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The Washington times., 1914-08-12

hand in the wireless controversy, and
the British embassy here is now await
ing word from the home government
before making its position officially.
known to Secretary Bryan.
/. While the German embassy makes the
claim that the wireless restrictions
amount to discrimination against
Germany. inasmuch as England and
France have uninterrupted use of the
cable. while II Is impossible to send
government because Of censorship In
England and France, England takes the
position that unrestricted use Of vire-
less would be discriminating.
Councillor Barclay Of the British en-
oassy. gave out the following state
II have communicated request Of
Charge d'Affaires Won Haimhausen with
regard to the use OF the Tuckerton
radio station to my home government,
and will not be able to give Secretary
Bryan an answer until I hear from
London.
Sees Difference In Cases.
Speaking personally. I think the Ger
man use of the Tuckerton station would
be great advantage over Enland and
France, who have to depend on cable
for transmitting messages to their home
governments. The possible presence OF
German cruisers in the Atlantic would
mean that they, too, would receive any
messages sent from the Tuckerton sta
ton, whereas in our case, using cables,
there Is no chance for the messages we
send to reach any point but the place of
announced destination. Whether or
not the Germany embassy VIII be allow
ed to use British cables 1 cannot now
say"
The Washington times., 1914-08-12
PARIS CLAIMS MORE VICTORIES.

PARIS, Aug 12French and German
along line Asace French
been successful according official by
today declared French infantry driven
the German back in the Verdun region inctng heavy losses
battery of artillery captured.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20
BELGIUM BECOMES
A NATION IN EXILE

London. Oct 1s-C1.50 p. M).--The pop
ulation of Belgium steadily is becoming
what a French writer terms "a nation
in exile" The burden of this tragedy is
falling upon Great Britain, Holland and
France.
Between 100000 and 100000 Belgians have
crossed their border into Holland and
equal numbers have focked southwark
into France, while more than 100000 have
arrived on English shores and are con-
tinuing to pour across the English chan
mel by thousands daily.
While the process of their eventual re-
patriation or absorption into the popula-
lions of other countries looms on the
horizon as one of the greatest problems
in modern European history. the question
of today is the care of the exiles and the
feeding of the millions of persons re-
naming in Belgium whose industries are
paralyzed.
Eight hundred Belgians slept on the
floors of public buildings in London last
night. Many of them were people of re-
finement.
The hospitality of the people of Folke-
stone and Dover is being taxed to the
limit while the seacoast town of Deal is
swamped under the wave of refugees,
half starved and with their nerves
wrecked from terror and the privations
they have undergone.
Londons streets and parks are full of
Belgian officers and soldiers, some of
whom have been wounded. Others be-
came separated from their commands
ora iofDad the evndus of refupees The
Belgian legation has issued instructions
to all the able bodied men to rejoin the
army.
large proportion of the exiles are
looking forward to making their homes
In the United States when they can OBJ
tain the money to get there.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20
ONLY THE M0LASSES
JUG SUFFERED MUCH
Jesse Stimson Hit and Knocked
Down by Trolley Car-Quick
Work of Motorman Black.
stone Prevents Serious Acct.
dent-Aged Man Escapes In.
jury, but Loses Molasses

Jesse Stimson. aged 20, narrowly es.
capped serious injury when struck by
southbound Fairfield trolley at Main
and Appleton street, about IL o'clock
Monday morning. With the exception
of breaking molasses jug that he
was carrying, and giving him a gen.
eral shaking up, he was uninjured. He
was able to walk home. But for the
prompt action of Motorlnan Charles
Blackstone, the cid man would have
been more seriously injured.
Mr.. Stimson left the house to do
some marketing on Main street, and
laden with bundles and g heavy jug
he started across Main street towards
the east side. The wind blowing down
the street caused him to hold Ills UNI
brella Oh his left, cutting off his view
from the north end of the street. De-
fective hearing prevented his hearing
the approaching car and the clang Of
the bell. When Motorman Blackstone
saw that the old man did not hear the
warning he applied the emergency
brake and brought the car to stop
just moment after it had pushed Tho
old man to one side. Conductor Fred
Sleeves and several men f.am The
nearby stores helped Nv. Sstsdson to
his feet, gathered Up his bundles and
saw that he was started safely HHno.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20
RUSSIANS THINK
WARSAW VICTORY
is PERMANENT

