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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-05
WITNESS FOR DEFENSE
STRIKES IT HARD BLOW
Miss Jennie Roberts, Trying To Aid
Mrs. Hall, Gives Evidence Hurt
full to Her Cause.
DOUBTFUL DAY FOR ACCUSED
She Has Lost Her Serenity and
Shows Signs of AnNiety-iged
Mother-in-Law Testifics That She
Had Been Good Wife.
Especial to The Times Dispatch.

iopfC4:i 10 L ne I'M eS -DlSDAlcn.l
LOUISA. VA. August 4.-Exper,s in
the use OF firearms and character wit
nesses were placed on the stand by
the defense to-day in the trial of Mrs
Elizabeth \. Hall, charged with the
murder of her husband. in an effort
10 break down the States theory that
Mrs Hall slew her husband because
ne knew IL was she who set the torch
10 the store of w. Il. Dunkum, his
friend and ncighbor. several hours be
fore he was shot down and killed.
Mrs. Hall probably viii so OH the
stand to-day.
While most of the defense's testi-
mony was of nature TO aid Mrs Hall
in her fight for liberty. il is equally
true that ii afforded much cApital to
the Commonwealth. In several in
stances the witnesses for the defense
played into the hands OF Common
woalth's Attorney Bibb and Attorney
NJ }. Fulton. who is assisting him. and
the prisoner at the bar began to show
signs of anxiety that were unmistak-
able. Once during the testimony of
Mrs. y. w. Hall. her mother-in-law. the
accused woman bowed her head in her
arms and wiped her eyes as IL in an
ehort to keep back the tears The
witness wcpt frequently during her re-
cital. and the aged woman excited the
sympathy Of both court and spectators
amincd her with all gentlcness. and tho
attorneys for the Commonwealth were
no less restrained in their methods of
cross cXa animation. Tears rolled down
her checks as she told OF the wound
which Victor suffered, and she went
again as she testified that her daugh-
tcr-in-law had been Il good and true
wife TO her son.
WITNESS FOR DEFENSE:
DEALS TT HARD BLOW
II was Miss Jennie Roberts who, in
an apparently determined effort to
testify in favor Of the accused, de-
livcred 4 staggering blow to the de-
fcnsc. Under sharp cross -eXaminati ton
had Il telephone conversation with Mrs
Mrs Hall informed her that she was
suspected Of the murder, suspected OF
doing away with Victor Hall, in order
that she might have the witnesses
brother, w. ]. Roberts.
Magistrate James f.. Hester. who
acted as coroner at the inquest over
Victor lIall's body, was subjected to
q EruellinG cross -eXamina ton. from
which he emerged with white face.
Mr. Bibb asked him pontedly IL he
had not been paying attention to Mrs.
Halfs elder daughter, Essie Dunkum.
and he replied, Not so as yon could
notice it," He did admit, however. that
ho had talked with her several times
since the murder. though he could not
be made to say how many times, or
that he was actually paying court 10
her.
Mrs Charles r.. Hester. wife OF one
Continued On Ninth nage.l
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-05
GERMANY FIRST
TO DECLARE WAR,
is LONDON VIEW
Kaiser Said to Have Issued
His Proclamation at
Z O'clock.
ENGLISH ACTION TAKEN
FULL FOUR HOURS LATER
Demand for Surrender of City of
Liege Followed by Repulse
Of Germans.
NAVAL BATTLES RrMoRED
Two Cruisers Said TO Have Fallen
ENGLISH ACTION TAKEN
FULL FOUR HOURS LATER
NAVAL BATTLES RCMORED
Two Cruisers Said TO Have Fallen
Prey to French Fleet at
AIgiers.

Especial Gable TO The Times Dispatch
LONDON, August 5.-There was come
confusion early in the evening as to
whether England or Germany was the
nrst TO declare war. II appears now.
from official statements that have been
given out ~ the Foreign oiHce, that
Germany declared war OH Great Brit
ain at y. VI. TUESDAY. The dccla ra-
'ion by the British government that y
state Of war existed between the two
countries was not made until II u. NJ.
As tho matter Is viewed at the Brit
ish Foreign Oficc. therefore, Germany
MAS the Iirst TO declare war
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-05
OFFICIALLY NOTIFIED
Oh t,EIt VI tNY'S ACTION

