belgian
Xfricaa ; troops, manylv 'thousands of
Vwhom have marched through Furnes
this ' week. f Their, officers, in high
can tied saddles, Y- are - mounted on
beautiful horses. . They i wear ;: long
blue, red-lined capes whicbr float" be
hih'them ,as' they gallop along, with
everything except the-background for
a morefsober colored cape, with a
turban like hood. Their blue bolero
jackets are' trimmed in gold and; they
wear baggy- corduroy, trqusers. - -
These iAtricans seem as aistrustrui
of their white allies transport as of
his food and for hours the. little hood
ed carts, each drawn by . three small
unkept- mule's -. threaded their way
through , the square; y Bebind the
carts v.t came "trainsi -.- of n pack mules
loaded ' 'with . ammucjition. x . and
entrenching : tools, arid " looking like
a v prospector's outfit in : the Rocky
Mountains. . . ' " :
The square is a scene of constant
bustle and - activity. : Staff officers
tome and ga,? the Belgian war minister
rushes; in for a few moments -confer-;
ence-witti the: king:ahd his staff,; and
away again - in his vmilitary car. Y Ca
valry regiments ; with r sleek, horses,
rested now n after - their terrible re
treat frdm5An twerp, line .tip for in:
spection; awhile a cyclist, corps id from
a scouting forsay -clean and ' repair
their, trenches. -Unattached units play
about waiting for orders or food. Sud
denly a j)ig strays into the square and
after a race," and- - underneath - some
armored cars he is .captured and dis
appears -into a, house just ' off the
square, - where som.e . . soluiers are
quartered- He ' makes ' his next ap
pearance at a portable field kitchen
captured from the Germans- and. now
standing before a ninth century church
in which a - thousand 7 soldiers have
slept the night- before in straw coyer
ing the stone flagging. ' ' f
. . These are the actual fighting men on
almost' constant; duty, yet the keynote
is gaiety. ,:''- ' '""".
When a group of their - officers
gather rahout ' the diiiing table in the
auaint old hotel, with the date 1573
carved in its oaken beams' war is the
supreme topjic. biit its grimness is re
lieved by joices and iaugnter..' in a
movement of -silence , the judge advo
cate tells- how at midnight the night
before- he 'condemned five spies to
death, one of these a woman caught
dressed I in the robes, of a-priest ' All
had been- shof at sunrise that morning."
A 'moment - Of gravity followed - the
story, - then the whole -table laughed
over the : misfortunes 'of a:reserve of
ficer, in peace times a wine merchant,
who described in most comical terms
the- capture by the Germans of his
cellars. , . Y V -' . Y '
" Of Civiiian' lif e there i is .scarcely ' a
trace, brown robed monks move about,
but'as their ; business, is chiefly con
cerned" with the sick' and wounded
they become a part of the war scene.
The tradesmen,, mostly old- men, -seldom
venture forth from theinshops
No children play? in the streets -andva
woman In public is a rare sight . ,s. -' .
YRowOvef Jersey Col lege. -r ,
" Trenton, 'N'J., Jan.- 27. When ' the
hearing is resumed today ,; before, the
State Board of Medical -.Examiners.'-oh
the eligibility of the New: Jersey. Col
lege of Osteopathy to'recognition as a
reputable ' school, further clashes "jare
expected,, for , many of the leading oste
opathy 'practitioners .of ? the - state ,.are
opposing - the iristitution;,MuCh testi
mony has already, been heard, and' the
school has come; in' - for- some hard
knocks, on account of its limited quar
ters lack of thorougn equipment ; ana
neglect of. alleged .essentials " - in its
, I courses.- - 1 ' , ' " a . '
Senate - Democrats 8 Resort to
i Night Sessions to Hasten V
C-1 Action. ' 7
DONE TO MEET y'i
THE FILIBUSTER
Only , Remedy in Sight to Get
Vote on the Ship Bill
; Gallmger Continues Speech. .
. Washington; ' January 27. When '
the Senate met today "to continue cqh- '
sideration of s the. " government ship"
purchase bill, the Senators were con- ;
fronted not only " by day, ? but r ' long '
night ; sessions "to -hasten action fan
the measure..' This is the plan of the "
Democratic leaders of the1 Senate to' '
meet what they regard aa a filibuster
qn the .part of the , Republicans to de--?-'
feat the;' bill, ' .They hope thus lo- ex-;
haus.tihe opposition, ' ,
-Application to remedy the night ses-
sions was' decided upon by Democratic
leaders in tbejaope of getting as many ,
Republican speeches out of . the way
as -possible - within ' ten days.: ' While
the ; - Democrats intend to speak . on -the
measure from, time to time they Y
plan to give' the greater, part of the,
time to the Republicans ; , ' , .