Petrograd, via London, Oct. 49, f.30
A M.--Accordng to information from
Warsaw the Russian army is not an
ticpating the return of the Germans
to that region, from which they were
lately repulsed with large losses. The
German failure there is attributed
partly TO the inability of the artillery
and infantry to follow up and support
the advance guard, which approached
within five miles of the city.
The backwardness of the artillery is
due to the condition of the country as
a result of four days continuous rain.
The ground between Warsaw and
Skiernieweci Lowicfi and Kutno, be-
ing fiat and marshy, cannot immedi-
ately dry or freeze, making an im1ne-
date advance impossible. The one
railroad from .Lowicz, A miles west
southwest of Warsaw, to Warsaw,
which was the Germans only means
for transporting their heavy guns,
was destroyed by the Russians. War
saw is virtually untakable without
heavy guns.
A main action is reported in the up
per Vistula region, where the Ger
mans are attempting to march toward
Krasnik an Lublin. A battle is OFF,
cially reported as developing south OF
Przemysl, chiefly with the Austrians
The situation of the German forces,
as gathered from the official reports,
is about as follows on the Russian
frontier:
1.-THE German army from East Prus-
STA. now near Mlawa, is intercepted in
its effort to pass through Plotsfh, to
Warsaw by masking the fortress of
Novo Georgievsk the Thorn -Posen
forces are following the left basin OF
the yistula and have occupied the
Kutno-Lowisz district, while the ST.
Iesian army beleaguering Ivangorod
extends to Sandomir.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20
ADVANCE OF THE
THE &c R NJ A N s
HAS Been HALTED

London, Oct 1886 A. M.-"The adj
vance of the German force threaten
ing the northern French seacoast has
been halted for the moment says the
correspondent of the Chronicle III
northern France. THE Germans have
suffered heavily in the recent fighting
and are now short of munitions and
stores. However, they are prepared to
strike heavy blow. 1t is probable
that they will attempt to penetrate the
efences of Dunkirk with the object of
overrunning the French coast as far
as Calais an Boulogne. The heavy
siege guns from Antwerp are beins
moved toward the present German
line while large bodies of German
troops are being pushed forward. A
large number of Germans is conferred
at Thourout, IL miles southwest of
Bruges, Belgium.
"Dunkirk is calm, although the city
realizes that it is menace. Along the
front of both armies the duty in the
trenches is made more unpleasant by
heavy rains and the ground by the
armies, in many cases, is a bog. The
weather Is turning colder and the
mists and fogs make the low-lying
country unhealthy"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20
CURLEY'S FUND
TOPROVIDEFOR
UNEMPLOYED

Boston, Oct. 19.-The raising of a
fund of 100000 or more to provide
work for thousands of unemployed
mechanics and Iaborers is proposed by
Mayor Curley. He would act in con-
junction with the National Civic Fed
Grafton of Women, according TO mis-
plans announced today. Representa-
tiYes of the federation who in confer
ence with the mayor regarding their
work in caring for the European war
refugees arrived in this city were urg-
ed to solicit a contribution of $40 from
each member of the federation who
would, according to the mayor, make
an $4,000 nest egg for the fund.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20
$4,000 GIVEN
FOR EDITION De
Lux BY. WOMAN

New York. Oct. 19-Mrs. Elizabeth S.
Moore of Greensburg, Pa, testified today
in the trial of James j. Farmer, Will
liam J. Hartley and others charged with
a SIC. 600 rare book swindle that she
had paid the defendants about $4,000 for
so-called de luxe editions on the under
standing they were to be re-sold at big
profit.
The books were never re-sold, she testi-
fed, although Glenn Farmer and William
II. Scott, another defendant, called on
her afterwards and offered her $50, 00O,O 900
to $500, 900. She accepted the offer prompt
ly she said, and the men left to get the
money They did not return.
Mrs. Mary A. Watts of Manchester. N.
H, testified that she had paid Glenn Far
mer and Hartley $4,000 for so-called rare
books upon their assertions that the
books would be sold later at a large
profit.
81 was also told that l would receive
q large picture of Theodore Roosevelt,
signed by himself, and public docu-
ment, both of which were very valuable"
Mrs. Watts testified.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20

