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It . r v ' , .; - a "; i; V - ., - c- ' v..... -A--- '-'.v ? ' . 1 ' I 10 PagesiTciday ONE SECTION 3 1 1 THE WEATHER. ' TT ' - T tr Jwest portt " .j vol. xcvnsro. so ; panic on board the ancona cMusedXoss of many Passer gers Austrian Submarine Gave Warning, But Continued Firing Around Steamer. STORY OF SURVIVORS Several Overfilled Boats were Overturned, Many Occu pants Being Drowned. , Passengers Were Mostly Ital ians and Greeks. London, Nov. 11. The Italian steamer Ancona was not sunk without warning, according to in formation obtained from survivors landed at Malta by the Renter correspondent and cabled here. The Austrian submarine which overhauled her, after a long stern chase, gave - the commander a brief respite to permit the removal of passengers, but the indescrib able panic which Began among the immigrants on board, as soon as the underwater craft was sighted, was responsible for the loss of many lives. In a mad rush for safety, men, women and child ren overwhelmed the boats, sever al of which, were overturned be fore they could be lowered. Many of the occupants fell into the sea and were drowned. ,-JAoi -Added Panic faBsengere agree, . the correspondent says, that shots fired around the steam er by the submarine, apparently to hasten the loading of the boats, add ed to the panic. (- The Reuter dispatch, which contains the first connected story of the sink ing of the Ancona Monday afternoon, 20 hours after she had left Messina, Sicily, follows: "We left Naples with a fairly large number of passengers, Intending to sail direct to New York, but soon after leaving port received a wireless mes sage directing us to stop at Mesi eina for more passengers and carto. The people aboard were mostly Greeks and Italians with large families on their way to the tJnited States to settle-there. The majority, therefore, were women and children. Took, All Possible Precautions. "We lett Messina at 5 p. m. The captain having been warned of the presence of enemy submarines, took all possible precautions. At exactly 1 o'clock Monday afternoon we sight ed an enemy submarine at a great cl.'s tance. She came to the surface and made full speed In pur direction flsr ing a shot which went wide over our bow. We took this to be a warning to halt. "immediately there was the wildest panic aboard not only among the wo men and children, but among the men as well. Women screamed and chil dren clung desperately to their moth ers. .Meanwhile the submarine con tinued to shell us, gaining rapid'y The fifth shot carried away , the chart house. "The engines then were stopped and the Ancona came s'owly to a stand still. The submar'ne, which we could now see plainly was an Austrim, came alongside. We heard the com mander talking to our captain. In a foraewhat curt manner we were told the Austrian had giver, a few minutes to abandon the chip. Meanwhile the submarine withdrew a little distance. Rush for the Boats. "We turned to the boats which be gan to be lowered without loss of time but the passengers were In a pande monium. Men, woirer and children seemed to lose their heads - com pletely. The submarine, presumably to accelerate our departure, continud to fire around the vespel. There was a rush for the first boats lowered, ind in the confusion these were overturned before they were free from : the davits, the occupants falliag' into the wjtter. Matiy were drowned .before our eyes. "The shrieks of women, children and struggling men rent the airv but it seemed no help could be given. Every one was trying to act for himself. The heart-rending screams were punc tuated with shot after shot delivered almost mechanically from the deck of the submarine, adding to the " panic iboard. Had it not been for these hhots it migh? have been possible to "store a semblance ot order. . The con duct of the submarine was incompre hensible. Not one shot was directed fct the ship, but they were fired , all R round the vessel as if to , create as 5-'ch terror as possible... "About eight boats got away clear, some with a fair complement aboard others half empty. All drifted- from sach other." - . GET MANY IlfQUmiES. Aacona's Agents at 3Vew York Yet Have STo Details of Sinking;. New York, Nov. 11. Although a ''core of inquiries came to the: offices the Italian Line today concerning Persons thought to have sailed on the steamship Ancona, which was sunk af ter she had sailed from Naples, the (Continued on Page Ten.). ;-. Final Session Featured by a V Discussion on Pellagra. ITS CAUSE AND ITS CURE Dr. Rokcrt Wilson, Jr