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Americans Aided British In
Last Week's Drive To
ward Cambrai.
DEPaRTM
ROADS FOR ADVANCE
BUILT BY AMERICANS
Engineers Have Been With
British Four Months Van
guard of Aero Fleet Arrives.
No Heavy Fighting.
American engineers played a large
par; in the preparations leading up
to ihf"1 successful British blow toward
Cnmhrai last week.
Tin so are the first American troops
to t.'ko part in operations on the
iA front, and a delayed Associaled
Pre---, dispatch Pays that they have
boon building railroads in the Somme
dis rict for nearly four months and
f,v a long time have been working
virhin rano of the German artillery.
Not content with building ana running
the vliil communication lines, the
An -.erican engineers entered the firing
line rluring General Byn's push to act
a-; volunteer stretcher bearers.
National Guardsmen from every
State in the Union and the vanguard
of the American aero ' fleet have ar
rived behind the front inFrance.
.Many of th former guardsmen al
ready are undergoing trajning,wfthin
sound of the guns at. the front.
Meanwhile American aviators are
training actively with the American
troops.
Germany is ready to discuss peace
with Russia envoys with full powers
arc sent to Berlin. Count von Kertling,
the new Irr.yc-ial Chancellor, declared
yesterday before the Reichstag. He
expre: :-ed the wish that the present
efforts of the Bolsheviki would bring
peace. In a review of the military sit
uation, the Chancellor said that the
armies of the Central powers have
bem generally successful and that the
submarine warfare was successful and
that the Allies were unable; tocmake
progress against u. . ... t
The Chancellor declared that the
f'enual Powers still stood by their
answer to the peace note of the Pope.
He :. that the Central Powers were
not rv::cnsiblc- for the prolongation
of r!- war and held out as a .warn-in--
tn cibers "the glorious advance"
into Italy. Apparently the Chancel
lor did not state Germany's peace
torni- -yiifioally, nor did he mention
the Keicbs'ag resolution in favor of
peace without annexations and indem
nities 'or.tl !t ions in Russia apparently re
mvln neatly unsettled. It is report
ed thai Lenine's government has giv-
MUCH
EST
PLEASED AT
iilCEIUERT
News of the Safe Arrival of
Guardsmen Causes Much
Gratification.
THOUSANDS OF MEN
HAVE BEEN MOVED
Despite Handicaps and Dan
gers, Not a Single Guafds
man Was Lost on the
Way Over.
(By Associated Press
Washington, Nov. 30. Announce
ment of the arrival in France of the
All GUMMEI
TTB
SEN
FRANC
E
SAFELY
UEHieilS MED
IPllT PART
BYNG'S DRIVE
Engineers Built Roads As the
Physical Impossibility to Have
Shot Herself, Says
; . Expert. ;
CASE WILL CONSUME
OST OF NEXT WEEK
Progress of Trial is Slo,w Chi
cago Coroner Gives Dam
. aging Testimony. Against
the Defendant.
Troops Moved Toward
Cambrai.
Concord, N. C, Nov. 30 Dr. W. H.
Burmeister. coroner's physician of
Cook county, Illinois, testifying for
V o Qf ato 'mi rrtca aTaminoh'rtn in tho
'trial of Gaston B. Meais, charged with
DURING THE FIGHT murder of Mrs- Maude A. King, this
.morning swore that the pistol that in-
t-. . xr ' , flicted the wound causing Mrs. King's
j tingmeers Volunteered to Go. death was not in contact with the
STRETCHER BEARERS
Former National Guardsmen
Are Now Training Be- .
hind the Lines.
HAVE BEEN ARRIVING
FOR SOME WEEKS
They Are Quartered Over a
Wide Area at a Place
Prepared For Them By
Regulars.