Rosenthal, Holland, Via London,
Oct 1910 p M.-The stream of Bel
gian refugees, an almost endless pro-
cession of panic stricken people which
.-as heen passing without restraint, the
little red, white and blue posts mark
ins the border of the peaceful king
dom of the Netherlands, at last is
growing less turbulent. Probably
10000 d.straught people have come
rushing into Holland since Antwerp
fxlI
The Germans have been endeavor-
ing to induce the refugees to return
TO their homes ana resume their vo-
cations. Essichen was the center of
the panic which followed Antwerp's
fall. Abe residents of Antwerp had
been tod repeatedly that their city
was the strongest fortress in Europe
Personal Inconvenience, such as the
absence of water for 10 days. the city
in darkness tfter o'clock and the re-
fusal of permission those outside the
CITY 10 enter did not lessen the anx-
iety of the people. Then governor
of Antwerp signed proclamation say
ing History teaches us how some
times fortified cities have stood bonn
bardment. There you are warned to
leave the city if possible before 2
O'clock this afternoon. The ceaseless
fight toward Essichen began. Fren-
zied. thousands rushed homeward and
packed their goods in sheets, towels
and bed spreads, strapped children on
their backs or placed them in wheel
betrows and fastened to the nearest
station There was not necessity for
tickets; the trains gathered in peo-
pie like cattle. This lasted FIVE days
Passengers rode on the roofs of cars,
the steps of the locomotives and any
other foothold they could find. Or
Ainarily the distance is covered i'll
about 20 minutes. The refuge trains
look six hours. Then followed an
other slow ride through Roosendaal,
where by a common impulse, the resi-
dents carried everything eatable to-
ward the station.
The Dutch soldiers, lined up in solid
rows. pushed the baskets of food in the
windows and coaxed the babies, the chill
dren and women to eat and drink, then
escorted the frightened thousands to
schools theatres, barracks and barns,
where shelter awaited them. Roosendaal
had too few ambulances to accommodate
the hundreds of insane and those suffer
ing from insurable diseases who had been
released peil nell from Antwerp and
crowded into the trains. One train of
eight cattle cars contained only former
inmates of asylums for the insane They
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20
DelisIe Grondin

Miss Olive Grondin. one of the younger
daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. George II.
Grondin of Oak street. was married at
I o'clock Monday morning at the church
of ST. Francis de Sales by Father Char
land to Joseph Delisle, papermaker in
the Hollingsworth & Whitney mills. Aft
err the ceremony the couple and a few
friends and the relatives. who had at
tended the ceremony at the church, en-
joyed a wedding breakfast at the home
of the brides parents. A crowd of would
be serenaders were disappointed when
Mr. and Mrs. Delisle failed to appear as
passengers on the 8 o'clock train. After
a short wedding trip the couple will live
in Waterville.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20
WON'T WITHDRAW
u. S. TROOPS TILL
SETTLE TROUBLE

Washington, Oct. 19.--President Will
son revealed today that administration
uestion incident to the evacuation of
Vera Cruz by American forces had
been referred by Carranza to the ma
tional convention at Aguascalientes.
Consul Silliman, who conferred with
General Aguilar reports that the lat
ter has given assurances that all the
points will be satisfactorily adjusted.
Such an arrangement Is satisfactory
to administration officials here as they
believe the action OF the convention
will be binding upon any future gov
eminent in Mexico. This government
has not altered it's plans to withdraw
the forces, but is asking merely that
questions be settled before the troops
depart
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20
nth COUNCIL OF
D. A. R. IN PORTLAND

The 18th annual council meeting of the
Maine Daughters of the American Revo-
luton will be held with the Elizabeth
Wadsworth Chapter at Portland, Me-.
Wednesday and Thursday, Oct q and %.
The following is the program:
PYTHIAN TEMPLE.
Wednesday morning-1oS0 O'Clock. Coun-
ell called 10 order by the State regent.
Mrs. William C. Robinson.
Invocation by the chaplain, Mrs. An
gustas Maloon. 80 -
Singing. America"
Address OF welcome. Mrs. w. NJ
Rhodes, regent of Elizabeth wadswor;h
Chapter.
Response. Mrs. r. s. MeKenney, ex.
regent of Margaret COTE Moore Chapter.
Reading of minutes of last meeting,
Recess.
Wednesday afternoon-2 o'clock. Maine
Song, Miss Helen B. Birkenmeyer; violin
obligato Mrs. Elise Fellows. White; ac-
companist. Miss Susie Coffin.
Paper, Francis Scott Key" Miss E,
Marie Estes.
star Spangled Banner" Miss Helen B.
Birkenmeyer; accompanist, Miss Susie
Coffin
Address. 1.-The March of Benedict Ar.
mold Through the Provinces of Maine"
Charles J. Nichols, Esq.
Violin solo (a) Fantasia, OBJ The Blue
bird, Elise Fellows White.
Delegates report to the credeptiai com.
mittee at the close of this session.
Wednesday evening. Reception in Fall
mouth Hotel.
Thursday $50 O'Clock Riverton. Open.
ing exercises.
Report of credential committee.
Report OF committees-Marking Histor.
ic Spots, Mrs. w. G. Chapman vice
chairman: Patriotic Education. Mrs. R,
T. Patten; Opportunity Farm. Mrs. A. A.
Kendall.
New business.
Reports of regents.
Luncheon.
Credentials committee: Mrs. Wallace
Emery, North Arson; Mrs. w. G. Chap.
man, Portland; Mrs. l.. A. Merriam, Nor.
way
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20

