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Service of 1 press Association*. VOL. 121- NO. 114, lories 4 ii-r&ri Bond P. Berlin if it dvelops thit tiie sub line attacking the Ancona was a ..man submersible. I Severance of diplomatic', relations Mth Germany has been the weapon dd in reserve by this government In Germany should violate her -je to observe the law of nations (Hi humanity. if the Ancona tried to flee, later halted and tried to lower to»tg and If these were bom bed, as some unofficial reports ln *te, high state department officials ™"®d the previous attempt at Jnt prould not warrant the subma •P®shelling the lifeboats. .President Wilson Is personally In •wely Interested In all reports of caw. The president and high ad •istratlon officials, however, con- tt®,r lii Geddes, United Press staff Correspondent.] WASHINGTON# Nov. 12.—Serious In brief preliminary and tn ^uive worts regardin^ tho ar Aneona sinking, raised doubt Done officials today regarding this nreroment's future action. Bvon „&ct number of Americana who Ltehed, was still In doubt. "secretary of State losing 1 before President Wilson and the tart, the reports so far received a American Ambassador Page of De and American consuls. It 'was uted several days probablywonld fepse before Information complete piongh to support action by the Unit id States would be available. tfinfra concern was manifested oyer sports that Captain Masaard* o* the (icons Insists he stopped W® vsssei mediately following a warning shot the submarine. Directly contra •.vary statements, attributed to sur lrora, that the Ancona attempted jgbt until everhamled, however, gave pees critical aspect. IH the various stories of officers and rlTors continue to conflict, offl stated, formal inquiry would ._»bly be made of Austria, or Oer- JBJ, or both, for officials' versions (the admiralty obtained from the ^•marine's commander. fAotoal nationality of the attacking irine Is another question uton official inquiry Is riveted. The _ng to Germany In the Lusitanla that a future unwarned attack a passenger liner would be con id "deliberately unfriendly" serious danger of eventualities silence regarding this gov- oments probable course. All offi •u comment lg withheld and judg- Jt suspended until the conflict of Bony is cleared up. 1 Baok the Details. UJXDON, Nov. 12.—Belief that the T^06?,801'9 are withholding mes with Important phases r-_ ,9 8lnWng of the liner Ancona, today. A few fragmentary r» touching on the torpedo ion "escribing scenes of terror rnnlL Passengers, reached here S and early today. ®*s regarding more important stances of the sinking of the ifeW •Jacklng- The latest dia w*™L Rome sal(1 LUREDO^S *t »i*. #5 *vy^ *wju. ^sA^ivf *Aka^H (S^S^I?. 7ijV. II About Sinking of tKe Ancona. arc dieting That no Official Comment has Been Announced. I LtllD TO «r WITH GERMANY ~Y Definitely Known Whose Submarine Sent Uner to the Bottom, With a Number of Americans on Board. p" the Italian ™®e*t had received no official rrn°u.„ 0 An«»na U* Con- tles have Imposed a stricter censor ship on cable dispatches In the last twenty-four hours, awaiting official confirmation. Sharp contradictions to stories told by survivors reaching Malta and In the reported statement of the Ancona's commander have not been cleared away.' With one or two exceptions, all news dispatches reach-, lng London carried stories that the Ancona was attempting to escape when fired upon. Against these was a report from the captain saying he stopped the Ancona when the subma rine fired the first shot. Accurate esti mates of the dead were still unobtain able today, hut It was believed the loss of life would range from 150 to to 175. Dispatches thus far have car ried the name of but one American Ths Firit Cable. NEJW YORK Nov. 12.—The fiTSt cable received by the New York office of the Italian line concerning the sink ing of the Ancona arrived today, but threw no light on the disaster and tended to confirm the belief that the Italian censor: was holding up dis patches. "Sorry to Inform you Ancona sunk, read the message from the Naples office. There was no hint that cables sent by the New York, office asking for In formation had been received. It was believed that the message was filed shortly after the' news reached Naples, but was held up by the censor. In Danger Zone. NEW YORK, Nov. 12.—Two trana Atlantlc vessels,: each heavily laden with human freight, are today sup posed to be passing through the sub marine zone in' which the Italian lin er Ancona was sunk with great loss of life. They are the White Star Uner Cretlc, hound for Naples with 1,088 passengers, and the Lloyd Italia liner Caserta, bound for Naples with 1.200 passengers, a great number of whom are Italian reservists. Increasing Anxiety. NSW YORK, Nov. .12.