With the American Army in France,
Thursday, Nov. 29. Every State in
the American Union has representat-
EL - -.TA i - .,
urbi iNaiionai uuara units gives the i ives behind the fighting lines in
first official notice that an extensive France. For weeks units composed
troop movement has been accomplish- j of former National Guardsmen have
ed, despite hostile submarines, short- j been arriving in France until now
age of troop and supply ships, and j they occupy a wide scope of the train-
other obstacles but without the loss of
a man.
Thousands of men have been moved
to the. seaboard irom all .parts, of, Ibe I.
country, loaded on transports ana"
safely landed in France without any
ing territory especially prepared for
them, and are entering upon their pe
riod of preparation for active fighting
with remarkable enthusiasm.
heyjare showing" asplrit" th keep
ing with the purpose to make the Am
erican expeditionary force a homo-
After Wpunded Combat
ants Have Been on
Somme Front.
British Army Headquarters
thead when fired. E. T. Cansler, of
j counsel for the defense, brought from
! the witness repeated and emphatic
' j declarations of his opinion that' it
: would have beeiva physical impossi
i bility for a woman of Mrs. King's
in stoutness to have held a pistol in the
. tv tueiayeaj The Am- position necessary to have caused the
encan engineer corps, the first Am-wound he found in her head,
erican troops to arrive in France play-' Cross examination, re-direct examin
ed an important part in successful ation and cross examination of Dr.
breaking of the Hindenburg line last Kurmelster delayed the expected in-; raZ
week. As the British troops would $roion by the State of Mrs. Anna U FIFTEEN THOUSAND
advance the engineers fnnirt o w- .'"", xui-uci ui mia iyui6,
MEDICAL EXPERTS
ED TODAY'S
DE SAULIES TRIAL
UT
.!;;'; ? I."'-" ;
Count von Hertling Reviews
War Situation Before
the Keichstag. ' sH-'i
FULL OF OPTIMISM
it was stated by a member of coun
sel for the defense that she would not
alons the front W Wn that t &o on the stana until tne arternoon
w viiu it ui mc
in the rear building .roads.
une ot the most striking siehts
engineers laboring coollv at their
session. She spent the forenoon at
tracks while e-roAt chcii ,.,x ner notei m ner room wnere sne spent
mg one hundred yards away. ,tne nignt.
At one time the Germans cut loose Prof;e?sf th.e trial.has been so
vith their guns on a section of the : slow that tbere 1S rowm& apprehen
tracks and tore up three miles of ' S1n among the court officials that the
rails but they, scarcely had finished caie T!H Cinle mst.Tof nt week.
this bombardment when the twin lines ' r" Schultze, of New York, was
of steel began to, creep forward once called t0 thq- stand shortly before
more. After the engineers had reach-,non' 0 v . . . , y.
ed a point where they were exposed? Dr - Schujtze testified m reply to
on the sky line it was necessary to hy.p(?the .ical tions, that in his
work at. ni?ht or nn tno-trv rtv .opinion it would have been impossible
-tv. u v . for Mrs- King to have fired the fatal) would not be given to the jury before
aJSS have three forces of . snot? . his 0 inldn bei based upon I Wednesday
Americans employed Jn this region the descriDtion of the wound in the' ;l
since- about Amrnst i Tw rst ti,0rr,!ine ascription or. tne wouna. n.tne Tn testimonv of aliensts anfl oth.
Declared Submarine Campaign
Would be Successful, Prais- f
ed Army and Navy and Dis j
counts Allied Successesllp? j
(By Associated Press.)1 :
Berlin, Nov. 28. (Via London, Nove;;!
30.) British Admirality via Wireless).';!
The war situation was reviewed "be- ?r
' fore the Reichstag today by Count;;f J
iGeorerevF. Von TTertHns' th tiw . Tm- . ' '
I it i 7 !, A . Iperial German Chancellor. ; He .7:delfi
Long Hypothetical Question glared that Germany was ready to en-"'"..f
Jury Not Expected to Get the
Case Before Next
Wednesday.