speaking of William Barnes and
Charles F. Murphy of New York. Col.
Roosevelt wound up two-days speak
ing trip in Illinois in the interest of the
Progressive candidates with an ad-
dress here in which he depressed to
pay his respects at length to the Re-
publican and Democratic leaders of
New York state.
Evidently the conditions here are
not materially different from what
they are in my own state" he said.
There Messrs. Barnes and Murphy,
the Republican and Democratic bosses.
stand in all their practices SO close
together you could not put sheet of
tissue paper between them while each
is sundered from the sincere and up
right rank and file of his own party
by a gulf that would be impossible If
only men were willing to vote their
living convictions instead of being
slaves to a dead name"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20
SWIMMING COLLARS
TO RESCUE SAILORS

London, Oct. 10, $50 P. M.--That the
admiralty is fully alive to the neccssl-
ty Of providing a means for the crews
of warships that strike mines or are
torpedoed by submarines, to escape
drowning since other warships are
prohibited going to their assistance, is
shown by the announcement today
that the admiralty is arranging for a
general supply of swimming collars
to be distributed to the officers and
men of the fleet. The men are instruct
cd that the collar shall be carried on
their person when they are awake and
kept inflated and near each individual
when he is asleep.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20
A TRIBUTE TO
PLUCK OF The
:. GERMAN SAILORS

London, Oct. 1880 A. M.-The
Post has published dispatch from
Harwich dated Sunday, Oct. Is, on the
return to port of the British warships
which vanquished four German tor
pedo boat destroyers in the North sea
last Saturday. The dispatch follows:
Bearing their battle honors proud
ly, the cruiser Undaunted this after
noon led into Harwich from the North
sea the destroyers which participated
in the engagement Saturday, the re-
suit of which was the sinking of four
German destroyers.
Interviews with the crew of the
'Undaunted show that this vessel to-
gether with four British torpedo boat
destroyers, left Harwich early Satur
day morning and sighted the Germans
early in the afternoon. BY fine sea-
manship the enemy was forced to
fght The German destroyers faced
the odds bravely. With her big guns
the Undaunted opened fire at a range
of five miles. Then the smaller vessels
closed in and became busy.
''Then began a running fight. While
the cruiser, protected from torpedoes
by her fighting consorts, devoted her
attention particularly to two of the
enemy's ships, the destroyers attacked
the other two. The first of the ene-
mys craft sank after a half-hour's
fighting. Within an hour and hall
the battle was over.
lone sailor pays tribute to the pluck
Of the Germans. They fought well, he
said, and kept firing till they sank.
This accounts for the smaliness of the
number of the German survivors"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20
UNITED IRISH
LEAGUE MEETS
ON DECEMBER 8

Boston, Oct. 19.-The date of the
National convention of the United
Irish League of America, originally
called for Nov. 10, has been fixed for
Dec. 8, according to an announcement
made today by Michael ]. Jordan, the
national secretary. The convention
will be held in New York as first ar
ranged
The change in the plans were neces-
STATED by the meeting of the British
parliament on Nov. IL, at which sew
eral Irish members who had planned
to attend the convention. void be COM
PEELED to be present
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20
80 TRANSPORTS CARRY
CANADIAN TROOPS

