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BEGIN THE WEEK RIGHT Br pUctsg ?n order for the dally delivery to your homo or otflce of THE TIMES-DISPATCH READ THE WANT ADS They tell of opportaaltfea for which yon may hare bee a look THE TIMES-DISPATCH PRICE FIVE CENTS FAIR TO-DAY'S WEATHER RICHMOND, VA? SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1914?FIFTY PAGES NUMBER 19,879. 64th YEAR RESERVE BOARD APPROVES LOAN RIND FOR COTTON ______ I Pool of $135,000,000 Will Be Raised to Care for 'Surplus Crop. SCHEME OUTLINED ~ . BY SECRETARY M'ADOO ______ New York Bankers to Subscribe $50,000,000 and Southerners Are Counted On for $35,000,000. OUTGROWTH OF WADE PLAN Early Responses Hoped For, So That Proposal Will Be Put Into Immediate Execution. WASHINGTON, October 24.?After negotiations between Federal reserve members and bankers, a tentative agreement was reached to-night, when the board virtually approved a plan by which a fund of 1135.000.000 will be raised to care for the surplus cot ton crop and extend aid to cotton pro ducers. The plan is slightly different frpm that originally proposed, but loans will be made on cotton at 6 cents a pound, bearing interest of not more than 6 per cent for one year, with a .privllego of six months' extension. Tho reserve board will ' have direct charge of the fund, but will probably operate through a committee of bank ers. All the details of the plan were not made public to-night. New York bankers have agreed to subscribe $60, 000,000 to the fund, and Southern banks Are counted on for $36,000,000 more. The remainder of 950.000,000 Is to be raised in noncotton-produclng States. Pi AN IS OUTLINED BY SECRETARY McADOO Secretary McAdoo outlined the plan to-night In the following statement: "Tho Federal Reserve Board to-day continued consideration of plans fdr re lief of the cotton situation, giving spe cial attention to a plan suggested by Albert II. Wiggins, J. S. Alexander. A. J. Hemphill and William Woodward, of New York, and Fcstus J. Wade, of St. Ivouls. for the raising of a cotton loan fund aggregating $135,000,000. This plan has been evolved from that origin ally proposed by Mr. Wade. Full details cannot given out until it Is sub mitted to bankers in leading financial ??entres to ascertain whether or not they will support itt It has been ap proved tentatively by tho Federal Rer serve Board, and bankers In the lead ing financial, cities will be asked .Im mediately to ' tfubscrfM IW necessary amount. New York City bankers have agreed to subscribe $50,000,000 upon condition that an additional $50,000,000 shall be subscribed by cities in noncot ton-produclng States. Tho remaining $76,000,000 Is to be provided by the cotton States. PROVIDES LOAN AT 0 CENTS A POUND "The new plan contemplates the leaning of money on cotton at 6 cents :i pound, and at an Interest rate hot exceeding 6 per ceVt for a period of one year, with the privilege of a re newal for an additional period of six months. It is provided that all ser vices rendered In the administration of the fund by voluntary committees and bankers Bhall be without charge, but that the borrowers shall pay 3 per cent on the amount loaned to them into a fund, which is to be called the guarantee fund, and which Is to be used exclusively for paying tho neces sary expenses of administration, which, It is estimated, will not exceed 1-8 of 1 per cent, and the remainder to be used to make good any losses which may be incurred on loans that may be made on cotton at tho stipulated rate of 6 cents per pound. Upon the conclusion of the whole transaction the amount of money left in the guar antee fund will be returned pro rata to the borrowers. "It Is hoped that responses may be received from the bankers of tho lead ing citleB early next week. If favor able, the plan will be put into Immed iate execution. In that case the cotton loan fund will be administered undec tho general supervision of a central committee of the Individual members of the Federal Reserve Board, which committee will, in turn, appoint a com . mlttee to be known an tho 'cotton