St. Louis Post-Dispatch
October 3, 1914

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—— rs vers _Marguertte Martyn Tells Pe ONTO Rr ee ge “ OR. ee ee ee ‘ ' 1 et Sia ee Oo a ed ‘gees Nid Se dana ey < OP a‘ , sot 3 ie ae : Le MT A er Ta Only Evening Paper in St. Louis With Associated. Press News Service. OR ee SP Re a ee ee EDITION FINANCIAL MARKETS " About It in. Tomorrow's SUNDAY POST-DISPATCH VOL. 67. NO. 44. rr oo TT ee ST. LOUIS, SATURDAY EVENING, 5 OCTOBER 5 1914-12 PAGES. PRICE ONE =z ee FRENCH LEFT WING REPULSES VIOLENT ATTACKS AROUND Ri —! a -, Paris Says Crown Prince’s Army. Has Been Pushed Bacl ; £. ” 4 + : ie as executor In the will and has been V1. Wrank “Ottofy, attorney —E - CAMPBELL HAD NO CHILDREN, SUIT TO BREAK WILL SAYS Nephews and Nieces Assert That Testament Is Invalid Because Additions Were Made After It Had Been Witnessed—Claims of Uindue Influence Are Also Made in Action in St. Louis Circuit Court. 7K suit to break the will of James Campbell, multi-millionaire St. Louis broker and public utilities magnate, was filed in the Circuit Court today by children of Campbell’s brother, the late John P. Campbell of West Virginia, one of the allegations being that James Campbell died without leaving ‘‘a child or children. to this, Campbell introduced Lois Ann Campbell as ‘his daughter at two fashionable debuts in St. Louis and New York a year ago, and in his will he not only. referred to her as his daugh- ter, but bequeathed to her and his wife equal shares in his estate. Miss Campbell became the bride of Elzy G. Burkham, a St. Louis. civil engineer, on Sept. 15, and they are now with Mrs. Campbell | at the Campbell residence, 2 Westmoreland place. It is also alleged that Campbell’s will as filed in the Probate Court was not, legally, his last will and testament. because he made changes in the text of the will after the winesses had signed it and that these changes were not made in the presence of the witnesses. It is also alleged that under the law to 5 per cent of the disbursements. The Mercantile Trust Co. could continue to act if the plaintiffs agreed, but Ottofy pays they will insist upon the appoint- ment ofan administrator. | The’ plameifts i the suit are Mar. garet C. Harrison, Mamie C. Spargo. ‘James G. Campbell, Archie W. Camp- bell and Genevieve Baker, nephews and nieces of James Campbell. The defendants named are Florence A. Campbell, the widow; Lois Ann Burk- ham, the Mercantile Trust Co. and St Louls University. Campbell died June 12 last and his will was dated Dec. 19, 1913. Throughout the petition the will is referred to as ‘‘the alleged last will and testament” or the “purported wilL”’ The petition nowhere makes the di- rect allegation that Mrs. Lois Burkham is nof James Campbell’s daughter, and she is not specifically mentioned by name in that conenction. The allega- tion reads: “That the said James Campbell lied intestate and left no child or children or their descendants surviving him.’’ he death of. “his wife, ampbell, and the defendant, Lois Ann lampbell.” Will Demand Administrator. for the plaintiffs, told a Post-Dispatch reporter thet he would im a few days go into the Probate Judge to make such ap- pointment when request is made. The | appointment of an administrator will take-the estate out of the hands of the Mercantile Trust Co., which was named ecting in that capacity. The fees amount Alleges Will Wasn’t Attested by at Least Two Competent Witnesses The petition sets forth that the al-, make the university his legatee. _ leged last will was not attestcé al Knowing his fear of future. punish- at least two competent witnesser in ment, the petition alleges, these officers, Campbell's presence, or by any compet- ent witnesses as required by law, but was signed by officers and stock hold- ets of the Mercantile Trust Co. whe, were interested in the profits to be by the trust company we as trustee under the ee Sake ailaatin Were Arthur F. Barnes, = M. Harris and James J. that when Campbell it was incomplete and ih that afterward, not in the presence of the witnesses, he in- aer*ed provisions making St. Louls Uni- bh, the provisions of the will, as affecting St. Louis University, are null that because of Camp- s tear ef future punishment and his of fear,” he was easily im- upon by officers, employes and employes and clergymen convinced Campbell that the salvation of his soul depended on his dedication of his for- tune to religious an! charitable uses. The petition