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VOL. XCVn-rNO. 18.
AGREE WITH
EXTEND RECOGNITION
TO CARRANZA PARTY
Argentina, Brazil and Chile in
Accord With Decision
of Conference.
VILLA WILL FIGHT ON
However, His4 Cause Will be
Weakened, When Embar
. go is Placed on Arms.
Recognition Expected to be
Made Within a Week.
Washington. October 10. - Ar
gentina, Brazil and Chile, are in
accord with the decision of the
United States government to grant
recognition to the party led by
General Carranza as the de facto
government in Mexico, according
to official advices here. The form
in which recognition is to be ac
corded has not been decided, but
it may be done by formal notifica
tion of Eliseo Arredondo, author
ized representative here of the
Carranza government. Extension
of recognition is expected within
a week, and will result in an im
mediate embargo on arms against
factions opposed to the Carranza
government, a step which will ma
terially weaken the resources of
tie Villa element, which intends
to continue the fight in Mexico.
Says Supremacy to Temporary.
Miguel Diaz Lombardo gave out a
statement tonight in .hehalf ot the
Villa faction declaring that while it
was a source of satisfaction, that the
United States had shown its sympathy
with the Mexican constitutionalist rev
olution against Huerta by recognizing
a revolutionary faction, nevertheless it
was intended to demonstrate by fur
ther military operations that the Car
ranza party's supremacy was tempo
rary. George C. Carothers, American con
sular agent, telegraphed the State'De
partment the substance of a long in
terview he had had with General Villa
at Juarez in which the latter explained
in line with utterances to the press
last night that he intended to continue
lighting Carranza. No mention was
made of withdrawing protection to
foreigners as reported in press dis
patches, but officials realize that the
legal responsibility for protection of
foreigners rests always with the rec
ognized government for all parts of
the country, whether in rebellion or
not. Americans, for this reason, were
recently advised to withdraw from
orthern Mexico, but many of them have
failed to head the State Department's
advise.
The Washington government during
the Taft administration took the posi
tion, however ,that even when a rec
ognized government existed in Mexico
City, the leaders of rebellious factions
ere personally responsible for ' the
acts of their follewers and gave warn
probably wiU be followed in the event
probabl ywill be followed in the event
of difficulties now in northern Mex
ico. ,
Protection for Foreigners.
Although the documents presented to
Secretary Lansing and the Pan-Amer-ican
conferees by Eliseo Arredondo on
behalf of General Carranza on which
the decision to recognize the Oarranza
party was based, have not been made
public, it became known today that
the first chief had given explicit assur
ances with reference to protection of
foreigners, claims amnesty r for polit
ical offenses and the treatment of the
clergy.
'The Carranza programme for the es
tablishment of a permanent govern
ment provides first for the election of
municipal councils and then for the
election of a federal congress. To this
fco1y the first chief will render an
srcoiint of the use he may have made
of the executive power so that decrees
previously made may be enacted or
Ejected. The congress, it is stipulat--w.iii
convene an election for pres
ent" and vice president throughout
'hp. republic and as soon as this takes
r'are the first chief shall deliver the
executive power to the president-elect-fleet.
MUST LOOK TO CARRANZA
"Hla
Announces He is No Longer Re-
- hponsibTe for Safety of Foreigners.
El Paso, Texas, Oct. 10. General
Villa's formal declaration to General
George C. Goethals, special agent of
the State Department at Washington,
tn.it because of the recognition of the
rranza government he would not
Siold himself responsible for the safe
ty for the lives and property of for
' ifrners, today, created little apprehen
sion of immediate danger to foreigners.
American Consul Edwards, of Juarez,
'ieelared there were few foreigners in
v'!la territory. About 100 employes
'f the mining companies of Parral had"
'-fused to obey the State Department's
: 'nlce to leave, but Edwardsiid not
- iieve they were in danger. .
fear of an uprising at Juarez after
iie departure of General . Villa for
' isas Grandes has subsided. There was
""e usual large crowd at the bull fight
nd tonight the town had the usual
(Continued On Page Sih.t.) -
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U. S. TO
CARRANZA PLEASED
OVER THE DECISION
jTeVrarns From Washington
ead in the Theatres.
PE s ?LE ARE ENTHUSED
a j
t .
Firs' Jhief Say Recognition of His
Gov; Iment Will Add Moral Strength
to ; . hstitutlonallsm and Disheart
en Revolutionists.
