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Mi WEATHER. Fair Monday and Tuesday; . moder-. ate temperature. . , " . j . Hi VOL. XCIX-NO. 59. LMINGTO, C, MONDAY-MOBISTIG, NOVEMBER 20, 1916 WHOLE NUMBER 39,770 . . ':".', v. . , . . '' ! 'V ' - i ; " ' " : . .' : - w' .' ' . J ' ; ;; '- - . - . , . ; : . t - ; . . , . ' . - II ff OLID AY Advertising begun i T7" TT T7 jaSr- ryttlSb H " ' TT. r Now means for you a Liberal ' 4 ; v K ' J I rani Xxll PCav5M-:: bJ) Share of the "Early Shopping" j J L Jlf II 'V Tfe jffiLSl ISrvU 1 !fPV'Ss Tlint: V JLA- pKli ,tha"t should be-more.poptdar. r.; . r j COMPLiCmEBANtiT TMPRE&m UTION He Will Devote Practically All Hi Time to the Problem. for the- - Next Few WeeksT X " MANY QUESTIONS INVOLVED Of Prime Importance Are the Sub- marine Situation and Block ade of the Allies. . POLICY CHANGE ' UNLIKELY With the Campaign.Over, Mr. Wil son Now Has a Free Hand. Washington, Nov.- i9. - A por tentous and complicated interna tional situation now faces Presi dent Wilson and for the next few weeks will engage his attention and that of his advisers to the practical exclusion ofall but the most urgent of Democratic sub- In the last days of the'campaigix Secretary of State Lansing fre quently spoke of the necessity of postponing action on the more del icate international questions,' be caus:e"the uncertainty of the out come of the political contest" had a direct bearing on the success or failure of some of -the adminis tration policies, v . - i o J .ivtniaft . iwwnii.' ..... -.-.jj From now 01., the Presidentexpects to deal with ail f ortngrn -' questions vithout embarrassment, and he is- re ceiving trom his advisers a . summary oi the outstanding: issues- so essential to" taking- stock of the basic situation vrViich must be met, now that interna tional relations have returned tP their place of prime importance. While it is not evident that there will be any fundamental change in policy, : free dom from fear that' any move at ' all would he misinterpreted as 'inspired an internal political struggle has Lou removed. President 'Wilon - and Focretary Lansing feel themselves ; able to act with a' single eye 1 to the international and their 'immediate con ference on the President's return t Washington indicate ' how ppessing. they feel the situation to - be. Numerous Questions The President must decide , how the United States, shall meet the German submarine question on the one hand, the Entente Allied ' trade ' restrictions on the other, whether the retaliatory legislation shall be enforced," whether the traditional theory of isolation shall be abandoned for, concerted .neUr tral action, and whether the country shall have an aggressive or' a passive i'olicy toward the peacei conference, the trade war after the war, . and the permanent. league to enforce , peace vhich the President has accepted in theory. And, during. .the;Tegtx"f , the ttar, shall America's attitude be gov erned by a decided benevolence In the interpretation of international law acr cording: to its own - best interests, or shall it be strictly legalistic, regard less of. whom It affects?. - . " l-Boat fiuestion Diaqutetive ' Most spectacular and "disquieting of the problems is the r submarine situa tion With Germany. ' Five critical cases are pending, one lnvolying a I'-s of six American lives two others Involving American ships. -Increasingly serious Is the fast growing 'convict t'O)! that any- kind of general '.sub marine warfare, even , if . complying Jvith the inadequate rules as .to giv h:c; warning and affording some-mea-:ire of safety of passengers," is . in tolerable. Germany is known to .be p'.ldir.p submarines rapidly, arid -there Is the possibility of a starvation cam-I'-'n against England. Its effects V (1"!d concern all nations. The Unit t(l states might find it., difficult to "void complications. " . ' ' " Flat and Final Attitude ' e American attitude - ,1s flat and jjnah Xo technicalities will be ad mitted. Ships must not be 'sunk wlth thl W:irninS r without provision, for safety of the passengers facing ed ship issue undoubtedly; will be svanced by Germany, 5but .will -not '? acctpted. Secretary Lansing for raw it last March when; without an--HHinnng his reason, he decreed that rrch; r,t vessels could- carry, a - small r:- fr'ive gun- If that endangers, sub ,p,"I :ri( s that is part of. their weakness.' vfL rnIted States .is anxious, , as a J''r. 'e nation opposed to armament, -p lnor(:-ase the power of submarines, swzes their short-comings; Vfes i;Caily in their vulnerability.