loan committee' and which will have active actual management of the fund. "The plan In Its new form Is more practical than anything heretofore presented and it Is hoped tho requisite amount may bo promptly subscribed, that the plan may be put Into immed iate operation." TO AID IN COTTON EXPORT LnmluK Will ScA Understanding With ? ISuropenu Uelllgcrcnta. * WASHINGTON, October 24.?Assur ances were given a Senate committee to-day by Robert Lansing, counsellor of the State Department, that this gov ernment would endeavor to bring about an understanding, with European bel ligerents which would admit shipments of cotton in neutral vessels to belli gerent countries. Senators Hokd Smith, Of Georgia; E. D. Smith, of South Carolina; William Alden Smith, of Michigan, and Jones, of Washington, conferred with Mr. Lansing relative to holding up of ship ments of cotton and cotton-seed oil In neiitral ships. Mr. Landing stated that the depart ment wouid 8>_'ek assurances from Great Britain, France and their allies In re gard to the mattor. Negotiations also would bo undertaken with Germany, he ?ald, as to whether vessels owned by British subjects at the beginning of the war, but which now sail under tho American flag, would bo admitted to German porta when laden with cotton shipments. ADELINA PATTI SINGS Central Figure In Patriotic Concert in Royal Albert Hall. . LONDON, October 24.:?Adollna Pattl was the central figure In a great dem onstration at a patrioticsconcert In the Royal Albert Hall here to-day. King George and Queen Mary were present. ^Though In h'or' seventy-socond year, (ho celebrated 3ingor Ming an aria written by Mozart in a manner which greatly pleased he*" critics. Her recftp tiqin was enthusiastic,.-and,.did not cn.l until aho, wiping away tears, of ap preciation, sang "Home Swoet Home." PARIS HAS TENSE DAY So DccInIvc Xrrrn of Xlattlc In Which Nation'* Fntc Uriicudx. PARIS, October 24.?Paris has lived through another tense day. with no decisive news of tho buttle on which the safety of the capital, and perhaps of France, Is bell'jved to depend. Anxiety has incre&scd all the week. It has seemed as though each day must seo the culmination of the titanic ef forts of the two grent armies. Paris shops Which have been doing' much business since the first of the month arc nearly empty again, while i the crowds have Increased around the newspaper offices, discussing tho frag ments of news posted on bulletin boards. Tho crowd 1b greatest at the headquarters of the military gover nor of Paris. In tho Boulevard des Invalldes, where official announce ments are Issued. The people gather also at the- Vlllette gate, through which runs the main highway toward the north, to see the dispatch-bearers arrive In motor cars or on motorcycles. Fighting Is proceeding within one hour's ride of Paris by swift motor when tho roads are clear. Convoys of automobile ambulances Jrom Paris hospitals have gone to the front to convey the wounded, not to Pari*, but to hospitals nearer the firing lines. Extraordinary precautions arc being taken against vehicles leaving the limits or the so-called intrenched encampment of Paris, which Includes the Departments of Selno and Selne-ot Olse. Even pedestrians arc examined along the road near Parfs, and French officials frequently are obliged to ahow their papers, under new instructions, owing to the use of Ffonch uniforms by spies. The Minister of War will not grant 4. permit to approach within twenty miles of the righting lines unless It Is countersigned by General Joffre. NO FORMAL ACTION TAKEN Another Conference In Regard to For eign Exchange Problem. WASHINGTON. October 24.?Treas ury officials to-day conferred again with Sir George Palnn and Basil B. Blackett. Great Britain's financial rep resentatives, over the foreign exchange problem. Several prominent New York bankers were present at the confer ence, which, after a long discussion, adjourned until Friday. It was an nounced that no formal action was taken. J>Fore Information Is needed to .guide the. conferees. It became known to-night the Fed eral Reserve