Vera Cruz, Oct. 10. General Car
ranza received with great pleasure the
news that the Pan-American confer
ence at Washington had decided to rec
ommend recognition of the party led
by, him as the defacto government in
Mexico. Telegrams from Carranza
agents at Washington brought the
news, and the first chief was congrat
ulated by his associates. The Wash
ington telegrams were read ;n the
theaters and . received with great en
thusiasm. General Carranza will not
alter his plans for a trip through the
northern states, beginning tomorrow.
"This news put an end to all efforts
of our enemies to bring about foreign
intervention." said General Carranza
after receiving the telegrams. "They
continue their intrigues and their at
tacks in the newspapers but recogni
tion of the constitutional government
naturally will rob them of the fruit
of their efforts.
"When peace is absolutely restored
and tranquility really established, am
nesty will be granted all those per
sons, but not now. To permit them
to return at this time woul'd endure
the machinations within the republic.
rue immediate effect or this news
wills be a great moral strengthening
of constitutionalism and a correspond
ing disheatrening of opposing factions.
There will be no more formal battles.
Fighting, of that sort already has end
ed, but naturally the struggle to Iput
down minor outbreaks and lawlessness
must be continued for a greater or
less time.
"Already these bands are disinte
graung rapidly ana tneir chiefs are
surrendering. This development will
.bring the surrender of the leaders of
the opposition since the news of recog.
nltion will remove from them further
hope of success. This applies not only
to those actually fighting in the field
but to those who are intriguing, both
within the country and abroad. News
of the coming recognition is pleasing,
since It will renew and strengthen
the friendly relations between Mexico
and other nslions."
JOY IN MEXICO CITY
Gonzales to Give Reception to Cele
brate Decision of CV-.fferees
Mexico City, Oct. 10. rws of the
decesion to recognize the Carranza
government was received with great
joy by the military element here. All
the newspapers issued extra editions.
General Pablo Gonzales, commander of
the Carranza forces in Mexico City,
will hold a reception tomorrow in cele
bration of the event.
STEP TOWARD SOLUTION
Believed Recognition of Carransa' Will
Help Mexican Situation.
Buenos Aires, Argentina, Oct.i 10.
that recognition of General Carranza's
government will not bring about
final solution of the Mexican question,
but that it will be a long step in that
direction.
TWO MEXICANS ARRESTED
Claimed They Fired Across Border in
Celebrating Conferees' Decision.
Eagle Pass, Texas, Oct. 10. Two
Mexicans arrested today for firing
across the Rio Grande into Mexico
pleaded that they were celebrating the
decision of the Pan-American confer
ence to recognize the Carranza gov
ernment. They were held in jail pend
ing investigation. So far as known no
one was injured in the hilarious demon
stration which marked the receipts of
the news of recognition in Piedras
Negras just across the river.
All night the streets were crowded
with merry makers.
BORAH URGES PREPAREDNESS
Idaho Senator Also Gives - Warning to
Prepare for Great Industrial War."
Boston, Mass., Oct. 10. Prepared
ness reasonable and essential was
advocated by United States Senator
.Borah, pf Idaho, before an audience in
the Braves' Field baseball park to
day. "No nation caii hold the respect
of even its own people If the' gov
ernment fails to protect the lives and
property of its citizens. In the pres
ent European war, how could it have
been expected that American lives and
property would be protected when the
nation of 80,000,000 could not extend
protection even across the border into
Mexico, to stop the murder of our cit
izens?" Senator Borah warned his audience
that the United States also must pre
pare ;for a "great industrial war"
which he declared would follow the
present European conflict. To meet the
"industrial war" he urged a revision of
the tariff.
Richmond. Vt., Oct, 10. John S.
Ellett, aged 74, vice president of the
National, State and City Bank and for
mer president of the old State Bank,
,nri at bis home in this city today.
He was widely 'known throughout the
I South as a financier.
WILMINGTON,
BULGARIA IS BOUND
BY SECRET TREATY
'rovides Cessions of Territory
to Central Powers.
REPORT IS CONFIRMED
Entente Representatives Urging Greek
Government to Reply as to Future
Course Will Vehlzelos Be
Returned to Power?
Athens Greece, via Paris, Oct. 10.
