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Aside from the continued pro press of the Teutonic allies in the Dobrudja region of Rumania and fresh trains by the French and Brit ish in the Somme region" of France, there is little if any change in the situation in any of the various theatres. of the war. . . ! The Rumanians and Russians in Dobrudja are still in retreat be-' fore the German, Bulgarian and Turkish troops, and are now en--deavoring to make their way over the Danube at various points on pontoon bridges, according . to the Sofia war office. - . . Bucharest Reports , Gains , ' . On the Transylvanian froat the Rus Bians and Rumanians apparently are sperating successf uly ' against ,tfte Teu tonic allies near, the junction ,jf Bu kon'ina, Transylvania and Rumania and to the south near Campiilung and in the Jiul valley have gained successes over them. In the flgnting in the Jiul valley the Rumanians' are declared by Bucharest to" have captured two Howitzer batteries, which later . were turned against the- Austro-Germans. According to Berlin the Teutons have made additional gains south of Kron stadt and in the direction, of Campu lun. ' . Following- up their advantage of Sat urday, the British captured another German trench Sunday 'northeast of Les Boeufs in the Somme region, while the French made fresh advances near Sailly-Sailisel and Biaches. Heavy ar tillery against the -British - positions is being carried out hy the Germans in the Les Bouef s sectors and elsewhere. Again, according to, Berlin, another heavy offensive against the German lines along the Stokhod river-in Voihy nia has beJdn put down by the German curtain of fire. Petrograd-reports suc cessful reconnaissances by - the Rus sians along tire river Stavok, a tribu tary of the Stokhod! v - - The Macedonian theatre is . still the scene of somewhat vigorous fighting, specially at the bend of the Cerna river. Both sides are claiming victor ies in the maneuvers in this region. Except for bombardments the. bad a-eather on the Austro-Italian front is keeping down the operations. ' In or--ler to allay suspicion as to his sin cerity held by the Entete allies. King Cor.stantine of Greece has ordered the transfer of all the Greek troops from Thessaly and Epirus, except sufficient number to maintain order. GERMAN. U-BOAT ARRIVES- AVITn 24 OP BRITISH CREW Berlin, Oct. 29, (via Sayville). A dis patch from C'nristiania to the Overseas Xe.ws Agency, quotes the Afterposte'n l is reporting the arrival of a German uDniarine n.t Honningsvaag with the crew- of 21 of the British steamer Polo. The Polo, the report adds, with 3,500 tons of coal for Alexandrovsk from "eweastle, was sunk by the submarine ft miles off North Cape. The British steamer Polo, of 1.S99 tons gross, was last reported as passing Dover on Cc.tiler 4 on her way to Hull fronr Almeria. ' CAPTAix B ELKE KILLED AFTER DESTROYING 40TH AEROPLANE LondD.i, uct. 29. Captain B02lke, the lanious German aviator, during an air "Sht on Saturday, came in collision v'th another ai.oplane and was killed, accoiflir.y to a herlln dispatch to Reu rs by way "of Amsterdam. ... His ma j'ne landed within the German lines. Friday Captain Boelke shot down r'is fortieth aeroplane: " fiERLlx SAYS THE BRITISH ATTACKS WERE FRUITLESS Bfrhn, October 30. (via' Sayville) eay attacks were launched yesterday ' the British between'Guedecourt and av? Eufs, on the Somme front. These .f'e titrer repressed by the German nuieiy or repulsed by the infantry, ;lctordinK to today's army headquarters .uemtnt. A later attack east of Les oeufs resulted in the penetration of . - merman advanced trench, where flght 'H is still in progress. - the Verdun front there was only lov'I - activity- The statement fol- Dr" A,nny Group of Crown Prince Rup edY: Eritish attacks which develop Q after strong artillery fire between ruideeourt and T,e Ttnonfc woto by our artillery in most cases. 'ver they were carried out they" Hontinue on Page Eight) S1DERATI0N IS EH SDUTHPQRT Naval Consulting Board Consider ing: Over Kifty Sites for Research Laboratory. EDISON HEADS COMMITTEE Salt Water of Good Depth Must Be Available Together With 100 Acres of Land Over $1,000, . OOO Will B Spent. New York, Oct. 29. More than fifty sites in many, parts of the country for what is expected to become the great est scientific , institution in the world are under consideration by a committee of the Naval Consulting Board, it was stated here v today by Thomas Robins, secretary of the Board, in telling of the extended search it. is conducting for a place to build its experimental and research laboratory for the de velopment of advanced science in its application to national defense. The committee, of which Thomas A. Edison is chairman, has been conducting it investigation tor . several weeks, Mr. Robins said, and will continue .the work for' some time to come until the