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associated PnNEvyy Wed By ijt? Evenlnj DlipsUhk. together Wfth Extensive ps!xl Correspondence. .; ; Partly cloudy 'tonight ana ih..,.. cNot much change in" temperature. Gentle to moderate southwest wini3. . ! 4 i VOLUME TWENTirNE. VVIUflNGTON, C, THURCDAY;jAUGUST; 51915. pnic3.Timz3"ci:z:a 1" j J L ll:L!iliiiilM1-. IL. 1 I 1 1- - 11 111 L hi. v DasliMd:6 Slie:yi;4 Pol LAST --SISTANGE WtAS villi'.; Less ThaftlTeii'THousarid Prisoners So FarJtepprted City Fell Tierce gorod Russian Torpedo v Boats Destroy Almost Thousand Turk ish Ships . Berlin, Aug. 5 (ViaTuckerton, N. J.) Wars was taken this morning by German troops, according to official announce ment made by the German army headquarters , ' y Yesterday and-last night Bavarian troopsunder ccmmand of Prince Leopold, brolce through the forisrV the outer arid inner lines of the city's defense, where the rear guard of the Rus sian troops made a tenacious resistance, r -; : tf-y- - - Continuing the report from army headcsuScr &tyi V ) ; The Geatt- artni Gallwitz advance in the direction cl: the rcd tweerr Loaxv a, Ostfov and ZyiLoy and fought ments. The brave and desperate both sides of ttieriver between success. "Twenty-two Russian officers and 4,840 soldiers were taken prisoners. The Germans guns. - - k ". "German cavalrymen yesterday and the day before defeat ed in Courland detachments of Gemaize, Birschi and Oniskszhpy; A total of 225 Russian prisoners were taken. ' "The situation here and to unchanged. The campaign is being ' conducted -; between the upper Vistula river and the Bug. German cavalry has entered Wolynsk, on the Bug river. - -."$, s" "In the Vosges there has been a new 1 engagement near Lingekopf." " - 1 : London, August 5 Warsaw's fall the Ivangorod-Warsaw RaUway still is' considered ltt London to be so cer tain that its fate- ceases 'to be a mat ter of speculation; and ; Uift, 'vast Ger man turning movement to; the-: north is exciting the concetn' of the'JlIllesV It is feared ; by 'miTyseyversjiere that the' evaclltt oiE t Warsaw may' e too late to save the? Jlussian iftrm ies from the grave disaster ' whfch ould be inevitable if Field Marshal von HindenDerg should get astride Of tte Warsaw-Petrograa itailway.-' ' the north the Russians are de lending a line along tne river Ekau, st of Mipau. This .means.-that the Germans are at a point 40 miles south of Wga, about one march from; that town. f The critical oUiiattAnS at-- Viva la indicated by evacuation of the , city Dy the non-military element of ' the Population, the banks being "the last o leave. German cavalry 'i& scotrrtng 8 country ia BUCh 'number" that the vvarsaw-Petrograd line always Is in aanger of being cut. ' . At Kupischki, 50 miles west i of Jlnsk' heavy: lighting is in progress, with the RusBiahs -resisting stubborh J as a break in. the defense? there jould mtt' the' early loss of "Dzirisk, a most imuortanv. iutxtionV''otl 'the warsaw-Petrri-ftii. pto oK'' Desperate battles ' still C are' prevail-" r5 dlong the Narew river, with, the Germans hoaifn - -w i, cue niuucniui ui. "e Russian defense,' except -at" a -Point near n0ii i .i ' i '.nave fnrrt0,i tu- - x " river ana "capmieu veral thousand prisoners and forced tha n..- :,!? wui - -uasmng Daci to a defense on northern frnnt- Leonnlil thWoef0re wsw, Berlin claiming back U having been thrown ' Dierl!n rP0,Ii8 the Germans becu fort wBtpertIon!of the Ivangorod wess, hntrpetiiagrad' claims r that s - . r .-, ' BESPETtATE -4 Captured ;yhen Fighting at lyan- arhtinnJjerof vio!ent:enga resistance of the Russians on Osta and Rozan was without also captured : ,17 I machine j Russian cavaliat points neaf f i t . wiH'-'tr the north'of Ivarigorod, remains is open, -v . 