Board had decided to leave the data of the opening of the twelve reserve banks to Secretary McAdoo. It was pointed out to-night that, with the banks open, one way to,, take bare of American debts abroad would be pre sented. Sir Geprge Palsh already has signified the probable willingness of English creditors to take American short-time commercial paper, indorsed by Federal reserve banks. STEAMER RED CROSS RETURNS Vor.e Menken of jCrevr Confined In Brijt for Fighting. NEW YORK, October 24.?The steam er Red Croae, which sailed from New York early In September with 164 American nurses and doctors for Eu pean battlefields, reached port to day with four members of her crow, eopftned ln the tyrlg'for fighting. Fear-Admiral ? Aaron Ward, UnU^d States Nn*ry. "rot I rid"," who went aboard the Red Cross/tit Falmouth, said 111 feeling had existed among members of the crew both on the voyage over and back. Fighting occurred between tho white and negro sailors picked up at short notice In New York. The men In the brig wero all white, and were charged with Insubordination. The particular offense alleged against them was a fight with negroes. The Red Cross, according to Admiral Ward, had a difficult time dodging mines In the English Channel,. and from one had a narrow escape. DECLINE IN IMMIGRATION Filling Ofl of 1,250,000 Daring: Current Year Foreshadowed In Report. ^"fSpecial to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.} WASHINGTON, October 24.?A fall ing: off of 1,250,000 immigrants because ! of the European war during: the cur- I rent fiscal year, Is foreshadowed In aj report made to-day by Commissioner of | Immigration Caminettl. This report, covering the period fiom August 1, when the war began, until October 22. nhows the total number of arriving immigrants to bo 112,212, a reduction of i52.5S'- as compared with the corresponding period last year, when the total was 385,098. The dally averago in August and Sep tember, and the last two days of Oc tober, fell from 4,693 to 1.353. If this average Ions is maintained, the total Immigration in the twelve months end ing with n*xt August will be less than i-OO.COO, as compatcd with approxlmate V :.750,000. last yea: S. H.P. PELL IS WITNESS He Teatlflea That European War la Sole Cause of Klrm'a Failure. ? NEW YORK, October 24 ?S. H. P. Pell, head of the suspended cotton brokerage llrm of S. H. P. Pell & Co., took the witness stand In bankruptcy proceedings to-day, and told the court that his firm's debts totaled $9,883,361 and assets, 58,428,906. Of this lndebtness, he said, CO per cent was owing on qottdn exchange transactions. <3,500,000 to Colonel Rob ert M. Thompson, and the rest to stock exchange and commercial creditors. A committee of creditors was lighting the Thompson claim lie said, on the ground that Colonel Thompson was a partner and should bo Included In the bank ruptcy proceedings. The sole cause of tho firm's failure, Peli testified, was the war, which caused a convulsion in the cdtton mar ket. CROWDS GREET WILSON Korccd to Give Campaign Atmoaphere to His Trip. CUMBERLAND.. MD? October 24.? Returning from Pittsburgh to Wash ington to-day through Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Maryland, President Wilson was forced to give a campaign atmosphere to the trip by crowds which gathered at every stopping place and cheered until he appeared on tho platform jit his car. The Pres ident spoke briefly at McKeesport, Rrnddock, Connellaville. . I*a., and Other towns, but did not touctt on poli tics. He . expressed pleasure at^ the itows of the adjournment of Congress. Mr. Wilson shook hands at every stop until the train pulled but. "How are you in tho gallery?" he called to men on top of a near-by freight car in one town. MARYLAND GOVERNOR ILL GoldaboroURh SacteasfnUy Operated on for ApprndlcltlM. ANNAPOLIS, MD.? October 24.?Gov ernor Philip Leo Goldsborough waa operated on for appendicitis to-night. His . surgeon issuod a statement say ing the operation was successful, and that no complications were appre hended. CONGRESS ENDS SESSION LASTING NINETEEN MONTHS