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wane* _ Nl lMRcrb Oittt RETREATING TOWARD STRU. MltzA TO AVOID DANG EROUS FLANK ATTACK ATTEMPTS TO CUT RAILWAY FAILED Anglo-French Erpeaition Believed j to Haye Placed Bulgaria in Bad Predicament. London, pct. 25.-^-Tho . Teutonic and Bulgarian campaigns in northern 'and caa tern. Serbia are being pushed according, to .plans.- The Bulgara, who crossed the Tlmak, taking Pra hovo, are now1 only a few. miles from Qermond, who crossed tho Danube near .Orsova, .. In the south French troops Joining the Serbians inflicted severe defeat oh the Bulgarians at Krlvblak, forty mile? north ni where'tho Salonlkl Nlsk raliway-croases the Greece-Ser bian border. As a Tosrilt the Bul garians at Ls tip, Volca and Uskup, are in danger Of belrii? flanked and are reported to baye.'- rotlred, toward Strumitza pursued by French / arid Brltishv . ' ' v .While Ute Germans' first desire la to open, a route through, northeastern Serbia and bulgaria to Turkey, may l>a on tho evo of being accomplished, irtHitary* experts. polievo . the Anglo French ,expedU'!oij ; has put . Bulgaria I Itv. ? bat! .-predicament, abu the; Gor-.j mans, may .find.' dlmcrilty In. reinforc ing their army hf the Balkans in" the face ot thc/ Russian, and western of fensives. . . ?Tho Hallan campai;-,? ir.' assuming the bff&oslV^. all ril?ng the line, threat ening the fortress O?rlzl? rind forc ing Andria to strengthen her lines. Ah favidsover.Venice last night and todi-y injured soVjral persons and damaged - several Historical buildings. The French claim ihe capture of a Cl crinan Salient north ot Lehman!! in < Champ*igrie erid: thbBritish are re newing attacks bn tho German re doubts on tho north and western "Unes. ' Tho '.Russians are' fighting pitched battles In Rigs, and DVinsk regious In an off ort to - retake / ground lost to Von niiij-^iliKi.,T-n, laof-wA^v. Tho Ocr - mans clrihn\?iiese attacks wero re pulsed. Tho. Teutonic force? crosl?g tho Illoukat river retired In the face of a uperlor Russian torco. The Austrians claim, an ad vaneo weat of Romanov/. Tho, Qerman~-campaign in Ckmrland' ls interfered with , by . British . sqbma rlriea. Gradek, Sorb?a, Oct. 25.--The double attempt of tra'e Bulgarians' to Cut the raliway-, at VeleB and lu the Velahdovo section, .was completely defeated." Th?; Friday attack on Velos was given' np. The entire Bul garian strength: has ? peen, .directed couth ward from Islip ' along" the Gradoska- river, spreading pver si five mild . front'.- an* comprising 'the vtita ges of Rabrovo,' Olsndavo, Pirau'dY VeBzel, Kalkova; Kfichova e?d Kodo ya. The dhjc?tlve whs n ataort Rtertch of rattray* -hiring ' tho east bank of tho Vara'ar river. .'.; The 84tao?c though .furious ecori d?rf1 velaped tho inferiority: of the Bulga rians in contact, -with experienced French arid EngHs'h- troop?.?'ti?sUff' : losses -WOTO te port ed. along ; the ; en-11 tiro 1 hie. -' The Bulgarians are with drawing, ufttho' Gradeskar valley', leaving the Frtnah In possession ' o? tho railway Crom Saloniki to' Negotln (oo.\Tir<rra5?> 'ON;PAGE SIX.) js V/ask^ ?f the faili strength ot administration ferces'to^^ program :*^^"^^f^?y;" ?ssiireS to day when, lle^soatatlva-.-Hsy of Vir ginia of. the honft?*+m?UltRry affairs t?ni^tt?; .af?Kr ;a conference T?ltJf j^a;td?^:tWt(^oa' said he faycjrtHl tho ? artoy ^ of the senate ebu^litee; has already APPEALS TO U, S, TO AID ARMENIANS! Persian Consul Genera! Says Half j Million Have Been Victims of Atrocities. Washington, Oct. 25.