1 Comparative quiet prevails ,on the western fronts - . ; A significant' phase of the .near-eastern- operations whi6h has passed alr most Unnoticed Was- revealed in an nouncemeht ""fromPetrograd of de sttuctioniof almost 900 Turkish craft Itf the - Black! Sea by a Russian tor pedo boat flotilla:. More than 800 of these vessels were sailing ships 'built tto carry' supplies. " , ' ' The " persistence of the Turks in building ships, . despite continued de struction,. Is "accepted h'ere. as mean ing Constantinople is in a ' desperate need of supplies, RUSSIAlf :ST TB BANIC HOLDS MILLIONS : Petrograi AuigusC :5:-The largest hoard of gold' .in the wOrHtTds that held in 'the vaults of tlie' RiiBsian- state bank,- amounting aowto": about $850,- 000,000. Yet a visitor may travel irom one end of, ike Russian Empire to the other . arid i,n6t - see enongh lgold coin to buy a palr-of shoes, Papercur- rency is useo universally. . .The check, system, as It prevails Ii the United States and -England is nractically unknown In . Russia. Al though the larger cities have.mairy .ftno banks; the ordinary provincial business '.manv. distrusts banks,",- :and there are hundreds of thousands of pnosperoups Rrissians who have never had a banking account In their, lives. Their workirigcapital is' represented by paper currency of big denomination which tney . carry in,. a leather bag suspended by athing arouhd their neck. In Russia the . visitor may meet shaggy men . whose dress , andy ap pearance suggests the", artisan, class, who are carrying with them' constant ly from five to' ten" thousand dollars In currency, .i-; j-k.-:?."' ' 'Subscribe to The Evening DIspatctLHears-Selig ;News".,-Aflvertisenient SCENE IN "4 POLISH- S$r? 4m I I 111' 31 TH PLAC SVZAStHSKt TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM Conference Between Repre- tatives; of the Americas ; , : , Wasihngton 'August : 5. The six Pan-American f diplomats, inVited ,by President Wilson to - join', the United States in 'formulating a.plali "for re- fori ' their- conference with Secretary Lansing. -'";' "r ; - The -first result is expected to, be the ground work', of an understanding f or an all-American project to .rfi-es-tablishi' Constitutional, government be low 'the Rio Grande," preserve the-sovereignty, of Mexico and convince the world that 1 the United : States is act ing as Mexico's dearest and most powerful friend and - neighbor. The diplomats were only partially advised pf -the-- President's - plan. The . purpose of - the conference - was to TRYING secure their help in 'working out nspection service, spent the day before plan. Their governments already have the county grand jury. ' signified their willingness to co-oper- UIO ill lue. wuin wiu diLci wuaj o wu- f erenee it is expected the other Pan Ameridan countries, I including Cuba, will bKasked toNjoin in the work. s So far as known the President pro':, posed ; first, a" cessation of warfare and securing of -'provisional government by factional leaders themselves. Should '&at fail the American nation would assume the task. 4 ILL' GERMAN APOLOGY TO NOHVAY Steamer Minerva Sunk by Mis V itake ahd Wiil Be V'w '''Paid For a . London, August ..5r-A -Reuter dis patch' from Christianla says: ; "."Germany has informed '.Norway that i sinking of the Norwegian steam er;,, ijirijrtaf Vas due t to unfortunate cifcu&stancjes' which .lead the-r com mander Of the submarine to believe the vesaeltwas British. r Germany ,b.as expressed .deep 'regret arid a. willing ness tfrty damages.'' ;' .,-t',',tf-i' ' f -- - ' ' Thd, Minerva 'was sunk in May whifepri' her, way JfroriV-Shields to ChrlstUnia. The brew t Wast landed at -.,' More Jobs For WomeiT.- Vienfi,August"- BVronirthe latest reports of the " Austfian" trade Pinions itia,,5f(S that vthe European7, war) while5 decreasing , the dumber f of men unemfiloyedr. has greatly increased the number of .women seeking1 work' In normal times the number of unem pldyed mftleshas been -from two. to four ber '.tent, higher than, the out-of- .work -Efejn41es. . Figures, now show froia ..nine Jto twelve ; per cent, more wome.n -.out of ,-work-tha& men. , ' S ' ' '' - v.