of CharleMton, Elected President Atlanta Se lected for Meeting; Next Year Other Officer. .Dallas, Texas, Nov. 11 Sharp dif ferences of opinion as to the caise and treatment or pellagra marked the final symposium of the Southern Med ical Association, which concluded Its annual convention here today. The di etary theory, recently advanced by Br,; Joseph Goldberger, of the United States Public Health Service, was the principal subject of discission and news reports of his work - appearing in the press were criticised as mis leading. Several physicians said newspapers had printed headlines that a cure had been found, but that Dr. Goldberger had not announced anything more than a very good treatment for the disease, possibly the Best treatment yet, known." Dr. Wilson President. Tr Robert Wilson, Jr., of Charleston, S C was elected president of the association at today's business session and Atlanta, Gtu, was selected as the next place of meeting. Resolutions . adopted , Include recom mendations that .the .number of medi- calj oilioejr in., the regular nUHtajry sta. should equal at least seventy-five hun dredths ot one per cent, of the en listed strength or such numbers as the surgeon, general deems necessary. -Dr. Allen W. Freeman, of the United States Public Health Service, read to the pellagra symposium a copy of -the diet which, he said, Dr. Goldberger found had a tendency to produce pel lagra. Dr. Freeman pointed out that It was . almost the identical diet of ev ery person of poor means in the South, and appealed to the pnysicians to accept, for: their own experiment the treatment Dr. Goldberger has demon strated. Would Restore Wastage. Dr. Stewart I Koberts, of Atlanta, said that as pellagra is a wasting dis ease, a diet including such foods as peas, beans and fresh meats, which were among the articles recommended by Dr. Goldberger, would tend toward relief for the reason that they are rich in the elements necessary to re store wastage. "However," he said, we should have much more evidence than that yet submitted to prove Dr. Goldberger' s theory of diet." Dr. Koberts added that he did , not believe it possible to say a pellagra patient had recovered until the pas sage of at least three years, during which -time no symptom of the disease appeared. He thought that when the cause of pellagra is discovered it will be either a parasite or a poison. Dr. -Allen Ifiustis, of New Orleans, said that while at first he .had doubted, the diet treatment, he had become a "convert" after a . talk with Dr. Gold berger. Dr. W. L. Allison, of Fort' Woith, chairman of the Texas state commit tee for the study of pellagra, asserted that the dietary theory would not ex plain all cases. Pellagra had been known to develop where there was no fault with the diet,' he said. Protest against headlines which have appeared in Southern newspapers was made by Dr. Joseph A. Hayne, of Co lumbia, S. U.t Dr. Hayne contended that Dr. Goldberger does not claim, that diet Is the cause of pellagra In the sense that published reports in dicated. " -Tubereulottfs In Children Under the topic; "Bronchial Gland Tuberculosis," Dr. Mary Lapham, of Highlands, N. C, spoke t in regard to tuberculosis in children. She said that the Infectton would lodge In . these gxands during childhood arid remain dormant, fHere for . years, - even until adult life,pefore spreading to the lungs. :: Sr .' : Dr. Thompson Frazier, of Asheville, N. C., discussing the value of rest and exercise, warned physicians against J:he danger of incautious use of exercise. He said that a little over : exertion mlgbt ; set ...back a patient's recovery for months" and even years. The eye, ear, nose and throat sec tion . elected Dr. J. W. Jervey, Green ville, S. C, chairman; Dr. T. W. Moore, Huntington, W. Va., vice chairman; and Dr. W. T. Patton, New Orleans, secretary.' The medical . section of the associa tion elected Tr'. K. H. Beall, Foit worth, Texas, chairman; Dr. F. C. Moor Tallahassee, , Fla., vice chairman, and Dr. Thompson Frazer, Asheville, N. C, secretary. ' .V Dr J. H. Blackburn, Bowling Green, Kv was elected chairman of the sur ical section,- Dr. F. .Webb Griffith. Asheville, N. , C, vice chairman, and Pr.. Luclen H. Landry, New Orleans, secretary. ' . Chlcago, Nov. 11. The meeting of Federal League magnates which began at ' Indianapolis Tuesday continued here todayv It was declared, no. pro. gress toward . peace with "organised baseball" had been made. , WIIiM USTGTOK, !NV G ETS I N VeItImON Y Assured Mellen He . Needn't Fear Federal Action. BUT TO REJECT MORSE Roosevelt