-' , 1 surprised and attacked. ' f T RoHts With Germany - f xne future of the; submarine situa n is felt to rest entirely with Ger itn"y' With the American attitude iw"' the next 8teP must come from ?iti'n" Two Possibilities are feared: - tiler that Germanv will rnAa ihA CJ !'tarve England by1 an undersea '-"'P.-ign or that she may endeavor o ilio V Ulls cuntry and thi Insure 0'; I'-iticipation in peace conference -ar-o tfrr.i! -.uo cuciiijr xuciiiieu luwara ii' ji-nd this, the -Lusltania :case re Continued on Page Two.) .f - WOMAN IN B1PUN E 1 SAYS THE , STEAMER onrp unu nrnnnn Annnu uiap unRirn lt rar-UU KM.IIKIII IIKIIKIII llUll IIKIUIMI 111. Ill III III IIIIIIII HIIHIIIH IB Mil HIIIIII 111 I Wh W , llteWWIIW I IIIIIIWIII IllllllliWl Miss Rutn Law, in Curtiss Machine - , j ... - -.. i, , . . - Flies From Chicago to Hornell, - - ; N. Y., 660 Miles. TRIP MADE WITHOUT STOP Continuing Her Flight to Btnffhampton, the Avlatrlx Covered .About 7S5 Miles In Six Hours and 5 . . Fifty Minutes. , Bingrhampton, N. T., Nov. 19. At tempting a non-stop flight from Chica go to New York, Miss Ruth Law, guiding a Curtiss biplane of the mili tary scout type, shattered all American long distance aviation records for a single flight today, when she flew from Chicago to Hornell, N. T., a distance by" railroad off about 660 miles, bettering by about 100 miles the record made by Victor Carlstrom on November 2. V A delayed start and a cross wind 'that cut down her speed and forced her to descend to replenish the gasoline sup ply, , were responsible for her failure to reach New. York .City, Miss Law said, after her arrivalat Binghampton this afternoon at 4 :2Mo'elock. I Previous to. today, Miss Law had nev- er made a single flight longer than 25 4 miles. Her machine, a small biplane, i has a spread of wings less than half that of the one Carlstrom used. - Miss Law covered a distance of about 785 miles In six hours and 50 minutes time beingdeductedfor the, -descent at Hornell. iThe first 662 miles ;the dis- tance by rail betwejeg. Chicago and Hor- Miss Law left Chicago at -8:25 a. m. Eastern timef trfter being delayed by experiments with, the carbureter for an j hour and a half. In the time thus lost ' tne avwitrix mignt nave, coverea me remaining distance to Kew York. At the outset of her flight a strong wind. blew toward the east. Aided by this, she made an-average5 speed of 100 i miles an nour at an amtuae oi aoout 6,000 f eet puring the last two hundred miles, before the stop, at .Hornell, a sharp-cross wirid blew, with the result that her gasoline tank was soon emp tied. She glided two miles into Hor- nel1 at 2:01 P- m After replenishing her supply of gas oline Miss Law flew the remaining 117 miles to Binghampton without mishap. Here darkness forced her to descend. She intends to continue to New York tomorrow hwrning. Her flight today was heldi under the auspices of the Aero Club' of America. ' """" SPECIAL SESSION IN W. . VA. LEGISLATURE OPENS TODAY Democrats Oppose Action on Gover nor Hatfield's Propositions Charleston, W. Va,, Nov. 19 With allj members ' here tonight, everything is -ready 'for; the convening of the special session of " the legislature at noon tomorrow to consider the ten propositions mbodied ty -- Governor Hatfield in his call. Supporters of the governor believe his plans for. changes in the election laws will be carried Out without ' delay - while leaders of the Democratic minority insist noth ing should be done until the newly elected -legislature can act in A January. Fred L." Fox Democratic leader in the house, declared that "while there may be merit in some, of the things the - governor proposes, , yet we f ei that the people of-tne state want the new legislature to pass on them rather than the present legislature. The" gov ernor's proclamation is broad enough to - bring 'most "anything -. .even . to at- .mntc tn 9t Til r erp. Tra T5. Tlobinson as' srovernor over John' J. Cornwell t who has: been f elected governor. We believe he will go as f ar - as he can go." .. " ' , . . ... , BRYAN SAYS HE IS "IN . POLITICS WITH 'BOTH FEET Says he Loves . his. Party , and Hopes for It to Be a uDry Democracy. Indianapolis, sInd , Nov. 19. William Jennings Bryan in addressing the Na tional W. C,; T. p. convention here today- said' he' was -not dead politically, b.ut asserted he is "in politics wltn both. feet.' , . . ; . - . He said "he was in favor of National prohibition. ... - ; - i, "I love my party and because of my love, for, it' hope arid feel. that it will be a 'dry' democracy," said,Mr. Bryan. He said further, that In spite of his desire to . see ? hational ': . prohibition come through Democratic influence, his pray ers for a saloonless nation extended beyonot party' lines and that -he would not - necessarily await" the triumph of the prohibition cause through the Dem ocratic party,' but would welcome a dry nation through the Republican ; party . He also .asserted the. trend of circum stances of the last few years were such that he was hopeful of a constitutional amendment as soon as. 1920. -y- ; The convention sermon was deliver ed in the afternoon by; Mrs. Stella B. Irvine, of Riverside,' Cal. ' - j i ?. Los Angeles, CaL, Nov.;l9 No ehang was noted tonight in the. condition o! Mrs. Inez Milholland- Boissevain, suff rage leader of NewiYork.'whp'has been serious 111 for the last month, . : According to Overseas News Agency, the Vessel Was Be ing Used As a Transport CARRYING WAR MATERIALS Also Had Hundreds of Workmen Aboard Being Taken to France and Was Sailing Under Convoy Says News Agency. Berlin, via wireless, Nov. 19. 5"he British steamship Arabia, sunk by a' German submarine In th.6 Mediterran ean on November 6, carried a 15-centimetre gun and was being used to trans port hundreds of workmen and war ma terials to France, according to the Ov erseas News Agency. "If the English government admitted passengers on board an armed trans port steamer, the lives of non-combat ants were frivolously, risked, as in for-' mer cases," the agency adds. Dealing with the case, it says: "The German admiralty oa November 15 reported that a German submarine SO miles west of Malta, sank a 12,000- toh hostile transDort sailing under con- voy; The British admiralty declares th is rsnnrt to Vp - inonrrftct sincn no transport but the liner Arabia was sunk without warning by a German subma rine November 6 at a point 300 miles east of Malta. ' .. . v. -:'"This.. Is- an- evident t attempt '.to. mis lead public.' opinion ,fof4 Ve f ollowinff " i As reported3 EjTe "Gernn admlr j alty November 16 a German submarine ! on November 5 sank a 12.000-ton trans- port, SO miles west of Malta. ,The transport Arabia likewise was Bunk by a submarine November 6, three hundred miles east of Malta. ' The transport Arabia carried a 15-centimetre gun and was transporting hundreds of workmen anjj war materials to France. If the English government admitted-passengers on board an. armed. transport steam er the lives of non-combatants were frivolously risked, as in former cases." NOT A ,CHILD UNDER FIVE YEARS IN PARTS OF POLAND lu Certain Sections All Babies Have Difd from Lack of Nourishment. : Boston Mass., Nov. 19. Not a child under the age of 5 years can le found in large areas o.f Poland, according to a report presented to the People's Re lief Committee for Jewish war suffer ers, which opened its national conven tion heretoday; The report .read by Morris Rothernberg, qf New York, in behalf of the joint distribution commit tee, said that in certain sections of Po land ',all babies had died from lack or nourishment. In the city of Vllna alone 7,000 children are reported to be facing the bitter cold of a Russian winter, without "shoes. Up to date, according to Mr. Roth em - i berg, approximately $6,000,000 has been contributed by the Jews of America for the war victims. :Of this amount 2, 050 has been distributed in Russia; $1, 654,500 in German Poland, and $1,195, 000 in Austria-Hungary. Goethals Declares . Earth-Move ments Will be Overcome. Says Published Charges by Various Persons Have Seriously Affected . the Commercial.: Rating of the Big Waterway. . Washington, D. '.C, Nov. 19, Sharp language is employed by Major Gen eraL Geoage, W. Goethals, governor of I the Panama Canal Zone .in replying to RESENTS WICK published criticisms of ; the- big water way; which he charges ha seriously affected its commercial rating. In his annual report, made public" by the War Department, the governor declares that the earth movements which have fre quently Interrupted traffic through the canal finallywill be overcome -for all time. ;, '. '.- .- .- ': - General Goethals goes into a lengthy review of the " geological .--problems which have been encountered, of the steps taken to over corn e sue A -obstacles and. the measure of success ob tained. ; Sq -fai-.as theCul.6b.ra cut Is concerned, he said, ."the worst is over, the intervals between the,-movements are' becoming, greater and ' the quanti ties of material . less.'