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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-01
U. S. Recruit Tells of Blowing
Up Home, Killing Wife and
Four Children.
COMMITTED CRIME TO
ELOPE WITH A WOMAN
Scott Stone Of Tolono, Ill.,, Enlists
in Army After Charmer Refused
to Go With Him.

ST. LOUIS. Mo-. October s1-A writ
ten confession that he blew up his
| home with dynamite, killing his Sleep
ing wife and four small children, was
given to the police here today by Scott
Stone, a United States Army recruit,
| who was arrested yesterday at Jeffer-
son barracks. Stones farmhouse at
Tolono. ILL.,, was burned September Is
| last Mrs Stone and four children, the
eldest aged five years. perished in the
| blaze.
Stone said in his confession that he
committed the crime to be free to go
away with woman whom he knew
| only as Lucille. Sixteen days after the
| destruction of his home and family
Stone enlisted in the United States
Army at recruiting station In Mat
toon, ILL.,, under an assumed name. He
vas arrested at the barracks yester-
day at the request of the states at
, torney of Champaign county, Ill.
According to the confession. Stone on
the afternoon of September 81 took his
wife and four children buggy riding
They returned at 1880 pm, and went
to bed at o'clock. all sleeping in the
same room. The three older children
slept at the foot of the bed. and the
youngest child beside it's mother.
Tells Of Crime.
'I slept until 10 o'clock, when 1 felt
my wild rowing nature overcoming
me- Stone said. Between / and 2
o'clock / got out of bed and went to
the barn. where had hidden ten sticks
of dynamite in the wheat bin. 1 had
bought the dynamite in Tolono and the
percussion caps IN Champaign
II put the dynamite OH a table in
the kitchen. and ran eighteen feet of
tube from 1t to the back door. / then
went outdoors and lit the fuse. After
the explosion began calling for help"
Stone said that townspeople arrived
and helped him carry out his furniture.
A detective asked: Did you tell any
of these people that your family was
burning up in that house,.
Stone replied in the affirmative.
II thought my family would be bet
ter off in heaven" Stone said in con-
clusion.
what do you mean by that?'' he was
asked.
stone replied: with my spending
money and time on the other woman,
did not think ! was treating my fam
lily right, and l decided they would be
better off dead"
Betrayed by Woman.
Stones arrest was due to the story
/ of a woman, who told the states at
| toFney of Champaign county that stone
| wanted her to go west with him. Ac-
cording to the story, Stone met the
woman the day after the fire.
The inquest on the deaths of the fam
lily failed to develop any evidence OF
crime, but Stone was kept under sur
yeillance secretly by the Champaign
county authorities, who knew at once
of his enlistment.
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T11PkEY HAS DUG ITS OWN GRAVE,
ENRAGED RUSSIAN PUBLIC THINKS

, them the British, where Sir George Bu-
chanan spoke few words to a huge
crowd.
The Turkish embassy is not a hun
dred yards away. on the same quay OF
Neva, but the crowd ignored its ex-
istence after a speech urging them not
to commit imprudent acts from one
of the leaders of the procession. Police
were in strong force around the Turk
ish embassy building.
The Russian public Is enraged at the
insolent conduct Of Germany in Turkish
ships and is disposed to rejoice that
Turkey has at last provided for its
own future and dug Its own grave. be-
queathing the empire to its heirs and
SUCCESSORS.
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ARNENIANS ASSISTING RUSSIA;
HAPPY AT CHANCE TO FIGHT TURKS

are enrolling, too, with the greatest
alacrity. Most of them are Moham-
medans, but their sympathies are not
with Turkey, and fighting is the breath
of life to them. They ask no greater
boon than to he allowed to use their
horses and rifles against Russia's
enemies. The settled Tartar popula-
tion of the Caucasus. which has been
more directly exposed to Ottoman IN
fuences, has given innumerable proofs
of it's loyalty to Russia.
Petrograd newspapers express con-
cern at the attitude of Bulgaria, but
most of them refuse to admit the pos
sibility of her aiding Turkey against
the empire that liberated her from the
Ottoman yoke.
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Betrayed by Woman.
HEARS TALKS ON HOLINESS.
International Convention Listens to
PAPERS by Divines.