Thought It Would Be Inlmi- cal to Public Interest for Morse to Secure New Haven Proper ' , ties, Slellen Said. New York, Nov. 11 Former Pres ident Koosevelt was brought Into the testimony today at the trial of the eleven former New York, New Haven & Hartford directors charged .with vio lating" the Sherman law; as having given assurance to Charles S. Mellen that the New Haven need have no fear of Federal, action during Roose velt's administration If it rejected a proposition to dispose of its steamship properties to Charles W. Morse. The testimony, given by Mr. Mellen, was ! adduced by the government to Show that Mr. Mellen bevertholesui recommended the sale of the proper ties and that the New Haven direc tors In pursuance of their alleged pur pose to maintain a monopoly of the transportation traffic of New England, declined' to consider their president's recommendation. Inimical to Public Interest. While it was a twice-told tale, as Mr. Mellen gave his testimony at the In terstate Commerce Commission Inquiry Into New Haven affairs, Mr. Mellen added to .it. today by saying that Mr. Koosevelt felt that it would be Inimical- to public interest for Morse to consummate his purpose of getting control of the New Haven proper ties, and that Commissioners Knapp and Prouty and Herbert Knqx Smith, commissioner of corporations, held the same opinion. The government, however, placed emphasis on that portion of the wit ness' testimony in- which he quoted Colonel Koosevelt, as - saying: "I am no lawyer and I can promise you no Immunity if you violate the law." . Morse In January, 1907 according to Mellen, had offered to - buy . the New Haven Steamship lines "for i520.6o;ooh f whictv-wottldfeave' bswriHk profit f $!- 000,400 oh theircost. Mellen thought the New Haven ought to take ad vantage of the opportunity inasmuch as the question was being agitated In Congress of requiring railroad lines to divorce themselves- from ownership of steamship lines. He said he went to Washington and explained the situa tion to the President" in the presence of Messrs. Knapp Prouty and Smith. . Wanted to Protect Hlmsel f . "I was fearful," he added, "that if this legislation should be passed, it might come at a time when there would be no purchaser for the prop erties and we would have them on our lands. I wanted to protect my self." The President after declining to promise Immunity, said, according to Mellen; "But if you don't sell, you'll have no troublw during my administra- tion." "I didn't see I then and I don't see now," continued Mr. Mellen, "that he didn't act from the highest dictates of public duy. He said that Morse's (Continued on .Page Ten.) FOR NORTH CAROLINA Will Be Similar to the One at Pittsburgh, N. Y. Major General Wood Announces It, Will be Established Early Next Spring. Addresses V. M. I. Alum ni at Richmond. Richmond, Va Nov. 11. Major Gen eral Leonard Wood," commander of the Department of the East, tonight an nounced that a military camp of in struction, for aviation would be estab lished In North Carolina early next year. The camp will be similar to the ojrie operated at Plattsburg, N. y., last summer. General Wood delivered an address before the Richmond. Alumni of Vir ginia Military Institute at the ob servance.' of 'the ' 77th anniversary of the foundation of that school: He ad vised -graduates of ' the school to be eady for service in the United States army when called upon,' and discussed the plan's to increase the number of officers In the regular service. He stressed the importance of military schools and suggested courses of a military nature In academic instruc tions. . More liberal support of the national guard and the adoption of the Swiss and Austrian systems of military-training in the United States was urged.' . - .,'"'"'"'' ' Representatives of the press were barred while General Wood made" his address. Senator Thomas. S. Martin, who wajL.to -have made an address, was called to Washington this after; ion. .Paris, Nov. 11. The bill providing for the New French loan was intro duced in the chamber of deputies today by Finance Minister Ribot. The rate of interest is fixed at 5 per cent,' but the price of Issue and the period of subscription ' are 'left to .be . fixed by government" decree.