WORD QUESTION ASKED; George f.
Read at Opening of CourU
Try to Establish Irrespon
sibility of Defendant.
(By Associated -Press.-'-Mineola,
N. Y.y Nov. 30 The trial
of Mrs. Bianca De Saulles for the
murder of her divorced husband, John
Longer De Saulles, was resumed to
day with indications that the case
War Department officials
general knowledge of the facts having j geneous American army in which each
been disclosed to the country at large, division, whether regufar, national
guard or national army, cannot De dis
tinguished in efficiency from the oth-
are
cision to announce the arrival of the j billeted over a wide area and are pro
National Guard forces but permission ! nounced excellent soldiers. ,
tn mihush tho HPciatinnR nf the I The guardsmen have been arriving
weie:
eiauiieu at general rersning s ue- firs Thp former State troons
ter into peace negotiations as coon ag :.
the Russians sent representatives" har I
ing full powers to Berlin. The. Chan- V ;!
cellor said he hoped and wished i that i
the present efforts would take definito ; J
shape and "bring us peacel"
German arms, the Chancellor said, ;
have beep uniformly successful and
the submarine warfare will reach the . j
aim intended for it. He said that the " s
ships sunk will exceed that of those
newly constructed. He praised the . -
army and navy and eulogized ,the home .
population for its patience and 1 en- '
durance under great "privations." Po-1 -
litical reforms - would- be ' carried out " 1
but the fundamental principles of the
since about August 1
?ave befn occupied , with the opera- the description by Dr. Burmeister-. 0nier- medical, experts, some to refute
igaI raii"cross examination? Dr.-Schult2e; s'teid4fin4--oUitt8. & euh?tatiate the clim j imperial constitution cannot and. shall-" -
pendent has isitea at -entaLlapse at the time and lOdays
these engineers sincethe x arrival before death. ' immediately following the shooting of
and ;has found them fit and eager for -On request of Mr Cansle Dr her former husband, was expected to
worTj- . ., I Schultze took a .25 calibre automatic 'sume all of today and probably to-
The correspondent was talking with jpigtbl and demonstrated to the jurylmrw- ' t
three officers today and tne omy whv hp POnsidpred it imno??ihT for ai Mrs. De Saulles was tho hostess yes-
anxiety they expressed about the fu-;person to gif-inflict such a wound as'terday to the other prisoners in the
ture was the fear that they might mg jjrs King "Now that is the Mineola 3ail- The turkey dinner pro
later be compelled to work far back vided by her brought a note of, aDDre-
i no. y uii iiu ii.- uui. i.tiuiii ii i. niiiiiriiiiii v w
! in the American zone for many weeks.
! They are scattered somewhat but as
guard units now at the training cen
ters m France still is witnneia. un-ifar as possible, the units from the
less General Pershing sees fit to re- j same State have been keptclose to
lease information, there is no present I gether. They found the regular army
j naa maae preparations ior mem, ana
while many are billeted in houses in
prospect of its publication.
way
in v!:!c
CM.
Or. :'-
lllH'M I;
IjlHill!: -'
o a Socialist coalition cabinet,
tho Bolsheviki are represent-
It can be stated, however, that tho
brief dispatch of today covers a large
movement that- has been in progress
for several weeks. The next stage
will be actual occupation' of front line
trenches.
Guard, units to be sent later will be
more sectional in chapter, the
French towns, others have been quar
terred in low wooden barracks special
ly erected.
- The troops frem the various States
have been recognized by the French
population and have been welcomed
enthusiastically. Many of the units
wore the French red. white and blue
cockade pinned to their campaign
hats. After a sufficient time to rest
grouping of the old divisional organ-1 frQm tha journey) the troops have
closely as possible. The entire coun- j been set to work training for actual
ization having been adhered to as j service at the front. In all quarters
try, however, shares in the honor of I they are declared to be most enthus
y' ' i iastic and their soldierly qualities
having its representative units now thave drawn high praise from the
French instructors. 14.