-lu an ap peal that half a million had been driv en from their homes und tortured or murdered-, H. H. Topakyan, Persinn consul general to the United States, today urged the state department to do everything in its power to bring an ond to tito persecution of Armen ians by Turka. AMERICAN HELD FOR MUR DER IN ITALY IS FOUND GUILTY T? SERVE ONLY IVIOlWH IN JF??L Italian War Amnesty Act Means Prisoner Wilt Only Serve Twenty-Nine Days. Como, Qct. 25.-7-Porter Charlton, who kille?) his wife hi -their villa on Lake Coivr, on June ninth, ulm;toa? ton, was today condemned to sis years ahd> eight mot ulm imprisonment. The trial began here .October fifth but was delayed until October. eighteenth at tho request of Charlton's lawy^ra. . "Ch?rjto^, ' who fled to America;, ond confessed.'* kald ho hit his wife - with a ihali?t while oho .was abusing him, put -her body in a trunk and -threw lt in the lake. lie was held prisoner in tho Jail at Jersey City'-?before.being cxtradiated. American alienists de clared1 him insane. * The jury here held Charlton - waa only partially responsible. Ho will serve 'only twenty-nine days because Df Italy's war. arxrtesty act; ALL AMERICAN COTTON EXCHANGE Alien Members Elected After November First to Bc ! , Curtailed. New* York, Oct. 25.-A plan to make the New York cotcon exchango a' dis tinctly American ' institution by ox tail lng the -privilege of allens c-leti? ed after" November, first will'.bo voted Dn .Qctotoer twenty-seventh, noordinV to a decision'reached by the.members today... AMERICAN AUTOKOBIIVK MAKERS REPORT BI GLNCREABE IN RXPOR ..Washington, Oct," 25.-Foreign countries bought . s?vehty-eurmillions, worth of An;?r!can automobiles' and paris tho p?'.:'*. fiscal year the burx?uY of foreign . and domestic commerce announced. This.is an*increase over lho,r previous .year of over thirty ralx ?iIlllonsr,'fiteT?vaTQ,proS]>o?ts for :'cxV porte in tho; calendar year j of a "hun dred ?and twoniy millions. . ? ,-: Schmidt Ashs' New Trial. . Now' York, Oct 25r~The appeal for * now.trial for.Hans Schmidt tho Now Vork priest -convicted ot murdering Anna Aumuller here/..several,. years igo, was 'io be ojtgubd before -jho ?j.?rt; of speala-here today.- ..Attorney' (V G. kool ble was assigned to 3chmidt case, by the: court. ;<es Completed Ween Representa ? Fivoml Army m?reaae^/J||p fovy. :*\g ? ?pprovcyi tho uK>PQsaiB. Jtoptcsbnto- i ttva ?t?y said ho heftiv^, tte ? bilis 1 m^m^t?. provide ute propo^S ia- -i s'rfeaso.ia tho r'cp?ar, -4*r+?& th?*,or- i giRnsatton or a cot u noa fal army of idore'.th^'a^.^?Uoa.a?euV'the increaso if coastdefchues and' an adequate ara tnunliion and BTOVK venen'o wnuld f the' house wlthowl ' ??er ioa s spoilt building pros?ram has already approved by -house and senate com mateo, ~ Cana! Traffic Absolutely Shut Off hy Slides. ' * ' - ' ? ? . ? " ' u _ ' ' I . ^r ' ^off ?B? Born? Froni ?old UlU fei'tlio lilt/ ? m Warrow Cbaunel W?ch Must Be Hug Out Every Day to Permit Bor? Boat Passage. I These niiotograoha show tao stu- jmotb and completely blocked . Um ov?ory day-from 'the mudirising in j herore Panama cual, which waa 300 feet wide at bottom, duetto f?0*$? Canal can ag?ln^bo opened to navlga- Ulla, point. Tho lower plctu"- shows Tne iength of tho closed passage tlon Thousands ot tons of earth and tho- dredgers-at work kcoplng clear 1,500 feet. When this is oponed t< loosk rock slid down from Gold-HH1? the narrow pas^igc/which pcrnilta a width of 100 feet navigaUon. will at tho left as* shown in tho upper | row? boat to get UiroUgh.. This fills [ resumed. : Ccnfesaed Part tn Recent Holdup and; . Gives; Information Which May Leard to Arrest of .Leader? .iri:0oV?