? . . .The report replies to the published statements of Professor Benjamin- Lc Roy .Miller, of Lehigh University, and former.. Senator? ,4 Thomas . Kearns, .'of - (Continued on Page Two.) - t ""pi III AUSTRIA Vienna Learns President Wilson Intends Taking Concrete Ac tion to End the War. SUCH IS REGARDED FUTILE While Central Power Would Consider Peace Terms it is Regarded That Entente , Attitude Would Block the Plan. Vienna, Nov. ,17, (via London, Nov. 19.) Interest in the announcement re ceived in Vienna . that President Wil son intends taking concrete action in behalf of peace, continues unabated though, in many Austrian circles the view is held that . the attitude of the Entente Powers will render Mr. Wil son's good offices futile. It is argued in 'government circles' and in the press that so long as the Entente nations adhere to the pro gramme recently reiterated by Premier Asquith and -Viscount Grey, there is really no occasion for Austria-Hungary to show- great interest in the pro posed action as the Entente govern ment officials asserted that the war objectives were "not discussable. With the -Entente willing to discuss peace on terms. of the- reestabltRhment I of pre-war conditions, so modified as to take" into account the Central Pow ers' interests that have suffered, Austria-Hungary's attitude might be ex pected to ; change. While President Wilson's good intentions are not in the. least doubted," and while his offer might gladly be accepted, . it Tar pointed out that the Entente Powers would gain undue and unjustified encouragement if Austria- Hungary were to pit Its own modest claims. against those of the En tente still seeking the dual monarchy's dismemberment. m There . is ho ioubt in the minds of Austrians in. a: position . to know that the Central -Ptfwers. are ready for ne gotiations, but they hold that the pres ent, attitude-ot the Entente, makes am-; by President Wilson.. -1 IS UNDERSTOOD PRESIDENT HAS NO SUCH PLAN IN VIEW Washington. Nov. .18. It is assum ed in official circles here that Aus trian 'discussion of the prospect of a move in behalf of peace by President Wilson .is based upon some unfounded rumor reaching Vienna, - or' upo'n a misinterpretation of one of the Presi dent's speeches during, the campaign advocating a world league tor peace to make another such war as that now raging in, Europe impossible. The .President, it is understood, has not changed his opinion that any ac tion by him would-, be ill-timed and I lutue unu tne oeiiigereni nations naa indicated that it would be welcome, and it is authoritatively stated that no im mediate step, is in . contemplation. BROTHERHOOD CHIEFS TO ADDRESS LABOR CONVENTION Three Resolutions Fa voriner . Universal 8-Hour Law Being- Considered. . Baltimore, Nov. 19.-Interest in the convention of the American Federation of Labor whlch-hegins Its second week here tomorrow, centers in the visit of the-heads-of 'the four railroad brother hoods, who' are expected to address the delegates within the next: two days on the question of- the 8-hohr law. ' Three resolutions in favor of a universal 8 hour law are under consideration -in committee, "and pne of them; It is be lieved, will be favorably reported. ; It. is undfrstobd the resolutions com mittee tomorrow will reRort favorably a resolution instructing the Federation executive council to take such steps as may be necessary to obtfiin action by United States authorities "to the end that the printing industry may be res cued from the clutches of the conspira cies which are successfully manipulat ing the prices and supplies of paper us ed in printing' - Another resolution, dealing with the labor problem, after the war, sets forth that in all warring countries, the plac es of men ' have been largely' filled "with enormous numbers of under paid women, unorganized and voteless. It is foreseen that at' the close of the war there wilj be "grave, danger 'that these exploited women will be used to lower the wages :of' men as well, and every where." ' . t ' As a preventive, it is suggested that when the peace treaty is "adopted, in ternational agreements .be, entered into that. wages paid for definite work men absolutely independent of the sex bt the worker. - ' - . . Y. M.' C. A: UNSURPASSED, IN WORK OF CHARACTER BUILDING Secretary '. Daniels Addresses Audience of Men at Norfolk. Norfolk,: Va., ' Nov 19. "The strength of a - nation- is '. found' in the character .of ' its' young' manhood ' and the Y. "M. C. A. is unsurpassed by any other institution in the work dt charac ter' .building declared.. Josephus Dan iels, Secretary of the- Navy, to an auT dience of men this afternoon that pack ed the Acadepiy of ;Music. ; ; "" " s Referring :to the navy, 'he asserted that "the youth of the enlisted men, is responsible' for. the strength