Prolonged Efforts to Secure Cotton Relief Legisla tion Finally Collapse.. TO HAVE RIGHT OF WAY AT DECEMBER MEETING Few Members of House and Less Than Quorum of Senate in Attendance. SPEAKER THANKS COLLEAGUES Committee Appointed to Investigate Conditions In South and Report Later. WASHINGTON, October 24.?After being In continuous session since the Inauguration of Woodrow Wilson, a period of nearly nineteen months, the Sixty-third Congress adjourned its sec ond session to-day, when prolonged ef forts to procure cotton relief legisla tion finally collapsed. Leaders in this movement agreed to adjourn only on condition that pending cotton measures would have right of way when Con gress reconvened on December 7. Not more than fifty members of the House and less than a quorum of the Senate were present when the gavels fell on adjournment without day. The end was accomplished through pas sage of a Concurrent resolution ending the session at 4 P. M., but clocks were turned ahead in both chnmbers, ac tual adjournment in-the House occur ring at 3:22 and in the Senate at 8:27. SPEAKER CONGRATULATES 3IEMBERS OF HOUSE As the altered hands of the House clock drew near 4, and the Senate was winding up executive business, Speaker Clark arose at his desk, and, facing the scattered attendance on the floor, said: "This is the longest and most labori ous session that Congress ever has known. I congratulate you most heartily on being able to adjourn at last. I wish to thank every member of the House?Democrat, Republican, Progressive and independent?for uni form courtesy shown to the Speaker. Now, In the language of "Tiny Tim,' 'God bless ua every one.' " The Senate's adjournment probably was the most undemonstrative In its history. Democratic leaders and a few Republicans were sitting behind closed doors, confirming nominations, when word came that the . House, ljad passed the adjournment resolution.' Majority leader'.Kern nt />nge mov<u!,.if iT?yfen the dooff^; ^heh-thls wadered, i doorkeeperv net'- the' clock' ahead," ? .and Senator Swanson, of Vffglhla, presid ing In the absence of tho Vlce-Presi dent and President pro tempore .Clarke, announced Jhat the Senate was ad journed. The few remaining Senators hurried from the chamber. * A XX OUNCE A DA X DOX 51 EXT OK THEIR FILIBUSTER. In announcing abandonment of their filibuster for cotton legislation, after a conference with otheh Southern Senators < and Representatives, Senator Smith, of Georgia, and Representative Henry, of Texas, said it was apparent no quorum could be procured, and further obstructive tactics might injure chances of ultimate success. Representative Honry predicted Congress would be convened Jn extraordinary session by j the middle of November, when the light could be resumed. Senator Smith In- ! (roduced u bill for a $250,000,000 gov ernment boitd issue to buy cotton, and ] declared: "We have done all we could for the suffering people of the South. We have had our day In court for this session, and I would have no ex cuse for filrther filibustering at this time. I shall feel I have done my duty by simply voting ngalnst the adjourn ment resolution." The House adopted a resolution authorizing the appointment of a com mittee to investigate cotton conditions in the South and report pop^lble meas ures for Federal aid by December 15. On the committee were Representatives Mann, Austin, Henry, Lever, Heflin, Bell, of Georgia, and Langley, SESSION REMARKABLE IN ORHJAT MAXV WAYS The second session of the Sixty-third Congress has been remarkablo In many ways. It is the longest session ever held.