^eid5. .. ?r?W?8Ti?jo;;y oct. gr>.-M3bano Fiq{MV\a'v^xtcan arrested in connect Lion .with thc recent hold-up'ot ? St: Lowe,; ; Browa's'vllle. and Mexico pasj ?eilger train aid hilling severalAmer icans/ has confessed, according to Um sheriff tonight hud has given intorma tlou ?which, it "ls.-helloved Will lead t%?:?B5tfeH; of'; Ose leaders ot the out-, law?.ppiy Operating on',the border. Bo 'ar.'.'??j^l nieh. havo been arrested. Plores, ia said to have described the. resjts Tovolutlonnry army ?is. a force, &5raut five "hundred under the lead ership of Do la. Rosa .AndictQ Plz?r.o with headquarters at Raynoss, Mexl 3o. . : ?,. "V.Tv'v. ? ' : -y --,_:-_.. D?litjbAli' CONGRESS OF SURGEONS CONVENES -:-: Boston, Oct. 25.-The Clinical Con desa ot the Surgeon? bf North Amor ?a oprmed .liare with an-estlmated at endaiico . of fifteen hundred. ;' - Dis JhEuiBii?Hi American surg<HmB', Wiiz OHIOFpBR?S Ex-Secretary of St?te Begins She Day Campaign foic Prohibition Amendment--To "Visit - Forty One Counties. . ' Columbia, O., Oct. 25.-William fennings Bryan ?spealtJug at Sieuben vllle Hits niontng began a six days campaign* for Ute". state-w(de > prohibi tion amendtaent to. the phi ocoustltu tion, tho election for which will occur November 2 on a apodal-train, he will Visit forty-one ?Toy ht les. and ; deliver fortyyslx speeches,' 'i-Whllb' the drys arV conducting a wlrlwlnd-campaign -the'wets aro also busy.' Several Sr oak era have been cont to argue- against- prohibition, and an extensive ' advertising; campaign .ls planne?!.' Mi SH leia Mallory Liner Colorado" Abandon - ' ofl By Crew^Had Cotton . Cargo. V.Cliarlc?ton, Oct.-\25;^^pu^ .?ovi creaus of the CiydVl^ arriving hero tliio hftorhoon/ declared tha?'his; ship'-passed* elo?e to tho; M?libr'y. ?rolghlcr Colorador,\afiro and sbanobced on* Capo Romain and that ilhe wita .aiUzo from-ead1 to end. W ports tonight indicate the crew was (Airirm-. of?' either- the. steamer. Su? wance or tho' Clyde liner IiOnape. " Charleston, Od25 i^thti ? Mallory liner Colorado. Which ?siled from hore last night, ls reported dire .$? Pap?.Roamin. A T?port n?id th? crewr was receded ?nd . t??^'were* ^otoe ta her aid. She carried cotton for Now Yorh. 1!HI?E Many Jumped to Death When Box Factory Was Destroyed By Fismc;-Ai??h?Ts?m In vestigate Cause of Fire. Pittsburgh, Oct. 25.-Fourteen persoris, thirteen of them . young ; wb meu, . were. killed and eight persons injured in a fire which 'swept a,four story building partly occupied. by a box factory hero today. Tho iii? started m a feed store on tho first floor and many girls trapped -lbvthe box factory wore penned In a cloak room. Several women signaled:' U*' from the- second floor by: two men working there and were caught ns they1 Jumped and-lowered from tho second floor. Authorities uhve decid ed' to investigate-the. firo. Kew York Stocks. Wall Street, Oct. 25.-War shares again advanced today Maxwell motor went-5.1-4. up tp SO, a now high re cord . , Bcthlohem steel was 10 flown,, at opening and foll later to 566. ?loll? roads were inactive. li. D.C's at Exposition. ' Baa. Francisco, Oct, 25 ?