- -c--"'1 - . tumJna Pictures-Tonight.' ; " VThe Buckskin. Shirt"., with '.Ivan Christie," Charles H.;"Marles and;.Z- taf T.M ' i"rTV,ri- nAlon TlQfra -- CAPITAL v NOy-, INn HANDS Op TEUTONS: WARSAW i- Iy Act in Eastlknd Case ' - " J Before en; .Chicago, Ang'ust r 6 ,'frA review : of the: testimony eiveni 'arid "considera tion of the r espbnsibifiy" for the disas ter , wereagnquncedJasc as; the pro gram- pi the -Kurity'sgramf ry ""hiclt is investigating, the1 Eastland disas-j ter. Although fthis body has practi-j cally completed taking -evidence it is 1 not believed that any indictments, will be returned before end of the week. Manslaughter' and criminal care xlessness in handling the steamer . are ( the charges State Attorney Hoyne said i he , is consideringin : drawing the indictments. " -J Secretary Redfield did not complete his inquiry yesterday because his last witness, George Uhlef, " supervising in spector general of the steamship in Labor leaders were preparing today to inake plans : for an independent - in vestigation . of the, disaster. London, ' August 5.- The - report of the British Board ofv Trade ;,f or July shows that 62 British j steamers' and sailing craft v were sunk by, the Ger mans -:during 'that : monthj with -ja-loss of 63 llyes, while' four steamers and 1 lives were' lost -by mines. - . HAD NO MONEY BUT VON ELECTION Candidate Who -Canvassed State In Buggy Was Successful Mobile, Ala., August Z. A special from Jackson, Miss.; says: , "E. Btinyan ; Carter, of Amite coiin ty, has been elected lieutenant gov ernor; .defeating ' State -Senator Lee Russell,7 a Bilbo ally, overwhelmingly. ."Carter made ' a' remarkable race; being wholly without' campaign funds. He yas 1 unable, to eveA pay his rail way fare. and rode around the State with an old gray horse and. buggy and made personal solicitations for votes. " 3 "Carter .had an almost -even .break in Lafayette, county, the "home county of Russell' ' . 4 v ft .. ' 't ' " " C Washington; August - 5. Pledges -6f cb-bp'eratlon ; for - continuing ; the work of 'therecent . Pan-American' Financial Conference are"reaching the'Treasury Department. Cable messages, have been received from the presidents-of South and Central American republics in response" to ' an! identical .message sent them by President Wilson, ex pressing the appreciation of this gov ernment for their 'aid in making the 1 conference a Success."-. - ' 4 t- Hear .Btty l.ee At The ;Feast,of -Lratermr,tomorrowi- Advertisement. INDICTMENTS El OF THE WEEK I. 1 Xw. .5 5r.Vs,- J BIG CELEBRATION AT MOORE'S CREEK Scores of Wilmingtonians Take Part in the Glorious Historical Occasion Special toXThe Dispatch. - I Moore's Creek Battleground,.ugU3LtwfitheaeBsift8fimd. u.-r-iuiu rnubi iuipoaius'emmBuue, tatire' OfWit SlSfcu'mK rTPftrenches. ! 0 ' ' l stream whose waters onceran rsd with the blood of enemies i of Ameri- can -v- liberty, Moore's "Creek Battler ground is peopled today with .a throng of 4,000; celebrating the . first ' victory of the revolution. : About 300 are here from- Wilming tpn. Congressman Geo. E. Hood, ot Goldsboro, featured , the . celehraUon with aiK eloquent address -befn In troduced by President Geo. ; J. Moore, of the association. -" , I .An old-fashioned' couritry "picnic diif nerf. was served on the grounds;, and Pender's proverbial, delectablevlands again- proved their f excellence; , The. following. Wilmington- Canted; erate , veterans " joined those Of r the surrounding counties in a- reunion : Gen. Jas. I. Metts, Adjutant Leon, Geo. W. Huggins, Dr. A: M. Baldwin, T.' Lr Hoidge, Privates" Watson L Cat kins, Tom Sikes, : H. kuhl, 0 ,F. Alderman arid Capt." John West, who" dad-burned" arouncl to . the Relight of-the .crowds." - ' T - r. Thei United. Daughters . of theu' Con federacy - meet . later this afternoon: Photographer! Pfl fWamingtpn; is ereyjto pnotQgrapj$ cbc . vvwiaufi i -;A baseball 3game;betwleri t)elgado and: Ciirrie Ik4q h&rtayea 'pis after noon, and -InM-est! Is?keii Wilmington f otnters- nere . jo neip -i - . . . ' . - preserve order, wnicn nasDeen, , excellent-,- are Leon George, Ed 'George, Marcus' Grayr-H. Huggins andW tt. Applebury. B.-F. Keith-isone ot the prominent figures ' here rr.r";-r.u;,. . .M..WfJLH.uueBu,' i. vv. mwi jumw: er, prominent Wilmingtonians alsq' are here..' " '. ' ---.- , 2- WON RECRUITS BY ; GOING IN LION'S DEN Fishguard,-England, August S.