* It has heard more speeches and piled up a larger record than any other previous session in the history of the United States. The Congressional Record will have 20,000 pages; whereas the greatest number heretofore was 13,000 pages. The session has done the following Important things: Passed the Federal reserve act, re vising the banking and currency laws. Repealed the exemption clause of the Panama Canal act, thereby impos ing tolls upon American coastwise ships. Passed the Clayton antitrust fact, supplementing the Sherman antitrust law, malting guilt personal. Passed the bill creating the Federal Trado Commission. Provided $35,000,000 for a govern ment railroad In Alaska. Provided for the American registry of foreign-built, ships. Received more than 5,000 nomina tions from the ^President. Ratified twent>'-Blx arbitration treaties. ' Appropriated $1,115,908,777.26 for the fiscal year 1915. Adopted a resolution justifying the President in sending troops to Mexico. Appropriated $500,000 to bring Americans ortt of the war zone in Mex ico and $2,700,000 to bring them out of the war zone In liurope. Broken up the loby. Passed the alley bill, which Mrs. Woodrow Wilson had urged, to clean up the alley sections of Washington. With the return of president Wll?on here to-night from Pittsburgh it be came known that predictions of an extra session In November to consider cotton relief legislation were not made on the authority of Mr. Wilson. Of ficials close to the President said ho would not call an extra session. MARYE AT PETR0GRAD New American AtuhawMador and Wife Reach HtiNaLnn Capital. PlifrROGRAD, October 24 (via Lon don, 7:15 P. M.).?George T. Marye, the American ambassador, and Mrs. Marye arrived at Petrograd to-day from Lon don. Barring a short, delay ? on the German frontier, a two dayB' rest at Berlin, and a threo days' stay at Stock holm, tho party came through direct. JURY STILL OUT IN CARMAN CASE AFTER MIDNIGHT Ordeal of Waiting Taxes Strength of Accused Woman. MARKED NERVOUSNESS , DURING DELIBERATIONS Conversation \Afith Those in Anteroom Becomes Al most Incoherent. JUDGE'S CHARGE IMPARTIAL. District Attorney Smith Confidently . Expects Verdict of Ac quittal. [Special to The Tlmes-DIspatclt.] MlNJSOLiA, October 24.?Twelve Long' Island farmers and business men all married, are debating to-night tho ver dict they shall bring In In the case of Sirs. Florence Conklln Carman, charged with the murder of Mrs. Louise Duryea Bailey. At 9:44 o'clock, after having delivered 'n charge occupying thirty-nine minutes, Justice Kelby delivered the case Into ; the hands of the Jury. In Just sixty four minutes, there came a rap that signified that the Jury wished to re turn to court. Immediately there wan great excitement throughout the court- I house. Mrs. Carman was brought In from an anteroom. She composed her self, smiled at a few friends, and sat back in her chair making visible ef-j forts to appear at ease. But it was not to deliver their ver dict that tho Jury wished to return to court. They had started debating the evidence, and merely wished to have a portion of the testimony reread to them. Before this could be di_;.e, how ever, the Jurors changed their mind, and they were not brought into the courtroom. Once more the tensenesu set in. Mrs. Carmnn went back to the anteroom, and her father and mother, husband and daughter and the other members of her family conversed In low tones in a corner of the courtroom. CHA11GB CONSIDERED | PAIR AND IMPARTIAL. ! ssH sSr5 l?_ f Passionless monotone betrav ' :&S&*82Sfct,j? ???ss sa I >0 gUlifng th. d,h,i?r'ih??,r5w"?''eV?Ud no?Sab"TunH?rZU?ure.W"'hm0? sca< . jS$s I the trial. exceDt'wL^^ 1 10 dur'nsr Elizabeth, and h?r mxli. daughter. Conklin, were tesHf^n JT' u1"' P,att While Justice Kelbv 1" t" w ?r beha!f. charge, she bit her de,lverlns: his nervously in her ?S and shifted I those i? the a?,"" conversation with (camo dlJj0?nted ?Im0n\ .w,th "" he i SMsa&&r* j together. ?F to ,)u** herself ' nlaln^hi? 'ler 8eat' however, it was plain that she ausured n-?ii I? Prompt-communiMiinn f from tfie chamber That ?hi from tho JurV quitted within if!S?ecle.d to be ac' j obvious to the mn?t minutes was !H?r ...IS 7r?W C*b"?',,?b'"V" Pleasurable excitement. " a RELAXED TUXSIOX ' Then , is takejv lp again strain upon the woman It w!? ?, ?"?'?r?, sF?r JIuVirohlLd w,1 tlon. and when ho ?k,M .'.K?' !T?rZ?h.lt ???" ? ??"?*&d.-n* <Ssf ofAaUheMnrinU&3 WOre on- th"c hopes trictndAtt^?r ncqu?t?,n lessened7 Dia peated to them, but at th? I f" ro" ilndloit.d 'b?en nH c?n?ent oC^Am vindication as ho had. When thl a. * xura&?5?