asks that the will be de- clared null and void and the estate be distributed as though Campbell dcied in- testate. Under the law, where no will is made, the widow is entitled to one- half the estate and the children to one-half. If it were found that Lois was not Campbell’s daughter she could have no share in the estate and the relatives, now suing, would receive the remaining one-half. Widew Not Surprised. When Mrs. Campbell was notified of | the suit by a Post-i%spatch reporter, she said she had understood that some- thing of the kind was being talked of, but declared she did not wish to dis- cuss it. She added that she couldn't understand the motives of those back of the petition. She declared there was no truth, “as everybody knows,” in the allegations that Campbeli died intes- tate and left no child or children. She referred all other questions to her attorney, Morton Jourdan. Jourdan de- clined to comment on the suit, referring questioners te the Mercantile Trust Co., executors of the will. - Trust Company’ Obtains Birth and Baptismal Records From New York Ww. . Caster, vice-president of the tile: Trust that this jictinenans be made. “fhe contestants charge the will lg void, first, because it was not ex- ecuted according to the lew and in the oe of su wit- nesses. upon the of the will in the Probate Gotcaneea conclusively that this was not tyme; that the will was executed in legal form as required by the statute. “The second charge is that Mr. Camp- bell died without leaving child or heir, thus, In effect, charging that Lots was <a Einstein Centinueé on Page 2, Column 7, ‘ Niece Who Contests Campbell’s | _ Will; Two of the Defendants OE — = —— MES. LOIS ANN BURKHAM. | —Photo by Aimee Dupont. A the Imperial Guard, says: you are.’”’ battle. well again!” who is now rapidly recovering. ’ ‘How Prince Oscar Won and Received His Iron Cross DISPATCH to the Evening News from Copenhagen reports that the correspondent of the Berliner Tageblatt, who wit- nessed the battle at Verdun Sept. 24, when Prince Oscar led “Though the Germans fought like demons, the Turcos climbed , trees like monkeys, hiding in the leaves. The Germans and Turcos fought and wrestled in a terrible hand-to-hand struggle. and many German officers fell dead around the Prince, who thereafter suffered a heart attack. Later, at a hotel in Metz, the. Prince was greeted by the Emperor, who, with arms extended, cried: Adjutant of Prince Oscar, fifth son of the Emperor, that the Prince, Sept. 24, led his regiment at Verdun in a desperate The French, including Turcos sharpshooters in trees, picked off the officers, of whom so many were lost that the companies were led by Sergeants during the hottest of the fighting. Prince Oscar headed the column, shouting at the top of his voice, and led the charge which was finally successful. lapsed after the victory with acute heart cramp, brought on partly by several days’ exertion prior to this fighting. The physician ordered him to Metz, where the news of the be- stowal of the decoration of the Iron Cross of the First Class reached him. He jumped from his bed when he heard it, shouting: No crosses were available at the time; so Gen. von Strantz took his, given him in 1870, and presented it to the Prince, 7 Associated Press correspondent learned at Metz from the LONDON, Oct. 3. ‘Boy! Boy! Here BERLIN, via London, Oct. 3. He got so excited that he col- “T am = New German Submarines 4 Rushed; Motor Fuel Short LONDON, Oct. 3—The German dock yards are working with feverish energy. says a Copenhagen dispatch to the Daily Mail. Fifty submarines are be- ing built, it Is reported, the submarine successes having made the German pub- lic clamorous for more ships of this kind. The great lack of bentine, petrol and rubber are seriously affecting the Ger- man transports in the field, according to the dispatch, as all secre+ vetrol de- pots established before the war are exhausted. Joffre, Pau and 2 Others to Be Marshals of France LONDON, Oct. 3.—The French Goyv- ernment will create four Marshals of France, according to the Paris corre- spondent of the Express. The men selected, he says, are Gen. Joseph Joffre, Commander-in-Chief of the French army; J. S. Gallieni, Military Governor of Paris; Gerald B. Pau and on the LONDON, Oct. 3, 10:10 a. m.