- - ARMY AVIATION CAMP C, FBIDAY MORNJKG, MARINE A VITAL NECESSITY Redfield Addresses . Deeper Waterways Convention. ON NATION'S COMMERCE Says Merchant Marine Controlled Sole ly for American Commerce Is Very Essential for Country's Future Welfare. Savannah, Ga., Nov. 11. A merchant marine controlled in the sole, interest of the movement of American commerce as a whole was declared a" vital neces sity to the future welfare of the Unit ed States, by Secretary of Commerce Redfield, here today, in his address be fore : the convention of the ' Atlantic Deeper. Waterways Association. The Secretary of Commerce departed from his subject, "The Relation ; of Water ways to Commerce," long enough to reply briefly to an attack on the new Seamen's law, made yesterday by Ed ward F. McSweeney, chairman of the directors of the port of Boston He said statistics quoted by Mr. McSweeney were not up to date and did not show the true status of Ameri can overseas y commerce, and asserted that more capital had been invested in the last six moaths in American shipping than In the three previous years combined. Mr. McSweeney had charged the Seamen's law would in jure American commerce and aid for eign shippers. - Discussing the importance of a larg er merchant marine. Secretary Red -field said: "The mind of America is awake to the fact that we must have our place upon the sea; the means of delivery must be within ur ow.n control. We can no longer , depend upon those who would let us hire their ships for our purposes, but whose heeds may at any time make it undesirable for them to continue to permit us 'to use their ves sels as ws wish." - i A dress ; parade" of coast v artillery trjqqps ::sUt! jneda45tet. Ctsve.i Tjorted.ojc bee Isiand,rndnortar battery raC-Tteamer- Zealandia .. at rbreso. Mexico. tice were withnessed by the delegates this afternoon. , At the night session the delegates heard an address on the "Atlantic Coastal Project," by Preder (Continued on Page Ten) War News at a Glance The British prime minister has re iterated In the House of Commons his statement that Lord Kitchener has never tendered his resignation as Sec retary for War to the king or the pre mier, "the only two persons to whom he could have tendered It." "Serious information,'; the nature of which the premier did not disclose, had Impelled the government to send Lord Kitchen er to the Near Bast. The young men of England are warn ed by the Earl of Derby, who has under his direction recruiting for the British armies, that if they do not come for ward voluntarily before November 30 for enlistment, unless It can be shown that they are indispensable In their present employment, the government will take compulsory means to secure their services under the colors. The British House of Commons has agreed to a new note of credit for war purposes amounting to 2,000,000, OOO. The Austro-Germana In northern Serbia are still operating- successfully against the Serbs, while in the south the British in the region of Strumitsa, the French around Veles and south ward from that point, and the Monte negrins In the east, are holding the Bulgarian and Auvtriana In their at tempts to advance. Near Veles the Bulgarians are said to have asked for a cessation In the fighting for the bur ial of dead and the collecting of the wounded. ' Mlning operations on the western front . In Prance have been' continued against German positions, while the Entente Allies' guns In the region of Loos have answered a heavy cannon- ade by the Germans. ; In the region of the Somme, French mines shattered German galleries, blew up a 43erman post and destroyed a German mine chamber which was 'being charged for. ue In counter min ing operations. Damage also, was done by sappers to German positions in' the Argonne, where tne r renun ptcw np trench, t The Germans la the coast region of Russia have withdrawn fom the . for ests west and southwest of Shlok, the maneuver, being one, accoroing to Berlin, to the rains having turned the territory Into a swamp. " To the southeast and west of Riga, the- Russians took ; the ' offensive, but were repulsed. ' In the lighting ln the latter sector the Russians were sup ported by the guns 'from the ships In the Baltic' -: :' . . . ; " i: ; -y Further, south, the Russians are de clared to have been drlveiir out of Kos censhinovka,' "north of the'Kovel-Sarny railway. .: " 'x ::' 't:: ., ", . Switzerland " will remove from her own frontiers November IT a consider able portion of her rorces, being con vinced that there will toe no territorial violations-by the belligerents. . ' A state ; of ri siege- It is officially . an nounced, will be declared November 15 In several of the communes In Holland, particularly In the. north,, The .reason for this step has not been made public OTEHBER 12, i9i5 STEIEMIETTA Italian Commander Says Con cussion Was Terrific. NO SMOKE PRECEDED IT Explosion Occurred