*"?? them seemed to think anvthin? ?ne ?f awaUin^41 the>' WCr? 8??S*iouSy mSSt,v'inc?"'f??ro? , Tne<1 from dinner JmiJ? r iu returned charge without delay. y bCgan h,s jliiy takes case; T. . AT ??? O'CLOCK iSSiivPH t0^ieein ,ts rtellberfttions0 ' to'n,|?ht ^rBrmM? Cu8ttainwearnetlca8n:T,ir -! a S? SSStiSA^ ?%& *S* ^Mcovnqpl, directed the StaU'?"ca!,V (Continued on Fourth PagST) ~r FURIOUS BATTLE CONTINUES WITHOUT DECISIVE RESULT' C^rjn * FAILS TO REACH JURORS Famous Charles City Libel Case Will Go Into Its Pinal Stage on Monday Morning. ATTORNEYS OCCUPY LIMETjIGHJ? Pleas to Jury Are Eloquent and Bitterly Sarcastic?Little County Courtroom Is Packed With Spec tators When Arguments Begin. (Special to The Times-Dispatch.] CHARLES CITY COURTHOUSE, VA., October 24.?Counsel In the Harrison Ramsay libel suit, on trial In tho I c.harles City Circuit Court, finished I their arguments to the Jury after night fall. Judge R. Gardiner Tyler, after ascertaining that a speedy verdict was unlikely, dismissed the Jury until Mon day morning, whori it will be formally churged and stmt out to pass on the evidence. *rh?r? was >nuch disappointment over the falluro to finish the case to-day Lawyers are hero from Richmond and \v llliamsburg, while many of the Jury men come from far ends of tho county several living a distance of twenty miles from .tb> courthouse. The ver dict Is eugeri.. awaited, by tho entire county, as every one Is interested in the outcome. Tho fact that Hugh T. Harrison. descendant of one of the old est Virginia families, is suing Mrs. Clarisa H. Ramsay, owner of tho famous Westover plantation, and wide ly known in the North and East, has attracted attentibn In many quarters Tho suit is unique In tho annals of the State. OPPOSING ATTORNEYS N ARE IX THIS LIMELIGHT The oppc^ing attorneys wero in the limelight th^f entire day. At the be ginning of the morning session It was found that Judge Tyler was far from satisfied with the Instructions proposed oy cacti side, and a two-hpur confer enco was held In chambers before a suitable draft was made. Then came the real battle between the five law yers. By consent, each side was limited to two hours and a half. Three attorneys represented tho defense, while the plaintiff had two. The little courtroom was packed when the arguments began, and scarcely a person left until the last word was said. It is seldom that a country court hears such eloquence as that heard hero to-day. Each lawyer was primed for a battle, and, being limited In time, made every word count. The attorneys ?; W."0"' whi,? ?lv,n* som? time to brilliant oratory, spent the larger portion of the allotted period in an exposition of the Instructions and the legal phases of the case. Tho de fenso relied principally upon eloquent appeals direct to tho Jury. The ad dresses of both sides were marked by bitter sarcasm, the defense proving It self adept In that lino. Mrs Ramsay was in court, as was Mr. Harrison. Tho defendant, liow over, was unable to stay through tho entire session on account or her [health, and left soon nfter her chief counsel, Richard Evelj'n Byrd, closed his address. Mrs. Ramsay has been jln court each day, and has paid mark ltd uttention to the caso. Ono of her sons always has been at her side. Ex ffPj 'or h,e.r n?rvou8 breakdown yes ?;?tand, her demeanor'has been cool and unconcerned. Tlie Instructions to the jury were wobably more favorable to the plain tiff than otherwise. The special stat ute under whlcJi the suit was brought makes It unnecessary to provo actual damage" resulting from tho allogcd In sulting words, nnd this was one of tho principal counts. Tho Jury was also told that it could nssess punitive damages if it found malice. LETTER COMES UNDER j HEAD OK "PRIVILEGE" Probably tho .most Important In struction from the. viewpoint of tho defense was that on privileged com munications. Tho Jury was told by tho court that tho letter was a privileged one, and that the defendant wan not liable, unless .It found that sho had abused the privileged occasion, which must be U6ed in good fallh jind with