CINCINNATI. Ohio, October 3l.-Evan-
gelistic literature, which, it was declared,
was greatly needed, and the relation Of
schools to this literature were discussed
at the international holiness convention
here today. A number Of papers on the
topics were read. and an open discussion.
which in general tended to uphold the
speakers, followed.
Another open discussion was upon the
remuneration of evangeists. Rev. ]. Ma
lone of Ohio spoke on the advantages and
dangers of holiness evangelism. and Rev.
Andrew johnson on the relation of holi-
ness to modern thought.
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ASK ABOUT WAR PRISONERS.
Ten Thousand Letters Pour in on In
ternational Agency Daily,

BERNIE, Switzerland, October 81, by
way of Paris.-The international
agency for prisoners of war is in re-
ceipt every day of about 10000 letters
making inquiry concerning prisoners
and of about 800 letters supplying in
formation concerning soldiers in the
hands OF the enemy.
Since the opening of the war this
ONCE has received over 10000 de-
mands for information, especially
about French prisoners in Germany
and German prisoners in France.
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ENGINES FOR SUBMARINES.
Six s0O-H Horsepower Motors Ordered
in St. Louis.

ST. LOUIS. October 31.-The Navy De-
partment has placed orders for six en-
gines for submarines with the Busch
Diesel Engine Company of ST Louis. The
contract is worth more than $25o,o0o. Be-
ginning next week, the local factory will
double it's working force in order to fill
the contract
Two engines each are intended for subma-
rines LIS. L-6 and LII, now being built
at Bridgeport, Conn. The company has
promised to have the engines ready within
a year.
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Vanished Races to Be Described.

DIR. J. Walter Fewkes Of the bureau
of American ethnoIogy is scheduled to
lecture on 1.-The Vanished Races Of the
Caribbean" in the assembly room of the
Public Library Tuesday evening at 8
o'clock. The lecture is to be given un-
der the auspices Of the Anthropological
Society Of Washington. Like all leo
lures given at the library, u viii be
open to the public.
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ALLIES LAND AND SEA FORCES
ARE USED TO CHECK THE foe
Short Advances on Either Side Considered Remark
abe-Fghtng Near Lille Of
Desperate Character.

LONDON October 31-The German attempts reach the
French channel ports resumed with energy yesterday
undertook general offensive the
Nieupo As and while they made progress points
they repused compelled
ground checked
sion of the flooded
Today the battle with the fury that marked the opening
of the last phase of this campaign and the English the
boom of the big naval guns which bombarng the invaders flank
could be distinctly heard.
The allies have brought land and forces endavo
check this effort of establish
the French from which tey hope England
SITUATION AT RAMSCAPELLE
The German official report issued early today
troops occupied Ramscapee on the
and canal between Neuport nd Dixud but the
ca communication of this afternoon they driven
counter attack Doubtless the of the flooded
reaches beyond made German positions
On the whole therefore, would appear that
this most important battle front remains much the
Germans through exhaustion few days ceased their heavy
artillery fire The French of various
and losses but these usually distance concerned
the British Belgium of yards considered remarkable
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snec,al Cablexra In to The Star and New York Times
PETROGRAD, October 31.-Russia is
well prepared to deal with the new
situation created by Turkey. The Black
no. fleet has long been in readiness.
and in addition to the regular troops
in the Caucasus many volunteer corps
have been organized among the Ar
menians, Georgians and Mohammedails-
The Armenians, In particular. are
overjoyed at the prospect OF ngntlhs
their hereditary enemy. and "eai.hy
Armenian merchants are contributing
rye sums for the equipment OF VOL
unteer forces. Caucasian mountafneers
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SHIPPING LARD TO ENGLAND.
Firm Fills Orders For 327, 900
Pounds Since War Began.

EAST ST. LOUIS. Ill, October 81
An order for more than $500 pounds
Of lard was received today by a pack
ing house here from the British gov
ernment The firm has shipped $4,000
pounds Of lard to England since the
war began.
The German government has offered
high prices. but will not take the risk
Of shipment. The packers thus far
have been unwilling to taks the risk.
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political cardinals of the sacred COL
lege.
1t is believed that this will delay
some what the pontiffs word on the
subject. Benedict wishes to hear also
the opinion of cardinals belonging to
the countries directly participa ting in
The conflict. 1t is asserted that the
Pope's condemnation of this war is
very violent, as violent as his con-
denlnation Of those responsible.
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TURKEYS ACTION CAUSES POPE
TO ALTER HIS WAR DOCUMENT