Sixty-Five Miles Off Texas Coast Tuesday Afternoon Vessel ank After Belnjjr " Towed to Shoals. ' . Port Arthur, Texas, Nov. 11. The lire abpard the Italian steamship Li vletta, which sailed from here Tues day for Buenos Aires with a cargo of case oil, was caused . by the ex plosion of a bomb placed In the cargo, according to a statement issued here today by Captain R. Rico, commander of the vessel. Captain Rico's state ment was made public after he .had consulted with-the Italian consul here and was concurred in by other offi cers of the steamer. The statement declared the explo sion, which occurred at 4 o'clock Tues day afternoon when the Livietta was about 65 miles off Sabine bar, was terrific and the concussion shook the vessel from-stem. to stern. The second engineer was hurled across the engine room arid severely bruised, it was said, and every lamp ohimney aboard the vessel was shattered. Men on deck de clared no smoke preceded the explo sion. The crew remained aboard until 5 plosion, the boats were lowered and the steamer abandoned. The Livietta today ' was towed to the shoals east of Sabine' Jettys, where it sank in thirty feet "of water, accord ing to information reaching here to night. . J BELIEVE ZELANDIA WAS NOT IN PORT, WHEN SEARCHED Information Leads British to. Believe She Was on High Seas. v. Washington, Nov.. 112; British au thorities r. here investigating the e Dy a party, irora a oniisn cruiser, nave information ; which leads them to be lieve the Zealandia. when searched'was lying more than three, miles off shore and was, therefore,:5 not In . a neutral port, but onrthe high seas. They are investigating further snd the State De partment is jnakln inquiries, .. - Galveston, Tex., Nov. 11. -4- The Am erican steamer Zealandia, reported as forcibly searched recently at Progreso, Mexico, by officers of a British cruiser, was at anchor five miles off - Progreso on November 3, arid v unable to enter the shallow harbor because of her draft, according , to. Captain J. . Menander, of the tank steamer.. Mexican o, In port here. San Juan, P. R., Nov. 11. Announce ment that there is no yellow fever in Portd Rico was made here by Maj. Gen. William C. Gorgas at the close of an investigation into the conditions which he conducted under , directions from the War Department. CAUSE AND CURE FOB PELLAGBAJIlOUflCEO Health Service Formally Lets Discovery be Known. Dietary Tests Have Proven, Says State ment, That Unbalanced Diet Is the Cause nnd That Balanc-' ed Diet Will Cure. . Washington, Nov. 11. Discovery of the cause of and cure for pellagra was announced formally tonight by the Public Health Service. The announce ment follows the recent publication of a'report by Surgeon Joseph Goldberger on a year of experiments in co-operation with Southern state health offi cials demonstrating the correctness of the theory that one-sided diet lacking in protelds would cause the disease . and that a well balanced diet would cure it. "The spread of this dread malady, which has been increasing in the Unit ed States at a terrific rate during-the past few years, may now be checked and eventually eradicated," said ' the Service statement. "It is estimated that 76,000 cases k of the' disease;,; Will have occurred in the United States in 1915, and of this number at least; 7,500 will have died 1 before the end of; the year. In many sections only tubercu losis and -pneumonia exceed it; as a cause of death.": . ' ' ' "' The final dietary tests were made by Surgeon Goldberger and Assistant Sur geon G. Ai, Wheeler at the farnvof the Mississippi penitentiary where half a dozen , convicts were given .pellagra by feeding them for five months- on bountiful meals consisting chiefly of cereals and sweets . and lacking in meats,-milk, eggs, peas ..and beansi. The victims recently were pardoned by the governor and are now being restbred to health- through-.a corrected diet. In early experiments abput 200 pel lagra patients had beeit;curedby:.bal anced rations, "and at the end: of a year there had1 been' a slight recur rence of the - disease. ,m omy ns. " stance. - ATTACK ON KITCHENER MADE IN Arthur Lynch Declared War is Being Conducted With Signal Incompetence A CHANGE OR DISASTER Balfour Says Nothing Can be Gained by Such an At tack as Lynch Made. London, Nov. 11. Arthur Lynch, Na tionalist member from West-Clare, during the debate in the House of Commons today, contended that the war was being conducted with signal incompetence and unless there was a change the country was moving straight to disasters He strongly at tacked Lord " Kitchener, who, he said, had blundered in not moving to the defense of Liege, again on the ques tion of munitions, and once again in Serbia. "The blunder in the Darda nelles," Mr. Lynch added, "was at least a blunder of a man who meant to do something." Mr. Lynch said he would sweep away 70 per cent of the higher British com mand, beginning with Field Marshal French, who had been in command 15 months and had made no progress. In the last offensive, continued Mr. Lynch, - the Allies oroke through the German .