Especial Gable TO The Times Dispatch.
LONDON. august 1.-The Official mo-
tihcation OF GciIuany's declaration Of
war against i:nglani MAS given out by
the British Foreign Office tonight:
His MajcstS's government has been
informed that ieru,anx declared war
on this country at l.. NJ this DAY.
and that Ills MaJcsty'a ambassador was
handed his passports. y state OF war
therefore exists between Germany and
this country az from T.. NJ. August a."
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-05
GERMANS ARE MEETING
STUBBORN RESISTANCE
They Have Entered France at Two
Points, and There Has Been
Sharp Fighting.
PLAN DASH FOR PAT
PARIS
Invaders Led Into Trap Near Nancy,
and Frenchmen in Ambush Kill
Many OF Them-No General En-
gagement Yet Fought.

PARIS, August 4-The Germans
have entered France at two points. at
LaviGte. in the Department OF Nlcurthe-
et-Mozelle, part OF Old Lorraine, near
Longwy. and at Grey Sur -Vezouze, in
the same department.
The German army is meeting a stub
born resistance. Already there has
been sharp fighting at several points
and skirmishes on both sides have suf-
fcred
Raiding parties OF German cavalry
ana a motorcycle corps that tried to
penetrate back OF Nancy to cut OF
communication were in a trap
They were led OH by retrcatinC de-
tachments of Frenchmen and then other
soldiers in ambush fred upon them
Varying reports OF this engagement
have reached the capital. the number
of killed and wounded being stated as
dozen. and in other accounts rs 100
The German plan seems to be to
make n dash straight for Paris. The
defenses exposed to attack are be-
tween Maubeugc and Toul.
TROOPS MOBILIZED;
FRANCE IN READINESS
France is ready. The mobilization
was completed last night.
In LuXembure the German advance
was headed by thlrty-fve automobiles
filed with officers closely followed by
cavalry
Germans arc levying OF outlying
farms. AT Iapuix. near Eclfort, cat
tie were rcuuisitioncd.
During tho night German troops CON
tinucd to harry the French outposts
along the frontier with desultory fir
ing. There were numerous minor raids
into French territory made 10 draw on
the French attack. The French refused
to he drawn beyond the siX-mle zone
German troops advanced into French
territory at Mars La Tour An irIpor-
tant battle of the Franco Prussian War
WAS fought at this point.
At Bclfurt the Germans made an at
tack. and being met by large force
of French. were overwhelmed. many
being taken as prisoners into tho town
When tho prisoners were brought in
they were taken past the funeral cor
tcgc of German lieutenant Tho
Eleventh French Dragons. stationed
at Rclfort, rendered funeral honors to
this man as the first victim of actual
conflict between Franco and Germany
In advance OF Il German detachment
int" the village Of Moincvillc. in the
Department OF Nmcrtho ct Noscllc a
parish priest was killed
DISTANT CANNONADING
Is PLAINLY AUDIBLE
Distant cannonading, plainly audible
along tbs Belgian frontier. has led to a
report that the Germans are Smelling
LicSe and Namur.
Cavalry sallies into French territory
by tho Germans during the day have
been mainly for the purpose OF cutting
telephone. and telegraph wires. This
makes IL difficult to get reliable infor-
nation OF the German advance.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-05
SAID THAT GERMANY
DID Not DECLARE. WAR

LONDON. August threat Britain
declared war on Germany AT Z o'clock
Tonight
The announcement that Germany
had declared war on Great Britain was
due TO an error in the admiralty's
statement.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-05
CUNARDEIt LUSITANIA
LEAVES Lon l,ONnn>

NEW YORK. August 5.-The Cunard
liner Lusitania with all cabin lights
cxtinguished and carrying about one
eighth her usual quota Of passengers,
left her dock in tho North River Mt
She is expected to make the trip in
five to six days.
AS passengers boarded the big ship
they were instructed by stewards to
retire imm edia tcly and cxtinguish their
lights. Tho crew was said to he pre-
Continued on Second Pago)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-05
GERMANS AND Bt,LGIANS
atr,fIAI l.,

BRUSSELS. August "A battle is In
progress between the German and Bel
4ian forces. and the roar OF siege guns
can be distinctly heard, according to a
report published in a special edition OF
liEtoile Beige.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-05
GERMANS REFUSED

ut CITY OF LIEGf.
BRUSSELS, August. i.--tt is reported
here that following a demand by the
Germans for the surrender OF the city
Of Lege an engagement cnsucd in
which the Germa MS were repulscd.
All Germans have been expelled from
l.iegc and Namur.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-05
TWO GERMAN CRUISERS
REPORTED CAPTURED