The representatives of the Entente
Powers, while exercising no pressure
on the Greek government, are urging
it to reply to the question put last
Thursday in regard to its future course
respecting the Serbo-Grecian alliance.
The cabinet deliberated this question at
great length yesterday and today, but
has not succeeded in reaching any
agreement.
A neutral diplomat in Athens report
ed to his government 4his opinion that
within less than a month former Prem
ier Venizelos will be returned to power,
or else the posts of Greece will be
blocked by the Entente Powers.
It is learned from an authoritative
diplomatic source that the represen
tatives of the quadruple entente have
advised Greece that Bulgaria's pres
ent attitude results from a written
agreement signed by Prince Hohen-lohe-Langenburg,
then acting German
ambassador to Turkey. This agreement
made on behalf of Austria and Ger
many, provided for cessions to Bul
garia, of Serbian and Greek Macedonia,
including the Greek ports of Salonikl
and Kavala; of Kastoria, in northern
Greece, near the Albanian border, and
of all Albania. The representatives of
the Entente Powers assert they have
proof that this agreement was made.
RESULT OF PHILADELPHIA
MEETING HAS FANS GUESSING
As to Whether Federal League Will Be
Classed With Major Leagues.
Boston, Mass., Oct. 10. There was
coinjecture here tonight among base
ball fans as to whether anything would
develop from the informal meeting in
Philadelphia last Friday night of the
three members of the National Commls
sion and men Identified with .the Fed
eraL-League. r It' vas learned that or-
ganized baseball has not changed its
attitude, that while there are 'men in
the Federal league who would be wel
comed into organized baseball, present
conditions warrant only the major
leagues.
The Meeting, which was brought
about by men identified with the Fed
eral League, ended without any un
derstanding that the informal talk was
to be resumed. Members of the Na
tional Commission are said to have
consented to meet the Federal leaguers,
because the leaders in organized base
ball did not want to be put in the po
sition of rerusing to listen to sugges
tions for bringing about better condi
tions in the sport.
HEAVY KILLING FROSTS
Occurred Yesterday in Tennessee, Vir
ginia and Western North Carolina.
Washington, Oct. 10. Heavy to kill
ing frosts occurred this morning in
Tennessee, Virginia and western North
Carolina and light frosts as far south
as the central portions of the east
Gulf states the Weather Bureau an
nounced tonight. Warmer weather is
predicted for Tuesday in the Atlantic
states.
MANY GASES TO GOME
BEFORE SUPREME GOURT
Exactly 662 Await Disposi
tion; Opens Today.
Constitutionality of Income Tax to Be
Considered Allen Labor Laws
Also Among the Many Ques
tions to Be Considered.
Washington, Oct. 10. Many ques
tions of national concern are before
the Supreme Court for decision during
the session of eight months which be
gins tomorrow. Exactly 662 cases are
now awaiting disposition. Argument
of cases will not begin until Tuesday
and decisions in cases tinder advise
ment during the summer, recess will
not be delivered before Monday, Octo
ber 18, in the earliest.
A series of cases calling in question
the constitutionality of the income tax
law, has been advanced for considera
tion tomorrow or immediately thereaf
ter. It is probable, however, that the
New York alien labor law cases will
delay arguments on the income tax un
til later in the week.
After the income tax cases are heard
the court will listen to argument in
cases involving the constitutionality of
the Arizona alien labor law and the
.Federal migratory bird law, and the
appeals of the government and of
steamship lines in the proceedings un
der the Sherman anti-trtist law for,
alleged unlawful conspiracy to restrain
competition in the transportation of
steerage passengers from Europe ' to
the United "Siates?
Important decisions under the Sher
man anti-trust law, are expected from
the court during the term. In addition
to the "steerage passengers", suit, the
court will consider the International
Harvester case, and probably the
United States Steel CoxjoraUxi suit.
N. C, MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 11, 1915
NEW HAVEN TRIAL
Twelve Officials Are to Face
Charges of Conspiracy.
MAY LAST 3 MONTHS
Eleven Present and Former Directors
and General Counsel of Road Face
Imprisonment Many Gov
ernment Witnesses.
New York, Oct. 10. Eleven directors
and former directors of the New York,
New Haven & Hartford railroad, and
Edward D. Bobbins, general counsel
of the road, face trial in Federal court
Wednesday on a charge of conspiring
to monopolise the transportation traffic
on New England.