-lines, Dut in the superior command . decision was wanting to take fiftt 'advantage of the moral victory.- The government, he declared, had no. plan of campaign. The idea ot" a successful, attrition was absurd. The war must . be i won in the field. The men were f obd and "munitions were there. It. was leadership and direction which -rwere lacking.-; 1 y- uisfuiHiaeiion in Air service., ViWiniato the Brentford . division ' of Middlesex. drew attention to the condition of the lioyal Flying corps and the naval air service."' He . said .there, was great dis satisfaction in connection with the naval air; service ' in regard to the or ganization" and the- appointment of a chief, who . knew: nothing about 'air craft, aboye the heads of those who in fact had built up the fabrjc of the ser vice. " ' r - ' ' : It was important, added the mem ber, that England should have large, new aeroplanes for the offensive next spring, in order to meet the new air Ships and new aeroplanes which the Germans were - building. He asked why work oh an English Zeppelin had been stopgd in. January, and whether the admiralty had dropped the policy of attacking ' Zeppelins by aeroplanes. Mr. Balfour said he did not think it ought to be assumed that the Germans had - taken the lead in aircraft con struction. It was the desire of the ad miralty and war . office to improve the construction of air craft in strength, power and speed for the aerial defense of London. It would, of course, be an enormous advantage to have over whelming forces of aircraft of the lat est design which could be hurled against the invader and become rhvad ers themselves and the government was doing its. best to increase the num ber of aviators and machines for their use. . . The largest part of the defense of London, continued the first lord, must be a coast defense, and as they got more , of the appliances for this pur pose they would more nearly succeed in achieving it. Shortage of Men. - The service 'was being constantly pulled, up by the shortage of men and no- fairy waving of wands could put that right. The aeroplane had not the range to. enable ' it to proceed from these shores and -become a menace. The enemy Zeppelins, which attacked England came - from north Germany, which it was -not easy for British air craft to attack. . With .respect" to the charges of blun dering in the operations, Mr. Balf our said he had no doubt-there was much talent .in the country which was not finding its best operation; nor did he think- that every 'man in high com mand was the very best man that om niscience could discover "but nothing could be gained by such a speech as Mr. Lynch had delivered. No practical suggestion has been made, except that every man now en gaged should be . turned out and some unspecified persons put in to direct af fairs. He quite agreed that wherever merit was found it should.be promoted, but , broadcast criticisms of the sol diers and reckless attacks on the dip lomatic service, he declared, did no good to the cause of the country, nor helped those ; responsible for public affairs. - ( Grey Wanted to Resign. SirvEdward Grey, the British foreign secretary, told the' house that he him- .self had expressed a desire to resign at the time viscount Haldane left the cabinet last May. "But for a crisis in the. public affairs I would have done so,", said the i foreign secretary. Sir Edward " declared he regarded LorS Haldane's resignation as a loss to the public service.1 ' - " ..Premier Asquith also paid a word of tribute . to Viscount; Haldane saying: -'He - rendered I an inestimable service when in- the war office." ' Replying to a request to lay the pa pers on the table respecting the Ant werp expedition, Premier Asquith de clined .while the war was in prog ress. He added: "Mr. " Churchill formerly first lord of' the admiralty) may treat with, in difference the allegations against him. He has a - good record and will be am , (Continued on Page Two) . ' WHOLE TtftTMBEB 39,380 SERBIANS NOW ARE FACING THE ENEMY May Prove Protection and i Make Advance of Teutonic Allies More