out malice.. String or violent language (Continued on (Second Page.) ? IS QUICKLY AGQU1TTED Jury Returns Verdict of "Not Guilty i Fifteen Minutes After Taking Case. j "UNWRITTEN. jLAW." 18 PIJSV^ Heujnmin A. Helms Is Declared Jus I1 tlfted in Killing Son of Banker, "Who, He Claimed, Had Broken Up His Home. j rSneclal to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.] SUFFOLK. VA., October 24.?Benja min A. Holms was acqulttedthUaner noon in the Nanscmjmd Ccmnty Court on the charge of murderlnff Sldney Qa'itnrinm The case went to the jurors at 2:46 o'olofclf arid within Aft?m min utes they returned with a verdict BUJlludie R. H. Rawles, of the defense made a stirring appeal.)^nd several the Jurors were in tears. attorney Saunders, -ior the . defense, and Com monwealth's Attorney _E?r?" Q?a?? stronf? pleas. Attorney E. P. Bufora. or Lawrcncevillo. employed by the prose cution, closed the.argument. When the verdict was brought I Judge McLemoro stationed polled o - ficers throughout the courtroom with orders to arrest" any who offered any demonstration. The acquitted man walked at once to; the Jury | grasped the Jurors by the hand. Crow ds assembled in the court yard to con gratulate him. Mrs. Helms a>d her little girl wove there to greet the fath er and husband. Helms clasped^ the little girl to his breast. Tho defence depended on the unwritten law and of fered evidence to make out a case of ^Holms 'was on trial for shooting to death, on the night of August 22,^ Sid ney Saunders, the son of B. L. Jbaunu ers bank president and wholesale ( grocer, claiming that young Saunders i had persistently entered his home ai>d despoiled it. Tho Jurors seemod agreed on a verdict even before the argument. started and appeared H 'tless whllo the defense was closing. The trial was exceedingly sonsatlonal. Mrs. Helms s character was assailed, but the prose cution only established tho fact. of possible intimate relations between ffaunders and the prisoners wife. RIPLEY URGES SOLUTION Would Have Railway ?Grouj.?" A"? Manner of Regional Reserve -an^s. KANSAS CiTV. MO.. October 21.-? Bs tabllbhment of railway "Broupo some what after tho manner of regional re serve banks. each group to bo gov erned by a board of directors on which the government would be represented, was urged as the solution of the prob lem of railroad operation b> L. I ? ley, president of the Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, in an address . hero to-night. Mr. Ripley said the Idea was his own. ? . | "Tho present system of management i cannot last. It almost may be naid to have broken down already, said Mr. j ytlnlev "With tho government having one or more seats on railroad boards, attd tho power of absolute voto, all economies Incident to common owner ship might be practiced." JOHN dTfails to respond Ohio "Dry*" Mourning I.nclt of Gen croua Contribution, CLEVELAND. OHIO. October 24.? Tho "drys" wore mourning to-day tho fact that John D. Rockefeller had Ignored tholr request for a contribu tion Letters sent out by tho drys finance commltteo some time ago to Rockefeller's New York address are unanswered. Tt was oxpected that tho oil king would be tho most generous contributor. ? * Son Bora to MADRID. October 24 (via Paris). A won wan born this morning to Queen Victoria of Spain. Tho Queen of Spain Is a grand daughter of the late Queen Vlctorla pf England. -The son born to-day la her sixth child, the others being three sons end two daughter*. AT EACH OTHER Each Side Gains a Little in ? One Place Only to Lose Elsewhere. GERMANS ON OFFENSIVE AGAINST BOTH WINGS Find It Difficult to Advance in Face of Hard Fighting . on Coast. SHIPS BOMBARDING FROM SEA, War Vessels, Submarines, Aeroplanes and Land Forces Engaged In Picturesque Battle. Situation Changes Very Little on Coast THE situation along; the North Sea const and for many miles to the Month, appears to have changed little In the last few days. A con tinuation of the treat battle, that has been In progress since the Ger mans essayed their advance on the coast toward French seaports, la re - ported In official