When the Senate ; met the DemoY .
cratic leaders determined , to" main-.
taln;a quorum until' late tonight. .
. Senator , Gallinger , was; to continue y
his speech. i .
GIRL FACES TRIAL" ;
; FOR BRIBERY:;
Chicago,' 111., Jan.-27.T One of.tb.e' '
most sensational trials; in the annals
of fthe federal NCourt: here is expected : ;
to begin tomb'rrow.when Miss Jessie
E. Cope is placod on: trial on charges
of attempting-to bribe United ' State3
officialaVMisa Cooe.who is th.-accus-J
er'of Coloner Charlesr Alxandr of Prov- '
idence. R. I., in the white slave indict- ;
ment brught- against, that prominent Y
clubman it" the fedeial court -here. -
It y was - during ' the investigation of
the complaint of; Miss Cope- by, federal rr.
officials last Noeinbcr, that suspicion
concerning ner good faith in the mat-
X ' 3 X i.A-A
iei was iiiuuaeu, auuuruiug -lu a, sutiu- - t
ment-. issued, here' by,, the government
Officials. . Miss Cope had .many con-,
ferences with Assistant .United States
Attorney Michael 'Igoo and Hinton' G. ';.-
Clabaugh, division superintendent of
Finally she Is alleged to l.ave."made. '
me ooia - proposiuan mat lue govern-
men officials should aid her In secur- ,
ingthd sum of S5p;000 from ' Colonel v
Alexander for her, injured innocence.'Y v
k Miss - Cope finally: .wrote out an
agreement in which Yt was set forth
that the' officials should aid, her in ob-.
tainlng that sum from the Colonel. Ac
cording to Mr.. Igoe,. the agreement Y
included the lollowingr 'and in con- :
sideration of the federal officials' part
1. 1 1 Sl .. S X i X XT--
she would pay : them $25,000, which
was to be divided equally between ;
Hinton G. Clabaugh and United States
Attorney Clino and myself. Her at
torneys were to be paid ; out k of her
share." ' ; - " 1
The plan; according to Mr. Igoe, was
for her to give a letter b introduction
to L. C. heeler, a '.special agent, to
take . t(x her ; lawyer ; lit ' Providence
Wheeler , was then to , warn Colonel
Alexander that ' the government was
niAn vtn n ' -nrliff a ' .ol ovh tQia o eta in of
yx cai x a t uiicn otv t v-wv uuAxxk7b , ,
him an advise him to pay, the $50,000 ;
the .womaii demanded. I". Y '
The - warrant onwhich - Miss Cope "
was arrested charges.:- that she "did.
promise and' off er-to -give" money, and
AiH rnalro . anA tnHr; ri rktitrnft frtr
the - delivery ' of money, ta .officers"" of ;
the United .States." YThe warraht fur- .S(
thfer savs that her act was. V with Intent
to influence their decision" in a pend
ing case, ' and : with, intent to.-; influ- "
ence their decision Mn a pending case,;
'1ti1 :-nri-h 'Into-n: fri' inHnoftfa thorn tf
commit. afraud" arid to "induce them'
.... . -jV i . '. . . ' , .
- ,wnen sne was arresieu, juissj wope
declared; was jobbed. " I iwas be- ,
guiled and .trapped by government ofli- '
cials.-; The case against ine is all 4 a
putup r job. -The "government" officials
suggested everything., that ;was ; done'
In fact; it was coercion- , The 'alleged "
agreement to split $50,000,- was made
out and I was asked to sign if.1 I came :
to the federal-officials a lone woman, in-,
search .'of -justice v It--was -suggested ;
that' there might be some ;way to set.
tlethe 'case.- : l replied that ColoneL
Alexander was morally indebted to me.
Then the whole, thing was engineered.
I anl gulltnesl;of anyl wrong intention ,t
and innocentof the-charge against me.
When , Colonel Alexanders placed on .
love to me and' how he ' asked me to
martyhim." . t IJ- ' -.'V ' ,
' Miss .Cope pleaded not guilty when
she. was arraigned on January btn. &no ?
a girls', home here.' .x Y v . "
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