most suitable spot has been found. Southport, N. C., is on tne lst of sites now under consideration. - Mr. Edison has made a number of automobile scouting trips . along the coast in the hunt for the site and ha suggested several places for examina-j tion by the committee An indication Of tf''"caara-.6fH-t occupying "the Board's " attention is shown' in Mr. Robin' statement of the' requirements the site for. the labora tory must meet. "The laboratory will need about 100 acres", he said, "in order to provide space for testing projectiles, aero en gines and similar devices, in addition to taking care of the large and small buildings for many kinds of work. There will be shops in which almost any kind of manufacturing can be done, from a fuse to a submarine. "Salt water of good -depth must be available in order that ships may come right up to the shops and in' or der to faciliate submerged work, sub marine signalling, and the detection of submarines at a distance. For experi ments in this line the passage of peace ful vessels will serve every purpose and therefore the committee looks with favor upon such sites as front upon well travelled waterways. "In order, to place our navy safely in the lead the laboratory will develop not only new devices but new materials and even new scientific principles." The last naval bill appropriated $1, 000,000 for the laboratory and it is ex pected that half a million more for it will be included in the next bill. The bll provided that the money should be used for research in gunerosion, tor pedo motive power, the gyroscope, sub marine guns, protection against sub marine; torpedo and mine attack, and improvements in submarines, aero planes, radiography and other applied sciences used in naval operations. The construction of the plant for such re search, its equipment . and the com pensation of civilian scientific assist ants are to be paid for out of the appropriation, but it is expected that the present million dollars already set aside and the half million hoped for next year will be devoted to the site and plant, while money for further equipment and salaries will come out of future annual appropriations. LABOR IS NOT SUPPORTING ANT'OIfE SET OF CANDIDATES Denial Is Made In A Speech By Sec . retary Frank Morrison Pittsburg, Oct. 29. Denial that tttie American Federation of Labor is s porting any one set of candidates in the present political . campaign was made in. a speech here today by Frank Morrison,( secretary of the organiza tion. ' "The chief deception practiced in this campaign is the charge that trade union officials are trying to deliver the votes of tbe membership to one candid ate or set of candidates," said Secre tary Morrison. "And always ' such charges, ordinar ily contain the intimation that another and different; set of candidates should be favored." Lest there be misunder standing of the position of the Ameri can Federation of Labor, let it be stated that the Federation is support ing in this campaign Republican, De mocratic . and Socialist candidates for office where these candidates ' have de clared in. favor of legislation for the amelioration of the conditions of the wage workers of the country." BRITISH CONSUL . DIES Thomas Edward Erskine Attacked With ( Heart Fallnre at "Sew Orleans. New Orleans, Oct.' .29. Thomas Ed ward Erskine, consul general for Great Britain in New Orleans, died here late today of heart failure, aged '57 years. Mr. Erskine had been in failing health for several " months. i Gerald D. Paul, vice-consul here, will act as consul general pending the. ap pointment, of -a successor to Mr. Ers kine. ,. . WlLMIIvGTOlSr, . C, GURT TERMS USED BY BRECKINRIDGE Characterizes As a Scoundrel Per son Who, Quoted Him to -Senator Lodge as Reported. WERE NO CABINET THREATS Secretary Houston Also Denies That the President Added a Postscript to the Second Lnsitania Note to Germany. New York, Oct. 29. Emphatic denial of having stated as charged by Senator Lodge that President Wilson had elim inated a postscript from the second Lusitania note only when members of his cabinet threatened to resign if it were included, was made by Henry C. Breckinridge, former assisant Secretary of War, in a telegram sent to the Phila delphia Public Ledger and made public here tonight by the Democratic Nation al Committee. Mr. Breckinridge's telegram, filed at San Mateo, Cal., was given out by the committee as follows: "Any one who quoted me to Senator Lodge, as represented in your telegram as quoted, is a scoundrel. No member of President. Wilson's cabinet ' ever threatened him on any subject. The malice that would seek for partisan ad vantage to emasculate the potency of one's government in a vital interna tional affair by. the mongering tf back stairs gossip is beneath contempt." Anotner. denial of Senator Lodge's assertion was contained in a .message received at