and vigor of the 'American . navy . today," This aroused enthusiasm among - the enlist ed men present, After - the meeting Mr. Daniels said he would - make a final Inspection" of the sites offej-pd the Navy Department i dent of the board of trade; with hotels for an aviation station, and school on and restaurant managers on: Wednes his visit, to' Norfolk In December. '-j " !da.' ." Secretary Danlies, Mrs. : Daniels ; and j xo the casual observer; there rare - no party left, f ok Washington tonight oai signs of food' shortage.' It still Is pos the U. S. S. dolphin. - i ""-, - tContinuedou Page Twoj. WILSON APPROVES I. LANE'S COURSE Returns to Atlantic City Today, ; Intent Upon Early End to Joint Commission Sessions. HOPES FOR AN AGREEMENT However, Unless Mexican Members ' Show Harmony the Conference Will Close Regardless of De- clslon Being Reached. Washington, Nov. 19. Armed with President Wilson's complete approval of his; coyse, Secretary Lane will re turn to Atlantic City tomorrow deter mined to bring the session of the American-Mexican joint commission to an early conclusion. He is still hopeful that an agreement as to the border situation . can be reached; but 'it wa clearly indicated today in official circles that the joint conference is entering on its final phase, agreement or no agree ment. If the commissioners find it im possible to formulate a plan the view taken here will be that the prospect of settling border disputes through diplo macy will be remote. Secretary Lane is understood to have found President Wilson, Secretary Lansing and Secre tary Baker in full accord with him on every point when he laid before 'them last night in a . three-hour conference at the White House a review of the ef forts the American commissioners had made to reach a settlement. It is an open secret that Luis Cab rera, Carranza minister of finance and president of the Mexican commission, has proved a stumbling block in the way of reaching an agreement Com missioners Bonillas and Pani, it is said have been ready to. approve several different suggestions for . co-operative action. Cabrera, howeverv held out for contr-' of any joint operations, by. a Mexican military .commander,, a con cession the American commissioners did not feel warranted-la' making. It. is believed here that-the American. factory to the Mexican in. evefy de tall and. will, renew .tomorrow their original suggestion; that .each govern ment ..patrol its own-Bide of the line independently, but with the under standing that American troops will pur sue into Mexico, on a hot trail any, bandits who attack border towns. Coup led with ;that . suggestion, presumably was the statement that Gentral Persn ing's forces would be withdrawn grad ually from Mexico -and that no large force would be sent across ,the line again unless . the defacto . government permitted raiders to assemble in such force in Mexico -that, a strong expedi tion was necessary to prevent a serious attack. . . Army officers believe that the Ameri can expeditionary force sOoh will be moving toward the - border, regardless of the turn -events may take at .Atlan tic City. In Its present position, many officers hold the expedition will be' of no strategic value should general hos tilities break out, while the long line ofj communication with the advance bases is a' constant source-of danger and more or less vulnerable at -several points. CALIFORNIA VOTE UNCHANGED. Returns From 42 of the 58 Counties Of- - ficlally Canvassedi ; Sacramento, Cal., Nov. 19. Returns from"42 of California's 58 counties had been officially canvassed today by the secretary of state without departure from the unofflHar tabulations . oX the same district. E Virtually the Entire British Press WelcomesIt. One Troublesome Feature Is How to v Equalize Matters Between Rich and Poor May Limit Res taurant Meals. London, Nov. 19. No other govern ment action in Great. Britain during the war has commanded such immediate and almost unanimous support as the decision to control supplies and prices. Virtually the entire press welcomes the scheme. Almost the only criticism ex pressed is that the authorities should have taken charge of the nation's food supply" long-ago, although the ration ingvof the- population on the German system appears as yet improbable. L One of the troublesome. features of the situation is how to equalize matters be tween the rich and the poor. On the theory of "equality, of sacrifice for all," which is a popular war watchword, the newspapers are malting, a sensation of luxurious menus in fashionable restaur ants and homes. . The