Difficult. NO MATERIAL CHANGE London Military Critics Be lieve Serbia Has Good Chance to Turn Tables. London, November 11. There haa been no material change in the last 24 hours in the situation either in Serbia or on the other fronts. The Austro Germans claim to be advancing along: the line west of Nish, but beyond tho report of the capture of 4,000 prisoners which, the Serbians say, like those re ported captured previously, were large ly civilians or Albanians of Macedon ian troops, which surrender easily, th official reports of the invaders do not record the capture of any town. In fact, the Serbians are now facing the invaders in the mountains, which have proved a protection to them in their previous wars, and they may be expected to make the (advance of tho Austro-Germans and Bulgarians a mat ter of some difficulty. It also Is prob able that the opposition the Austriana are meeting in their efforts to drive back the Montenegrins is delaying Field Marshal von Mackensen's army, for the right wing must be free from this menace before they proceed with their drive. French Made Cavalry Raid. The news from the southern part of the country is-very conflicting. It Is now . Jsown that, the French dld;no$u but' simply made a cavalry raid Into the to wh-of Veles, destroying the Bulgarian ammunition stores. The French, however, are advancing on the west side of the Vardar river and at the same time are repelling Bulgarian attacks on Krivolak and endeavoring to form a junction with the Serbians who are fighting ' in the Babuna Pass. , A new British division having land ed, the force which is to be under com mand of General Sir Charles Carmlcti ael Monro is. spreading out toward Strumitsa, where encounters with Bul garian patrols are reported. ; With the arrival of Field Marshal Earl Kitchener, who should soon be on the scene, a further-development in the campaign is expected, and it la presumed that the Gallipoll army will become more aceive. -. . So. long as the Serbian army remains intact, which it has done thus far, it is the feeling of military men here that there-is a good chance to turn the ta bles on the Germans and their allies. The ' Teutons," the military observers say, can hardly send further reinforce ments for the Near Eastern adventure, their line against Russia already hav ing grown dangerously thin, as is evi denced by the Russian successes both, in the north and the south. Germans Admit Withdrawal. The Germans admit that they with drew troops from ground west of Riga, which they gained only a few weeks ago at considerable sacrifice, and that the Russian fleet in the Gulf of Riga la supporting the Russian army. By their recent gains, the Russians have estab lished a connection between their forces on the Gulf of Riga by way of Kem mern and Lake Babit to Olal, which is. half way between Riga and Mitau. As the result of the activity of hos tile submarines,- freight rates between Cardiff and the Mediterranean Sea con tinue to jump. A fresh record was made today, when a rate of 50 shillings was quoted for. Port Said. ITALIANS LOSE HEAVILY. Details of Disasters in Northern Afri ca Sent . to Berlin. Berlin, Nove ll, (by wireless to Say ville) Constantinople reports received here give details of Italian disasters in Libya, northern Africa," says ttia Overseas News Agency. "Arabs have conquered Sherfria, Hum Radanj Zallein, Urfele, Misrata. Turga and Tarlruna. The Italian loss es were heavy. In addition the Arabs captured 20 cannon and three machine guns and plenty of ammunition. The Italian troops. which attempted to as sist Tarhuna must retreat to Tripoli after, having suffered heavy losses." INCREASE ARMY'S STRENGTH. Greece to Train All Citisens Who Have Not Done "Military Service. Geneva, Swit "via Paris, Nov. 11.- Dispatch.es received from Athns says the Greek general staff has decided to put into training all citizens who have not done military service. The effect of this action, it is said, will be to raise the strength of the Greek army to half a million officers and men. ' FIGHTING IS HEAVY. Bulgars Ask .Suspension of Hostilities to Bury Their Dead! London," Nov. . 11. "According to in formation' received from a Greek f ron-, tier station," says Router's - SalonikI correspondent, "fighting on a larga scale . has been ; proceeding since yes terday between . Gradiko and . Veles.' The Bulgarians asked for a suspen sion of hostilities -for five hours foi (Continued on Page- Ten.) THE MOUNTAINS .C At : ; r : v i .5 ! V ti Y X: if 3 1 '11 , 4 : . I '
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