New York, Oct. ia line of grey
transports led by pilot boat and
two British cruisers and fanked by
an amanda of battleships, cruisers
and destroyers; a line so long that it
laid the smudge of it's smoke against
the sky as far as sailors could see to
the east and west-such was the fleet
that carried Canada's troops to Eng
land and it's conveys as glimpsed from
the decks of the Minnewaska, $40 miles
from the mouth of the Thames, on
Oct. 10. officers of the steamer told of
the spectacle upon her arrival here to-
day.
There were 80 transports in the line
and they steamed at distances of half
a mile to a mile. Each transport flew
the British flag and was painted steel
grey, even the tunnels.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20
TAFT GIVES DINNER
TO HENRY WATTERSON

Washington, Oct. ia luncheon
given in his honor today by former
President Taft was the final incident
in the visit to Washington CT Henry
Watterson, editor of the Louisville
Courier Journal Mr.. Watterson, who
following his call on President Wilson,
had planned to leave for New York
last night, decided to remain over when
he received Mr.. Taft's invitation.
Colonel Watterson's presence at the
White House brought to an end the
differences existing between President
Wilson and George Harvey, former
editor of Harper's Weekly and Mr..
Watterson. He was with the President
more than an hour during which the
latters Mexican and foreign policies
were discussed. Personal matters also
figured in the talk.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20
REV. DIR. JOEL BINGHAM
DIES AT HARTFORD, CT.

Hartford, CT, Oct. 19.-The Rev. DR..
Joel Foote Bingham, author and writer
and father of General Theodore A.
Bingham, recently commissioner of po-
lice in New York, died at his home
here during last night from apoplexy
DR.. Bingham had lived in Hartford
nearly 25 years, following his retire
ment from active church work.
DIR. Bingham was born in Andover
Conn, Oct. II. 1927. He entered the
Congregational ministry in 1858, being
pastor of churches in Cleveland ana
Buffalo and in Augusta, Me. In 1871
he was ordained a priest in the Prot
estant Episcopal church and was rec
tor in New Haven, Portsmouth, n. H..
and Waterbury, Conn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20
HEARING
ADVANCED BY THE
SUPREME COURT

Washington, Oct. 19.-The supreme
court today advanced for hearing on Dec.
II the Harry X Thaw extradition case
and the Danbury hatters case.
The former involves the extradition OF
Thaw from New Hampshire to New York
on a charge of conspiracy to escape from
Matteawan hospital where he was
confined after the killing of Stanford
White.
The other case concerns the liability
of individual members of the Hatters'
Union for $25O.000 damages awarded
to Dietrich E. Loewe for a boycott of
his goods during a strike.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20
PRINCE OWES LIFE
TO HEART FAILURE

London. Oct. 10, Abs A. MA dis
patch to the Times from Copenhagen
says that 1t is generally stated in
Germany that Prince Oscar, the fifth
son of the Emperor. owes his life to
his attack of heart failure. 1t appears
from the stories current that a party
of Turcos We're firing from trees and
shot down all tie officers surrounding
the prince without exception. The
sudden excitement led to the heart at
tack and the prince fell unconscious.
The Tureos, it is said, believed he was
dead and stopped firing.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20

Przemysl, was continued yesterday and
our troops succeeded in getting close to
thee nemy At several points our troops
were advancing as against a fortress.
Last night several attacks of the Rus
slams were repulsed with heavy losses for
the enemy. Our heavy artillery is now in
action.
THE pursuit of the enemy north of
Wyszkow, near the Carpathian passes,
has continued. In other parts our troops
have already advanced over the Carpa-
thians.
THE Russian losses during their at
tacks on Przemysl are estimated at 10000
dead and wounded
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NEPHEW OF ROOSEVELT
RESIGNS HARVARD POST

Cambridge, Mass, Oct. 1s.-Nicholas
Roosevelt of Oyster Bay, L. l., neph-
ew of Col. Theodore Roosevelt, has re-
signed an ASSISTANT professorship of
HISTORY at Harvard that he might go
to Europe ito be near the war" This
was the reason which he gave in his
letter Of resignation, received at the
College. offices today. He plans to stay
abroad until the war is over, and then
return to take up his instruction n
history.
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REV. ABEL WILLARD
DIES AT HAVERHILL

Haverhill, Mass, Oct 1s.-Rev. Abel
Willard, rector of st. James Episcopal
church, South Groveland, died this
morning at the Hale hospital follow
ing an operation for appendicitis, aged
so yeahs. He came to the South Grove
land parish three years ago from
birmingham, where he was rector of
st. johns Episcopal church for nine
years.
He was unmarried and leaves pa
rents and other relatives in Brockton.
He was graduate of Trinity College,
Hartford, CT, and the Cambridge
Theological school.