Democratic headquarters from. David M. Houston, Secretary of Agriculture, who said: "I havereceived a telegram from the Philadelphia Public Ledger reporting Senator Lodge as having said at Broc ton' that after the second Lusitania note had been read the President added a postscript informing the German gov ernment that the words .'strict accoun tability' and other strong phrases were not to be taken seriously and that I threaten. to resign If the postscript was added. Of curse, this a "fabrication pure ahi'sTraprer -The Presldeni.uld have been incapable of conceiving such a crooked course. . "I never heard of such a postscript and did not threaten, and have at no i other time threatened, to resign. I would have been astounded at the re ported statement if I had not noted other irresponsible, unpatriotic and dis loyal utterances of Republican leaders, especially those raising and dealing with sectionalism. Surely the Republi can leaders are very desperate and in sad need of issues : when they lend themselves to such things." FORMER SECRETARY GARRISON DECLINES TO DISCUSS MATTER Washington, Oct. 29. Former Secre tary of War Garrison, here to appear as counsel before the Supreme Court to morrow, declined tonight to comment on Senator Lodge's speech or the tele gram' of Mr. Breckinridge, his former secretary. Mr. Garrison asked whether Mr. Breckenridge had denied the statement attributed to him but declined to dis cuss the matter further. PRESIDENT LEAVES DENIAL lu MIS CABINET MEMBERS Long Branch, N. C, Oct. 29. Renewal of claims by Senator Lodge, of Massa chusetts, that President Wilson had eliminated' a weakening postscript from the "strict accountability" note in con nection with the sinking of the Lusi ania, brought .forth no statement from President Wilson tonight, officials here taking . the position that denials by cabinet members were sufficient. The President was informed that for mer Assistant Secretary of War Breck inridge had denied the truth of an in terview with him which Senator Lodge gave as the authofor his charge. BODY OF NORMAN PRINCE RESTS IN VAULT IN FRANCE Uncle of American Aviator Who Was j Killed Returns - to America New York, Oct. 29. Dr. Morton Prince, of Boston, an uncle of Norman Prince, the American aviator recent ly killed in France, returned here to day on " the American Line Steamship Philadelphia from Liverpool. The body the young American, he said, is now in a vault at Luxeuil, awaiting removal to America. The Philadelphia brought 610 pas sengers. : Approaching the American coastlthe life boats were swung out, lights' .Illuminating the name of the ship and the American flag painted on her sides were kept burning at night. and tne same precautions as iaieen while in the war zone off the British Isles, were observed. LUTHERAN CELEBRATION IS TO CONTINUE FOR ONE YEAR Commemoration of the Quadri-Centen-nial of Reformation Begun. Philadelphia, Oct, 29. The nation wide celebration of the quadri-centen-nial of the Reformation by members of the Lutheran church was dnaugurat ed here today by special services in all churches Of that denomination and by a union meeting tonight at which lead ing Lutherans made addresses. The cele&ration will Continue a' year and an effort will be made to raise a fund of $10,000,000 i for education, missions and pensions for aged ministers of the Lutheran church. Knoxville, Tenn.. Oct. 2. Mr. James A. Ruble, 80, member of te Holston conference Methodist Episcopal church for SO years, and captain of Mountain Branch National . Soldiers' Itome at Johnson City, died today. , , MOXIAT MORTOTG, OCTOBER 30, 1916 PRESIDENT HAS A BUSY WEEK AHEAD Plans to Devote Virtually His En tire Time to His Campaign for Re-Election. MANY OPTIMISTIC LETTERS Messages From Various Parts of the Country Predict Victory Mr. Wil son Will Go to New York State Wednesday. Long Branch, N. J., October 29. President Wilson plans to devote virtu ally his entire time this week to his campaign for re-election. Letters and telegrams from variovs .parts of the country predicting victory for the Dem ocratic ticket, were forwarded to Sha- dow Lawn today from the executive of- flees. The President will visit Buffalo on .Wednesday '.and New York city on Thursday, and next Saturday will ad dress a gathering of New Jersey- citi zens here. ' He probably will go to Princeton election day to vote. Ar rangements", have been - made for the President to receive full election re turns at Shadow Lawn.' Mr. Wilson, probably will return to Washington 'rwlthin two or three days after the election. Viscount Aimano Sato, the new Jap anese ambassador to the United States, will pay a formal call on President Wilson tomorrow afternoon to present his credentials. Later the President will receive-a committee ' from the Na tional Association of Commissioners of Agriculture and tomorrow he will have as his dinner guest Augustus Thomas, the playwright, who- speaks here to morrow night in behalf of Mr. Wilson's candidacy. ; . Word came from Secretary of State Lansing tonight that the statement credited to Luis Cabrera, chairman of the Mexican section of the joint inter national commission, criticising the American government fop failing to pre vent assistance being given Mexican bandits irons, the United States, had been repudiated by Mr. -Xabrera.