dispatches, and ap parently the Are of the opposing forces Is becoming more desperate . than ever, with charges and count er-charges on both sides. Germany Is aald to have seat many - thousands of reinforcements to aid the right wing In forcing ita way through what Is, from a strategic vtewpolht, the most Im portant (ilece of territory In North era Belgium. TlCn Belgians aro flighting hard, there la no donbt that ' French reinforcements, and possibly British, have been brought up to aid' the allied armies. - The' latest French official com munication declares all attacks of the Germans'.from tlie .North Sea. to the south oi AVraa have been re 'pulsed, which n more optimistic view from thq French standpoint than that expressed In ah earlier announcement that the Germans had made headway at certain polata. The British and French warships continue to pour shella^thto the Ger man ranks, and the Germans are guarding points along the coast to he ready for a possible British land ing. A German submarine has been sunk off the Dutch coast by the Bri tish destroyer Badger. The official announcement of this Incident givea no details, buts saya^ the Badger's how was damaged when she rammed the submarine, which is believed to ' have been attempting a torpedo at tack. Berlin official reports that German forces have croawed the Yner Can al, where, for several days past, the Beigiaas Had offered strong 'reals tance. Berlin also reports that Ger man troops are advancing east of Ypres, and southeast of Xillle. There has been very severe fighting for a long time past in this vicinity. LONDON, October 24.(0:16 P. M.) The Immense armies of. the powers con? tinue to hammer at each other cease lessly on lines extending from the North Sea to the Swiss frontier In the west, and from the Baltic Sea to the( j Carpathians In the east. The not re sult, however, so far as can be judged from official reports issued to-night, Is : that they gain a little here, only to lose a little elsewhere. A commander-in-chief Is tho only one to admit reverses In the western'war theatre, and ho d<jes so only In cryptlo | sentences. It Is difficult to judge, there fore, how the battles In France and Belgium are progressing, but it is cer tain that up to this evening, none of ! the armies has succeeded In pushing its offensive far enough to bring ap preciably nearer tho end of engage ments that have been going en for so many weeks. The Germans have taken the offensive against both the right and left wings of tho allied army which rests on the sea, and that part of the French army defending the line of for tifications between Verdun and Toul. In the former operations. In which every soldier at the command of tho officers in Belgium Is taking part, the French report admits that the Germans have mado progress at some points, but de clares that at others the allies have been just us successful. DIFFICULT TO ADVANCE AGAINST HAUL) FIGHTING It is evident that along the coast the Germans have found it difficult to ad vance In the face of tho hard fighting force drawn along ? the Yser Canal, aided by the British and French ships which are bombarding them from tf\e sea. it Is probably the most pictur esque battle over fought. On shore the' troops of live nations aro fighting?the Austrians and Germans on one side, and tho French, Belgians and British on tho other. At sea. British monitors, gun boats, destroyers and submarines are fighting side by side with French war ships, while, at the samo time, they ar$ | being subjected to attacks by German submarines and alrshlpu. Thus far thp warships have had the bettor of It* tov. -while they are reported to have inflicted terrlblo lossep on the Germans trying to advanco along the coast, they them selves, have suffered little or no danv? age. and havo warded off submarine !?*??"' lacks. Thet British admiralty has issued nni interesting account of operations of this fleet, explaining that ? the ships have flfred on the German batteries t Ittfc tho vicinity of Ostorfd. It probably " ?was this-which led to reports' Holland that the Germans - Men >