-Ser geant Fuller, . who recently wonr the Victoria Cross in ' Flanders . and ' has since been 'assisting in the recruiting campaign -in 'England,; wonf lwO.', re cruits here by entering a lion's dBn. Fuller T was speaking at an opeij-air meeting in avyacant lot, adjoining a small .menagerie, ,when- two-yyoung men In the outskirts of , the atldience jestingly remarked to him': "We'll Join if you -ate brave . enough to enter .that lion'i -calnWiatt? - ?V ' , "111 just , take ,ou, a jrour w W9rd." returned j FuiierJ v? IthpiiV, ainoriignt's hesltatIorir,:vOons bave no, terri)r,for anyonewnp . uas ueeu iu iui7t.j,iyt trenches in - Flanders.' y ' - T;' He strode ' over to the menagerie, obtained '. the permission - of Hhfc :pro prietor, and entered' the cage, were there, were two v lions. - Amid tremen dous - excite'ment In the : crowd'Jie calmly v stroked the. lions for -tno-ment or two-:and.then"waJked;puVp the cage and resumed his ,placdvr on the recruiting piauorm. ' -"The Biggest "Crowd i" CA iRver Rfipn sftHft Beach is thdnredic tioifkchr tW Feast; of Lanteni'st-Ad- "rertlsement. i GoverYiment . Issued? Orders the Evacuation L - i . '' J CIVILIANS IIEPEI Called Upon For Military Work of a Certain NatureJewtsh Newspapers Suspended. r - - " Waf saw, July 22 (By mail ,to Petrp grad and-London, .August . CTh'e hurried measures adopted for the evac uation of this city " are stiown inra number of official orders which haVe appeared These edicts direct re moval ' of - thie Univers'ity of Warsaw to Moscow and the discontinuance of the administration of justice .before the' high court after July, 24th. ; V ; Another states that all horses, autos and' other means of transportation not removed to" the' right bank of ,the Vi9: tula before July 18th will be subject to requisition of -"the government thereafter. , . ; -'.- An order from the Governor-General but the editors have announced that funds contributed by American Jewish organizations 'will permit" continued. employment or tne... editorial stairs 'and provides three weeks for the mechanical-forces. r ' Ir.tv : ; ' Official , plans! have j been - published for ;the male Ian ; populatlohybe military work, such as transportation " The plans provide -that eacH5 fohe thousand shall be under; direction of a "head manj - with a' centurion for each one hundred. BULLFIGHTING AT NIGHT Spain Elated That The Game ; Can be Conducted After the Day's Work - X Madrid, ApguSt 5. The" first bull fight ever- held at night, which was held here on July 3rd, proved such a success that it is believed the custom will be generally adopted ' throughout Spain, ; especially during the warmest portion. of the. summer. The novelty of ; the; first night bullfight , attracted guch:a crowd that the, Immense sta dium ;was filled to suffocation, for there was not a breath 0 air. stirring, and this largely defeated the purpose Of the hew idea, which was to esacpe the Intense heat of the day , : : iThe spectacle however, was a ' com plete .success save for the lack of that gleaming brightness and dead shade which the Castillian sun alone can pro Hundreds. of arc lights made tho 'or the arena so brilliant . that there ap peared to be no added risk to the bull fighters themselves y from any unfa miliar shadow. - -The Spanish-comic papers are amus ing - themselves and -the people .wif tk all sorts, of droll conceptions of what may become : of some of the historic terms tand customs for so many cen turies bound up with Spain's national sport. It is suggested, for example, that in place of calling the .''bleachers''; of the, ring; the , "sun. seats," these cheaper places be termed "moon seats." Instead, too of .the custom of throwing at .the feet of a skillful toreador hats,' canes, ; cushions and handkerchief si as ; tokens : of the -approval of thef crowd,it Is hinted that, at the night bullfights, -pocket electric lamps V aid. thQ incandescent- globej that light the terraced rows -of the stadiumseats may. come to r be. em ployed yforj. this .purpose to the dis comfort of the banderuleros and torea dors'4 " - - - - - Lav CroSSer Wis., August 5 . Eight allies