While the trial is one of a, number
of proceedings directed in the past few
years against the New Haven road in
volving the question of alleged viola
tion of the Sehrman anti-trust law,
it is the first under the which the di
rectors themselves are brought into
the court witn the prospect of facing
imprisonment.; The maximum penalty
if
they are convicted, is one year in
prison and $5,000 fine
Test of Personal Guilt.
The indictment of the defendants last
November, represents the efforts of the
present administration, it is said, to
carry to an issue in the courts the
question of the personal guilt of direc
tors of an alleged monopolistic cprpor.
ation. The proceedings were taken, it
is understood, at the direct instiga
tion of President Wilson.
There were originally 21 defendants,
whose names are among the foremost
in financial affairs In the United States.
Three gained immunity on the ground
that they had testified at previous New
Haven proceedings and six were grant
ed separate trials on the. plea that they
were not directors when certain of
the acts charged In the indictments
were committed. The twelve officials
who go on trial Wednesday ,are: Wil
liam Rockefeller, Lewis Cass Ledyard,
George McCullouch Miller, Charles F.
Brooker, Charles M. Pratt, Edward D.
Robbins, D. Newton Barney, Robert
W. Taft,' A. Heaton Robertson, James
S. -Hemingway, Henry KMcHarg and
Frederick .F. 'BjwsteK- TheBlx last
named are still listed as directors of
the New Haven.
The six granted a separate trial are:
George E. Baker, T. DeWltt Cuyler,
Theodore N. Vail, Francis T. Maxwell,
Edward Miligan and Alexander Coch
rane. The three given immunity were:
William Skinner, James S. Elton and
John Bullard.
Mellen is Government Witness.
The indictments were procured chief
ly on the testimony of Charles S.
Mellen, former president of the New
Haven, who is expected to be the gov
ernment's star witness.
They charge in a general way that
the New Haven directors for the past'
25 years combined under the control
of the road virtually all the railroads,
trolley lines and water lines of New
England who they did not drive out of
business, thus extinguishing all com
petition. More than 100 witnesses have been
subpoenaed for the government and it
is believed the trial will last three
months at least. Disclosures of a sen
sational character are promised.
The defendants have engaged a not
able array of counsel. Including De
lancey Nicoll, John G. Milburn, Chas.
CContinued on Page Eight.)
CHICAGO SALOONS ARE
CLOSED OVER SUNDAY
State Statute, Long Ignored, is
Again Revived.
For the Firat Time Within Forty-Four
Years the City is "Dry" for Day,
Under Recent Order of the
Mayor Few Violations.
Chicago, Oct. 10. Saloons and hotel
and restaurant bars were closed here
today for the first Sunday in forty
four years as a result of Mayor
Thompson's order for the police to en-
. force a state law which had been Ig
nored so long as almost to have been
forgotten. The 7,712 saloons have been
regulated under a city ordinance which
required only that they be closed be
tween 1 and 5 o'clock in the morn
ing.
The police received a few reports
that saloons in remote localities had
admitted a favored few customers be
hind locked doors, but in the main the
order was rigidly observed. No ar
rests were made.
Leaders of the liquor interests sent
out word yesterday that the law waa
to be obeyed, after Circuit Judge Mat
chett had refused to enjoin the city
from enforcing the order to close at
midnight.
Reports of 12 violations were made
to the police. Police Chief Healy said
he had not determined what action he
would take. In the suburban villages
and towns proprietors of public houses
were reported to nave enjoyed excep
tional business. The usual trade from
automobile parties was augmented by
city dwellers, many of whom made ex
cursions by interurban electric lines.
Sheriff Traeger announced that he
would take no action 'toward enforc
ing 'the state saloon law in Cook coun
ty outside of Chicago until he has re
ceived an opinion from his attorney.
BEGINS WEDNESDAY
THREE ARE KILLED
AS WALUDPPLES
Firemen Crushed While Work
ing in Ruins of Fire.
TWO OTHERS INJURED
Damage by the Blaze In Richmond
Saturday Night is $500,000 Loss
to Tobacco Warehouse is $325,
000 Origin Unknown.
Richmond, Va., Opt. 10. While fire
men were at work today among the
ruins of buildings destroyed by fires
this morning, a brick wall toppled ov
er and buried them. R. M. Norment,
captain of Fire Company No. 1, was
instantly killed; C. L. Atkinson, and
W. R. O'Delt were so badfy injured
that they died soon after reaching the
hospital, and A. K. Davenpprt and D.