limitation of restaurant meals to three courses Is to be discussed by the conf erence of Walter Runciman, presi- FOOD COraL SCHEM POPULAR ENGLAND MONASTIR, EVACUATED BY TEUTONS, SEIZED BY FRANCO-SERBIANS WRECK IN MEXICO KILLS 159 PEOPLE Passengers Literally Ground to Pieces When Cars Jumped the Track Near Jalapa. OCCURRED ON NOVEMBER 12 Report Reaching: Border Stated No Americans Were Among the Dead Cause .Attributed Fast Running On Bad Track. Laredo, Texas, Nov. 13. One hundred and fifty-nine persons were killed and many more or less seriously injured m a railroad wreck on the Inter- Oceanic Line to Vera Cruz, between Dehesa and. San Miguel near Jalapa, on November 12, according to reliable reports received here tonight. The wreck is said to hae been due to the engineer running, at too high a rate of speed over a dangerous part of the road. According to this information all but one of the Ave cars of the train left the track' and rolled over a cliff. The passengers were literally ground to pieces.: No Americans were among the dead, it was said. AMERICAN KILLED BY VILLA . ' v AT JIMINEZ', REFUGEES STATE El Paso, Nov. 19. t An uriidentifled American was killed when a Villa band took Jlmine and four Americans were -e'e''' raiurlng-'rvihas town, according to reports believed by Federal -agents to ,be authentit, brought to the. border by refugees. Refugees further state that the dis trict between Parral and Jiminez has been cleared by Villa's followers of more than 200 Chinese. " The American killed at Jimlnatz was described as about 60 years old,- and known to be from Torreon, on his way to Chihuahua City. He was murdered; said the refugees,, in the Jiminez hotel,' and his body lay for some time in front of the building when after being robbed of clothing and val uables, It was placed on a bonfire. The same refugees say that two Mex ican women who had married Chinese and their Ave half-caste .children were found and thrown alive-Into the fire in I sight of the crowd.- The bodies of sev en Chinese;' according to the same au thority, were seen in the Btreets of the town. ' Two Mexicans who escaped from Par ral affirm that they saw four Ameri cans there under, a Villa guard. They said these men-had lived in the town, adding that they heard the Americans working at Alvaro mines got away. ' Another report brought to the. border was that the bodies ' of 35 Gypsies of both sexes were seen on the roadside near Parral, murdered and robbed by Villa bandits. ' All foreigners that Villa has caught except the Japanese and Germans have been put to death, the reports agree, and even the Germans are said to have suffered at least in the instance of The odore Hoemuller, of Parral. Various reports of Hoemuller's death have been received here during the last week. The Chinese are called the heaviest sufferers. The fact that none are to be seeiv in the district in which they , for merly did a large mercantile business, is taken by the refugees as proof that all, numbering over. 200, met the fate of the Chinese caught at Parral and Jiminez. 4 TREVINQSS VANGUARD COMES IN CONTACT WITH VILLISTAS ' Chihuahua City, Nov. 19. The 1 van guard of infantry commanded by Gen eral Ozuna, which left here for the south, came into contact with a Villa band near Santa Rosalia and captur ed several prisoners, arter a skirmish, according to an official " dispatch re ceived here today. The departure of' General Trevino for. the field has been delayed for military reasons, It is said here. AMERICANS LEFT PARRAL ON GEN.' HERRERA'S ADVICE Chihuahua City, Mex., Nov. 19. Ac cording to a report received here the Americans in the Parral district left that place on the advice of General Luis Herrera two days before the ava cuation of the ' town ' by the Carranza garrison. ' The American are said to have left for the mountains. From a source believed to be reliable it is learned that Edgar Koch, Ger man subject' whose fate has caused anxiety-to his friends, arrived In San ta Rosalia f rOm Parral October . 26; with 57 bars of ' silver. Both Koch and his slrver fell Into the hands of the-bandit leader, Julio Acosta, when the town wasselzed. the following day. Koch, however, was set free after be ing - robbed, the report '"-"says. At the end of four days, he is said to have left for ) Jimenez . in the company of two' Mexicans: Nothing, further had been' heard here regarding him . Vienna, .via London, Nov. 19. 