ALGIERS. August 4.-According TO
an unofficial report 4 French fleet has
captured two German cruisers. the
Goeben and Brcslau.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-05
r>vO GERMAN STEAMERS

BORDEAUX. FRANCE. August 4.--It
Is reported two German steamers in
this port have been seized.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-05
GERMAN CRUISER
REPORTED DESTROYED

PARIS. August "A dispatch from
Algiers says 1T is reported that French
warships have sunk the German cruiser
Panther.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-05

southern Railway. August II. to AsheviiIe
and Western North Carolina: I5-day limit
80 round trip. Inquire 9o7 L. Muin. Mad, 272
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-05

MOUNTAIN SPECIAL.
Via Chesapeake and Ohio Railway.
for White sulphur and Mountain Resorts
leave Richmond 1856 a. VI. Saturday, August
sth and 18th. Parlor car and diner,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-05
POPULAR MOUNTAIN ExcunsroN.

Continued on Second Paso)
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12
Barite Cliff Found

An interesting deposit of barite, or
"heavv spar" was discovered by
Ernest +. Burchardi, of the Geology
cal Survey. while searching for mar
HE deposits in southeastern Alaska
last September. This barite is stu
ated on one of the Castle Islands in
Duncan canal, a long. narrow bay
three TO ten miles west of the we'll
known Wrangell narrows, and IS by
navigable waterways about forty
miles northwest of the town of
Wrangell.
There is little in the appearance of
the deposit to suggest that it is other
than cliff of weatherbeaten, frac-
tured limestone, and it is probable
that fishermen have sailed past it or
have anchored their boats in its lee
for more than a generation, never sus-
pecting that it is composed almost
wholly Of barium sulphate, mineral
that is very useful but is much less
common than those that make up the
bulk of rock masses. AT any rate
there was no evidence that the deposit
had ever been prospected prior to
the visit of the survey party
The rock mass formed by the barite
stands as a block connected with one
of the islands by a low, narrow neck
about 300 feet long that is covered by
water. to a depth Of five to ten feet
at high tide. According to a rough
calculation based on measurements by
pacing, there should be more than
80 900 short tons of barite available
above high-tide level.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12
Fate Of Actor Recalled

The worshipers are scattered now
Who knelt before thy shrine,
And silence reigns where anthems
rose
In days of "auld lang syne."
And sadly signs the wandering wind
Where oft in years gone by
Prayer rose from many hearts to
Him
The Highest of the High;
The tramp of many Il busy foot
That sought thy aisles is Ger.
And many weary heart around
Is still forevermore.
How doth ambitions hope take wing.
How droops the spirit now!
we hear the distant city's din,
The dead are mute below.
The sun that shone upon their path
Now gilds their lonely graves;
The zephyrs which once famed theis
brows
The grass above them waves.
Oh. could we call the many back
Whove gathered here in vain
Who've careless roamed where we & e
now,
Who'll never meet again.
How would our very souls be STIR
To meet the earnest gaze
OF the lovely and the beautiful,
The lights of other days!
Many persons believe that Tyre
Power composed these lines as j
unused amid the ruins of the ol
church, and after writing them on tn
wall was too modest to sign his nam
Old Blandford church has since bee
restored, and the lines are preserve
in a bronze tablet on the wall.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12
No Room for Street Cars

The city of Canton, China, with a
million and a half inhabitants, has
no place for a street railway system.
Canton is one of the wealthiest and
most progressive of all the Chinese
cities and il would very much like
a modern street railway system; but
the space within the ancient walls
and Notifications is so crowded that
many of the so-called streets are but
narrow alleys, not even wide enough
for two sedan chairs to pass, There
is no room for horses and carriages
and certainly not sufficient space for
narrow gauge railway.
But the Chinese engineers are not
so easily bafled and Canton will have
its electric railway. 1t is planned to
! tear down the ancient stone walls and
Notifications which encircle the en-
| tire city The material from these
walls will be used to fill some of the
| old canals which traverse the city.
| 4 three track belt line will be con-
structed on the site of the old wall,
| completely encircling the city, an6
the old canal sites will be used for
| feeder lines.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12
Exterminating Summer Pests