-s - i , M'CORMICKv SAYS CAMPAIGN FOR WILSON ALREADY WON New York,' Oct. 29. Chairman Vance C. McCormick, of the Democratic "Na tional Committee left today for Chio ago to look over - the Western situa tion. Before his departure he declar ed the campaign for President Wilson already had been won. SAYS ILLINOIS, WISCONSIN AND MINNESOTA FOR HUGHES New York," Oct. 29. Optimistic re ports of conditions in the middle west were made here today by A. T. Hert, of Chicago, head of the Western head quarters, at a conference of . Republican campaign managers with National Chairman W. R. Wlllcox. Mr. Hert told his co-workers the Republicans were certain to carry Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. HUGHES STARTS ON LAST . WEEK OF HIS CAMPAIGN Ogdensburg, N. Y., Oct. 29. Charles E. Hughes today started on the last week of his presidential .campaign. He saw . no callers today and left at5 p. m. for points In Ohio and Indiana. Only five ; more days of active cam paigning confront the Republican nom inee. Three will be spent in Ohio and Indianaand Thursday and Friday in New York, state. His last speeches , of the campaign will be delivered in New York City next Saturday night. Mr. Hughes entered on the last week of his campaign in better physical con dition than he has been In at any time during the last three months. His voice has shown little of the strain noticeable in his previous trips and is clear and strong. He expects to deliver 23 speeches before reaching New York Cityi 1 URGES THAT HOME RULE FOR IRELAND BE PUT INTO EFFECT Redmond . Says Pressni State of Affair is a Serious Menace "tj Victory. 1 London," Oct. 30. Speaking at Sligo Sunday John Redmond, . ' the natiopal leader, urged the immediate putting in to effect of horoe.xule for Ireland. "The present state of Ireland," said Mr. Redmond, "is a serious menace to the British 'empire , to a victorious end ing of the war. Ireland's suspicion of British statesmen' and their promises should be met with trust and home rule put immediately into operation. This would do more to help the successful ending of. the war than the ailiance of half a dozen neutrals.: .' ; "Ireland vis .suffering from a brain j storm ; a . guest of passion . has swept nA n nrinfl io necessary to restore a rational and sans view of. the causes and the consequen ces of the tragedy through which Ire land has just passed! "Common "sense is rapidly reasserting itself and the Passion is subsiding. Ire land has come to believe that she must not sacrifice' the fruits of 40 years of patient labor in a moment of anger and disappointment." Ban Juan "del Sur, Nicaragua, Oct. 29. ar Line steamer Jalisco arriv ed here today .inaugurating a direct service between New York and Central American ports. , .. NORTH CAROLINA TROOPER IS ACCIDENTALLY KILLED El Paso, Texas, Oct. 29. Private Lee Furtic. of troop A. North Caro lina cavalry, was lcilled today in his "tent; while- writing a letter, by the accidental discharge of . his pistol. He enlisted at Mount Island; N. C. Genius of the German Army and His Aged Mother M-M ' V' -53,, I f ; - r-ti &mJ v,. h -x- ixvy-v - 11 1 J 5 III gpy . I r ffl Field Marshall Von Mackensen, commander of the Teuton forces in Do brudja, who has Just routed the Russo-Rumanian armies and now threatens a drive on Bucharest, the capital of Rumania, is regarded today as one of Germany's foremost Generals. Many of her military successes in the East.are attributed to his sagacious campaigning. Mrs; Von Mackensen recently pass ed her eighty-ninth year and takes great pride In the achievements of her illustrious- son. IGfflJQBOfflr STATE AFTER Officers of the Law Preparing for Strict "lorleineni; Railroads Refuse to Receive Liquor Shipments After Today Churches ' and Temperance Bodies to -v Celebrate. Richmond, Va., Oct. 29. Virginia enters the ranks of prohibition 'states at midnight 6n Tuesday, swelling the total to 18 states. . . . ; State and local authorities are pre paring for a strict enforcement of the law, which is drastic and believed, to' be practically court proof, combining the' strictest features: of measures that have already stood the tests. -" . For all practical purposes;' Virginia will1 be dry before tomorrow night,-as liquor houses throughout the state arei rapidly disposing of their stocks. As Tf liquor can be shipped after mid-; night on Tuesday, carriers have 'serv ed notice taht none will be received for shipment after tomorrow, consequent