During the last few days one unit
has been working witn grenades ana
has
the front in the world war.
Secretary Baker has announced that
oc -foot do mun nnrl shins are readv.
- , i automatic rifles, while another
they will be combined ana aaaiuonai 1 been working out military problems
forces sent to join General Pershing, j jn maneuvers. Another unit has neen
By this means guard divisions first to j the instruction trenches which
bring them as near as possiDie to ac
tual fighting conditions.
The guardsmen are all in good
health. The reason why it is not per
mitted to . mention units by name is
various war fronts there has .grouping of national army divisions-ux " "hiT nThH which
change. The British aremade D08sible by the use of the draft- IZZ: Hanfi,Hnn
ed men to fill up depleted national berg and otheV information which
guard divisions, will determine the .or- . f imDOrtance to the enemy.
of the lines out of the fighting zone.
The engineers love to hear the guns
and to get as close to the firing line
as military orders permit.
Some of them had an unusual ex
perience, much to their liking, on the
first day of the offensive. The Brit
ish called . forv volunteer stretcher
else do it differently?" asked Mr. Cans-1 Nation from the diners Mrs. De
ler Saulles enjoyed a., visit from her young
"I presume a contortionist might be son and her sister with whom she 'din
able to put his head under his left ed in tne sheriff's quarters,
knee," said Dr. Schultze, which re- Reading of the 15,000 word hypothet
mark brought hearty laughter from the lcal Question by attorneys for the de
crowd in the court house, and Judge I fense was hegun at the opening of
court.
It begins:
'Assume, doctor, that
A Leonard Johnson, secretarv of i Continuing it tells of the fall sus
the Merchant's Loan and Trust Com-1 tamed when a child m which sheisjthat geveral dIvlsiong had tak.;
The Reichstags was packed. , Tha -new
state secretaries, the new Prus
sian' minister, the new Bavarian "pre- :
mier, the members of the reigning
German houses, the Austrian, Turk-'
ish and Bulgarian ambassadors and all
the neutral ministers were present, "'
The Imperial Chancellor opened his 1
speech by asking the loyal co-ODera"i
tion of the Reichstag. He continued: '
"We are approaching the end of the W
year that has been full of far-reach? : 5 ;
ing and decisive events in many-the-vQ
atres of the war. I am proud and
thankful to say that, the arms of Ger- : f
many and her allies have been sue-"y !
cessful on almost every occasion and. VVV I
everywhere." , ; :-, ,y.:"-
He recalled that the Flanders battle 4' l
had continued almost "Without ; inter- II
ruption since July and that the Brit- y - f
iau aimy was superior in uumuer ana :,
show themselves fitted for transporta
tion to the training camps in France,
will be first to go.
Tt annears Dossible that the re-
t;rv.:inl toward Cambrai and
:!' r. plight advance west of
vi.od. Heavy artillery activ
uo. in the Ypres sector. No
nc-Moiis of importance are re--ora
tho Italian front, but the
: c-'innon are very busy. Ber-
Ton.
liii I'Dfd-fj dip rpmilsfi of Ttalinn at
tark - j'vp.int positions west of the
!!r'!!-. ! an,i west of the PiaYe. .
Much discussion has been provoked
in Kr-l; nd by the publication of a let-?ci-
Cro..-. f!.0 Marquis of Lansdowne, a
veteran political leader. He pleads
J or r: i m,
iHd'oro tho war leads to the ruin of
'iviHzod vorld. The letter has
der of the first national army units to
be sent over. In that re-groupmg two
national army divisions were re-formed,
one representing the whole east
ern section of the country and one
equally representative of all Middle
Western States. All of the far West
is already in the national army divis
ion at Camp Lewis, American LakeK
Washington. .. ..