cess. Float one or two thin pieces OF
wood on the water SO that they will
touch the edge of the dish. The IN
sects readily eat the plaster mixture,
become thirsty and drink. The water
makes the plaster set in the intestines
and kills the roach. Such traps may
be placed in pantries with good re-
suits"
After experimenting with various
patent traps the experts have found
this simple plaster of paris method
and one other homemade remedy the
most effective of all. The second dt-
rection calls for the use of stale beer.
"A deep vessel or jar is partly filled
with stale beer, for which roaches
seem to have a special fondness. A
number of fiat strips of rough wood
are placed at an incline against the
vessel and bent over so that they pro
ject into the interior a few inches:
The reaches climb up the inclined
sticks to get the beer and slip on
into the vessel.
Now is the time to take the insect
pests of the house in hand, for If they
| are not checked or eXterminated IN
the early summer the very hot wealth
| er of midsummer will find them sc
| increased in number as to be al
most beyond control.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12
FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE IL, 1914.
THE SACRIFICE OF THE PANAMA CANAL
JAMES SMITH. JR.
FOUNDED MARCH 1. 1882.

The most eloquent protest against the act oil the
Senate in passing the administration bill to surrender
to Great Britain this nations practically undisputed
right to free tolls for its coastwise ships IN It's own
canal that of Senator Borah in the Senate yeste
day 1t was an appeal American pride, to American
loyalty to American common sense and American
PATRIOTISM But it fell on idle The sacrifice was
made The bill was passed, although modified so as
not to make the surrender of sovereignty outright and
complete
Senator Borah did we'll to compliment British
diplomacy which could secure gift of this tremen-
dous magnitude from a great and powerful nation
or rather from the nation, but from weak and IN
competent rulers. Said the Senator:
1T will be recorded how, taking advantage oil
situation supposed to be somewhat strained between
the United States and other countries and our own
lassitude and drifting own want OF vigorous ana
wel-defned foreign policies, it caused presidents ana
cabinets and parties and senators and representatives
and Congress- to change their views and their votes
caused strong pussant nation to accept the con-
struction of a treaty by foreign power, humiliatngy
eanfessing our heretofore i'll and rashy considered act
and finally ANONYMOUSLY to consent to the imposing
on our own property. our soil, perpetual sery-
tude yield up less than the sovereign power OF
controlling our domestic commerce.
- Great Britain controls the Suez Canal She will
now be virtually in control of the Panama Canal
She paid millions for Suez control but Panama has
not cost her cent She secured her object by diplo-
matte play on the timid fears of American Pres-
dent and secretary of state And what does this ma
tional sacrifice for the future? Senator Borah
depicts it and the nation will soon realize it. Inc
Panama Canal was the nations hope for restored
marine That is why the canal was built Let the
hope be abandoned Great Britain has enormously
increased dominion of the seas the United States
will have destroyed the hope of our competing with
her and the powerful transcontinental railroads will
have taken a stronger grip the nations desttnles
They have strangled the Panama Canal COM
petitor they have strangled all the domestic canals
they we're enabled to get possession of.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12

The tragic death of Lawrence 1rv-
ing, son of Sir Henry Irving, and dis
tinguished both as an actor and an
author, in the disaster that sent the
Empress of Ireland to the bottom OF
the st. Lawrence river, recalls the
fact that another eminent foreign
actor met a somewhat similar fate
after sailing from these shores nearly
three quarters of a century ago.
Tyrone Power, one of the most
popular comedians of his day, after
successful tour of the United
States, embarked for England on the
steamship President, which sailed
from Norfolk, Va, on March 81, 1871.
The President was sighted on March
"a by westward bound ship but
was never heard from again.
Tyrone Power was born at Kill
macthomas, in Waterford county,
Ireland, on November ., 1897. and
made his debut at Newport, Isle of
Wight. in 1915. His first appearance
in London was in 1922. He made sue
cessful tours of the United States in
1888, 1885, 1870 and 1871. 1t is said
that few days prior to his depar-
ture from Norfolk he visited Peters
burg, Va, and spent nearly a day in
the ruins of old Blandford Episcopal
Church, which was erected in 1875,
and had fallen into decay. Several
days later another visitor to the old
church found written on the white
washed wall of the interior with a
piece of charcoal, in a neat, scholor-
| ly hand, these lines:
| Thou art crumbling to the dust, ole
pile,
Thou art Fastening to thy fall,
And round thee in thy loneliness
Clings the ivy to the wall.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12

Van Horn left legacy of 100000 for this purpose
and if it is available at least an equal amount might
be raised by contributors out his patriotic
idea.
Many other cities have erected soldiers monu-
ments These memorials of the civil War are scattered
all over the land. In Southern cities are beautiful
memorials to the Confederate dead Newark sent
thousands of men to the Union armies, and its war
record is the pride of Newark citizens. Ihat PRIDE
should now be enlisted in the effort to erect fitting
monument to the soldier dead.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12
DOUGLAS IN THE LAWS TOLLS.