—Increasing anxiety at the long silence of the Naples office of the Italian line re gardlng the Ancona passengers was felt here today by local officials. Not a line has been received from Italy regarding the 111 fated vessel. Even the customary calbe announcing her sailing has not oeen received. Efforts were renewed today to get In touch with the Ittfflan office. Not only were additional cables addressed direct, but the consulate and embas sy at Washington were enlisted in an effort to expedite communication. The Italian censor. It Is believed here, is holding up the passenger list of the Aneona though for what reason line officials admitted they could not understand. Dozens of Inquiries have been re ceived from persons wanting Informa tion about relatives. May Not Protest. WASHINGTON, Nov. disaster. It concluded here, Italian authori- The War in Mexico Le®sed te«t Developments Among Our Revolution ary Neighbors of the South. Wire Service) Phrana Jexas- Nov. IP.—General •^todSir to Ner leave Mon- or Saltlllo, where he will Werj reeapH?Jeral of hla military fwnalnine-^fim ?ampat&n a«*lnst of forces in the Gfcfcwfcua and Sonora. The 12.—Until It Is known whether the American (Continued on page 9.1 bulk of Villa's army is said to be In Sonora. A large force of Carranzls tas will be sent southwestward from, Torreon and Saltillo to cut off Villa's advance on Ouaymas. Promises of amnesty are said to have the effect of causing great numbers of Vlllistas |to desert to Oarransa., "illlllRl 4A» *M \f [United Press teased Service.] BERLIN, (via wireless) Nov. 12.—The Serb .naln army Is racing for freedof /©ugh the val leys and mountain ilea south of the western Morava «?./ The Bulgaria Jf* id Austro-Germans who have ber derating along the Orient rallrr "v«ro pursuing at the best speed broken country per mits, the war-office announced today. The Austro-Germans who pushed their Invasion to the southward along a line paralleling the Morava river ad vance farther to the westward, are trying to get between the Serbs and the Montenegrin frontier. The pursuing forces took 1,700 more prisoners and eleven cannon Thursday In the Rlbarl district, twenty-two miles norhtwest of Nlsh. One Austro-German body has crossed the -mountain ridge south of the western Morava, forty five miles northwest of Rlbarl. An other Is moving from Krusevac to the liner Ancona was perfectly Justified, the Austrian embassy. the Berlin press agreea today, by the "vu. vessel's attempt to escape which the newspapers all accept as proved. Concerning the question of the sub- marine's nationality, the papers point out that all accounts say the Boat flew the Austrian flag, arguing that while a war craft may hoist the colors of country other than Its own for strate gic reasons, It certainly would fly Its own In action. HELPED BY GREEK8 ROME, Nov. 12.—Greek (Continued on page 2.) announcement that the government ^un?,alT- not be taken later If needed. sailed from Liverpool. [United Press Leased Wire Service] LONDON, Nov. 12.—The Germans 11 »..«•» *w office considers Riga and Dvinsk safe for the winter* a Petrograd dispatch said this afternoon. [United Press Leased Wire Service] NEW YORK, Nov. 12.—Disfigured faces of Europe's battle victims are to be re-made by American surgeons, backed by American dollars. Faces minus nose, jaws or lips are to be built up Into human semblance again at an American hospital. There are thousands of such faces awaiting reconstruction. The number repaired, depends upon the number of dollars America is willing to contrib ute to prevent Europe from becoming a continent of ghastly freaks. Dr. R. Anema, a Paris orthodontist, who has been on the battlefields and in Paris hospitals for mamy months, and is now ln New York, said today that plans for an American hospital, to be devoted entirely to the treat ment of face wounds, are rapidly near lng completion. Backed by tho American Red Cross, which will fur nish nurses. Dr. Anema has interested a number of American Burgeons, den tists .and orthodonltlsts in the plan. 5 A$* lie 53Joiln (Gntc Citj). KEOKUK, IOWA FRIDAY, NOV. 12, 1915 BUNDED TRAITOR Washington Embassy Accuses Him of Secretly Plotting Against His Own Country. VON BERNSTOEFF SILENT German Ambassador Decllnea to An swer Charges Made by Dr. Gorl car, Who Is Called Plotter. [United Press Leased Wire Service.! WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.—Dr. Josef southwest through the Raslna valley, jOoricar Is accused of secretly plot jtlng with Russian and Serbian agents PERFECTLY JUSTIFIED. 'with the Intent of disseminating dis- BERLIN (via wireless to Sayvllle) loyalty among Austro-Hungarian emi Nov. 12.