3ount Adam Tarpowsky Von Tarnow, the new Austro-Hungarian ambassador to the United States; will sail for America De cember 16 : with -a - retinue of ten per sons. The countess will be - amonj those accompanying, tho ambassador. Railway Line Between the City and SaloniM is Now in the Hands : of the Allies. TO BE MADE SERB CAPITAL Austro-Germans Continue to Make Progress All. Along the Tran sylvanian Front. BRITISH GAIN IN FRANCE Despite Bad Weather, They Takt Nearly 800 More Prisoners. ; After having been for monthi men without a country, the Serb ians are again to establish their capital on native soik Monastir, in southern Serbia, for which, the Entente forces have been strug gling, since the advance from their base at Saloniki begun, has been evacuated by the German and Bul garian forces and occupied by the French and a considerable number of Serbs. Teutons Forced to Withdraw The French and Serbians having qaptured the crest of hills partly sur rounding the valley town, the Ger mans found their position untenable and withdrew, according to Berlin, t a new 'position to the north of Mon astir. Unofficial advices from SalonlkT say that a temporary capital of Ser bia will be immediately established' at rKOmasttr: ""- With nhg re-bccupatiori''"o'f the city, the railway line from the En tente Allied base at Saloniki now is in Entente hands. - To the east and southeast of Mori astir, the French and Serbian troops continue to make gains in the Cerna river region against the Teutonic al lies, having captured several other towns in this region. Ausrro-German Gain ' On the Transylvanian front, the Austro-German armies at almost all points continue to make progress against the Russian and Rumanian forces or to hold them back without gains when they attack. The latest reports from Berlin say the Teutonic allies have - forced the narrow mouni tain passes leading to the Wallachiah plain of Rumania and on the Danube front near the Junction of Hungary, Serbia and Rumania, have reached the Orsova-Craiova - railroad. Bucharest reports a Rumanian advance in the region of Dragoslavele. T From November 1 to November 18 the Austro-Germans are said to have made prisoners of 189 officers and 19, 338 men and to have captured 26 guns, 72 machines and 17 ammunition cars. - i Lively infantry and artillery actions are taking place in the Dobrudja re gion near Sllistria, on the Eastern bank of the Danube' about 40 miles southwest of the Tchernavoda-Con- stanza rajlway. . ' Bad Weather In France Bad weather, is hampering the op erations on the western front in France, ' but the British nevertheless have taken 20 additional German of ficers and 752 men prisoner in the An cre sector, making their total . of prisoners since the 13th of November 6,962. Berlin, says that in Saturday's fighting,, which was over a front of seven arid a half miles, the British met with a sanguinary reverse except for insignificant gains southwest of Serre and near Grand court. A French attack south of Sailley-Saillisel met with a similar repulse. Attacks by the Austrians in thet Aidge valley and upper But regions in the latter of which - the Austrians and Italian fought hand to hand the Italians were victorious, according to the Roma war office. . TEUTONS FALL BACK TO THE NORTH OF MO.VASTIU Berlin, ?v. 19. (via Sayville'i. Mon astir has been . abandoned by the Ger man and Bulgarian forces, saya the of ficial statemsnt Issued at the German army headquarters today. The Teutons and Bulgars, it i announced, took po sitions to the north of the southern Serbian town after the forces of tb Entente Allies btormed height 1,212 to the northeast of Chegel. The text of the statement reads: 1 "Macedonia front: After the enemy" had succeeded in making progress on height 1,212, northeast of Chegel, the German and Bulgarian troops took up a position north of Monastir. Monastir thus was abandoned." MONASTIR. TO BE MADE SERB CAPITAL TEMPORARILY Saloniki, to Athens, via London, Nov. 19. The temporary capital of Serbia will be immediately established at Mon astir. Considerable forces of Serbians are with the Entente allied troops who have occupied that town. MUCH DAMAGE BY TIDAL , ' WAVE OFF FRENCH COAST Paris. Nov. 19. Extraordinary weath er conditions prevailing In France. In the 48' hours culminated yesterday in a tidal , wave in the .Gulf of Marseilles, on the Mediterranean coast, In' which many vessels foundered and disastrous; , v - CContinue on Page Sigbtj. :!- ft 1 : -4 Kr - nS" 14 I J 4 i ,1. Mi fit M l f w :3'l vK-.U'- m M n t m is'i :; -: m Mil u lielitf- I i-t ', .4 s: V .3 it if is. W E ' .1 1 -, i 9- -3 Mi -: i WT. rv i 'Vi 1 11 .'si t i -
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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