The arrest of Kenneth d. Douglas, the moral and
religious editor of the Newark Evening News in Bos-
ton at the nsgation of the Newark police on Grim
NAL charge that of perjury in false statements when
he was married in this city about two months ago
will probably be followed by his trial in the Essex
county courts.
The fight of Douglas was confession He had
posed as saint in this city after shady record in
other towns he had deceived trusting woman,
passed worthless checks borrowed money he did not
intend to repay. contracted debts and while perpe
trating these dishonorabe acts he was figuring as
moral reformer. identifying himself with moral
upift agencies and thrustng himself into the social
life of Newark
The developments of Douglass career since his
sudden departure from the city have shown him up
in light So odious that when he is brought back to
answer for his misdeeds there will be hardly trace
of mawkish sympathy for him. There is understood
to be also criminal for the man at Toronto
which was one scene his operations before he Wis
tied Newark as a censor of its morals, but the Ca
madam city will probably yield him to Jersey justice
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12

Academic statisticiahs frequently
apply their arithmetic to some
strange fields of investigation. A pro-
fessor of Chicago University, for eX-
ample, has figured out the cost of
rearing a boy. The very cheapest rear
ing, he says, costs the parents $4,000
to bring the boy from babyhood to
manhood, but as much more may be
spent as the parents can afford. Pre-
sumably he refers only to the neces-
sary minimum cash outly, and makes
no allowance for the parental time,
knowledge or experience. Some
parents, of course, gain knowledge
and the experience at the expense of
the boy, and the time of other parents
is without value. So it is barely pos
sible the professors calculations con-
template a profit and loss balance be-
tween boy and parents that eliminate
these items from his statistics Even
so it is not entirely clear how he
arrives at his final sum.
Nor is it at all clear that any prac-
teal purpose has been served by his
arithmetical exploits. If he could show
that a $4,000 boy, grown into man
hood. is less valuable than a $4,000
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12
THE MURDER AT GRADE CROSSINGS,

Four motorists were killed at railroad grade
crossing near Omaha Wednesday night. Four
motorists were killed a grade crossing in New Jersey
this week Hardly day passes that one or more OF
these butcheres of humankind not recorded, and
many occur that are reported only local publications
Tragedies of this kind have been so common that
only when they have dramatic feature are they
noticed by the agencies. As motorists comprise
the most numerous class of travellers the highways
they the principal victims of the railroad death
traps And what are the automobile clubs DOING
There are members of these clubs faed to be killed
on railroad crossings for the slaughter must go on
Before the summer is the death roll will be
large in this country. 1t will be large in New Jersey
IS Public sentiment is unorganized and therefore
inert The automobile clubs organize public SEN
timent against embarrassing butehery. They can
procure the election of to the Legislature who
have the conscience to do something to bring about
the end of this state of things burning reproach
our civilization.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-12

Some further explanations by the Hudson bridge
commissioners in regard to their remarkable plan
for financing the enterprise of building bridge and
tunnel are to be made by them in Newark on Thurs
day of next week 1t is claimed that their plan has
been misunderstood.
There was hardly any room for misrepresentation
The commissioners submitted their figures. The hVe
counties were to be assessed the basis of their
ratabIes, and Essex county was to be charged with
upwards of $40 900 600 of the cost an amount much
larger than Hudson. and many times larger than
Bergen these two counties to have nearly all the
benefits of the enterprise
If the commissioners coming to Newark in
the expectation that Essex county can be talked into
consent to preposerous plan of assessment they
are strangely mistaken. If they have other plans to
propose that come anywhere near equity they will
be listened to- Essex is progressive county and
favors large public Improvements, but it cannot we'll
be persuaded into assuming an obligation of ten
millions principally for the sake of making big
property values in another county.