D. C. Johnson, were seriously injur
ed. The fire which destroyed Crenshaw's
tobacco warehouse and a dozen other
building did damage now estimated at
$500,000. The heaviest loss was sus
tained by the Warehouse where more
than one million pounds of tobacco
were stored. This is placed at $325,
000 and was practically covered by in
surance. Other buildings destroyed,
mostly old inexpensive structures, with
their contents, will' bring the total
loss to half a million dollars. Among
the heaviest losers are the R. A.
Cauthor Paper Company; Fleming
Brothers, merchandise; Federal Refin
ing Company and F. V. Gunn & Com
pany, all of whom lost buildings and
stocks. The cause of the fire is un
known. When discovered it was
bursting from the roof of the ware
house and was beyond control.
The death list still stands at three.
other firemen who were caught under
falling walls, having a chance of re
covery. PASSENGERS FROM DAMAGED
STEAMER LAND IN -NEW YORK
One Seriously Injured When Steamer
Tennesse Collides with Schooner.
i"
New York, Oct. 10. Nearly 250 pas
sengers, including one seriously in
jured, who were transferred frcr" the
steamer Tennessee after her collision'
in Long'Islaritf sound off Fisher's Is
land with the schooner Samuel S.
Thorp last night, were brought here
today aboard the steamer Concord. The
Tennessee, with a ragged gap 40 feet
long in her side, arrived later.
Passengers told of panipky conditions
aboard the Tennessee after the Thorp
jammed her prow into their boat
slightly forward amidship, but said that
the captain calmed the. women and
children. He then sent "out wireless
calls to which the Concord was first
to respond.
IS SCHEME OF ENGLAND
German Paper Says England Is Trying
to Divert Attention of Neutrals.
Berlin, Oct. 10. (By wireless to
Tucktown, N. J.) "The Colonge Gaz
ette refers to the accusations of Lord
Cromer and the Marquis of Crewe in
the House of Lords that German, consu
lar officials encouraged the Turkish
population to attack Armenians," says
the Overseas News Agency. The news
paper states that the purpose of these
unfounded assertions is easy to com
prehend: England wishes to divert the
attention of neutrals from the viola
tion of Greek neutrality and since the
Belgian question is no longer novel
enough, turns to new accusations."
TO CLEARJOT CANAL
Little Hope of Opening Much
Before First of Year.
Probably 10,000,000 Cubic Yards
Earth Must Be Removed, Which
Would Require Ten Months at
Present Rate of Speed.
I
of
Panama, October 10. A survey of
the slide area in the Gaillard Cut shows
that probably 10,000,000 cubic yards of
earth must be dredged out before a per
manent channel through the cut is pos
sible. This is the conclusion reached
by the canal engineers, who concede
i"lcIC 10 Vi
Sn IittIa VinnA r Tk a 4 4-VtA
waterway much before the first of the
year. The present rate of wet excava
tion is a million yards per month, and
at this rate It' would require ten months
to remove the .mass sliding Into the
canal.
The area of motion is roughly calcu
lated to be in the neighborhood of 175
acres, which constitute the greatest
slide area in the canal's history. It
extends 2,600 feet along both banks,
with probably an average of 1,500 feet
back of the center line of the canal
prism.
Major General Goethals, governor of
the canal zone, has not yet made an of
ficial announcement concerning the
probability of opening a temporary
channel, but it is believed shipping in
terests have been given to understand
the nature of the situation and it is
probable that most of the one hundred
ships awaiting passage through the ca
naj will be ordered to their destinations
by other routes.
MA
REQll
F)E MONTHS
VISIT BROTHER OF
El
President and Mrs. Gait Mo
tored to Baltimore Yesterday!
RECOGNIZED BY MANY
Attend Church and Later Take Lunch
eon With Family of Mr. Joseph
Wilson Police Watch Sus
picious Character.
Washington, Oct. 10. President
Wilson fend Mrs. Norman Gait, his fian
cee, motored to Baltimore today to
visit the President's brother, Joseph R.
Wilson, who had not met the next mis
tress of the White House before. While
there they attended church and were
guests of honor at a family luncheon
party. Several hundred people in Bal
timore learned of the presence of the
couple and crowded about the church
and the apartment house in which Jo
seph R. Wilson lives, to catch a glimpse
of the President and his bride-to-be
Because it was Sunday, the applause of
t riday and Saturday in New York and
Philadelphia was missing, but the peo
ple voiced their approval of the Pres
ident's choice in audible comments.