If the same policy is followed .with
I ClinA rnnnpr? fnr nrrter TTnrJpr n hnt
bearers to go forward to the battle-'fire of Questions from Mr. Cansler. the
field and bring in wounded British -witness adhered to his main declara-1 Bianca Errazuriz Dfi Saulles was born
and Germans. A.large number of the tion i near Santiago, Chile, April 29, 1894 "
engineers offered their services wmcn
were accepted. They just had finish
ed a hard day's work on the railway, Dany Chicago, followed Dr. Schultze ! said to have received severe injuries. iha fi .f Knim,tltat".jh:.
Vnf tliov o-larllv iinOT-tnnlr tho T1PW. , , A , - . - tn har hrt- V,o thr.a unora cnont ?r r" vvmiouuius v
on tne stana ana torn or a trust agree-i " " ; the loss of some villages and farms,
ment made by Mrs. King and hisjan English convent; her meeting the tne German frontier remained unshak- ;
bank in 1911 by which the institution De Saulles on her return to Chile; of n and the enem wag ag far as ever.
was to hold in trust stocks and bonds! their marriage; their marital difficul- from hg object reachmg the Flem-
amounting to $125,000, market value, ties; the automobile accident m Chile igh coagt tQ degtro German U-boat -from
the proceeds of which $600 a a few years ago in which Mrs. De bases He added- : v'r
month was to be paid to Mrs. Robin- Saulles alleges she received further in-1 ReCognizing the failure of their-at-W
son, mother of Mrs. King, during her - juries to her head the divorce and fln-;tacks n Fianders, the British are ndw
life and the remainder of the income ally, a resuue of the defense version kin Cambrai a de.Hdvft te. ;. .
. should go to Mrs. Kingv of the tragedy. sult The hope which Great Britain
I Gaston Means called at the bank in " concludes m tnese words: niaM nnnn tho whniAaTo na r tonVa. Si
; 1915, as Mrs. King's Dusmess agent! "Assuming the foregoing facts and,has not been fulfilled. They lie de- ;
but they gladly undertook the new,
arduous and dangerous task and labor
ed through the night getting injured
soldiers back to the dressing stations.
They were highly complimented by
the British for their efficiency in this
line.
RUSSIAN SITUATION.
v
(By Associated Press).
London, Nov. 30. The Russian
tn rhec.k over her trust. affairs. Laterinaving in mmu your persuuai jjiamm- strnvP(1 nT1 th hottlofioii
- 1 . j , . . 1 -' j vui.vviivivi v j juvvvo- v. r
ho oamfl QnH ronnrtofl that Mrss Kiner ation ot. the aetenaant, in your ppm- fi.
riatmioti nminrt. ti.nnni..nn flltj. '.
, -, . "t- 01 - - 1 xui ubtuiau uicasuico, X uo .
l envoys sent to treat wmi me T!H.oirP(1 1r.QT1 nn h0r roverslonarv in-non. was tne aeienaant mentauy rouna infHfli ocCT u "
mans, according to a Reuter dis- lterest in the trust. This was declin-;at the time of the shooting on August tbe entrance of our reserves -s r- SS:
patch from Petrograd, have tele- j ed and in December, 1916, Means call-.3, 1917? The French also have had local vw
i eraphed the Bolsheviki leaders of u0 v..i, .h .atatAA .that Mrs: -."Assumine all the foregoing facts' tv,. o- AS-Si
V 4-Trt Diiccrt-nnrmaTl nlaninn. ! . . . . , t . j -- 1 ni.iv r-v i ininH tai.0 I .1.. i i
King desirea; to revoke tne trust, mt)j"iU uavm6 m ii iai perore Verdun, but .'every - strategical v:--;
witness testified. . samination of the defendant, m yourexpioitatlon o. these has been .pre' ' i
Court adjourned for dinner before ( opinion, did the defendant know the ; vented by the German army command: - I
Mr. Johnson's direct examination was. nature ad quality of the act she was Every one remembers the events In s
finished. ; committing? .' the east which led to the conquest of
. ' I "Assuming all the foregoing facts Riga and Jac0bStadt. y - v ; ---
TROOPS ENJOYED ':an . na7mg !,ntmm" . pers?nai ex;l "The glorious advance of the1 armies
Rut for the information or tae .