—A Copen- hagen dispatch to the Central News says the German genera) staff has an- nounced that no correspondent, painter or photographer will be permitted at the German frontier in the future. ee jforces came within five BATTLEFIELD LIKE GREAT IRON PLANT, SAYS WRITER WHO SAW AND HEARD FIGHT BERLIN, via London, Oct. 3—An opportunity to watch closely the German and Austrian artillery attack on the line of+French forts south of Verdun last Saturday was given an Associated Press correspondent An attack which, on Friday led to the taking o: Fort Camp Des Romains, near St. Mihiel, and at the first step in the breaking of the defense of the fort lines. resulted Saturday in the silencing of Fort Les Paroches, says the correspondent. Towards evening it Was reported that only one armored turret at Fort Lionville was replying to the Austrian fire, all the ether forts being silent. After that the Austrians concentrated their fire with precision on this single turret from a distance of six miles, indicating that it was but a matter of time when the defence line would be ready for an infantry attack. : Fort Camp Des Romains was valiantly defended by the French. The attacking yards of the trench in front of the fort before the garrison surrendered The Freneh ar- tillerymen in the casements of the fort had to be disiodged with hahd grenades. smoke bombs and fire tubes, which German volunteers pldced against the who had been with the Germans at Metz. opening of the casements, filling the interiors with fragments of bombs and sense-robbing gases. Surrendered With Hones Even then the defenders refused to capitulate. Finally they received the most honorable conditions of surrender, owing to the valor they had displayed. The correspondent's trip over the bat- tlefield showed nothing of the traditional! battle tumult, such as attacking infan- try, galloping cavalry and racing artil- lery. The heavy artillery could not be geen. There was tremendous detonation of siege pieces and large columns of amoke arose from burning villages. The black surface thus created was studded everywhere with the white clouds from exploding projectile. On the road a few wounded were mak. ing their way to the base hospitals. Be- yend that, the batticficld gave the tm- pression of a tremendous iron plant, with its masses of artillery, machinery ene the attending noises, 4 feature Centinued on Page & Colama i. . § - . a RE ae Be te oe em ‘FIERCE FIGHTING IN TOWNS AROUND BESIEGED ANTWERP Lierre and Termonde Scenes of Desperate Resistance by the Belgians. By Associated Press. LONDON, Oct. 3.—A dispatch: from Antwerp te the Reuter Telegram Co., tells of the fighting around Antwerp.. it says: “The town of Lierre was again bom- barded by the Germans today, and many houses damaged. Tonight the Belgians with the bayonet replied to the German attack on the fort at Lierre, captured 3% prisoners and inflicted se vere losses on the Germans. “The Belgians allowed the enemy to approach Waelhem tonight. The forts then opened fire, compelling the Ger- mans to retire with losses. “Termonde was. also attacked during the night, but the Belgians blew up a bridge and repulsed the Germans. Aeroplane Files High. “A Taube aeroplane flew over Ant- werp at four o'clock this morning, to» high for our fire.’’ The Antwerp correspondent of the Ex. change Telegraph Co. has sent the fol- lk wing dispatch: “The German attack on the fort and approaches of Koningshoyick (‘one of the new forts on the outer line) was repulsed last night. “A violent attack on Termonde was repulsed at 2 o’clock this morning, the Belgians blowing up the bridge over the Echeldt. “The Belgians undertook a counter attack from Antwerp Friday morning on the front of the early position. This continues.”’ Thinks Attack a Feint. The Chronicle’s Amsterdam corre spondent says it is increasingly evident that the German attack on Antwerp is only half-hearted and that it is de- signed chiefly to occupy the attention of the Belgians, so as to keep them from interfering with the German line of communications. Belgian aviators repert, he says, that the German artillery bombarding forts to the southeast of Antwerp is sup- ported by only a small body of in- fantry. At Lierre, the religious houses of the Black Sisters and the Jesuits have been shattered by German shells. Nearly all of the outer line of forts south of Antwerp were attacked by the Germans, whose losses are reported to be heavy. A Zeppelin airship dropped three bombs on Fort de Broeckem, but did practically no damage. The town Hall of Willenbroeck, situated between Malines and the forts. has been de- stroyed by German shells. Lipe