Cablegram to The Star and the New York Times.
ROME, October 31.-The papal docu-
ment about the war was about to be
published when the action of Turkey
obliged the Pope. after long inter-
view with Gasparri, to withdraw it and
bring it up to date. the situation being
changed from what was indicated in
the papal document, which had been
discussed and approved by the leading
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Esschen Occupied.

cah,es,.m to The Star and the New York Times.
PETROGRAD, October 31.-There Is
good authority for stating that the
Russian army will not go into winter
quarters. but will pursue its campaign
without break, no matter what the
condition of the weather.
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Invasion of Egypt Reported.
RUSSIANS TO PUSH CAMPAIGN
THROUGH THE WINTER MONTHS

Poland and East Prussia may be cold
In winter. but their climate is mild
compared with that of some parts of
Russia, and the Russian army. after its
experiences in the winter campaign
against Japan. has no fear OF being
unduly hampered by weather in its
present operations.
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GERMANY DLSCOURAGES PROBE
OF CHARGES OF WAR BARBARITY

inhumanity. barbarity and violation OF
the laws of war alleged against the
Germans by other belligerents.
Special instructions in this respect
have been sent to Ambassador Bern
storn. for Germany IL particularly de-
sirous Of preventing America from In
quiring too minutefy into her conduct
Of the war.
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CLAIMS 73,s1S ARE HELD.
Vienna Declares Russians are In
termed as Prisoners of War.

BERLIN. October 81 (by wireless)-
An official announcement given out in
Vienna says that the total number of
Russian prisoners interned in Austria
and Hungary October % was 649 Off
GERS and 1850 men. not counting those
in trans on this date. The report says
further that strong Russian forces have
crossed the river San south of Nisko.
but that they were repulsed after hard
fighting.
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attacks and Counter Attacks.
there mas been a repetition of attacks
and counter attacks. with, at times, a
pronounced thinning of the lines
whether they have gained slight
advantage or have been thrown back.
The Germans made a particularly vio-
lent attack east OF SolsSons N the
Aisne. and, according to the German
report, drove the French across lhe
river.
Reports that Lille has been reoccu-
pied by the French and that Ostend
has been evacuated by the Germans;
lack confirmation and are consloe.eu y, :,
premature. but around the former clty
lighting of a most desperate characteI
has been going on, and the villages
surrounding Lille have been taken ana
retaken time after time
Battle on the User.
The battle on the User continues
fiercely, according to dispatch TO inc
Amsterdam TELEGRAPH from cor
respondent at Sluis and thence trans
mitted here. During the nisni ina
forenoon the guns were thunoel ms
continuously, the correspondent AUS
and Yesterday there were severe payo.
net attacks. No decisive result has yee
been reached. The flooded nelds are
greatly
on Thursday British aviators cropped
three bombs in the midst OF the Ger
man war materials al LlchIsr. se .eaae
thirteen miles southwest Of Brugesl
infiicting great damage. and Killing
three German soldiers.
Yesterday the Germans received rem
forcements. and the coast line between
Ostend and Knocke Is being more
strongly fortified each day. Guns have
been placed in position at Blanken.
made in the Dunes. The Germans have
burned the pier of Blankenberghe.
Esschen Occupied.
A dispatch from Rotterdam to the
Evening News says:
"Esschen, Belgian town on the
Dutch border. directly north OF AM,
soldiers and marines. who are prepar-
ing winter quarters there.
..rhe Germans are strengthening and
mining the roads around Brussels,
Grammont. Antwerp. Lockeren ana
six submarines. which arrived at
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Antwerp by rail. are now being fitted
and tried in dock
Big Battle in the East.
The East Prussian frontier is again
, the scene Of big battle. The Ger
mans for five days carried out heavy
offensive movements. but according To
the Russian reports were repulsed
with immense losses.
In Poland the Germans reported
to be falling back to new positions
near their own frontier. while in Ga
l.cia the ghting continues without any
material change.
The situation created by Turkeys at
tackS on Russian towns in the. Cr;me:
and upon Russian ships in the Black
sea should soon be cleared up, as Great
Britain and Russia have presented "A
demand to the sublime porte for an eA-
pianatfon of the incidents, the dismissal
of the German officers and men from
Turkish warships and the dfsmantling
of the Goeben and the Breslau the for
mer German cruisers. until the end Of
the war.
Reply May be Delayed.
Turkeys reply may be DELAYED. as II
was announced tonight that telegraph
ic communication with Turkey was in
terrupted. 1t is not yet clear what
damage the Turkish feet has done. al
though reports from different sources
say that four Russian torpedo boats, a
mine layer. a coll er and a coast guard
ship have been destroyed.
1t is believed here that Russia has
MADE preparations to protect her eau
caslan frontier, but that she will not
attempt to Invade Turkish territory for
the present.
Invasion of Egypt Reported.
Probably this attitude will be adopt
ed by England in Egypt, which, ac-
cording to an unconfirmed report re-
ceived today. has already been invad-
ed by 5000 Bedouins.
One of Great Britain's difficulties viii
be the protection of the oil fields.
which she recently acquired in Persia.
Indian troops coan be brought up for
this purpose.
There Is much speculation as to what
action the Balkan states and Italy will
take In view Of Turkeys entrance into
the struggle, but as yet there has been
no definite statement on this subject.
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Special Cablegram to The Star.
BERLIN. October 81 (by indirect
route).-The German government has
instructed representatives abroad to
exert all possible influence to dis
courage the movement for holding an
international gathering OF neutrals in
Switzerland to inquire into charges Of
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Indications, However, Believed
to Be Favorable to RepubIi-
can Candidate for Governor.
ELEMENTS IN CAMPAIGN
CREATING MANY ANGLES
Sulzer Vote an Undetermined Quan.
tity-Wagers Show Doubt of
Glynn's Success.
BY N. o. MESSENGER.