ly little will remain for sale dn Tues day. t Churches and temperance ' bodies throughout the state are preparing to celebrate the wiping out of the liquor traffic in Virginia With "watch parties". The celebration in the clubs and hotels will be more of the nature of a' wakej In spite of a provision which -makes! the possession of liquor in certain quantities prima facie evidence -of in tent to violate the law, '"large supplies are being laid in by those able to pro- vide against arid days. This "feature of the law, it is expected, will soon meet with a test in court. The malls, haye been swamped for the past few weeks with letters from' out-of-town liquor concerns soliciting future or ders. Under the new law one quart of whiskey, one gallon of wine or' three gallons of beer maybe purchased out side the state by any : man oyer 21 years of age who is not of Intemperate habits or a student, of by a woman if she 'is the head of a family. No malt liquor of any kind may be sold even if it shows no percentage of , alcohol. The only alcohol permitted in bever ages is in cider up to one" per cent. DESPONDENT OVER STATE'S GOING DRY, HE KILLS HIMSELF Norfolk, Va., Oct. 29. W. H. Suter, a. local liquor dealer, committed sui cide today at Ocean View. Desponden cy over the business outlook with the state on. the eve of going dry, is given .as the cause of the act by friends. Mr. Suter shot himself in the left temple and lived but a few minutes. ONE KILLED; v TWO INJURED Fatal Automobile Accident,. Takes Place . j Near Edenton, N. C. ' Edenton, N. C, Oct. 29. In an au tomobile accident near here at noon today, Augustus Hughes, a well known general merchant, was Instantly kill ed, 'Julian Braddle was seriously in jured, and Hayward Hughes lost an eye. ' Augustus Hughes was driving the car and going at a rapid rate of speed, when the machine jskidded into a -ditch "and turned over.' The driver's . neck was broken. ' . E ANXIOUS TO TRADE WITH AMERICA Business Interests Ready to Con sider Any Proposal. Members of American Industrial Com mission Return Front Two Months' Tour Made a 'Visit Near The "Front". New York, Oct. 29. Business inter ests of France are anxious to do ev erything in ' their power to promote trade relations with the United States and are ' ready to consider any pro posals which might be made from this side, according to a ; report . made by members of the American Industrial Commission who arrived . here today on ' tlie steamship - Philadelphia from Liverpool, following a two "months vis it -to France. The commission was organized under the .. auspices of the American Manufacturer's Export As sociation to retiirn'the visit of a like commission of French interests made in the United States last winter. Members of the American commis sion was made up of leading manufac turing and exporting companies of this country. Edward V. Douglass, secretary of the commission, said the party was treated with every courtesy while in France. "We went to the front," Mr. Doug lass said, "at least we were close enough to hear the sounds of the bom bardment. At Belfort, where we visit ed October 2, the following day 25 shells fell in the city. ,We talked With David Lloyd-George in Paris and were given a cordial in vitation by him to extend our visit to England. In talking with us of trade ad commercial matters to fol low theii war, he stated that it is not planned that Germany shall be put entirely out of the running by the war that she will have to be considered and dealt witsh in a commercial way, after peace is declared." A full detailed report of the com mission's visit will be made later. c ON SECRET MISSION Austrian Minister to Mexico On His Way to Washington San Antonio, Texas, Oct. 29. Admit ting his mission was secret and that he could not discuss at this time, Count Kalman Kania Volkanya, Aus-tro-Hungarian minister to Mexico, passed through here today- on his way to Washington. He said he would be in the United States possibly a month and then would return to Mexico. Ask ed about conditions in Mexico, the Count smiled, and after a moment, re plied: "Excellent." Further than this be would not dis cuss conditions below the Rio Grande. CONSCRIPTION DEFEATED ? This ts Indicated by the Returns from Election In Australia. Melbourne, Australia, via London, Oc tober 30. Latest returns in the refer endum on compulsory military service show the following results, although still incomplete: For conscription, 798,000; against 'conscription, 887,000. ' FRANC WHOLE mJMBEB 39,749 CABRERA DID HOT Declares Mexican News Bureau Acted Without Either His Knowledge or Consent. TO SIGN ALL STATEMENTS Gives Notice That He will R Rs. sponsible Only For Those Vbove His Signature Will Instruct News Bureau. New York, Oct. 29. Luis Cabrera. - chairman of the Mexican-American Joint commission, said here today that he did not authorize