--The .Pan America Panifie. . exposition -o3?ol?Uy welcomed .;tho . United Daughters ' vt .the Confederasy. A military . escort met-them ot the-grounds where '.cere monies wore held. They bold a Con4 vent iou '.hero . last-week'. ??)'...>.'>/;>'.: ?j ; President to . Visit Columbus, Ok . ' Washington, Oct. ? 25.-President Wilson- baa accepted an Invitation to go i tb Columbus, : Ohio, December ? 10 to deliver an address before, the 'Fed eral Council ot Churches of Christ tn America. Aeroplanes ' Bald Ventea, Rome, Oct. ?5.~Teutph; net?g&f?ft made twa attacks last night witty in*, cen ci i ar y bombar d m on ts on Ve?t?o, ts o ni c lal ly announced. :\ '. King: Oeerge'-l? ?Fmjrt?&T.4" London, Oct.. 25.-King Osorge <s in Fraseo visiting the British front. MANY STRIKERS RETURN TO WORK! Striking Employes of General Electric Co. Deserting Union After Three Weeks. Schnectndy, N. Y., Oct. 25.-A largo majority ot tho thirteen, thous and employes of the General Electric pmipany, who havo been on a etrlko li^r threo weeks for? tho. eight lipa?, day have returned to work. ? fr'?eh?alsls numbering between twenty-five hun dred, and threo thousand remained out, but tho union last night having Moled not to accept tlie agreement fo : a niuo mid u half-hour day at au in crease of five per couf. The machin ists m ad o no demonstration ns tho other:; returned to work. THIRD REPORT OF SEASON; GIVES TOTAL GINNED TO OCTOBER 1 S.C. REPORTED 581,978BALES Figures for This Stole Over Hun-1 ?Ired Thousand Less Than at Same Period Last Year. *&:>:.?- . y'i'M-M 'iM&%???? . -tVafflrington, Oct; 25. Tha.' third I colton'ginning "'report'of tho n?asori, compiled from, reports of census, hui roan correspondents and agents throughoi'.t the'cotton belt and issued at 10 a.;ni.today,announced that &.- } 713;S47 Viales of cotton counting, round'j aa half- bates, of tho growth of 1016 has been ginned prior to October IB. This compared with, 7,610,747, or 47.0 per cent of the entire crop ginned piior to October 18 last rear, ?,973> 518 hales, or 49.0 per cent in. 19?3 and 0,874,206 bales, or 51.0 per cent in 1912. ^Included in tho glnnfcifs wore 54,. 422 round bales, compared with 16, 239 last year, 49,030 In 1913 and 41, 745 lb 1912. . Sea Island cotton included numbai cd 40,257 hales, compared with 30,' 078 bales to October 18 last year, 34, 139 in 1813 and 15.060 bales in 1912, ^'iS?nn?nge prior to october, by slates; with compensons for tho last threo. years o? tho entire crop ginned in thone state's prior V. flint dato ld the samo yealB follow: Year Bales Alabama. 1016... ... ..... 550,272 1914.'.. 810,295 1913. . ... V.: .. 839,899! ?9I2.. ..... ... ... ..... 59i,iir?4 Arkangas. 1915?.. - ... ... ... ... .. 281,490 1914V... 379.261 1913... ... .. .. .. '322.181 1912 ... ;. 300,351 Flolda. 1915.. 32,162 1914.... ?:. .. .. .. 43,313 1013.. ... ... ... ... ..... 35,956 1912..... ... .. 23,575 #i Georgia. 1915...... . ,. .. ..1.178,398 1914.. ..1,367,916 1913.. ... - ..1,290,911 1912'.....V 793,143 ' Louisiana 1915... _ . .... .. .. 273.894 1914.... .. 226,274 1913... 164.034 1912. ... . 203,127 Mississippi. 1915. .. 421,688 (?OT-TINUED ON PAGES POUR) mm Dr, V. ? Wellington Koo to Repla called ?or Faille to Make Fi in United States Dum Chinese Nej BOLDSGHEME ? ? ? PLANNED TO DISABLE VES SELS CARRYING MUNI TIONS TC ALLIES LIEUTENANT FAY LED CONSPIRACY Held Willi Relative* *nd Three Other Germana on Conspiracy Charge-Fay Confessed. New York, Oct .25.