Mrs. Gait wore a beautiful blue taf
feta gown, a black velvet hat trimmed
with fur, champagne colored gloves,
and a short face veil, and smiled hap
pily at the crowd. The President, too,
smiled continually.
On the third finger of her left hand
Mrs. Gait wore the diamond engage
ment ring given her by the President
in New York. It had been reported
that the Platinum was set with only a
solitaire diamond, but today it was no
ticed that it also had several smaller
diamonds in the narrow gold band.
Strange Man Denied Entrance.
Efforts of a man giving his name as
Joseph Pruijk and his address as
Brussels, Belgium, to follow the Pres
ident's party and later to enter the
church caused a ripple of excitement.
The man said he was collecting money
for the suffering Belgians and that he
was visiting in Baltimore. The police
became suspicious; however, and pre
vented him from lettering the church.
He protested that he meant no harm,
and merely wanted to see the distin
guished visitors.
The 'President arid Mrs. "Gait decided
last night after their return from
.Philadelphia to. make the trip today.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wilson and their
daughter, Miss Alice, plan to go to
Tennessee later this month, and they
wanted to meet Mrs. Gait before leav
ing. After an early breakfast, the.
President called for Mrs. Gait at her
home. The ride to Baltimore was made
in 90 minutes. The day was cold and,
the members of the party bundled
themselves up in rugs.
Walk to the Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson and their
daughter were waiting at their apart
ment, and after a short stay there, the
entire party walked several blocks to
the Franklin Street Presbyterian
church. The President and Mrs. Gait
entered into the entire service, using
the same hymn book. The rector, Rev.
Harris E. Kirk, prayed that the Presi
dent be given Divine guidance in the
problems confronting him.
The luncheon at Joseph R. Wilsons
apartment was strictly a family affair.
It was marked by the presentation to
Mrs. Gait of a chop-platter, painted in
gold and ivory tints, by the President's
niece.
When the visitors started back for
Washington they drove from the apart
ment house through a street lined with
people. During the return trip, the
President's automobiletraveled rapidly
nut was recognized by many people. A
constable on a motor cycle charged
the driver of one of the machines fol
lowing the President of exceeding the
speed limit, but made no arrest.
Dines With Mrs. Gait.
Tonight the President had dinner
with Mrs. Gait at her home. He will
deliver an address tomorrow morning
before the Daughters of the American
Revolution, and on Wednesday will lay
the cornerstone of a new memorial am
phitheatre at Arlington National cem
etery. Mrs. Gait is expected to be
present on both occasions.
Messages from the rulers of foreign
countries congratulating the President,
on his coming marriage began arriving
at the White House today. The" first to
come was from President Poin,care of
France.
FRESH CLEWS OF ROBBERS
Discovered at Scene Where Bandits
Held Up B. & O. Train.
Clarksburg, W. Va., Oct. 10. Fresh
clews to the men who held up and
robbed a Baltimore & Ohio passenger
train here Friday morning, were dis
covered tonight near the scene of the
robbery by E. W. Athey, U. S. Depu
ty Marshal, at Martinsbury, who re
turned here tonight and conferred with
other foreign officers. One of the offi
cers said later that the new informa
tion completely upsets the theory that
the bandits escaped across the Ohio
river and that unexpected and startling
developments in the case may be ex
pected. OVER 17,000 IN MARCH
Demonstration in tashtng-ton Against
Blasphemy and Profanity. '
Washington, Oct. 10. More than 17,
000 members of the Holy Name socie
ties of Baltimore, Washington and
nearby Maryland and Virginia points,
marched here today in annual demon
stration against blasphemy and pro
fanity. A sermon on the evil of blas
phemy was preached on the White
House lawn at the conclusion of the
parade by the Very Rev. J. Raymond
Meagher, founder of the society. Among;
the prelates who reviewed the parade
was Bishop B. J. O'Connell, of Rich
mond. Berlin, October 10. (By wireless to
Tuckertown). Payments ry subscrip
tions to the third German war loan,
up to October 7, amounted to 6,420,800,
000 marks J1,605,225,000).