Heavily Bombarded. Describing the fighting of Friday tn the environs of Antwerp, the corre- spondent of the Tires says: “During the early hours of Friday there was a heavy tonmbaerdment of the whole line of the Antwerp defences from Boom, five and one-half miles northwest of Malines, to Lierre, nine miles southeast of Antwerp. It was especially severe at the fort of Wavre- St. Catherines. Toward midday the firing of the Gérmans became desultory and perfunctory. “The Belgian artillery continued ac- tive, but the German reply was inter- mittent and chiefly directed on the bridge in the village of Weelheim. “During the morning the Germans penetrated to the fort of Wavre-St. Catherines, but were driven back."’ Make Towei-Digpaich 8s reeui : for you Sy using them in chisieunttahind the needed tilings in busiuess and the household *- ad Ae el. Agia Ay ily LAL A OB LA ~ FLANKING MOVEMENT HAS BEEN CHECKED, ~ BERLIN ANNOUNCES ‘Troops in Trenches Suffering Severely in Chilly Night Air, and Officers Visit Paris and Buy All Available Heavy Wraps — German Right Heavily Reinforced. By ASSOCIATED PRESS. PARIS, Oct. 3.—The official announcement issued this after: noon declares that the violent attack of the Germans at Roye Le been repulsed by the allies. The text of the statement follows; ‘‘First—On our left wing the violent action, which has been progressing since yesterday, continues without interruption, par- ticularly in the region of Roye, where we have repulsed. all at- tacks, although upon this part of the front the enemy has been reinforced by new additions taken from the enemy’s center, as has been previously noted. ‘‘Second—Upon the center nothing is to be noted from Rheims to the Argonne region. In the Argonne district the Sixteenth Ger: man Corps (the army of the Crown Prince), which had attempted to slip through the woods of Grurie, has been driven back toward the north of the Varennes, la Harazee, Vienne-la-ville line. ‘ ‘‘In the Woevre district and upon the heights of the Menge our progress is always slow, but continuous. | | ‘*In the Belgian field the’ Germans are bombarding the front southeast of the Antwerp position without yet being able to pro- , duce any considerable effect upon the works. They have delivered 4. many infantry attacks which have been repulsed. ‘‘In the Russian field a strong German army of four corps has taken positions between the frontier of East Prussia and the River Niemen. Its left wing has been thrown back upon Mariampol and Suwalki. At the center the city of Augustovo has been taken by the Russians. ‘‘On the German right wing the struggle continues around’ Ossovotz (between Lyck and Bielostok). ‘‘In Galicia the rear guard of the Austrians has ees. to disorder as far as the Vistula. “In Bosnia Serb and Montenegrin columns are advancing. upon Sarajevo. French Dislodged Near Roye. BERLIN, Oct. 3, via Amsterdam and London.—The following’ official statement was given out at army headquarters Friday night: ‘‘The right wing of the German army in France has repulsed renewed efforts on the part of the French to outflank it. To the south of Roye the French have been dislodged from their positions. ‘‘The situation on the center of the battle front remains un- changed. ‘‘German troops advancing in the Argonne region have wos substantial advances in a southerly direction. ‘‘Kast of the River Meuse, French troops. from Teul eisai took energetic night attacks, but were repulsed. ‘‘Before Antwerp, Fort Wavre, St. Catherines and the Re- doubt Borpevelvt, with their indeterminate works, were asssulted yesterday at 5 o'clock. Fort Waelhem hag been invested. ‘‘The western and important outer epaulement of the 7 monde fortification is in our possession. . ‘In the eastern arena of the war an advance of Russiar across the Niemen River against the Germans im the pr Suwalki seems imminent.’’ A correspondent of the;Lokal Anzeiger, whe?” ar the operations in the Argonne forest and north wi Verdun, ele- graphs that the bombardment of Verdun continues Much setiv ity at the Verdun railroad station has been _— and <r three captive balloons over the city. ye The English artillery is doing effici-n¢’ idee the forest and causing much t rman of iron.’’ Up to the p ~“< avers it is thought the final decision is not far off The population of.the district is starving. © Men in Trenches Suffer From Cold. PARIS, Oct. 3.—After having tried in vain recently in { France to break, at Tracy-Le Mont and then at Reyé, the ce