the statement is sued by the Mexican News Bureau In Washington Saturday assailing Ameri can officials for alleged laxity in deal ing with anti-Carranza propagandists along the border. t "The statement ouruortine to h from me, was not issued by me or giv en out with my knowledge or con sent," Mr. Cabrera said. "All state ments issued, or which I may issue, win appear signed by me." Regardless of what his nersonal at titude may be. the Mexican sioners said he would not, in view of his official position, issue a statement of the character of that of th HAWK bureau while negotiations were pend ing between the two governments. He declared that the bureau would be in structed not to give out further state ments as coming from him unless they bore his signature. A representative of the news hurean conferred with the Mexican members or the joint body in Atlantic City re cently, Mr. Cabrera added, and probab ly carried back with him to Washing ton the impression that the Mexican commissioners were of the opinion that the United States should adopt a firmer attitude" toward anti-Carranza propagandists. THREATENED FRICTION HAS APPARENTLY CLEARED AWAY Washington, October 29. What promised to be a new source of serious friction between the United States and the de facto government of Mexico ap parently was cleared away tonight, through formal repudiation by Eliseo Arredondo, Mexican ambassador desig nate, of a statement issued here yester day under the name of Luis Cabrera, assailing the American government. for permitting aid to reach Villa and other bandits from its side of the border. Mr. Arredondo will go to the State Department tomorrow with the expla nation that the statement was put out by an -employee of the Mexican News Bureau, the defacto government's semi official - publicity agency, without the knowledge or consent of either the em bassy br Mr. Cabrera. Department of ficials said tonight this would be ac cepted and would bevregarded as clos ing the incident. While at the department, Mr. Arre dondo says, on special instructions from his government, he will deny also the authenticity of what it is understood will purport to be quotations from General Carranza, General Obregon, the Mexican war minister, and General Pablo Gonzales, commander of the forces in Mexico City, reflecting strong anti-American sentiments, which are expected to appear tomorrow in an American weekly magazine. Informa tion reaching the embassy recently con cerning the magazine article caused an exchange of messages with Mexico City, and brought the ambassador authority to repudiate them in advance. Until word of Mr; Arredondo's action and of Mr. Cabrera's repudiation "at New York came to them tonight, the heads of the State Department had ta ken a most serious view of the state ment attributed to Cabrera, who. be sides being Carranza's minister of fin ance, is chairman of the Mexican group of the joint committee now sitting at Atlantic City, N. J. The general feel ing was that if the statement was au thentic the usefulness of the commis sion would be' destroyed and conse quences of the most undesirable char acter might result. How the statement originated has been the subject of much speculation, and apparently has narrowed down to a question of veracity between Mr. Cabrera and the member of the news bureau staff who gave it to the press. The bureau, set up some time ago with G. F. Weeks, formerly a press censor for the Carranza government at Mexi co City, at its head, has been regarded as the semi-official mouthpiece of the embassy. The employee who issued yesterday's statement was George F. Edmunds, publicity representative of the embassy until the bureau was or ganized. Edmunds asserts that the statement was dictated to him at Atlan tic City by Cabrera, who authorized him to make it public. Weeks tongiht telegraphed Cabrera, disclaiming re sponsibility for the action. The appearance of the statement cre ated consternation at the embassy. Mr. Arredondo promptly had a conference with Mr. Cabrera over the long dis tance telephone. Later he explained that the bureau had prepared and Is sued without authority the statement as a result of remarks made by Cab rera Friday to a representative of the bureau. He said Cabrera made no un pleasant references to the American government, . and, moreover, was not expecting his remarks to b-e quoted. STEAMER ANGELIKB TORPEDOED. Was Conveying Volunteers to Salonlki Says Athens Dispatch. London, October 29. The steamtr Angelike, . conveying volunteers t6 Sa loniki. has been torpedoed at Fleves, says a Reuter dispatch from Athens to day. . . No' steamer of this' name is listed in available shipping records. ISSUE STATEMENT Mi'' -5 4 . 5.1 r " t jf rr 1 5 Mi! if r v t V Li f 1 4. p " " i f 5 H i4; t t" t -it tr-t i . -. h ( 'I 1 t. . 1 !k . ,1 , '7 -
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