WILSON
WHOLE NUMBER 39,348
TEDTONS ADVANCE
TWARD AS THE
SERBS Wl BACK.
i
Allied Forces May Join the
Serbians Before Pitched
Battle is Undertaken.
NO BULGAR INVASION
Germans Claim Recapture of
Territory in West and Pro
gress Against Dvinsk.
London, Oct. 10. The Austro-Ger-mans
are in full possession of Bel
grade and the heights surrounding the
city, and have begun an advance east
ward toward the mountains which th
Serbians last year so stubbornly de
fended against the Austrians. Thus far
the Serbians have offered no resistance
to the invaders , other than rear guard
actions and military writers here do
not expect a pitched battle for ten days
or a fortnight, by which time the Allies
forces landed at Saloniki should hav
joined hands with the Serbians, who
are falling back to positions in which,
they will have the best opportunity of
holding their ground.
The Bulgarians, so far as is known.
have not invaded Serbian territory, ana
It is believed that they will not make
any move until they know how matters
go with the Teutons. Some Balkan au
thorities, Indeed, still believe that the
Bulgarians will not interfere with the
movement of the Anglo-French expe
dition, for to do so would immediately
bring, the shells of the. warships into
their ports' on the Black and Aegean
seas, probably followed by the landing
of Russian troops at Varna and Bur
gas, an dof- the rallied troops of Dede
a'ghatch. Greece and Rumania remain interested-
spectators, although the former has
given assurance of her benevolent neu
trality toward the Allies.
Representatives of the entente pow
ers have furnished the Greek govern
ment with information concerning the
agreement between Bulgaria and Ger
many, which, it is asserted, gives th
Bulgars a free hand to deal not only
with Serbia, but with Greece, as well,
should the central powers win.
Little Changes on Fronts.
The fighting oh the various fronts
brought about little or no change in
the situation today. The Germans af
ter two days' heavy attacks, in which
according to the British and French ac
counts they suffered a severe reverse,
have abandoned for the moment the
attempt to recapture territory won
from them by the British south of La
Bassee. They do claim, however, to
have retaken from the French some
trenches east of Souchez and at Tahure,
in Champagne.
Field Marshal von Hindenburg is
making slow progress against Dvinsk,
and, although he claims to have taken
more of the Russian positibns, he does
not appear to be much nearer the city
than he was two weeks ago.
South of the. Pripet river and in Gali
ia the tide of battle flows and ebbs.
First the Russians, then the Austro
Germans, attack and counter-attack,
and where during the summer, miles of
country would change hands in a day,
now it is a question of defending some
ieojatted village. The heaviness of the
roads is largely responsible for this.
RE CAPTURE LOST TERRITORY.
German Official Statement Claims Sue
cess on All Fronts.
Berlin, October 10 (by wireless to
Sayville) Recapture of large sections
of territory lost to the Allies in the
west; further important progress for
Field Marshal von Hindenburg's army
towards Dvinsk, and the occupation of
the whole of the city of Belgrade, Ser
bia, are claimed in the Germaji official
statement issued today.
In tho west the Germans claim to
have taken by assault a large section
of territory in the Champagne and sev
eral trenches near Souchez. In the
vicinity of Tahure, captured last week
by the French, the Germans regained
a strip of territory 100 yards deep over
a front about two and a half miles.
The German war office claims the
capture of Russian positions over a
front of nearly five miles, north of
the railroad running west from Dvinsk.
A violent Russian attack west of the
city was repulsed.
Although the Serbians are offering
determined resistance to the Austro
German invasion, the German war office
claims their efforts thus far have failed.
Not only is all of Belgrade in German
hands, but the outlying heights to the
southeast and southwest of the city
also have been taken. Further east the
Serbians were beaten back.
GERMAN. SUBMARINE BASES
EstabliShed at Varna and Rurgai
Bul-
garlan Reservists Held lp.
Petrograd, (via London),' Oct. 10.
Telegrams from Hebastopol say bases
for German submarines have been es
tablished at Varna and Burgas, the
principal Bulgarian ports on the black
sea. It is assumed that it was from
these bases that the German subma
rines approached the Crimean coast
from .which they-were driven by Rus
sian destroyers.
A large number of Austrian and
German aeroplanes is reported to have
fecossed Serbian territory in the direc
tion of Bulgaria.
Six thousand men ..described Bulga
rian reservistjs from . Germany hava
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