—Torpedoing of the Italian grgnt» in a statement Issued today The statement follows: "Ex-Consul Dr. Gorlcar, formerly of San Francisco, had been on leave of a£genCe~ a~t the time ot the outbreak of tha war and attached to was [United Press Leased Wire Service.] jtlon of disseminating disloyaUy among LONDON, Nov. 12.—That all unmar-1 rled men of military age throughout of birth. The Austro-Hungarian em the British isles who have not already ba63 I will keep its promise after November! Gorlcar ^iyity contrlbuted to 30 to see that single men are taken ithese ahead of those who have families. Is •°n whjch ONLY ONE SURVIVOR. LONDON, Nov. 12.—But one sur vlvor, who has landed. Is accounted —ill for today from the crew of the British brought about by^ the fact.that steamship Rhlneland, sunk by a Ger-1 a f°™?er man submarine. The Rhlneland was s^h a way tha ^Uh and allegiance of 1,500 tons, owned by the Liverpool I of his fatherland. In view however and Hamburg steamship company and have lost so much ground on their bassador Von Bernstorff Intimated to-1 From the Balkans r. "S had been temporarily the Austrian-Hungarian attached to the Austrian-Hungarian consulate general in Berlin. There, very soon afterward, he obtained knowledge about his secret connec tions with the enemies of Austria-Hun gary and evidently fearing detection, he suddenly left his post -without per- *8- mission and disappeared. Later on smugglers iearne(^ that he had gone to Italy and was staying in Rome, where upon he tendered his resignation, thereby preventing his dismissal. "While In Rome It was ascertained that he was in close communications with Russian and Servla agents, obvi ously with purpose of going to tie United Spates, with fhe purpose of using his knowledge ia centers of Slavic Immigration coming from the monarchies in the service of the Pan Slavic propaganda and with the inten- ourJ"}™igrii°ts fS8.1n3^ ^eJ*" 5°u^y has becn enlisted, will be drafted without fur. number of southern Slavs from the ther ceremony next month, is consid-! monarchy have been en^ted by the ered certainty today. fsents of the alHcs and left this conn- Director of Recruiting Lord Derby's lnformed that qulte a ln orde r. tn certainly without changing ^sequence who has been Informed for several months of Dr. Goricar's agltatory propaganda carried on In this country, but has re frained until now from taking coun ter measures, being aware of the dls- consular officer has broken TrPBeT,t statements which [United Press Leased Wire Service.] BUCHAREST, (via London) Nov. 12.—Bulgarians are desperately re sisting the Franco-British advance to day along a sixty mile line extending from the vicinity of Veles, In southern Serbia to the region southeast of Strumnltza, on the Bulgar side of the frontier. Their attempt to check the alles, seems vain. The latter have now occupied the town of Gradsko and are moving forward steadily, the French artillery clearing the way for the Franco-British Infantry and cavalry forces. Northeast of Vales, the Bulgar retreat verges on a rout, with the French chasing the fugitives. Bulgarian losses are enormous. The allies are constantly bringing up reinforcements from Salonika. BULGARS CHASE SERBS. 80FIA, (via Berlin and London) Nov. 13,—Hot pursuit by the Bulgar ians of the Serbs who are trying to escape to the westward from the Mo rava valley still progresses today. The Serbs are fighting rear guard ac tlone and were very closely pressed, but evidently are mainly Intent on getting out of the Morava river region before they are surrounded. The BLH gars are taking many prisoners and great quantities of booty, Including ten locomotives and 400 railway ears, of which fifty are loaded with muni tions and supplies. ALLIES ESTABLISHED. [By William G. Shepherd, United Press Staff Correspondent.] MONASTIR, Serbia, Nov. 11. )De layed.)—The allies are firmly estab lished In southern Serbia. Monastlr, Prllep and the region around them were In Imminent danger for a time from the on-coming Bulgars, (Continued on page 2.) nut [United Press Leased Wire Service.] LONDON, Nov- 12.— Italy has agreed to lend sufficient aid to the al lies In their Balkan campaign to In sure their complete success, according to a dispatch from Rome today. of these present statements which contain the strongest accusations against the representatives of Austro Hungary, the embassy emphatically declares these accusations as false [united Press Leased Wire Service] and absolutely baseless, as silen-ce P(AR|% Nov. 12.