NEW YORK, October 31.-WeI, it
looks like Whitman; that's the best
can say. Honestly, between US and the
gatepost, 1 have worried my young
soul out trying to guess this cam
pafgn.
But there are elements in this politi-
with. Go back to the old days of the
old bosses, who knew how to do
things. and did them. There was the
second Odell campaign let's see,
twas 1902. was it not?
1 remember that two days before
election a good friend on the inside
tipped me off to the result. "Odell by
5000" he said. 1t was Odell by $500.
The point 1 am trying to bring out is
that there is nothing like that avail
able now.
There are the two uncertain quanti-
ties. the Sulzer vote and the SUB
merged ISSUE" Now, how in the
tlous campaign manager and visit
ing neWpaper correspondent gong 10
uope this out right?
Bill Sulzer we all know. but they are
not on to him yet up state, and the
people who stand for him will drive
i've miles to the polls through rain. hail
or snow to vote for him. How many
of them are there who will do this?
If you could answer this question
through spiritualism or divinatlon OF
any way there are several we'll groom l.
ed evening attired gentlemen around
the waldorf tonight who would
crumple up a thousand-dollar bill and
hand it to you with a smile and then
make more money on the deal than
we plain Washingtonians ever dream
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which was carrying refugees from
Calais.
How many submarines the Germans
have in these waters Is not known, but
several of them have been seen re-
Gently. When ships are guarded by tor
pedo boat destroyers. as are those en-
gagged in bombarding the German posi-
tions. they are comparatively safe, but
the opportunity of the submarines
comes when one Is caught alone, as was
the Hermes
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The Hermes was comparatively old
vessel, and from a naval viewpoint was
was attacked SO near home indicates
that the German submarines must have
a base somewhere on that part of the
Belgian coast which is occupied by
German troops, from which they can
menace ships of the allies passing be-
tween England and France. Only
few days ago one of them sank the
French steamer Admiral Ganteaume,
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BRITISH LIGHT CRUISER SUNK
BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE
Nearly All Officers and Men Aboard Hermes
Saved When Warship Goes Down In
Straits of Dover.

LONDON, October 3d. p.m.The enterprise OF German
submarines which have been lurking along the French the
of Dover seeking shot British ships engaged
bobadng the German positions Belgium rewarded today
attacked and sank the Hermes
returning from Dunk The greater of the
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balkans depends solely upon the attitude
of Bulgaria. Greece, although resolved
to preserve neutrality, is closely watch
ing her interests.
Enthusiasm in Berlin.
BERLIN. October 81. via The Hague
and London, 2:4O p.m.-Announcemen
Of Turkeys participation in the war
caused enthusiasm in Berlin. A large
crowd gathered In Potsdamer-platz
and later marched to the Turkish en-
bassy cheering for the sultan and the
Turkish minister of war, S. Enver
Pasha.
The Turkish ambassador, Mahmoud
Mukhtar Pasha, made a brief speech
from the balcony of the embassy, ex-
pressing his gratitude for the manifes-
tation. which he said was certain proof
of the affectionate relations of Ger
many and Turkey.
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All Oppose sectarian Warfare.