relatives and families of the men, ev
ery one who sailed from the United
States has arrived. safely in France.
that, the Russo-German plenipo-
tentiaries will meet Sunday noon,
S at the crossing on the Dvinsk-
Vilna railroad west of the village 4'
8 of Kukharishky, between the op-
& posing military lines. "';
. Thence they will travel by spe, S
S cial train to German headquart er
ters at Brest-Litovsk
AFRICAN CAMPAIGN
NEARING AN END
(Bv Associated Press)
London. Nov. 29. The end of the
relation to the national army that has East African campaign before Christ-
vision of the wr aims of thejheen followed in connection with the rnas is predicted by the Reuter corre-
national guard it seems likely that spondent at Ndara. tie declares tnat
these three divisions, other things such ) by that time the German commander
training and equipment being i in-chief vnll either be a prisoner or in
f""!Sf-d surdi a sensation that it is un- equal, would be the first of the nation-; exile.
'f'!stOO(l it will ho tho snhippt nf riA-'i vmir tn trn nvor ns nvprv State in
nato in the British House of Com- thp. Union would then have ' national
mon.s probably early next week.
Good News in Germany. )
Londont Nov. 30. The newspapers
m Opimany today publish the Lord
army men at the front as it now has
national guardsmen
letter on their, front
Patrol Boat Floated. ;
(By Associated Press).
An American Port, Nov. 30. An Am-
Par;ps. telegrinhs the Amsterdam cor- erican patroi wu,du
i ' ! 'i-nt of the FyphaneP Tele- a leae on me A
nr ot the exchange ieie weeks ago, was floated to-
.ml) ( ompanv. The German news- coabL vccfvo tt& n.
r- u-r.; , consider if winnin of Ene- day ana lasen ui tow 1W
ret.ting reasonable"
1-nd
R"-sinn Army Peaceful.
fBy Associated Press). ,
Nov. 30. No statement
Berlin Has Little to Say.
(By Associated Press).
'flvnn...H nt on t rv,QT,t ' Berlin. INOV. 4U-1 "Riuiau 6u-
!-od nt the Russian army headveral 1 staff in its
today, according to an of-garding the tUe fronts n Russia
'"'l annouueoment made at the war Macedonia and Northern
oiiir- t i "There was no important operations.
ORMER SECRETARY
OF THE NAVY DEAD
4 Austria Willing. -
Amsterdam, Nov. 30. The Aus;
(By Associated Press)
With the American Army in France,
TUAMircr ITiNr nAV-atifhe dfTdlnV iD U1,"of the -Central Powers in Italy holds;,
THAISKSUIVINU DiY iopimon, did the defendant know thatjthej world in suspense even today.
the act was wrongT ,: ! OverVhelmingly difficult tasks have-' :
It was learned by District Attorney been accomplished there by the flght-V
Weeks that because of radical differ- ing strength of the German and Aus- ;
tro-Hungarian government, ac- Nov. 29. Every American ' soldier in; ences Which he Says exist in the de- trn-Miine-arfan trnnn irt thofi "nrnriR
' cording to a dispatch from Vien- 5 France spent a real American Thanks-1 fense's question as compared with the ingly rapid attack and 'penetration of " --4
na, has sent an official reply ac- giving day. He dined on turkey and testimony, an entirely new hypothet- j r0ugh mountain territory, v Italy's ar
cepting the Russian government's j an that goes with it until he could eat jical question may be put to the ex-jmy has lost considerable part of its
no more.
The feature of the day was a foot
's' wireless proposal to enter into
4 negotiations for an armistice and
a general peace.