-Detalla, of tho plot lo hamper munition shipments hy placing clockwork bombs; on tho rudders or propellers of nWyS .to dis able tho vessels oh tho way' across tho Atlantic wore disclosed today by the confession, of Robert Fay, a lieuten ant of the SlxtoenUi."Saxony Jnfautry, who admitted he came to this.country last April through au agreement with the eGrman secret service. Fay, who was arrested'with Whiter L. Sell ola,, his brothor-lh-law Sunday, while they,. were in tho -woods fest ing explosives, is charged with pro moting conspiracy. Scholz and thrco others, Paul Daeche, . pr. Herbert Kicnzlc ;. nd Max Breitung are alad charged; with cousplraoy. .Breitling, . -it ts understood,- was not ?apprebond ed. A hearing will bo given all of them on November fourth. Fay said .ho discussed ' tho plot with ' ? Captain? Von Papen and Roy-Ed; German military and naval attache*, but neither would have ' any part ia it. Scholz, in a stateroom-tim&bt, nald Foy got four tliousnnd dollar'/roi* tho Gorman government. ' Tho boinbs, he said,'cost'sovohty to ..moko'. '! Secret, oorvflce mon found ouhntltlifS!!: . of acid and cloraio of . potash' Ju a . house in Weohawken and on a house boat cn tito Hudson where" Fay and. Scholz lived and worked. Now York, Oct. 25.-Robert Fay, ]: s aid to ho a lieutenant In tho German anny and Walter Scholz,, wero'.arrest cd yesterday while testing explosives :\ hear. Grant Wood, New Jersey and ar raigned.'al Wfeekawaken, Now: Jersey, charged with conspiracy. They will bo held'without ball-ponding an 'ex amination tomorrow. ..' The polic? headquarters announced ?hat'jFay after ah alt h!gh? grilling confessed* This morning ho admitted , he was a ?lieutenant la - Gie .Gerthnn army. Ho came hero two, or ; three months ego, to experiment with a ma chino' containing high explosives. This wan to be attached to the propeller or ruddod of a ship. It.was.AO Construct-: ed that water would en-use, the - rod connection a . cog to sjlp,???Ml release a-spring resulting in an.explosion to disable tho ship. This, was for tho pur pose of delaying munitions ;'shipnient*'-' io -tho till J vii' it ls "saki..Hie arrest of Paul Pa?che wa? disclosedby the ar raignment. Daocho vjtsS arrested at Jersey City. Ile ta also bold.\Betec-s tlves said' that 'Oaccho gave .feehv im portant Information. Hi? ;'camo hero two yearn aub and ls "ii graduate of ' Cologne University. Shela is a me chanic and has .beoti ' hero two years. -A large quantity of'Explosives and acid for ttiakihg/explbslvfts was found In .tho rooms the men occupied lu a Weehawken and Hbboke warehouse. ? . high power automobile h<ridV . in FayB name was found in a W?ehaw ken gara'g'o and: a motor. boat he li sahl to own at Hudnori boat house. Ingredients for explosives "were,In tho boat. ho:is?. Detectives have watched th? me.? for two months. ce Kai Fu Shah mo bte Be Re cper Reports on SeuUment ti Recent Japanese--' . teil Untied' Staten. .When pr* Koo arrived Ui\ Washing* ton iiiree weeks ago he" h?iV been: ac inedited as Gnineee minister to l<ex< leo. Koo ls under thirty years.oM, .' 4t'^?lumbTa-And"'i?* thdf?ttghly -eon* ?rors*"tt with American bnstoms and qlpIoma|?y. VA? ander. secretary ' ot ho Chinese foreign' ?flfl?? hwfiSMra?fsl sd with writing much of ChtM'e- r?-'' ily'-te''th?v-J?pahe?V:ulllmaintn. "Ho ? understood to bosymiatSeuo^Mth ho prop?^:ehs^ ?cpahllo to pe*h*<^faa7 ?calW-coy.