Everybody Is endeavoring to slay the
Frankenstein monster of sectar1anism
which is stalking through this cam
paign, But 1t is a question whether 1t
is not too late
President Wilson's messaUe, delivered
through Secretary Garrison, is counted
upon by the democratic managers to
do a great deal of good and to save
the democrats many thousands OF
votes Secretary Garrison quoted the
President as saying: II have but one
New York; say this for me: An Amer
lean citizen should never vote as a
sectarian, but citizen.
Candidate Whitman. as predicted.
came out with u repudiation OF SYM
pathy with the anti-Catholic propa-
ganda. He gave out this statement:
II have not sought, am not seeking
and will not seek the support OF any
voter because of any religious issue
I believe that such an issue should
have no part in our politics. The issue
was not raised by me or by any one
in my behalf. and I deplore 1t. I have
had and shall have nothing to do with
1t. My whole record during my public
life shows conclusively that have
consistently and uniformly disregard
ed all questions of race or creed, hav-
ing in mind only efficiency and In
tegrity in the public service"
Chairman Bowers Statement.
John NJ Bowers. chairman o the
Gerard campaign committee, made this
statement: 'It is a matter of deep re-
gret that religious issue has been
brought into the campaign by an in
sulting attack upon Catholic citizens.
The sole purpose of the attack Is to
| defeat the democratic candidates. It's
iyto 1ad tn
publican candidates.
| it's effect. 1t must bring votes to the
democratic candidates. Church and
state have always been separated by
| the American people and always will
be.
This issue could not be supposed to
affect Ambassador Gerard. He Is a
Protestant. of Hueguenot descent, and
he and his ancestors for three genera
! tions have been members of the Protes-
tant Episcopal Church In the city of
st. Thomas Church. His enemies.
however. are distributing circulars.
| stating that the ambassador Is a Cath
olic and that his election to the Senate
will give New York two Catholic
senator's.
This false statement, I appreciate,
does not injdGe Ambassador Gerard :
candidacy. I feel, however. that all the
| voters of the state should know that
slander is always accompanied by
| falsehood.
There are no Pretestants, whether
Methodists, Baptists. Unitarians Epis-
copalians. Presbyterians or others. who
| would be parties to such an attack.
Unprincipled persons. outside any
church, are doing this work."
Places Burden on Whitman.
Rev. DIR. Bernard Drachman, rabbi OF
the Congregation Ohab Zedek and one
of the most eminent Jewish scholars in
| America, said:
IT am very much opposed to tho in
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Places Burden on Whitman.

Rev. DR.. Bernard Drachman, rabbi OF
the Congregation Ohab Zedek and one
of the most eminent Jewish scholars in
America, said:
II am very much opposed to tho in
PRODUCTION of religion into politics. ]
am very much opposed to a man in my
position speaking on political matters
(Coptinued on SECOND Page,)
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Religious issue Dominates.

Much stress has been laid upon the
religious issue. Well. it is the big
thing. But, as l have tried to point
out, it cuts both ways. Nobody can
tell how it will work out. 1t is
something new in our day and genera
tion. 1t will make trouble not only
in this campaign, but the blister will
last for years. However, as Chief
Justice White of the Supreme Court
delights to say in his opinion: Let
that be as 1t may"
There are so many angles to the
game Now, here is one: The people
who think Glynn will be defeated figure
on the election of Gerard for senator,
running on the same ticket. i hear
many men say that there is something
wrong in that proposition. They say
there Is some double crossing there.
You will read in the papers a num-
ber of statements from managers and
leaders and others predicting in large
numbers what is going to happen next
Tuesday. Take them all with a grain
Of salt.
I am Just as anxious to know az they
are, because l am interested in telling
you about it. Now. between us, none
of them knows because none of them
can figure this SulZer-religious ques-
ton down to d fine point as they could
in the old days when pigs were pigs.
But, it looks like Whitman.