—French cannon otherwise would be taken as acknow- j, •astern front, that the Russian war day that the latest charges mad® by! report of the repulse of all Austrian the Providence Journal's "expose'' of attacks on the Montenegrin frontier lines with hard fl&htlng still In prog (Contlnued on page 2.) ress. To Build New Faces on Men Who are Disfigured in War An Initial subscription of $20,000, of which the Red Cross will contribute 1 $2,000, is sought to establish a hos pital of one hundred beds and main tain it for six months. The rYenctr government will furnish the building'. "Up to May 5, there were 55,570 in stances of Be ere face and jaw wounds In the allied armies at the Franco-Flanders front," said Dr. An ema today. "The appearance of many was ghastly In the extreme. The few cases treated have shown need of a special hospital for them. "Dr. H. Morstln, Paris Burgeon, re cently decorated with the Legion of Honor, hag agreed to devote the great er part of his time to rebuilding the faces of the wounded. We need, how ever, many American surgeons and dentists for jaw and teeth structure, preliminary to the rebuilding of noses, lips and shattered facial tissue. "The men we treat may not look the same as before wounded, but their appearance will b« nearly no«na a led,«*ement and would create belief gua region, in the Artois, the that our consulates actually- engaged parfs official communique said today, in activities in violation of the laws Heavy artillery fighting Is reported of this country." In the Loo# district and along the Ca-1 llonne trench. Elsewhere there has Expose by Gorlcar. been mine fighting, In which the NEW YORK. Nov. 12.—German Am- French had the advantage. POPE'S PLEA FOR MERCY. ROME, Nov. 12-—For the commuta tlon of sentence granted by the kaiser proposals as a basis for peace to the Countess De Belleville, Mile Louise Thuller and Louis Severein, condemned to death In Belgium on charges of espionage, a plea from the pope for mercy was responsible, the Osservatore Romano says today. silenced the German artillery In: came an official Photographs show the transforma tion such surgery works. Faces that before treatment appeared to be one ghastly wound, are nearly normal when rebuilt. Lips, cheeks and facial tissue are. grafted on. The tissue Is taken from the wounded man's thighs. Ji. rib, spared without danger, serves to build a nose or a jaw bone. Even mustaches can be formed by grafting pieces of the scalp, with the hair re maining. [United Press Leased Wlrs SsrvSca.] WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.—Definite overtures by a groqp of leading neu tral nations to the belligerent powers for the purpose of bringing about a cessation of the Earopeau war, will be under way by Christmas. This JM" diction was made today at the white house by Dr. David Starr Jordan of California, president of the Interna tional peace conference, which recent ly met at San Francisco. A preliminary meeting of unofficial representatives of the powers at w«r and of the neutral nations has been called for December 14. at Bern*, Switzerland. Oat of this, Dr. Jordan said, he expected there would be cre ated a continuous commission mads up of quasi-official delegates from neu tral nations, which will address the •warring powers a proposal-~of media tion, The proposed commission, he predicted, would silt continuously un til the close of the war, at Berne, Copenhagen or The Hague. Dr. Jordan's purpose on calling on the president was to present him resolutions adopted at' the San Fran cisco congress, calling upon the presi dent to co-operate with other neutral governments ln calling a conference of neutral nations which would con stitute a voluntary court of continu ous mediation, Invite negotiations of settlement from each of the warring nations and in any case submit simul taneously to all of them, reasonable Although Dr. Jordan declared the status of such commission would be materially strengthened If the United States became a party to It, he ex pressed the personal belief that re gardless of whether the United States joins or not, the other neulral pow ers would act. In any event, he ob served the calling of the conference will have a better effect. If called by one of the nations closer to the scene of conflict than the United States. Called on President. WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.