will 'be added to- the six-foot channel on' the upper Pisslssippi, now stretching from Winona, Minn to La Crosse,' by the government - crews which have, already begun work." The extension of the- channel will :ost 1140,000 out o f the million dollars ap propriated for river - improvement In tha: northern' Mississippi. ; The new work. extends from La Crosse .to Brownsville,. . and " will corhplete " 40 miles of continuous . channel V-r--"V-,-V: ' h-4 Story ofjConfessibna in Triple Murder Trial In Visstoiv - - - V V-V' Salem N" ' HUSBAND VIGTi;. Winston-Salemfca; ! August J, A; Thomas chief of police of Wlns sion-saiem, ana snerifr,.j?,untt of For-v syth county, were witnesses today-at. the second day's session -of the trial of MrsIda Ball Warren, : Sam". "P. Christy and ; Clifford : Stqnestreet. -charged 5 with the "murder - of G.r Jf.1- Warren, in November of 'last year..', Chief Thomas told of confession ' alleged -to have been 'made' by" MrsV Warren and" Christy. " He -made .'refc erence.to a conversation with Christy " concerning Christy's alleged state;" ment of how;Varren was killed, wbicb the "police chief said Cbristy - made - to him en route, from; Grand Saline; Texas .where he was arrested. . ; Sheriff: Flint, corroborated ,state merits attributed .to Mrs. Warreri,iri ,whi(jh-she; isr alleged -tCLV have ; told about wishing to take Warren's Hie by i putting quicksilver . in' , wine for " him tor-drink. A' 'Chicago August S.--Samples otthe. American apple cropare, Qi,erblbiUon Fforii the; size and quality ;bf the sam' 'trJ.i '4i'-.nwii -."'itJ " ' and' reports'jbrpught" by the -growers show1 a large yield this, yearly ( f AGAIN JUSTIFIES THESIHG 1 Germany Continues . to ; Claim She Was Rightjin the ; , s Frye Case f ; .- 4 ,' ' - rat the nflual ' rJbrfvfintinn of the ' In- ' I Aetnationai yAppKt ."fehJppers'L'.-'A!sspciaL-"TV Washington, - August tJ.--The . Con , troversy- between the JJnlted., States ' and Germany over the "sinking of th - American sailing' ship, ..William:. P. Frye; still remains "unsettled wittn " - ' publication today . of the v latest ;;Ger-,;. ! . man note again - justifying the - Ger- . -man course ' and reltefatlng'! willing- ness to make" reparSftori 'foHheliBhlpj ' f, Replying; tcb.tAe ' iast:Americafl Totot"- 1 Germany, inustifjfipn fosJnkAng .; ' .of f ,ihe iFrye;, adhered ,tQber,'1preYfput.;i , . claim that the act was not in contra ye!ntion( . ot 'the fPru's'sldtf-XmeHcan: ' treaty , pr internationl,l -lkw; V?, - - ' ' - Should the United; States allow, the controversy to go to he. Hague for. interpretation' of. ..treaty jT provisions . or continue to - discuss thef issue;'- through diplomatic channels It la vir- tually certain the United , States '.will ask that! mean whllel-Germkny: refrain - from violation of , what the Unitedi.,, V States contends-are its( treaty; rights- - . 4 f v '"'j. .lir n .r-.,,Tr'--mrr.t-- -1ni,i i mt- f y GEORGIA BANKERS K J ;''''Alb"StUDENts'V. Atlanta, , Ga,r; August rfir-Agricu tural education, in-Georgia ;haa been, given a, greaj.bflostu.brthe Georgia" Bankers' Association;, the. members of which have subscrlbed-a fund for tha education - of -boys arid' Hs ; in. State : ' Institutions. .Fifteen 'scholarships arev -to be giyenfUiIsJiaUt,fhoys,;and teen - to -;girlfn anthe ;ild "jrendered will beH te.rri.o.iiwhlcbr stndentsj wilt'repayru(u.;nali4ngi,t :t benefit 'continuous ajvSelfeupporting. To shew ftbboys an4 girls of. the rural sections' the best method Jn modern I ' agriculture is the aim of the bankers " who foresee excellent results as the . system expands, and who. hope to put v Georgia In the first rank off efficient , cy in agriculture."" 'Begin .Work On New. $1, CO 0,003 Sta- " . tion at Mtcdn. ,-. r . . ' r. " Macon, Ga.u, August 5.rr At a meet- ' Ing of the stockholders of the, Macon Terminal- Company,, held, here today, plans were completed; 'forh.3itre?ti3nr 91 t -pf a million dollar, jinloti station:! Thai 833U property ;'has been , secured and' the, present tenants are vacatlrg. 'if. '1 i I Mr: rip IS J
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