4 LENINE OUSTED,
London, Nov. 3 The govern- thousands of American troops and a
perts in support of the prosecution's. forces and at least half x)f Its total war
iball game in which a team from the
engineers defeated a team from the
v infantrv. The same was watched by
case.
material: It also has lost stretches .
After reading of the hypothetical land which nrovided i with rich
question had continued 30- minutes,1 supplies. It has not yet ,beeD pos- -"Juror.
No. 4" fell asleep. He was' gjbie to collect all the booty, calculat-'
awakened by the juror seated on his i G,i in monev value kt theusanda of mil-
ment of Nikolai Lenine has fall-thousand French soldiers. The shouts left. . v 'lions of marks, which has fallen into""
4 en, according to a Petrograd dis-from the respective rooters were heard; "Mrs. Bianca De Saulles was not our hands. , y.
patch to ;.. The - Daily. Chronicle, 1 f ar -afield and towards the end of the 'mentally sound, did not know the na:t "Further, the success of our victor-
dated Wednesday. It has been ,game the French soldiers, getting theiture or quality of the act" and did not.ies from the Isonzo ,to the Piave is an ,
succeeded by a coalition cabinet hang of it, became just as enthusias-jknowJ'that it was wrong" when she effective relief tocour own 'Western :
of advanced Socialists, in which, jtf as the Americans. Virtually all in- shot her former husband. John L. De front. Tn the same wv this . tir tnr 'f:
4 however, the Bolsheviki are rep-' structioit work, and drilling was sus-; Saulles, at his Long Island home, ac- also makes:, itself, felt in Macedonia,'.
- - (Bv Associated Press.)
Ccord, N. H., Noy. 30. William ) '
EaU" Chandler, who as secretary oi
the KTvy in President Arthur's cab
net, ws largely responsible for tue
beT'nning of the modern United
Stotes navy, died at his home here
today. . ' '
4' resented
4
nended for the day,
v,
. Youna Hoover Ooerated On.
(By Associated -Press.)
Baltimore. Nov. 30 Allen Hoover,
the lQ-vc r ' T" of , Herbert C.
Hoover, Federal Food Administratdr,
underwent a successful operation for
appendicitis here today.
m THAT WT JS
CI4PISTMAV
ONLY
jm. ... a jiT mm. w- i
TURJCgr
15
CRmJL
'
, BRITISH CASUALTIES.
cording to experts who testified today as the enemy now appears to be giv-
in her behalf. j -' . ing , up voluntary the "slight success ;
This opinion was given in response which he obtained west of Lake Och- '
, to a 15,000 word hypothetical question rida. '.' , ' -,:
!put by, attorneys for the defense. It,j ';From the Sinai peninsula,; the Brit'
iin brief, summed up the evidence iSh are operating against the Turkish.
(By Associated Press). v given during the. trial, by witnesses of troops in Palestine and have been able;
London, Nov. JW. British cas-"jthe defendant. 1 to achieve .certain initial successes
' . -u.alties reported during the 4' To brain, pressure resulting from a there. These however, have no influ- ;
'y month totalled 120,089, divided as j skull fracture received; in childhood ence on the general war situation from " ;
follows: s- and to hypothyreosis, a disease of the a military point 'of view. .In the the-;,
Officers killed or died of wounds, i thyroid gland which affects the brain 'atre of war in Asia iMnor and in Irak1-
s 1,152; men, 24,292 . ;.y ,: and nerve centers, was ascribed Mrs. the situation is unchanged.'! -" .,
,i Officers wounded or Vmissing, ;De Saulles' .lleged - lapse ' of 'accoun-j After declaring .that the German
f-Rfa7: men Q 1.108. m 'tabriity. It was during" .the "blank war fleet had thorouzhlv fulfilled the
" ' space" that the defendant claims she. hopes and- expectations .'placed oi,it,
v i - hred the revolver shots.
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