— Davtd Starr Jordan, head of the Internation al Peace congress, today asked Presi dent Wilson If this government would unite, if called upon, with other neu 1 Miss Mabel Boardmfin, of the American Red Cross, one of the pa trons of the American National com mittee for the foundation of a special hospital in Paris for wounds of the face and jaws, which the organization Is called, is aiding ln receiving con tributions. J. P. Morgan & Co. also will receive them. General Gorgas, Dr. Samuel Lambert of New York, and a number of prominent dentists and surgeons are Included in the commitr tee patrons, At the beginning of Turkey's entrance Into the war, the capture of northern Persia was one of the Turk's princi pal objectives. Nerthern Persia is •Russia's sphere of influence and is. for practical purposes, a Russian pos session. To mate Persia a depen dency of the Ottoman empire "has for many years been an ambition of the Turks.' (7^5 Representative# of Strong Neutral Nations tg Meet in December in an Effort to Con vince Europe That War Should EwL Hfl f}f STATES ILL TAKE A HUID All of the Countries at War WouRI Wekoois Peace, but None Dares Ask for it From Enemy Without Being Hu niliafendL p^p THE WEATHER Fair. Slightly warmer. Local temp—7 p. m. 44 7 a. m. 87. TEN PAGES SLOWER tral uuuatihws fs tbm a peace cemndesleai to the end at the IHuuysau basis of international Justlae. 1 il The atfvanoes of Dr. Jartmm. land 8tanford university, wsn preted as being definite overtures to ward peaoe by many of the neutral countries of the world, which la torn may have been inspired by the was tries at war. Wilson's reply to Dr. Jordan was not leaned. '1 merely the prertBfent's at tention to our desire that he oo-oper «te with neutral nations of Europe ln establishing a body which would unite In continuous efforts toward concilia tion," Dr. Jordan said. "Tho oommliston would act as sort of oloartng house of peace. „. "fti a -w«r like this, political lead- inftMwyjj ere must save their own faces °r vio lent reaction will result. War brings about many diplomatic necessities. All of the countries at war want peace. They want to get out of the struggle but they will not say so until there Is some way to say It to others than their enemies." Dr. Jordan said that informal ap proval of the commission Idea ad vanced by the poaee congress ln re cent session ln San Francisco, had been received from Switzerland, Hol land, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Spain. If such a commission as he suggests were formed, he would have It meet at The Hague, Copenhagen or Berne about Christmas time. •That would be' both a fitting and effective time for such a conclave," he said. Under the commission plan, dr Jordan said that the president at the same time as rulers of neutral Euro pean powers, would appoint one or more delegates to the commission. Beyond this, he said, the activities of the commission would be In a manner Informal. The delegates from the dif ferent countries would In "no wise be regarded as diplomats, but merely as representatives. Their action -would ln no way serve to bind the countries (Continued on Page 9.) What the War Moves Mean By J. W. T. Mason, Former European Man ager of the United Press- [United Press Leased.Wire Service.] NEW YORK, Nov. 12.—The Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia has come back into military prominence by di recting a campaign ln northern Per sia which is taking from the Turks their only success of the war. This Is undoubtedly the explanation of the brief announcement from Petrograd that a Russian force is within forty five miles of Teheran, the capital of I Persia, and that the shalh. the Ger mans and Turks are preparing to floe. tory evidently began to enter into the plans of the Grand Duke Nicholas when he was appointed viceroy of the Caucasus two months ago. The Inter venlng time has been amply sufficient to permit him to direct a sudden offen slve against the Turks in northern Persia. It is apparent that the Turks have been taken by surprise or there would have been reports of battles being fought by the grand duke's ad vancing troops. Probably the Ottomans have grown careless and have permitted disci pline to deteriorate, during the long months of Inactivity after their occu pation of the Persian territory. Doubt I less, too, the demand for ammunition 1 The Turkish campaign wMch open ed along the eastern Asia Minor front, failed in the Russian Caucasus, but has been successful In Persia. The Russian forces in the northern Persia districts were driven back to their own territory early In the present year and Turkish and Teutonic influ ences have been reported as being su preme at Teheran. The loss of northern Persia has been a serious blow for Russia and ,the redemption ot tho conquered terri on the Gallipoli peninsula and in Thrace has seriously depleted the supply in Persia. The Grand Duke Nicholas under these conditions might well have rushed an expeditionary corps to within forty-five miles of Te heran without meeting serious resist ance. If the Turkish troops continue Inef fective and If Teheran falls to the new viceroy of the Caucasus, the grand duke will have largely wiped out the disgrace of his recent removal from the supreme command of the Russian armies. The victory will be a very Impor tant one for Russia and mustcause serious depression .to the Turkish government at Constantinopls. j'i ..•/M